The Arkansas Humanities Council believes that everyone can benefit from study of the humanities under the guidance of humanities scholars. We provide financial support for well-planned humanities projects that bring Arkansans of all walks of life together with humanities scholars to learn about the humanities.

A few examples of appropriate project formats are community history projects that involve local citizens, reading/discussion groups for public library patrons, workshops on foreign languages and cultures for school teachers, and museum exhibits on topics in Arkansas prehistory or history. There are many others.

Our basic aim is to reach as many people as possible who do not normally encounter the humanities in their professions or in study at the college or university level. The council encourages the development of imaginative projects that are suited to particular audiences.;

Operating Grants for Small Museums Awarded June 2011

Little River County Historical Society.  Project Director: Buddy Hinton.  Award: $2,500.

Newton County Historical Society.  Project Director: Yolanda Martin.  Award: $2,500. 

Calico Rock Museum Foundation.  Project Director: Steven Mitchell.  Award: $2,500.

MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History.  Project Director: Heather Bettinardi.  Award: $2,500.

Old Independence Regional Museum.  Project Director: Twyla Wright.  Award: $2,500.

Mississippi County Historical and Genealogical Society and Museum.  Project Director: Ruth Hale.  Award: $2,500.

Fort Smith Museum of History.  Project Director: Leisa Gramlich.  Award: $2,500.

Garland County Historical Society.  Project Director: Elizabeth Robbins.  Award: $2,500.

Sevier County Historical Society Museum.  Project Director: Karen Mills.  Award: $2,500.

Scott Connections, Inc.  Project Director: Robert Smith.  Award: $2,500.

City of Monette Buffalo Island Museum.  Project Director: Ernestine Harrell.  Award: $2,500.

Dallas County Museum.  Project Director: Agnes Phillips.  Award: $2,500.

Cotten Belt Rail Historical Society, Inc. and the Arkansas Railroad Museum.  Project Director: Elizabeth Gaines.  Award: $2,500.

Eddie Mae Herron Museum.  Project Director: Pat Johnson.  Award: $2,500.

Five Rivers Historic Preservation.  Project Director: Karen Parish.  Award: $2,500.

Central Delta Historical Society.  Project Director: Catherine Jackson.  Award: $2,500.

Lonoke County Museum.  Project Director: Sherryl Miller.  Award: $2,500.

Desha County Museum.  Project Director: Peggy Chapman.  Award: $2,500.

Siloam Springs Museum.  Project Director: Don Warden.  Award: $2,500.

Faulkner County Museum.  Project Director: Lynita Lanfley-Ware.  Award: $2,500.

Eight Major Grants Awarded

The Arkansas Humanities Council board of directors met on April 2, 2011, and approved a total of $60,518 in grants.  The projects represent a variety of humanities disciplines and formats.  Please review our guidelines on our website.

Approved projects, by grant category, are listed below.

Public Programs

The Digital Reading Club: Reading with a Purpose, submitted by Arkansas State University College of Communications, Jonesboro; Sandra Combs, project director.  Grant Award: $2,600.

University of Central Arkansas Humanities Fair 2011, submitted by University of Central Arkansas, Conway; Alison Hall, project director.  Grant Award: $6,303.

P.A.A.C. "Memorial in May" Cemetery Preservation Conference, submitted by Preservation of African American Cemeteries, Inc., Little Rock; Tamela Tenpenny-Lewis, project director.  Grant Award: $9,135.

Research

African American Funeral Homes "The Final Emancipation" - Miller Funeral Home, submitted by Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc., Little Rock; Michelle Hood, project director.  Grant Award: $9,280

Film and Video Pre-production

Conlon Nancarrow: Virtuoso of the Player Piano, submitted by the Board of Trustees, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; James Greeson, project director.  Grant Award: $5,000.

Dead Birds and Fish in the Natural State, submitted by University of Central Arkansas, Conway; Brian Campbell, project director.  Grant Award: $5,000.

Other Media

Reed's Bridge Interpretation Project, submitted by Reed's Bridge Battlefield Preservation Society, Inc., Jacksonville; Ann Hooper, project director.  Grant Award: $6,000.

