Staten Island Historical Society Inc

CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - SAVE AMERICAS TREASURES GRANTS AWARDED VIA CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING PROVIDE PRESERVATION AND OR CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE TO NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC PROPERTIES AND COLLECTIONS. GRANTS REQUIRE A DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR, NON-FEDERAL MATCH, WHICH CAN BE CASH OR DOCUMENTED IN-KIND. THE GRANT PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS (NEA), THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES (NEH), AND THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES (IMLS). BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE STATES, TRIBES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND NONPROFITS. THIS PROJECT IS AWARDED TO THE NONPROFIT, STATEN ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, FOR INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR PRESERVATION REPAIRS TO THE PERINE HOUSE, PARSONAGE, VOORLEZER HOUSE, BRITTON COTTAGE, AND CROCHERON HOUSE.

MUSEUMS FOR AMERICA

HERBERT A. FLAMM PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION REHOUSING PROJECT

NEW YORK CITY AMERICA250 5-BOROUGH COMMEMORATIVE JOURNAL [THE NEW YORK CITY AMERICA250 5-BOROUGH COMMEMORATIVE JOURNAL IS A PUBLIC HUMANITIES PUBLISHING PROJECT THAT MARKS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY PRESENTING ORIGINAL, ACCESSIBLE SCHOLARSHIP DRAWN FROM ALL FIVE NEW YORK CITY BOROUGHS, USING HISTORY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN EACH BOROUGH AS THE CATALYST. THE PROJECT HAS COMMISSIONED AND CURATED ESSAYS, PHOTO NARRATIVES, AND OBJECT OR PLACE STUDIES THAT EXAMINE NEW YORK CITY'S CENTRAL ROLE IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, FOREGROUNDING MATERIAL CULTURE AND THE REVOLUTION?S LASTING LEGACIES. THROUGH A VISUALLY COMPELLING PRINTED JOURNAL, THE PROJECT WILL INVITE A PUBLIC AUDIENCES TO ENGAGE WITH INTERPRETATIONS OF REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY THAT REFLECT NEW YORK CITY?S COMPLEXITY, GLOBAL CONNECTIONS, AND ENDURING INFLUENCE ON NATIONAL IDENTITY.]