Texas Historical Foundation

EXPANDING GALLERY, EVENT, AND OUTDOOR SPACE AT CUERO'S CHISHOLM TRAIL HERITAGE MUSEUM. THIRD PLACE WINNERS OF 2024 DUDA PRESERVATION AWARDS.

PRESERVATION OF THE SIMMS COTTAGE, PART OF THE MUSEUM'S EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE FORMER FREEDMEN'S TOWN IN HOUSTON'S FOURTH WARD. RECIPIENTS OF THE 2024 DIRECTORS' AWARD IN THE DUDA PRESERVATION AWARDS.

THE GRANT SUPPORTS PRODUCTION OF THE DOCUMENTARY FILM OF "WE ARE WHAT WE EAT" WHICH IS AN EXHIBITION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FLAVORY TEXAS, DOCUMENTING TEXAS FOOD TRADITIONS THROUGH TRAVELLING MUSEUM EXHIBITS, PUBLIC EVENTS, AND A 30 MINUTE DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWING PHOTOGRAPHER AL RENDON AS HE DOCUMENTS TEXAS SAUSAGE MAKING TRADITIONS.

FUNDS FOR CLEANING, REPLACEMENT OF DAMAGED WOOD, AND REPAINTING OF ORIGINAL SHIPLAP SIDING ON THE HISTORIC BROWN DORSEY HOME.

THIS RESEARCH PROJECT WILL CONDUCT AN IN-DEPTH STATEWIDE SURVEY OF THE FOLSOM PROJECTILE POINT COLLECTING DETAILED INFORMATION USING THE METHODOLOGY DEVELOPED AND EMPLOYED FOR THE RECENTLY COMPLETED TEXAS CLOVIS FLUTED PROJECTILE POINT SURVEY.

TO FUND A PROJECT THAT WILL CREATE IMMERSIVE, INTERACTIVE DIGITAL MAPS DETAILING HISTORY OF THE REGION FROM THE 1600S TO PRESENT DAY, EXPLORING THE HISTORY OF SOUTH TEXAS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.

GRANT SUPPORTS EXTENDED SCREENINGS OF "SHAKING IT UP: THE LIFE & TIMES OF LIZ CARPENTER", A FULL LENGTH DOCUMENTARY CHRONICLING THE LIFE OF LIZ CARPENTER, THE INFLUENTIAL TEXAS JOURNALIST, ACTIVIST, AND POLITICAL OPERATOR WHO BECAME A HOUSEHOLD NAME WHILE WORKING IN LBJ'S WHITE HOUSE.

SUPPORTS THE FURTHER EXPANSION OF THE "HISTORY ALIVE" PROGRAM AT THE MUSEUM OF THE WEST TEXAS FRONTIER.

THIS PROJECT WILL CLEAN, RESTORE, AND PRESERVE THE DECK ON THE WWII-ERA USS STEWART, REPAIRING AREAS OF THE DECK SURFACE THAT HAVE CORRODED OVER TIME.

"THE STONES ARE SPEAKING" IS A FULL-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY FILM FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERIES OF ARCHAEOLOGIST MIKE COLLINS WHO FOUND EVIDENCE OF PEOPLE LIVING IN CENTRAL TEXAS 20,000 YEARS AGO. RANT FUNDING WOULD BRING THE FILM TO A WIDER AUDIENCE.

"GONZALES- LEGACY IN LIGHTS" IS A DIGITAL MAPPING PROJECT THAT WILL CREATE AN IMMERSIVE RETELLING OF THE 1835 BATTLE OF GONZALES.