Publication of Historic Records, submitted by the City of Texarkana; Heather Soyars, project director.  Grant Award: $17,855.

Major grant application deadlines are February 15 and September 15, and decisions are made in April and November, respectively.

For more information about major grants, please contact Program Officers, Jama Best ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) and Lasuandra Williams ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or Associate Director, Lavona Wilson ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) at 407 President Clinton Avenue, Suite 201, Little Rock, AR 72201  (501)320-5761

Council Awards $160,900 in Major Grants

The Arkansas Humanities Council board of directors met on November 19, 2010, and approved 13 projects for a total of $160,900 in grants.; The projects represent a variety of humanities disciplines and formats.; Please visit our website (arkhums.org) to review our grant guidelines.

Approved projects, by grant category, are listed below.

Children and Adults Reading Together

Reading Together to Strengthen Relationships Between Prisoners and Their Children, submitted by Centers for Youth and Families, Little Rock.; Pam Plummer, project director.; Grant Award: $13,900.

Public Programs

Community Educational Program, submitted by Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute.; Charles Smith, project director.; Grant Award: $19,450.

A Narrative of the American West through Story, Art and Song, submitted by songs Unlimited, Inc., Conway.; Kay Kraeft, project director.; Grant Award: $13.852.

Digging up Arkansas - State Tour, submitted by Walton Arts Center council, Inc., Fayetteville.; Laura Goodwin, project director.; Grant Award: $10,000.

Arkansas African American History Makers Coloring Book, submitted by Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission, Little Rock.; Deshun Scarbrough, project director.; Grant Award: $29,544.

Research

Southwest Trail Corridor, submitted by Sequoyah National Research Center, Little Rock.; Daniel F. Littlefield, Jr., project director.; Grant Award $10,500.

African American Churches of Fort Smith, submitted by Fort Smith Historical Society.; Leita Spears, project director.; Grant Award: $6,340.

True Arkansas Treasures and Thier Stories, submitted by Helen Booker Ivey Cultural Center, Little Rock.; Agnolia Gay, project director.; Grant Award: $7,818.

A Research Report for a History of Architects in Little Rock and the Buildings They Designed, submitted by the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.; Charles Whitsell, project director.; Grant Award: $14,868.

Film and Video Production

Plenty as Blackberries, submitted by the Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock.; Jack E. Hill, project director.; Grant Award: $14, 205.

The Arkansas SoLost Project, submitted by The Oxford American, Little Rock.; Warwick Sabin, project director.; Grant Award: $20, 423

For more information about major grants, please contact Program Officers, Jama Best ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) and Lasuandra Williams ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or Associate Director, Lavona Wilson ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) at 407 President Clinton Avenue, Suite 201, Little Rock, AR; 72201 (501-320-5761).

Cemetery Documentation and Preservation Minigrants

Awarded May 2011

Documentation of Walnut Grove Cemetery, Marianna.  Sponsor: Lillie W. Mouton Foundation.  Project Director:  Clem Wm. Campbell.  Grant Requested: $1,000. 

Awarded From September 2010 through October 2010

Hatchett-Bullock Cemetery Survey and Boundary, North Little Rock.; Sponsor: Hatchett-Bullock Cemetery.; Project Director: Stephanie Webb.; Grant Requested: $1,000.

Robinson Cemetery No. 1 Project #1, Conway.; Sponsor: Robinson Cemetery No. 1.; Project Director: Micheal Blakley. Grant Requested: $1,000.

Awarded From April 2010 through August 2010

Documentation and Preservation, Sparkman. Sponsor: Sparkman Memorial Cemetery. Project Director: Merynlene Williams. Grant Requested: $1,000.

St. Clair Cemetery Preservation, Okolona. Sponsor: St. Clair Cemetery Association. Project Director: Cloria Lee. Grant Requested: $1,000

Documentation and Preservation of Friendship Cemetery, Hot Springs. Sponsor: Hot Springs Historic Friendship Cemetery Preservation Association. Project Director: Charles Smith. Grant Requested: $1,000.

