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NEW NEH GRANTS! NEH awards $41.4 million for 81 humanities projects nationwide. Grants will support planning and implementation of exhibitions, the preservation and digitization of written works and records, collaborative scholarly research, and more! shorturl.at/rBB8z
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Do you have questions about the NEH Public Humanities Projects grant program? Join NEH staff online for a live Q&A session about the Public Humanities Projects grant program on Tuesday, November 10 at 2pm ET. Register for the Q&A here: tinyurl.com/5artvcdw
text image: Live Q&A Session, Tuesday, November 10 at 2pm eastern, Public Humanities Projects

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AMERICA 250 | On January 3, 1777, the Continental Army surprised the British troops in Princeton. Fighting was fierce, but the Americans broke through enemy lines and notched another much-needed victory. The Princeton Battlefield Society has meticulously preserved (1/2)
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the site of this monumental battle. With the support of an NEH grant, the society is hosting a three-day commemoration of the event, “Experience the Battle of Princeton,” on December 27, 2026. tinyurl.com/skxbyuhv (2/2)
A group of battlefield reenactors at the Battle of Princeton battlefield. Photo courtesy of Molly Picture Studio.

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NEH grants preserve the first drafts of history through the National Digital Newspaper program, which supports digitization of historic American newspapers for the Chronicling America, housed at @librarycongress. A grant to @LibraryofVA is (1/2)
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expanding online access to newspapers published in Virginia between 1770 and 1963. Read more: tinyurl.com/ru9rprx6 (2/2)
A few of the newspapers, including Virginische Zeitung, the state’s first German-language broadsheet, that the Library of Virginia is digitizing (Photo courtesy Kelley Ewing)

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NEH’s Public Humanities Projects grant program is now accepting applications! This program supports exhibitions, historic places interpretation, and public lectures and discussion forums that bring the ideas of the humanities to life for general audiences. shorturl.at/AutTq
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Public Humanities Projects grants supports projects that bring the ideas of the humanities to life for general audiences through public programming.

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Do you have questions about the NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture and Summer Institutes for Educators programs? Join NEH staff online for a live Q&A session these two programs TODAY at 2pm ET. Register: shorturl.at/Ucc5v
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AMERICA 250 | After 9/11, the MY AMERICA project created a fabric mosaic to help children express their feelings & foster a sense of community. With the support of an NEH Celebrate America! grant, MY AMERICA is ambitiously stitching together a new mosaic. shorturl.at/tGjyW
Decorated fabric tiles courtesy of MY AMERICA

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ICYMI | Last week, Grand Central Atelier kicked off the NEH grant-supported Bruce Cole Lectures, with “Echoes of the Renaissance.” The event focused on the life & legacy of Bruce Cole (1938-2018), Renaissance art historian & former Chairman of NEH. shorturl.at/ELAQj
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Do you have questions about the NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture and Summer Institutes for Educators programs? Join NEH staff online for a live Q&A session about these programs on Tuesday, October 20 at 2pm ET: shorturl.at/Ucc5v
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The settlement of Bethabara dates to the 1750s and was the first Moravian settlement in N.C. Researchers and archaeologists from @WakeForest & @bethabarapark were recently awarded an NEH grant to help support preservation & cataloging efforts of artifacts. shorturl.at/flTQ0
Researcher holding a ceramic tea cup from the 18th century

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AMERICA 250 | America has been defined through maps, whether made for military strategy, to encourage settlement, or investigate disease. The NEH-supported book “A History of American in 100 Maps” uses cartography to explore 500 years of American history. shorturl.at/xSCj0
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Young 19th- and 20th-century Europeans frequently kept autograph books to collect signatures, drawings, notes, poems, and other messages from friends and acquaintances—even during the Holocaust. An NEH Collaborative Research grant will support research by Janine Holc (1/2)
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of Loyola University Maryland and Marta Kubiszyn at the Center for Jewish Studies at Marie Curie-Skłodowska University in Poland on the autograph albums carried by young Jewish women into ghettos, camps, and hiding places during the Holocaust. shorturl.at/jjuQ7 (2/2)
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The Idaho State Historical Society was recently awarded an NEH grant for a new exhibition at the historic Old Idaho Penitentiary. The program, “A Nation of Laws,” will orient visitors to the historical and civic context for the site. Read more: shorturl.at/po8GV
Aerial view of the Old Idaho State Penitentiary.

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Have questions about the NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture and Summer Institutes for Educators programs? Join NEH staff online for a live Q&A about the Landmarks of American History & Culture and Summer Institutes programs on Oct 20 at 2pm ET. shorturl.at/Ucc5v
text image: Live Q&A session, October 20, 2026 at 2pm ET for the Landmarks of American History and Culture and Summer Institutes for Educators

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On Oct. 6, @gcanyc kicks off the NEH grant-supported Bruce Cole Lectures, a speaker series designed to spark a contemporary renaissance in classical arts and humanistic inquiry. The inaugural lecture will focus on the life and legacy of Bruce Cole. RSVP: shorturl.at/9z3Jz
Text image: The Bruce Cole Lectures: Echoes of the Renaissance

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NEH’s Collections Stewardship grant program is now accepting applications!  Application deadline is December 15, 2026. Learn more: shorturl.at/QYgax
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The 2003 discovery of a large trove of library circulation records from the Muncie Public Library dating from 1891 to 1902 opened a window on the reading habits of late 19th century-Americans. Supported by an NEH grant, @BallState (1/2)
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digitized and made the records available through the “What Middletown Read” website— which was recently rebuilt to improve accessibility. Read more: shorturl.at/Z3MKZ (2/2)
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