This is a message from CTLS-L. Selecting "Reply" will send a message to the entire list. --------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 19:54:26 -0700 (PDT) From: "Laura Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: publib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: New Grant: Bring Honest Abe to your library
The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office is now accepting grant applications from libraries wishing to host Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation. This new traveling panel exhibit organized by The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif., and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York, in cooperation with the ALA, reexamines President Lincoln's efforts toward the abolition of slavery during the Civil War. Organized by The Huntington's John Rhodehamel, Norris Foundation Curator of American Historical Manuscripts, the exhibit will consist of reproductions of rare historical documents from The Huntington's collections and those of the Lehrman Institute, and will draw on the latest scholarship in the field.
Two copies of the exhibit will travel to 40 libraries around the country between September 2003 and February 2006. Each copy consists of two six-section, 75-foot-long panels that contain reproductions of rare historical documents, period photographs, and illustrative material, such as engravings, lithographs, cartoons, and political ephemera. The sections of the exhibition focus on young Lincoln's America, the House dividing, war for the Union, the Emancipation Proclamation, the role of black soldiers in the Civil War, and the final months of the Civil War and Lincoln's life. Libraries of all types interested in hosting the exhibition can download the application and guidelines at http://www.ala.org/publicprograms/lincoln/ or request a copy by sending an e-mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Applications must be received by November 15, 2002.
Libraries selected for the tour will host the exhibition for a six-week period. Participating libraries are expected to present at least one program for library patrons and community members that features a lecture/discussion by a scholar on exhibition themes. All showings of the exhibition will be free and open to the public. Additionally, one staff member from each library hosting the tour will attend an orientation seminar at the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif., on June 6 and 7, 2003. The National Endowment for the Humanities provided major funding for the traveling exhibition.
ALA Public Programs Office Linking Libraries, Communities and Culture [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Laurie Mahaffey Central Texas Library System P. O. Box 2287 Austin TX 78768-2287 512-476-1668 ext 16 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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