Preserving Campground African American Cemetery, Monticello. Sponsor: Campground Legacy Cemetery Committee. Project Director: Dr. Bettye Gragg. Grant Requested: $1,000.

The Springhill (Shiloh) Cemetery Project. Sponsor: The Springhill (Shiloh) Cemetery. Project Director: Hazy Barton. Grant Requested: $1,000.

Digitization of Fraterna Cemetery Records. Sponsor: Oakland-Fraternal Cemeteries. Project Director: Lakresha Diaz. Grant Requested: $1,000.

Cemetery Preservation of Okolona First Baptist Church Cemetery. Sponsor: Okolona First Baptist Church Cemetery Fund. Project Director: James Muldrew. Grant Requested: $1,000.

Awarded from November 2009 through March 2010

Cemetery Documentation and Preservation for Carlock Cemetery II- Section I.; Sponsor: Carlock Cemetery #2, Hamburg. Project Director: Marie Hampton.; Grant Request: $997.74.

Documentation and Preservation of Woodlawn Cemetery.; Sponsor: Woodlawn Cemetery, Inc., Benton. Project Director: Runion Anderson.;; Grant Request: $1,000.

Documentation of Anderson Cemetery.; Sponsor: Anderson Cemetery, Emerson. Project Director: Oree Johnson.;; Grant Request: $828.63.

Documentation of Plainview Cemetery.; Sponsor: Plainview Cemetery, Magnolia. Project Director: Jessie George.;; Grant Request: $935.68.

Documentation of Macedonia and Beech Hill Community Cemetery. Sponsor Macedonia and Beech Hill Community Cemetery, Little Rock. Project Director: Jordan Porchia. Grant Request: $1,000.

Documentation of Vaden Cemetery.; Sponsor: Vaden Cemetery Association, Arkadelphia. Project Director: Versie Allen.;; Grant Request: $1,000.

Haven of Rest Cemetery Preservation Project. Sponsor: Friends of Haven of Rest, Little Rock. Project Director: B.J. McCoy. Grant Request: $1,000.

Hickory Ridge Cemetery Preservation. Sponsor: Hickory Ridge Baptist Church, Camden. Project Director: Gloria Scoggin.;; Grant Request: $970.

Jackson-Johnson Cemetery-Phase I. Sponsor: Jackson Johnson Cemetery Association, Heth.; Project Director: Thaddis Jackson.; Grant Request: $1,000.

McElroy/Strong Tower Cemetery Research and Preservation Project Phase I.; Sponsor: Strong Tower Ministries, Inc., North Little Rock. Award: $1,000.

Stanley Grove Cemetery Preservation Committee Phase 1. Applicant: Stanley Grove Cemetery Preservation Committee, Palestine. Project Director: Truvillyn Curls.;; Grant Request: $1,000.

Stephens Seminary Cemetery Preservation.; Sponsor: Stephens Seminary Cemetery Preservation Association. Project Director: Rosie Williams.;; Grant Request: $1,000. Awarded from June through October 2009

Cemetery Documentation of Section II.; Sponsor: Forrest City Cemetery Association.; Project Director: Essie Hicks.; Award: $1,000.

Documentation of Helms Cemetery-Phase I. Sponsor: Buffaloes’ Foundation, Inc., Arkadelphia. Project Director: Leroy Brownlee. Award: $1,000.

Pilgrim Cemetery Preservation.; Sponsor: Pilgrim Cemetery Preservation Association, Solgohachia.; Project Director: Rita Galloway.; Award: $1,000.

Preserving and Restoring Anderson Cemetery.; Sponsor: Anderson Cemetery Group, Emerson.; Project Director: Oree Johnson.; Award: $1,000.

Preserving and Restoring West Cemetery. Sponsor: West Cemetery, Magnolia. Project Director: Naomi Shepherd. Award: $977.

Research of Afro-American Cemetery. Sponsor: Cobblestone Society, Harrison. Project Director: Sandy Lair. Award: $1,000.

