CHDF Grants

 

Stafford Springs - Woodbury

Stafford Springs

Northeast Civilian Conservation Corps Museum

      8/26/1997            $505    Training of the Northeast Civilian Conservation Corps Museum Staff in Basic Collections

                                           Management Procedures

Stamford

Historic Neighborhood Preservation Program

        3/1/2001         $5,000    Unlocking Yale and Towne:  The Impact of a Giant Industry On Its Surroundings 

                                           1868-1955

Stamford Historical Society

        2/4/2003         $2,500    Stamford's Civil War at Home and in the Field (1861-1865)

      1/23/2006         $4,402    Immigrants' Stamford:  The Development of a Multiethnic Multicultural Community

                                           1850-1950

Stamford Museum and Nature Center

        1/7/1999        $24,393    Out of Rushmore's Shadow:  The Artistic Development of Gutzon Borglum (1867-1941)

      6/24/1999        $41,951    Out of Rushmore's Shadow:  The Artistic Development of Gutzon Borglum (1867-1941)

      7/24/2001         $5,000    Ukulele Fever:  The Craze that Captured America

Storrs

Association for the Study of Connecticut History

      6/28/1996         $7,141    Children and the Family in New England

      5/29/1997         $4,744    Language and Letters In New England History:  A Conference

      6/30/1998         $5,437    Writing Connecticut Biographies

      6/24/1999         $9,152    The Legacy of the Sixties in Connecticut:  Campus and Community Activism

      10/6/1999            $647    Survey of Readers' Views on Connecticut History

        7/1/2000         $4,809    Connecticut History Publication

      9/21/2000         $3,482    Interpreting Early 19th - Century CT:  The Connecticut Town Survey of 1800

      4/27/2001         $5,000    Conference on Murder in New England

      5/23/2001         $4,413    Publication of Connecticut History

      4/22/2002         $4,245    Publication of Connecticut History

      4/22/2002         $3,445    The Preservation and Interpretation of the Landscape in Connecticut

    10/29/2002         $4,365    Publication of Connecticut History

      4/21/2003         $3,835    Native Americans and the Law

        6/2/2004         $2,606    Journal Publication, Connecticut History

        6/3/2004         $1,670    The African American Experience in Connecticut

      11/4/2004            $655    The African American Experience in Connecticut

      1/14/2005         $3,064    Journal Publication, Connecticut History

      4/25/2005         $4,000    Journal Publication, Connecticut History

      10/6/2005         $2,472    From News to History:  CT Since 1945

    11/10/2005         $1,000    Bibliographic and Curriculum Unit on African Americans in Connecticut

      1/23/2006         $4,816    Journal Publication, Connecticut History

      6/12/2006         $5,000    Journal Publication, Connecticut History

        8/4/2006         $2,202    Insiders and Outsiders:  Ethnicity, Immigration and Status in Connecticut

    10/30/2006         $4,817    Journal Publication, Connecticut History

University of Connecticut

        2/1/1999         $5,238    20th Century Connecticut Agriculture:  The Untold Story

Suffield

Suffield Historical Society

        6/2/2005         $3,237    Strategic Planning

Torrington

Litchfield County Committee on Higher Ed. Charitable Tr

      8/28/1996         $5,000    Building Toward The Future:  The Litchfield County Writers' Project Self Study

Torrington Historical Society, Inc.

      4/11/1996         $8,678    The Hendey Machine Shop Exhibit

      10/8/1998        $21,498    The Torrington Story:  Three Centuries of Change Along the Naugatuck River

        4/7/2000         $1,911    "DESIROUS OF BEING MADE FREE":

                                            A Lecture Series Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of John Brown's Birth

      10/5/2000      $103,983    No Place Like Home:  The History of Torrington

      1/17/2002         $5,000    "The Pursuit of Percision"  Video Project

      6/27/2002         $9,089    The John Brown Heritage Trail

        2/2/2004         $2,480    History Bites:  The Lure of the Land

      6/23/2005        $12,664    Black Friday:  The Flood of 1955

Washington

Gunn Memorial Library

        2/1/2001         $3,374    Voices of Washington Connecicut:  An Oral History Project

Institute for American Indian Studies

        4/7/2005         $3,558    As We Tell Our Stories:  Living Traditions and the Algonkian Peoples of Southern New

      9/29/2006         $4,501    Digging Into the Past:  Archaeology's Contributions to Connecticut's Culltural Heritage

The Gunnery

        2/3/1999         $2,950    The Gunnery School Archive Project

Waterbury

Mattatuck Museum Art & History Center

      4/11/1996        $11,595    Cultural Connections in Northwest Connecticut

      5/31/1996         $2,000    Waterbury Weddings:  Ethnic and Religious Wedding Traditions

        9/4/1998         $5,000    Building A Community:  African Americans in the Brass City, 1924-1950

      10/6/1998            $400    Planning Meeting with John Stilgoe and Janice Simon

      11/9/1998         $1,200    Writing "Cultural Connections in Northwest Connecticut," a Tourism Brochure

