CHDF Grants

 

New London - South Windsor

New London

City of New London

      5/30/2002         $5,000    Hempstead Neighborhood Colony Interpretive Signage

      3/24/2003         $3,250    HEMPSTEAD Colony Neighborhood Interpretive Signage

Committee for the 350h Anniversary of New London

        1/4/1996         $5,000    Roots and Routes:  New London Connections

Connecticut College

      6/24/1999        $10,284    Eugene O'Neill's New London:  The Influence of Time and Place

        4/6/2000        $36,475    Eugene O'Neill's New London:  The Influence of Time and Place

Custom House Maritime Museum

        4/4/2006         $5,000    Thames River Maritime 2006 Celebration

Eugene O'Neill Theater Center

        1/4/1996         $8,300    Eugene O'Neill's New London -- The "AH WILDERNESS" Years - 1888-1914

    12/14/1998         $5,000    Strategic Plan for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Monte Cristo Cottage

      10/7/1999         $5,250    Connecticut:  Cradle of American Impressionism

      3/31/2000         $4,800    Five Rivers Consortium  -  Breaking Down Boundaries

Lyman Allyn Art Museum

        1/8/2004        $17,999   American Artists Abroad and Their Inspiration

      1/11/2005        $19,887   Commerce and Culture:  Architecture and Society on New London's State Street

        1/5/2006        $16,159   At Home and Abroad:  The Transcendental Landscapes of Christopher Pearse Cranch

        1/4/2007        $54,515   At Home and Abroad:  The Transcendental Landscapes of Christopher Pearse Cranch

                                           (1813-1892)

New London County Historical Society

    12/22/1997         $5,000    From Slavery to Civil Rights:  The African-American Community of Southeastern

                                          Connectiuct Oral History

        4/8/1998        $18,619   From Slavery to Civil Rights:  The African-American Community of Southeastern

        4/8/1999        $46,450   From Slavery to Civil Rights:  African-Americans in Southeastern Connecticut

        4/3/2003        $22,297   Thames River Maritime Heritage Celebration

        4/1/2004        $10,504   Assessing the Architectural and Historical Significance of the Shaw-Perkins Mansion

      2/27/2006         $2,000    Strategic Planning for the New London County Historical Society

      4/13/2006         $9,100    225th Anniversary of the Battle of Groton Heights and the Burning of New London

      9/29/2006         $3,600    Republishing Caulkins's History of New London New London Main Street

      3/26/2002         $2,500    "Celebrate Regatta"

      3/24/2003         $4,000    Celebrate Regatta

        8/3/2004         $5,000    New London  Through Time and Place

      12/6/2004         $5,000    New London Through time and Place

        8/5/2005         $2,500    Historic Waterfront District Map & Guide

      2/27/2006         $2,750    New London Through Time and Place:  A Living History Play

        5/8/2006         $2,500    Historic Waterfront District Map & Guide

      6/22/2006        $22,000    New London Through Time and Place:  A Living History Play

        8/4/2006         $5,250    Books, Brushes, Jazz & Blues Festival New London Maritime Society

        1/8/2004        $30,900   Thames River Maritime Heritage Celebration 2004 Sail New London, Inc.

      6/27/2002        $20,250   Boats, Books & Brushes with a Taste of Connecticut

        4/3/2003        $30,000   Boats, Books and Brushes with Taste

      6/24/2004        $30,000   Boats, Books & Brushes With Taste

New Milford

Museum of Contemporary Impressionism

      7/28/1997         $3,290    A Feasibility Study to Determine the Need for a Museum to Preserve and Exhibit

                                          Contemporary Impressionist Art and the Viability of Establishing this Museum in New

Niantic

Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut

    11/21/1996         $5,000    Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut Growth Plan

        2/1/2001         $5,000    Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut Exhibition and Program Planning

      12/5/2001         $5,000    Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut exhibition and Program Planning Phase II

East Lyme Historical Society

      4/18/1996         $4,000    East Lyme Heritage Week  July 13 and 14, July 19, 20 21

Friends of Smith-Harris House, Inc.

        9/8/2000         $2,500    Children's Fair

Norfolk

Norfolk Historical Society, Inc.

    11/21/1996         $5,000    Collections Assessment Project

Norwalk

Celebrate the Past, Inc.