Restoration of Forrest City Cemetery Association. Sponsor: Forrest City Cemetery Association, Forrest City. Project Director: Essie Hicks. Award: $1,000.

South Carolina Cemetery Preservation. Sponsor: Nevada African American Genealogy Society, Fordyce. Project Director: Darell White. Award: $1,000.

Raising Education and Competence in the Humanities (R.E.A.C.H.) Grants

Awarded May 2011

Malvern School District - Malvern Junior High School.  Project Director: Claudine James.  Grant Award: $1,999.

Valley View Junior High School.  Project Director: Lee Ann Graddy.  Grant Award: $1,960.

Oaklawn Visual and Performing Arts Magnet School.  Project Director:  Katie Disney.  Grant Award: $1,996.

Dardanelle Primary School.  Project Directors: Jan George and Terri Fox.  Grant Award: $2,000.

UALR School of Mass Communication.  Project Director:  Dr. Mark Giese.  Grant Award: $2,000.

Humanities Education Minigrants

Awarded September 2010 through October 2010

Fox Meadow Elementary School.; Project Director: Lacy Tilton. Award: $1,991.

Valley View Junior High School.; Project Director: Lee Ann Graddy.; Award:; $1,938.

Armorel Elementary School.; Project Director:; Sandra Harrah.; Award: $2,000.

LISA Academy-North.; Project Director:; Dustin Seaton.; Award: $1,149.

Awarded April –through August 2010

Dardanelle Primary School.; Project Director:; Jan George and Terri Fox.; Award:; $1,000.

Vilonia Middle School.; Project Director:; Carol Edwards.; Award:; $997.

Carl Stuart Middle School.; Project Director:; Sherry Tipps-Holder.; Award:; $1,989.

Twin Lakes Literacy Council.; Project Director:; Nancy Tester.; Award:; $1,710.

Alma Middle School.; Project Director:; Ronnie Newton.; Award:; $2,000.

Hispanic/Latino Education Minigrants

Rogers High School.; Project Director:; Dr. Freddie Bowles.; Award:; $1,000.

Robinson Elementary School.; Project Director:; Dr. Kim Truslow.; Award:; $1,000.

Robinson Middle School.; Project Director:; Dena Yancey.; Award:; $1,000.

Robinson Middle School.; Project Director:; Agnes Morrow.; Award:; $3,000

Awarded from November 2009 through March 2010

Rison High School.; Project Director: Pam Martin. Award: $3,000.

E-Stem Middle Public Charter School, Little Rock. Project Director: Ruthie Walls. Award: $3,000.

Scott Elementary School.; Project Director: Rebecca May.; Award: $2,765.

Maumelle Middle School.; Project Director: Casey Mosely.; Award: $826.

Robinson Elementary School, Little Rock.; Project Director: Erin Martinez.; Award: $2,990.

Lower White River Museum State Park, Des Arc.; Project Director: Richard Spilman.; Award: $1,885.

Sloan Hendrix Elementary School, Imboden.; Project Director: Deanna Adams.; Award: $2,344.

Centerpoint Schools, Amity.; Project Director: Carolwyn Guise.; Award: $1,875.

Cabot Middle School North.; Project Director: Shelly Pelts.; Award: $2,735.

Jefferson Elementary School, Little Rock.; Project Director: Sharon Faulkenberry. Award: $1,374.

Hispanic/Latino Education Minigrants

Wickes High School.; Project Director: Lisa Schuller.; Award: $925.

Vilonia Middle School.; Project Director: Carol Edwards.; Award: $1,000.

Planning, Public Program and Research Minigrants

Awarded September and October 2011

The Uzuri Project: The Beauty of Our Legacy.  Applicant: P.H.O.E.B.E., Hot Springs.  Project Director: Cheryl Batts.  Public program minigrant awarded: $1,500.

Calico Rock After the Civil War.  Applicant: Calico Rock Muceum Foundation, Inc.  Project Dorector: Steven Mitchell.  Public program minigrant awarded: $15,00.