"TONKAWA: THEY ALL STAY TOGETHER" IS A FULL-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY FILM CHRONICLING THE TEXAS TRIBE'S RETURN TO THEIR HILL COUNTRY HOMELAND AFTER GENERATIONS AWAY AND EXPLORING THEIR CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL LEGACY WITHIN THE STATE, PARTICULARLY THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

DOCUMENTARY ARTS RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING TO CREATE A COMPILATION OF SONGS WRITTEN BY MUSICIANS WITH TIES TO DALLAS' STORIED DEEP ELLUM NEIGHBORHOOD. MUSIC WILL BE RECORDED USING PERIOD EQUIPMENT AND TECHNIQUES, AND FEATURE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS FROM TEXAS AND BEYOND PERFORMING THE WORKS OF ICONIC DEEP ELLUM MUSICIANS INCLUDING BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON AND WILLIE JOHNSON.

THIS PROJECT WILL SEE INTERVIEWS WITH THE GREATS OF TEJANO MUSIC MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, PROVIDING FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS OF THIS TOO OFTEN OVERLOOKED AND UNIQUELY TEXAN MUSIC MOVEMENT.

FOR THE TSHA ANNUAL MEETING WHICH IS THE LARGEST GATHERING OF ITS KIND FOR TEXAS HISTORY ENTHUSIASTS AND PROFESSIONAL AND INDEPENDENT SCHOLARS.

TO SUPPORT A PROJECT TO CURATE AND DIGITIZE MATERIALS FROM THE TOM LEA LIBRARY AND COLLECTION, FOCUSING ON CURRICULUM INSPIRED BY TEXAS ARTIST TOM LEA (1907-2001). MATERIALS WILL BE MADE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AT NO COST TO USERS ON THE PORTAL TO TEXAS HISTORY.

FOR PHASE TWO OF THE RESTORATION OF THE HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED 1910 ARCHER COUNTY JAIL, FUTURE HOME OF THE ARCHER COUNTY MUSEUM AND ARTS CENTER.

SUPPORTS CONTINUING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL REAL PLACES CONFERENCE, CONNECTING COMMUNITY PRESERVATIONISTS TO RESOURCES ACROSS THE STATE.

FUNDS SUPPORT THE REHOUSING OF COLLECTIONS INTO ARCHIVAL STORAGE MATERIALS AND THE DIGITIZATION OF THE CURT HARRELL COLLECTION OF ROCK ART LEGACY PHOTOS IN THE TRANS PECOS REGION.

TO FUND AN EXHIBIT AND PUBLIC HISTORY EVENT TELLING THE STORY OF COLEGIO JACINTO TREVINO, THE ?RST CHICANO COLLEGE IN THE UNITED STATES, FOUNDED IN SOUTH TEXAS IN 1970.

FOR THE PURCHASE OF STATE OF THE ART ARCHIVAL STORAGE EQUIPMENT FOR THEIR EXPANSIVE COLLECTIONS.

GRANT SUPPORTS PHASE 1 OF THE PRESERVATION TEXAS INSTITUTE OPERATIONS AND BUSINESS PLAN, LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR A WORLD-CLASS PRESERVATION FIELD SCHOOL IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING FOR RESTORATIONS TO ITEMS IN THEIR GENERAL WORTH COLLECTION, PREPARING THEM FOR EXHIBITION AT THE NEW FORT WORTH CITY HALL IN 2025. THE CITY'S NAMESAKE, WORTH WAS A VETERAN OF THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN AND SEMINOLE WARS. THE COLLECTION SERVES AS A FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT FOR NUMEROUS HISTORICAL PROGRAMS AT FWMSH.

SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY WILL USE GRANT FUNDS TO EXPAND THEIR DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF SAM HOUSTON COLLECTIONS TO INCLUDE GARMENTS, FURNITURE, AND HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS, THUS MAKING THE ITEMS FULLY SEARCHABLE TO THE PUBLIC ONLINE.

RECEIVED GRANT SUPPORT FOR THEIR EFFORT TO CREATE A SERIES OF 3-D MODELS DEPICTING DALLAS' HISTORICALLY BLACK 10TH STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT AT CRITICAL JUNCTURES IN ITS HISTORY.