Grantees

2008 Program Grants
Art from Ashes: Phoenix Rising Poetry and Spoken Word Workshops $6,910
Four poetry workshop series for Denver Children's Home for adolescents to culminate in public performances and anthologies.
Sponsors: Art from Ashes, Inc. and Denver Children's Home

Window to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Legacies $8,000
Research and script writing for a documentary film about Arapaho and Northern Cheyenne tribal history and culture in Colorado, with Sand Creek Massacre and other sites serving as lens to view current tribal efforts to preserve language and culture.
Sponsor: Idanha Films, Inc.

Denver Union Station Historical Documentary $10,000
Research and script writing for 30-minute documentary film based on Denver Union State, railroad and civic history during the building's current renovation. Themes include westward migration of European Americans, Denver history (1860-1960), rail and transportation history.
Sponsor: Historic Denver, Inc.

Doctors, Disease, and Dying in the Pikes Peak Region $2,700
Symposium presenting lectures and discussions focused on healthcare of pioneers, theories of disease, treatment methods, and social interpretation of death and funereal practices. Biographies of specific physicians include: Justina Ford, Susan Anderson, Boswell P. Anderson, Lester Williams, and Basil Creighton.
Sponsors: Pikes Peak Library District and Foundation

Collaboration in the Digital Age Travel Stipends $3,200
Stipends for staff of Colorado's small and medium-sized libraries and museums to attend national symposium on preserving our nation's heritage collections entitled Collaboration in the Digital Age and hosted by the Denver Public Library and the Colorado Historical Society
Sponsors: various Colorado museums and libraries

2008 Research Grants
Mt. Harris Through the Eyes of a Coalminer $1,000
Funds used to copyedit text, arrange essays, and gather photos to prepare collection of essays about coal mining in Mt. Harris, for submission to publishers.
Researcher: Chuck Mack

Celebrating Libre: Colorado's Most Famous Commune at 40 $1,000
Interview of Libre commune members past and present for publication in local and national periodicals and the creation of archival photos and video footage that will be offered to Colorado History Society.
Researcher: Dr. Hugh Gardner

Queen of Diamonds: Kittie Wilkins, Horse Queen of Idaho, and the Wilkins Horse Company $1,000
Research on the life of Bert Wilkins, Denver resident in the late 1800s, and his sister Kittie, "Horse Queen of Idaho," Wilkins' stay in Denver to conduct business and visit Bert. Research may result in articles on Union Stock Yards as well as biography of Kittie Wilkins.
Researcher: Philip A. Homan

The Poet's Anthology Show $1,000
Researcher: Dora Stein

2007 Program Grants
A Classical Cajun Gumbo $5,000
The arranging of original songs and recordings by "Ragin' Cajun" Doug Kershaw scored for a full symphony by the University of Northern Colorado School of Music faculty, culminating in a live performance by the student orchestra and Kersahw's band on April 5, 2008 at the Union Colony Civic Center in Greeley.
Sponsor: University of Northern Colorado Foundation, Greeley

Colorado Preserve America Youth Summit $7,210
Seventy-five Colorado students and fifteen teachers to engage in heritage education and historic preservation as they interact with over 1,000 preservationists attending the Saving Places historical preservation conference, February 2008.
Sponsor: Colorado Preservation, Inc., Denver

Evergreen $10,000
An annual family festival (since 1995) celebrating western history, with re-enactments of events, Hispanic and other cultural artists presenting music and dance performances, demonstrations, and exhibits. Reenactments will be drills and a living camp of the 10th Calvary Buffalo Soldiers, which includes a presentation on the role and daily life of the early African-American soldier; role, dress, daily life, and horsemanship of the Charros, Mexican cowboys; and living history presentations of Buffalo Bill, Calamity Jane, and Annie Oakley.
Sponsor: Rifle Rendezvous Festival, Inc.

Five Points Jazz Festival "History of Jazz" Lectures $1,000
Lectures during the Five Point Jazz Festival by Dr. Fred Hess, musician and professor of jazz studies at Metropolitan State College of Denver, will focus on the history and musical content of jazz and the significant of jazz in the Five Points neighborhood.
Sponsor: Denver Office of Cultural Affairs, Denver