First Person Plural: An Oral History of Arkansas Women.  Applicant: University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Center for Arkansas History.  Project Director: Jo Blatti.  Planning minigrant awarded: $1,000.

Documentation of Moore's Chapel Cemetery.  Applicant: Moore's Chapel AME Zion Church, Cleveland.  Project Director: Joe Canady.  Research minigrant awarded: $1,500.

Awarded August 2011

The Path to Kristallnacht: The Night of Broken Glass.  Applicant: Arkansas Holocaust Education Committee, Springdale.  Project Director: Susan Johnson.  Public program minigrant awarded: $1,000.

Arkansas African American History Makers Coloring Book - Volume IV (Civil War Era).  Applicant: Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission, Little Rock.  Project Director: DeShun Scarbrough.  Research minigrant awarded: $1,500.

Awarded June 2011

Arkansas' 1909 Experiment with Agricultural Schools: SAU's Original Campus.  Applicant: Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia.  Project Director: James F. Willis.  Award: $500.

The Civil War We Have Lost: The Real War in Arkansas (1861-1865).  Applicant: South Arkansas Historical Foundation, El Dorado.  Project Director: Patrick Hotard.  Award: $568.

Tribal Trails.  Applicant: Museum of Discovery, Little Rock.  Project Director: Diane LaFollette.  Award: $1,500.

History of Black Baptistsin Arkansas: 1865 - 1877.  Applicant: Lillie W. Mouton Public Foundation, West Memphis.  Project Director: Clem William Campbell.  Award: $1,500.

Awarded May 2011

Juneteenth: A Celebration of Community 2011.  Applicant: Eddie Mae Herron Center, Pocahontas.  Project Director: Pat Johnson.  Grant Award: $1,145.

Awarded March 2011

Highway Commercial Strips and Evolving Micropolitan Geographies of Arkansas. Applicant: University of Central Arkansas, Conway.  Project Director: Michael Yoder.  Grant Award: $1,500.

Carroll County Oral Histories.  Applicant: Carroll County Historical and Genealogical Society, Berryville.  Project Director: Mary Torok.  Grant Award: $1,500.

Research and Documentation of the Life of Dr. Edith Irby Jones.  Applicant: P.H.O.E.B.E., Hot Springs.  Project Director: Cheryl Batts.  Grant Award: $1000.

Cave Region Review: A Journal of Visual and Literary Art.  Applicant: North Arkansas College, Harrison.  Project Director: Tim Coone.  Grant Award: $1482.

 Awarded February 2011    

Carroll County Sesquicentennial Civil War Marker.  Applicant: Carroll County Historical and Genealogical Society, Berryville.  Project Director: Gordon D. Hale.  Grant Award: $1,500.

Conlan Nancarrow: Virtuoso of the Player Piano.  Applicant: Board of Trustees, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.  Project Director: James Greeson.  Grant Award: $1,500.

Awarded January 2011

Voices of Freedom: Overcoming Barriers 2.  Applicant: Edgenics Learning Institute, Inc., Magnolia.  Project Director: Teretha Harper.

Examining the Effect of Racial Stereotypes on Western Civilization. Applicant: Pulaski Technical College;Foundation.  Project Director: Maribeth Anders.  Grant Award: $1,500.

Caddo Cultures Club Performance.  Applicant: Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville.  Project Director:  George Sabo III.  Grant Award: $1,500.;

Awarded November 2010

Writing and the Global Conscience at Heifer Village. Applicant: University of Arkansas at Little Rock.; Project Director: Erin Finzer.; Grant Award: $1,369.

Chinese History in Geographical Perspective: 1500-Present.; Applicant: University of Arkansas at Little Rock.; Project Director: Jeff Kyong-McClain.; Grant Award: $1,500.

African American History in Arkansas - A Statewide Heritage Map.; Applicant: Mosaic Templars Building Preservation Society, Little Rock.; Project Directors: Kwendeche and Constance Sarto.; Grant Award: $1,000.