      5/27/2003         $2,500    Commemoration of the Conflagration

      4/20/2004         $5,000    Norwalk Patroit Days the 225th Anniversary of the Burning of Norwalk July 10-12, 1779 -

                                          July 9-11, 2004

Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum

      4/11/1996        $18,507    Beyond the Velvet Curtain

      6/10/1996         $5,000    Beyond The Velvet Curtain, Marketing and Promotion

      10/3/1996        $13,673    A Victorian Holiday at the Mansion

        4/3/1997         $5,150    A Taste of Richness

      4/10/1997        $20,050    Planning for Expanded Visitor Services at the Lockwood-Mathews

        4/8/1998        $43,650    "Comprehensive Visitor Orientation Program"/Phase I

        1/7/1999        $13,325    The Bicycle Takes Off:  The Lallement Legacy

    10/12/1999        $67,330    The Bicycle Takes Off

Norwalk Community College

      10/7/1999         $2,978    An African American Journey

Norwalk Historical Society

    10/23/2003         $2,499    Norwalk Historical Society Strategic Planning

Norwich

Norwich Heritage Discovery Center, Inc.

      12/4/2001         $4,800    Planning Project to Develop a Thematic Concept Plan for the Norwich Heritage Discovery

                                           Center

        1/9/2003         $2,500    Planning Project to Develop a Concept and Vision for Norwich Heritage Discovery Center

      6/26/2003        $24,000    Norwich Heritage Discovery Center Conceptual Plan Slater Memorial Museum

                           $4,415    The Conundrum of the Casts, or A Classical Dilemma

        4/6/2004         $5,000    Collections Assessment Planning and Policy Development

      10/6/2005         $2,250    Curatorial Consultancy for the Norwich Galleries

Society of the Founders of Norwich

      7/28/1997         $2,785    My Grandfather Clock…An Exhibit of Norwich Area Tall Clocks - 1700-1820

Oakdale

Connecticut Council for Social Studies - Oakdale

      9/29/2006         $3,000    Connections to Our State and the World

Old Lyme

Florence Griswold Museum

        1/9/1997        $40,931    Visions of Home:  American Impressionist Landscape Depicting Suburban Leisure and

                                            Country Comfort

        1/7/1999        $25,000    Planning for Reinterpretation of the Griswold House

      10/2/2001        $11,210    Planning Project for a Reinterpretation of the Florence Griswold House

        4/4/2002        $69,165    The American Artist in CT: The Legacy of the Hartford Steam Boiler Collection

        6/2/2004         $4,750    Florence Griswold Museum Theater Pilot Project:  Hassam in the Garden

        4/7/2005        $50,250    Exploring the Humanities Through May Night:  Willard Metcalf at Old Lyme

      10/6/2005        $95,100    Griswold House Reinterpretation Project:  A Country Retreat for Artists

        5/8/2006         $3,500    The Freedom Business:  Connecticut Landscapes Through the Eyes of Venture Smith

Old Lyme Historical Society

    12/26/2006         $2,041    Articulating a Vision of the Future for the Old Lyme Historical Society

Old Mystic

Indian & Colonial Research Center

      9/21/2000         $2,500    Identify and Develop a Database of ICRC Archival Materials, Books and Photos in

                                          Preparation for Future Online Resource

        1/4/2007         $4,000   To Create an On-Line Catalog of Archival Items and Library Books for Public Use Through

                                          the Internet

Pleasant Valley

Barkhamsted Historical Society, Inc.

      10/6/2005         $3,000    Collection Foundation Project

Putnam

Aspinock Historical Society of Putnam

        6/2/2004         $4,500    Gertrude Chandler Warner Boxcar Museum

Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor, Inc.

      10/3/1996        $11,250    Production of Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Park

    10/12/1999        $22,500    Quinebaug Shetucket Interpretive Initiative

Town of Putnam

      4/25/2005         $1,000    Revolutionary War Reenactment - Town of Putnam's Sesquicentennial Celebration

Redding

Mark Twain Library

      9/17/2001         $2,500    Exhibit Featuring "STORMFIELD," Mark Twain's Final Home in Redding, CT

        1/7/2002         $5,000    Sunsets and Scenery:  Mark Twain at Home in Stormfield

Ridgefield

Ridgefield Historical Society

      2/16/2006         $3,330    "March to Victory Weekend"  225th Anniversary of the Washington - Rochambeau Route

                                           in Ridgefield, CT

Ridgefield Library and Historical Association

      2/27/1996         $4,980    Edward Steichen's Secret Life in Connecticut:  Umpawaug Farm's Fifty-Thousand Children

                                           and the Saga of the Connecticut Yankee

Rockfall

Connecticut Forest & Park Association

        1/4/2007        $25,250    Thunder in the Mountains, A Staged Dramatic Reading Between Gifford Pinchot and John

Salisbury

Salisbury Association, Inc.