        1/7/1999        $12,250    Images of Contentment:  Kensett's Landscapes of the Connecticut Shore

        2/8/1999         $2,500    Waterbury Neighborhoods Exhibit and Programs

      11/3/1999         $5,000    Fortune's Story

      6/22/2000        $24,740    Fortune's Story:  African American Life in Waterbury from 1750 - 1850

      8/15/2000         $5,000    Waterbury's Jewish Community Oral History Project

      10/5/2000        $12,800    At Home In Waterbury II

        1/4/2001        $73,835    Images of Contentment:  John Frederick Kensett and the Connecticut Shore

      10/3/2002        $18,900    Picture Perfect: Images of Northwest Connecticut

        1/9/2003         $2,436    History Bites:  Putting a Face on History

      1/29/2004         $1,465    The Legacy of Civil Rights

        2/8/2005         $2,500    History Bites:  Fashion of the Times

        4/4/2006         $5,000    Native American Material Culture Cataloging Project

      4/13/2006      $100,500    Coming Home:  Building Community in a Changing World

West Cornwall

Stone Soup

      10/8/1998        $25,250    Connecticut African American Humanities Project

      5/27/2003         $3,250    The Laptop Encyclopedia of CT History:  The Puerto Rican Experience

West Hartford

Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center

        2/3/1999         $2,500    Third Annual Hartford Jewish Film Festival

      8/12/1999         $2,500    The Seventh Annual Jesish Book Festival - The Everett Fox Program

Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

    10/12/1999        $12,408    Witness To War 1941 - 1945:  The Soviet Jewish Experience

      12/4/2000         $4,530    Witness To War 1941-1945:  The Soviet Jewish Experience

        4/5/2001        $40,258    Witness To War 1941-1945:  The Soviet Jewish Experience

      11/4/2004         $5,000    Back to the Land:  Eastern Connecticut Poultry Farms

Junior League of Hartford

      2/27/2006         $5,000    Junior League of Hartford Children's Brochure

Justice Education Center

        7/6/1999            $500    Interactive Multi-Media Exhibition on the History of Punishment in Connecticut

        9/6/1999         $5,500    Interactive Multi-Media Exhibition on the History of Punishment in Connecticut

      4/12/2000         $2,500    Interactive Multi-Media Exhibition on the History of Punishment in Connecticut

        4/5/2001        $20,000    justiceeducation.com:  A Website on the History of Justice and Punishment in

                                           Connecticut                 

Museum of American Political Life

    10/24/2003         $4,153    Connecticut Industry Mural

Noah Webster House

      8/28/1996         $4,198    A Most Agreeable Day:  Noah Webster House Planning Grant

      12/2/1997         $5,000    Strategic Plan for the Noah Webster House, Inc.

        1/8/1998         $4,250    A Life of Peculiar Interest

      8/15/2000         $2,500    Textiles 2000

      5/23/2001         $3,710    Textiles 2001

      12/5/2001         $3,486    Collections Management Assessment Planning 2001

      3/26/2002         $3,000    Noah Webster House Orientation Planning

      4/22/2002         $2,450    Textiles 2002

      6/27/2002         $9,500    Noah Webster House Orientation Planning Phase II

      6/26/2003         $5,000    Oral History Planning

        1/5/2004         $5,000    Oral History Project - Voices of West Hartford:  1954-2004

        3/9/2004         $5,000    Oral History Project - Voices of West Hartford:  1954-2004

      4/20/2004         $4,611    Oral History Project - West Hartford Voices:  1954-2004

      6/23/2005        $10,925    Bristow and the African-American Experience

        1/5/2006        $12,205    Bristow:  Fitting the Pieces of an African American Life Together

        8/4/2006         $4,876    West Hartford Hauntings

University of Hartford

        1/4/1996        $25,250    From the Ends of the Earth:  Judaic Treasures from the Library of Congress

      5/31/1996         $5,000    From the Ends of the Earth:  Judaic Treasures from the Library of Congress

      8/28/1996         $5,000    The Vice Presidency

University of Hartford, Politics & Government Dept.

      3/24/2003         $5,000    Exhibition Planning for "Connecticut Originals"

West Haven

Ward-Heitman House Museum Foundation, Inc.