3rd Annual Fort Smith History Conference, "The Civil War in Arkansas: Voices from the Dust".; Applicant: Fort Smith Heritage Foundation.; Project Director: Martha C. Siler.; Grant Award: $1,500.

Riders of the Orphan Train.; Applicant: Fort Smith Public Library.; Project Director: Diane Cheshier.; Grant Award: $750.

Awarded from September 2010 through October 2010

Innovative Minds:; African American Inventors and Inventions.; Sponsor: Edgenics Learning Institute, Inc., Magnolia.; Project Director: Teretha Harper.; Award: $1,000.

Marshall Civil War Sesquicentennial Marker.; Sponsor: Searcy County Historical Society, Marshall.; Project Director: Vickie Pruetzel.; Award: $1,050.

Adella Adella the Storyteller: Learning Life Lessons trhough Art.; Sponsor: Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff.; Project Director:; Brenda Hengel.; Award:; $1,454.

Awarded from April 2010 through August 2010

What Made the 20s Roar? Teacher In-service Workshop. Sponsor: Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources Foundation, Smackover.; Project Director: Pam Beasley.; Award:; $600.

Tulip Academy- Arkansas Military Institute and Female Collegiate Seminary.; Sponsor: Northeast Arkansas Living Historians, Pocahontas.; Project Director: Judy Downs.; Award: $1,500.

Music in the Park: Heritage Brass Band.; Sponsor: Historic Washington State Park.; Project Director: Josh Williams.; Award: $1,500.

School Consolidation in Cleveland County Arkansas: From Fifty Seven to Two Districts.; Sponsor: Cleveland County Historical and Genealogical Society, Rison.; Project Director: Louise Mitchell. Award: $1,500.

Juneteenth: A Celebration of Community.; Sponsor: Eddie Mae Herron Center, Pocahontas. Project Director: Pat Johnson. Award: $1,300.

Arkansas State Fair and Livestock Show Archives.; Sponsor: Arkansas Livestock Show Association, Little Rock. Project Director: Deb Crow. Award: $1,000.

A Study of African-American Candidates Filing for Public Office between 1950-2010.; Sponsor: Hot Springs Branch 6013 NAACP. Project Director: LaJean Burnett. Award: $990.

Who in the World are You? Sponsor: Harris Elementary School, Little Rock. Project Director: Sarah Herekamp. Award: $1,476.

The Holocaust Remembered.; Sponsor: Arkansas Holocaust Education Committee, Springdale. Project Director: Susan M. Johnson. Award:$1,500 .

Wayside Interpretive Panel: Fitzgerald's Station on the Butterfield Overland Mail Trail.; Sponsor: Heritage Trail Partners, Inc., Springdale. Project Director: John McLarty. Award: $1,500.

Historic Civil War Marker.; Sponsor: City of St. Joe. Project Director: John Henley. Award: $1,030.

Reed's Bridge Re-enactment of the Civil War Battle.; Sponsor: Reed's Bridge Battlefield Preservation Society, Inc., Jacksonville. Project Director: Ann Hooper. Award: $1,500.

Restoration of the Reneau Historic Cemetery.; Sponsor: Reneau Cemetery Association, Howell. Project Director: Lynette Black. Award: $1,000.

Awarded from November 2009 through March 2010

James H. Burton, Master Armorer of the Confederacy.; Sponsor: MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History.; Project Director: Stephan McAteer.; Award: $1,500.;;

Uncovering the Black History of Western Arkansas.; Sponsor: Fort Smith Historical Society, Inc.; Project Director: Lita Spears.; Award: $1,500.;

Petit Jean Mountain Cemetery Historical Survey.; Sponsor: Petit Jean Mountain Cemetery Association, Morrilton.; Project Director: Bettye Henderson.; Award: $1,000.

Awarded from June 2009 through October 2009

Arkansas Black History Quiz Bowl.; Sponsor: Arkansas Black History Quiz Bowl Association.; Project Director: Frank Bateman.; Award: $1,500.

Beta Pi Omega - An Oral History: 75 Years of Service to the State of Arkansas.; Sponsor: Beta Pi Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Little Rock.; Project Director: Estella Morris.; Award: $1,000.