    11/21/1996         $5,250    Planning the Holley House Museum Heritage Tourism Initiative PHASE I  (1996-1997)

        3/2/1998         $5,000    Plan for Expanding Women's History Interpretation at Holley House Museum

        4/1/1999         $3,840    Women In History

      8/15/2000         $2,650    A Century of Fashion History at Holley House Museum Clothing Collection Assessment

                                           and Interpretation

Scotland

Governor Samuel Huntington Trust, Inc.

      7/10/1996         $5,237    Interpretive and Strategic Planning for the Emerging Museum:  the Samuel Huntington

                                           House

        1/9/1997        $12,000   Research Project for the Huntington Homestead

    12/22/1997         $2,400    Archaeology From The Ground Up:  Planning an Exhibition at the Huntington House

      12/5/2005         $1,050    Governor Samuel Huntington Trust/Needs Assessment Report

      6/14/2006         $2,475    Gov. Samuel Huntington Trust - Education Program Consultant

    10/30/2006         $4,995    Interpretive Planning/Phase One

Scotland Historical Society

      3/18/1998         $5,000    Collection Assessment of Edward Waldo House for Trustee

Sharon

Friends of Beckley Furnace, Inc.

        3/9/2004         $3,072    Beckley Furnace Signage Project

Sharon Historical Society

        1/8/1998        $13,214    The Iron Trail:  Salisbury Iron in Northwest Connecticut

        7/6/2005         $4,985    Visions of Iron

    12/14/2006         $5,184    Visions of Iron:  Phase II

Shelton

Shelton Historical Society

        3/2/1998         $4,400    Three Centuries of Shelton:  From Farming to Industry and Beyond

        3/3/1999         $5,000    Collection Assessment for the Shelton Historical Society

      10/3/2002        $18,312    Reinterpretation of the Brownson House

Simsbury

Simsbury Historical Society

    12/11/1996            $750    Technical Assistance Grant to Hire Ann Smith as Planning Consultant for the Simsbury

                                           Historical Society

      2/21/1997         $3,000    Technical Assistance for Simsbury Historical Society Strategic Planning

        4/1/1999         $3,400    Collection Assessment and Interpretative Planning:  Rethinking the Stories of the Town of

                                            Simsbury

      6/24/1999        $11,500    Planning Reintrepretation of the Phelps House

      6/22/2000        $67,005    Reinterpretation of the Phelps House:  "Phelps Tavern:  The Entertainment of Strangers"

        8/3/2004         $4,962    A Historical Perspective:  African American and West Indian Tobacco Workers in

      9/29/2006         $4,950    Lessons Learned:  Developing Audiences for the Stories of African

                                           American and Caribbean Tobacco Workers in Connecticut

South Windsor

Wood Memorial Library

      2/21/1997         $1,330    The Architectural Heritage of the Connecticut River Valley

        2/5/1998         $1,250    Passage to Prosperity:  The Connecticut River and the West Indies Trade

      1/24/2000         $1,025    Market Research for Membership Plan

        1/7/2002         $1,450    A Cultural and Architectural History of Hartford

      2/13/2003         $1,320    Hartford:  Our City, Our Future

        2/2/2004         $4,595    An Introduction to the Watson Sisters

        2/5/2004         $1,500    Eliphalet Chapin - 18th c. Craftsman of Old East Windsor and the Continuum of

                                            Connecticut Furniture Making

      6/24/2004         $4,345    Preservation and Presentation of the Frances Judd Collection

        3/3/2005         $1,267    Master Craftsmen of Old East Windsor:  Legacy of Integrity and Beauty

      3/17/2006         $1,123    Defining Place - An Impassioned Journey into Our Past

    10/30/2006            $868    Colonial America's Greatest Intellect - A South Windsor Native Son - The Life and Times

                                           of Philosopher/Thelogian Jonathan Edwards