LIVING AMERICAN HISTORY IN PRIMARY DOCUMENTS [RARE BOOK SCHOOL (RBS) REQUESTS $100,258 FROM THE NEH IN SUPPORT OF ?LIVIN...

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LIVING AMERICAN HISTORY IN PRIMARY DOCUMENTS [RARE BOOK SCHOOL (RBS) REQUESTS $100,258 FROM THE NEH IN SUPPORT OF ?LIVING AMERICAN HISTORY IN PRIMARY DOCUMENTS,? AN INITIATIVE THAT ANTICIPATES THE APPROACHING 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL CONTENT FOR THE CULTURAL HERITAGE PROFESSIONALS WHO CARE FOR AND TEACH WITH OUR NATION?S HISTORICAL PRIMARY SOURCES. OUR PROPOSED INITIATIVE EXPANDS THE SCHOOL?S EXISTING PROGRAMMING WITH COURSES FOCUSING ON AMERICAN BOOK HISTORY. THROUGH ITS EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS, RBS IS POISED TO SUPPORT A DIVERSE GROUP OF CURATORS AND EDUCATORS AS THEY PLAN THEIR OWN LEARNING INITIATIVES IN THE RUN-UP TO 2026, TRANSLATING WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THEIR OWN INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS AND THE BROADER DOCUMENTARY RECORD OF OUR NATION?S HISTORY INTO PROGRAMMING FOR A VARIETY OF AMERICAN PUBLICS. SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM WILL ALLOW THE SCHOOL TO SUSTAIN THE SALARIES OF STAFF MEMBERS IN A YEAR OF GREAT UNCERTAINTY WHILE ADVANCING OUR MISSION THROUGH IN-PERSON AND ONLINE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.] [PURPOSE: THE BOOK ARTS PRESS, THROUGH ITS RARE BOOK SCHOOL, WILL DEVELOP ?LIVING AMERICAN HISTORY IN PRIMARY DOCUMENTS,? AN INITIATIVE THAT ANTICIPATES THE APPROACHING 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL CONTENT FOR THE CULTURAL HERITAGE PROFESSIONALS WHO CARE FOR AND TEACH WITH OUR NATION?S HISTORICAL PRIMARY SOURCES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: PROJECT STAFF, ALL OF WHOM HAVE ADVANCED POSTSECONDARY DEGREES IN RELEVANT FIELDS, WILL MEET THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT YEAR TO DEVELOP, MANAGE, AND SUBSEQUENTLY EVALUATE COURSES FOR EDUCATORS THAT ARE RUN DURING THE SUMMER PROGRAM OF THE RARE BOOK SCHOOL IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: ENHANCED CONTENT, INCLUDING CURRICULA THAT FOCUS ON MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTED BOOKS, AND DIGITAL MATERIALS, FOR THE UP TO 45 COURSES THAT ARE OFFERED EACH SUMMER BY THE RARE BOOK SCHOOL FOR LIBRARIANS, EDUCATORS, GRADUATE STUDENTS, CURATORS, ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS, CONSERVATORS, BOOK ARTISTS, MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS, ARCHIVISTS, AND PRIVATE COLLECTORS WHO SEEK TO UNDERSTAND AND COMMUNICATE BETTER THE NARRATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES. THE PROJECT CONTENT WILL ALSO INFORM A LECTURE PROGRAM FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: DIRECT BENEFICIARIES WILL BE THE REGISTRANTS IN THE RARE BOOK SCHOOL?S COURSES, CA. 400 INDIVIDUALS PER YEAR FOR IN-PERSON PROGRAMS BEFORE THE CURRENT PANDEMIC AND 3,400+ FOR FREE ONLINE WEBINARS IN 2020. FUTURE COURSE PROGRAMS WILL INCLUDE IN-PERSON AND ONLINE OFFERINGS, AT WHICH POINT A SHIFT TO FEE-BASED ONLINE REGISTRATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO REDUCE TO ABOUT 1,000 THE NUMBER OF ONLINE REGISTRANTS. SECONDARY BENEFICIARIES ARE THE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN COURSES THAT WILL BE TAUGHT BY THE RARE BOOK SCHOOL ALUMNI WHO WILL BE EXPOSED TO THE ENRICHED CONTENT DEVELOPED THROUGH THE GRANT. SECONDARY BENEFICIARIES WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE PUBLIC ATTENDEES AT THE IN-PERSON LECTURES INFORMED BY THE GRANT PRODUCTS AND THE INESTIMABLE NUMBER OF VIEWERS OF THESE LECTURES THROUGH THEIR SYNCHRONOUS AVAILABILITY ONLINE AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT POSTING ON THE SCHOOL?S WEBSITE AND RELATED CHANNELS. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.]