Civil War Helena.; Sponsor: Helena-West Helena Advertising and Promotion Commission.; Project Director: Cathy Cunningham.; Award: $1,500.

In the Shadow of the Gallows.; Sponsor: Fort Smith Museum of History.; Project Director: Leisa Gramlich.; Award: $1,412.

Peace and Reconciliation in the Middle East - Israel and Palestine - Where Do We Go From Here?; Sponsor: Arkansas Coalition for Peace and Justice.; Project Director: John Coffin.; Award: $1,400.

Potts Inn Historical Preservation.; Sponsor: Pope County Historical Foundation, Pottsville.; Project Director: Pam Scarber.; Award: $1,000.

The Fog of New Media: Is There a GPS?; Sponsor: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.; Project Director: Bret Schulte.; Award: $1,500.

Special Initiative Grant Categories

Cemetery Documentation and Preservation Major Grants Awarded March 2010

Asbury and Gamble Cemeteries. Sponsor: M. M. Tate Community Development Corp., Marvell.; Project Director: Marty McKissic.; Award: $10,000.

Belmond Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery. Sponsor: Belmont Missionary Baptist Church, Moscow. Project Director: Barbara Johnson.; Award: $10,000.

Helms Cemetery.; Sponsor: Buffaloes' Foundation, Inc., Arkadelphia.; Project Director: O. B. Ware.; Award: $8,110.

Hickman/New Dora Cemetery.; Sponsor: Hickman/New Dora Cemetery Preservation Association, North Little Rock.; Project Director: Cevesia Rowe. Award: $9,800.

Pilgrim Cemetery. Sponsor: Pilgrim Cemetery Preservation Association, Solgohachia.; Project Director: Rita Galloway. Award: $10,000.

Richmond Hill Cemetery.; Sponsor: Richmond Hill Cemetery Preservation Association, Arkadelphia.; Project Director: James Nelson. Award: $10,000.

Washington Hill Cemetery. Sponsor: Washington Hill Cemetery Organization, Prescott.; Project Director: Juanita Hopson.; Award: $9,889.

Operating Grants for Small Museums Awarded May 2010

Central Delta Historical Society.; Project Director:; Laura Bussell.; Award:; $2,500. Scott Connections.; Project Director:; Robert Smith.; Award:; $2,500.

Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society/Arkansas Railroad Museum.; Project Director:; Elizabeth Gaines.; Award:; $2,500.

Calico Rock Museum Foundation, Inc.; Project Director:; Steven Mitchell.; Award:; $2,500.

Faulkner County Museum.; Project Director:; Lynita Langley-Ware.; Award:; $2,500.

Fort Smith Museum of History.; Project Director:; Alana Embry.; Award:; $2,476.

Eddie Mae Herron Museum.; Project Director:; Pat Johnson.; Award:; $2,492.

Stone County Historical Society.; Project Director:; Robbie Purdom.; Award:; $2,500.

P.H.O.E.B.E.; Project Director:; Cheryl Batts.; Award:; $2,500.

Dallas County Museum.; Project Director:; Agnes Phillips.; Award:; $2,500.

Sevier County Historical Society Museum.; Project Director:; Karen Mills.; Award:; $2,500.

Newton County Historical Society.; Project Director:; Yalonda Martin.; Award:; $2,485.

Five Rivers Historic Preservation, Inc.; Project Director:; Karen Parish.; Award:; $2,500.

Lonoke County Museum.; Project Director:; Sherryl Miller.; Award:; $2,300.

Jacksonville Museum of Military History:; Project Director:; Warren Dupree.; Award:; $2,500.

Siloam Springs Museum.; Project Director:; Don Warden.; Award:; $2,500.

Clark County Historical Association.; Project Director:; Ray Granade.; Award:; $2,412. City of Monette Buffalo Island Museum.; Project Director:; Ernestine Harrell.; Award:; $2,500.

Cross County Historical Society, Inc.; Project Director:; Carol Brown.; Award:; $2,500.