| CM-*0920-77 | Challenge Programs: Museum Challenge Grants | Living History Farms | Challenge Grant | 10/1/1976 - 6/30/1980 | $125,000.00 | H. | O. | Gillespie | | | | Living History Farms | Urbandale | IA | 50322-3724 | USA | 1977 | Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Museum Challenge Grants | Challenge Programs | 0 | 125000 | 0 | 125000 | No project description available |
| GM-*0224-78 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Living History Farms | Comprehensive Interpretation Program for Living History Farms | 3/1/1978 - 5/31/1980 | $119,891.00 | H. Oliver | | Gillespie | | | | Living History Farms | Urbandale | IA | 50322-3724 | USA | 1977 | Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 119891 | 0 | 119891 | 0 | No project description available |
| GM-*0875-79 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Living History Farms | Farm of Today and Tomorrow Agricultural Exposition | 7/1/1979 - 6/30/1980 | $15,844.00 | Jay | A. | Anderson | | | | Living History Farms | Urbandale | IA | 50322-3724 | USA | 1979 | History, General | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 15844 | 0 | 15844 | 0 | To plan an agricultural exposition dealing with the future of farming and rural life in the Midwest. |
| GM-10583-75 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Living History Farms | Development of Interpretation Plan Within Humanities Disciplines | 12/1/1975 - 6/30/1976 | $10,000.00 | Oliver | | Gillespie | | | | Living History Farms | Urbandale | IA | 50322-3724 | USA | 1975 | Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 10000 | 0 | 10000 | 0 |
To plan a humanistic interpretation guide for the Living History farms. |
| GM-10871-77 | Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Living History Farms | Interpretation Program for Living History Farms | 3/1/1977 - 2/28/1978 | $33,010.00 | H. Oliver | | Gillespie | | | | Living History Farms | Urbandale | IA | 50322-3724 | USA | 1976 | History, General | Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations | Public Programs | 33010 | 0 | 33010 | 0 |
To implement an interpretive program that's historically authentic and attractively designed for people of different ages and backgrounds around three operating farms, a county seat year circa 1870, and an outdoor crop museum. To engage consultants to aid in historical research on farming and farm life (cultural, social and religious), in the Midwest from 1840 to the present, including the variability that existed. |
| GY-10657-78 | Public Programs: Younger Scholars, 2/76 - 2/85 | Living History Farms | Special Youth Projects | 5/1/1978 - 9/30/1979 | $2,500.00 | Cynthia | | Heuer | | | | Living History Farms | Urbandale | IA | 50322-3724 | USA | 1978 | History, General | Younger Scholars, 2/76 - 2/85 | Public Programs | 2500 | 0 | 2500 | 0 |
To determine the feasibility of establishing a teenage docent program and expanding youth informal education programs. |
| MR-230658-15 | Public Programs: NEH on the Road | Living History Farms | NEH on the Road: House & Home | 5/1/2015 - 9/30/2015 | $1,000.00 | Ruth | Caroline | Haus | | | | Living History Farms | Urbandale | IA | 50322-3724 | USA | 2015 | | NEH on the Road | Public Programs | 1000 | 0 | 1000 | 0 |
The museum requests a $1,000 grant to help support the cost of public programming when it hosts the traveling exhibition. |
| MR-50110-11 | Public Programs: NEH on the Road | Living History Farms | NEH on the Road: Farm Life | 6/1/2011 - 8/31/2011 | $1,000.00 | Mike | | Witmer | | | | Living History Farms | Urbandale | IA | 50322-3724 | USA | 2011 | Rural Studies | NEH on the Road | Public Programs | 1000 | 0 | 1000 | 0 | Ancillary public humanities programs to accompany the NEH on the Road: Farm Life traveling exhibition.
Request is for funds to support humanities programs that will supplement the exhibition. |
| MR-50224-14 | Public Programs: NEH on the Road | Living History Farms | NEH on the Road: Spirited, Prohibition in America | 5/1/2014 - 9/30/2014 | $1,000.00 | Ruth | Caroline | Haus | | | | Living History Farms | Urbandale | IA | 50322-3724 | USA | 2014 | Interdisciplinary Studies, General | NEH on the Road | Public Programs | 1000 | 0 | 1000 | 0 |
The museum requests a $1,000 grant to help support the cost of public humanities programming when hosts the traveling exhibition. |
| PG-287642-22 | Preservation and Access: Preservation Assistance Grants | Living History Farms | Application of Window Filters and Environmental Monitors to Protect and Preserve Humanities Collections at Living History Farms | 9/1/2022 - 8/31/2023 | $10,000.00 | Jaime | | Nicolet Rutan | | | | Living History Farms | Urbandale | IA | 50322-3724 | USA | 2022 | Public History | Preservation Assistance Grants | Preservation and Access | 10000 | 0 | 10000 | 0 | The purchase and installation of ultraviolet
light filters for three buildings and environmental monitoring equipment for 20
buildings at Living History Farms, a 500-acre outdoor history museum that
includes three farm sites, a country homestead, and the 1876-era town of Walnut
Hill.
The proposed project involves introduction of window film to filter out ultraviolet rays that can damage collections artifacts in the three buildings that house the most valuable and difficult-to-replace Living History Farms (LHF) collections. The project also involves introduction of monitoring equipment to assist LHF staff in keeping track of environmental conditions in the 20 buildings spread across 500 acres where collections are displayed and/or stored, in order to prevent deterioration of artifacts caused by conditions such as excessive or inadequate humidity. |
| ZPP-283667-22 | Agency-wide Projects: ARP-Organizations (Public-related) | Living History Farms | Rebuilding Staff Capacity for Humanities Programs at Living History Farms | 10/1/2021 - 9/30/2023 | $193,402.00 | Daniel | E. | Jones | | | | Living History Farms | Urbandale | IA | 50322-3724 | USA | 2021 | U.S. History | ARP-Organizations (Public-related) | Agency-wide Projects | 193402 | 0 | 191665.92 | 0 | Improvements
to the Ioway Farm site, programs on Ioway culture, a pilot class, activities exploring
the immigrant experiences, and Juneteenth event planning.
The proposed project rebuilds staff capacity at two critical museum sites, so Living History Farms can resume providing hands-on experiences for Iowa schoolchildren and visitors from around the world to engage in exploration of Iowa's rural history and the contributions of agriculture to our nation's development. These sites tie directly to NEH's A More Perfect Union priority, one addressing the experience of Native Americans and the other, America's place in the world as a refuge for immigrants. The project also supports the acquisition of materials, the hiring of a consultant and development of interpretive manuals to help tell those stories. Many of these activities are focused on the 40th anniversary of LHF’s Ioway Farm site. The project also includes reinstatement of Program Registrar and Collections Curator positions, along with materials and consultant assistance to support the work of these positions. |