2010 Major Sponsored Program and Faculty Awards - Office of ...

National Digital Newspaper Program: Nebraska$563,012 NEH7/1/07 – 8/31/11Wunder, JohnJournalism and Mass CommunicationsMering, Margaret Center for Digital Research in the HumanitiesPytlik Zillig, Brian Center for Digital Research in the HumanitiesKatherine Walter, who co-directs UNL’s Center for Digital Researchin the Humanities, leads the Nebraska Digital Newspapers Project,through which about 100,000 pages of Nebraska newspapersfrom 1880 through 1910 will be digitized for inclusion in theLibrary of Congress’ national “Chronicling America” website. UNL’sUniversity Libraries is partnering with the College of Journalismand Mass Communications and the Nebraska State HistoricalSociety on this “We the People” grant. Nebraska is one of ninestates selected in the early phases of this project, which eventuallywill include all 50 states. “We the People” grants recognize modelprojects that advance the study, teaching and understanding ofAmerican history and culture.Winkle, KennethHistory* Civil War Washington Collaborative Research$220,000 NEH7/1/10 – 6/30/13Lawrence, SusanHistoryPrice, KennethEnglishHistory professor Ken Winkle received athree-year, $220,000 collaborative researchgrant from the National Endowment for theHumanities to expand digital research onCivil War-era Washington, D.C., especially itspivotal role in the antislavery and civil rightsmovements. The Civil War Washingtonproject examines the war’s impact on the nation’s capital. Thegrant received “We the People” designation, which recognizesprojects that advance the study, teaching and understanding ofAmerican history and principles. The grant will enable researchersto study how race, slavery and emancipation changed the capital acentury and a half ago. Researchers will investigate how AfricanAmericans living in Washington during the Civil War gained theirfreedom, won the fight for the Union and against slavery andachieved legal equality.90arts and humanities $50,000 or more