      10/3/1996        $10,225    Feasibility Study and Strategic Planning for the Ward Heitman House, West Haven, CT

        6/2/2004         $4,000    Ward-Heitman House Museum Strategic Planning Grant 2004

Weston

Weston Woods Institute

      10/6/2005         $4,000    Weston Woods Institute

Westport

Westport Historical Society

      6/30/2001         $5,000    Archives for the 21st Century

      1/10/2002         $5,000    Tryon's Trail

Wethersfield

Griswoldville Preservation

      2/22/2002         $3,914    Griswoldville Heritage Destination Project

Town of Wethersfield

        1/9/1997        $17,980    Wethersfield's Role in the Revolution

        4/8/1998        $12,000    Wethersfield's Role in the Revolution

        4/8/1999         $9,900    Wethersfield's Maritime History

        4/6/2000        $23,450    Towards A More Professional Presentation of Wethersfield's Cultural Heritage

        4/5/2001        $29,315    Cultural Heritage Tourism in Wethersfield:  2001 and Beyond

        4/4/2002        $30,250    American Heritage Festival 2002:  preserving the American Home

Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum

      10/7/1999         $4,995    Doing History:  Museum-Based Learning For Families with Children

        4/6/2000        $12,188    Lost Gardens, Modern Interpretations, A Wethersfield Perspective

      12/5/2001         $4,998    Pilgrims, Patroits & Products:  Selling the Colonial Image

      4/25/2005         $2,901    Preparing for the Future:  Interim Interpretive Planning for the 1752 Joseph Webb House

      6/23/2005        $12,396    Rochambeau & Revolutionary Connecticut:  225 Years of Franco-American Relations

        1/5/2006        $18,472    Rochambeau & Revolutionary Connecticut:  225 Years of Franco-American Relations

Wethersfield Historical Society

      8/28/1996         $5,250    "Hey, Anybody Out There?" A Marketing Survey for the Wethersfield Historical Society

      4/10/1997        $10,250    Legendary People, Ordinary Lives

        1/8/1998        $53,750    Legendary People, Ordinary Lives

      7/23/2002         $5,000    From Dairy to Doorstep: Milk Delivery in New England, 1860-1960

      4/20/2004         $5,000    Connecticut Rocks!

      9/30/2004         $5,000    Connecticut Rocks!

Willimantic

Windham Textile & History Museum

      8/28/1996         $5,000    Windham Textile and History Museum:  Development of a Long Range Plan

Wilton

Weir Farm Heritage Trust

        1/9/1997        $24,675    "J. Alden Weir, The Artist's World"

      10/8/1998        $87,250    Production of an Exhibition - A Connecticut Place:  Weir Farm, An American Painter's

                                           Rural Retreat

Wilton Historical Society

        4/3/1997         $5,250    Stitches Through Time:  Women and Their Embroidery

        4/1/1999         $5,000    Hands to Work, Hearts to God:  The Shakers and the World Around Them

Wilton Library Association

      6/21/2006         $2,500    Poetry in Motion:  Art Exploration of Diversity

Windham

Museums of Northeast Connecticut (MONC)

      10/7/1996         $4,900    "Voices From the Quiet Corner - The Museums of Northeast Connecticut

        1/9/1997         $5,750    BROCHURE:  "Voices From the Quiet Corner - The Museums of Northeast Connecticut"

Windsor

Association for the Study of African American Life and History

      2/13/2003         $1,700    The Souls of Black Folk Revisited:  An Evening Celebrating the Life and Work of W. E. B.

                                           DuBois

First Town Downtown

      6/25/2003         $4,000    Revolutionary Windsor 2003

Windsor Chamber of Commerce

      10/6/2005         $3,813    A Barn Raising in Windsor, Connecticut

Windsor Historical Society

      7/21/1999            $460    Windsor Historical Society Mission Re-Evaluation and Strategic Planning Initiative

      7/12/2001         $2,500    What Windsor Wore:  Exploring History Through Dress

      1/17/2002         $4,999    Interpretive Improvements to Windsor Historical Society

        9/3/2002         $5,000    "Modern Windsor, 1946-1965"

      6/25/2003         $5,250    Windsor Historical Society Communications Plan:  Logo Design

      6/26/2003        $25,249    The Woodworkers of Windsor:  A Connecticut Community of Craftsmen, 1635 - 1715

        2/8/2005         $5,000    Finding the Strong House Story:  Research Phase for a Historic Structure Report

        3/3/2005         $4,000    Improving Access to Windsor Historical Society Archival Collections

      7/20/2005         $2,500    Barn Again!  At Windsor Historical Society:  Programs, Marketing and Companion 

Windsor Rivers and Trails Coalition

    12/20/1999         $4,978    Windsor Center Historic Walking Trail

Windsor Locks

New England Air Museum

      8/26/2005         $2,479    New England Air Museum Official Visitors Guide

Woodbridge

Department of Jewish Education of Greater New Haven

      1/14/2005         $3,000    Call It America:  Jewish Writers and the New World

Woodbury

Flanders Nature Center

      1/12/2001         $2,489    History Bites:  A Lunch Time Lecture Series

Seabury Society for the Preservation of the Glebe House, Inc.

        2/5/2001            $500    Lecture Series

        9/5/2001         $1,000    Colonial Fair and Muster Day

      1/17/2002         $2,500    History Bites:  A Lunchtime Lecture Series

        9/3/2003         $4,575    Research Project:  Reinterpretation of the Glebe House Through Archaeological

      3/28/2005         $2,500    At Home With the Marshall Family:  An Interpretation of a Late 18th Century Episcopal

                                           Priest's Family Life

      2/16/2006         $2,500    History Bites:  Marching Through Time