Foundation News Archive 2021
APPLICATION DEADLINE MARCH 31, 2022
The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation is pleased to announce the 2022 Honorable Peter Fox Cohalan Scholarship in American History for Nassau/Suffolk County High School Seniors. The scholarship is awarded to a graduating Nassau/Suffolk County high school senior who will pursue an undergraduate degree with a concentrated study of a minimum of 24 credit hours in American History and/or American Government.
The awardees must attend a 4-year accredited college or university or academic institution subject to Board approval.
The scholarship award is $10,000 yearly for 4 years of degree completion. Application will be closed on March 31, 2022 and notifications will be sent out in the first week of May 2022.
Please SEE PDF linked below for application details and instructions.
Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation is pleased to announce that Long Island University (LIU) has opened public access to over 50,000 historical images captured as part of the "Digitizing Local History Sources Project."
This project was funded by a $1.5 million grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation.
The address is: https://liu.access.preservica.com/
In addition to computers, it is accessible from smart phones and other mobile devices.
THE NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS (NYSCA) AND THE PRESERVATION LEAGUE ARE PLEASED TO OFFER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS, WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM THE ROBERT DAVID LION GARDINER FOUNDATION AND HUDSON RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA
Pre-Applications are now open for the 2021 Technical Assistance Grants!
Technical Assistance Grants (TAG) are available to eligible NYS 501(c)3 nonprofits and municipalities. This program provides support for consulting projects that preserve New York State’s cultural and historic resources. The grants will support professional services of architects, engineers, and other design and preservation professionals working with nonprofit groups and municipalities to preserve their buildings, structures, and other resources that serve an arts and/or cultural function.
Pre-application is required to determine eligibility. Please review the TAG grant guidelines before completing the pre-application.
Pre-application deadline: Monday, October 11, 2021
Grant application deadline: Friday, October 15, 2021
Reading & Discussion Applications are Due Monday, June 28th for a Fall 2021 program!
Humanities New York's Reading & Discussion Grants help you to bring together community members for a series of thematically-linked, text-based conversations about important ideas.
In a time when it may still be difficult to meet face-to-face, HNY welcomes applications for programs that will be conducted virtually via online platforms or using local safe-distancing and reopening guidelines. Any tax-exempt entity in New York State may apply.
Sixteen themes are available:
- American Politics and Community Today: What does it mean to be an American in the 21st century? What does a model American do, and what responsibilities do Americans have to their communities and each other? This theme engages with these questions and others regarding politics and the current state of civic thought, feeling, and participation.
- Place and Story: Examine the natural world that surrounds us, from New York to the West, in this series developed and introduced by award-winning author and environmentalist Rick Bass. Through poetry, fiction, and journalism, readers will engage with perspectives that capture the complicated relationship Americans have with the land and living things around them.
- Votes for Women!: 2020 marked the centennial of women’s suffrage in the United States. As part of Humanities New York’s slate of programming marking the centennial, we are proud to offer this Reading & Discussion series focused on the decades-long fight for women’s suffrage in New York and beyond.
- Serving: Why and how do we choose to serve others? What is the relationship between those who serve and those who are served? If we serve, what sustains and renews us?
- The Vietnam War: The Vietnam War remains a searing chapter in our national story, and the social conflicts the war sparked continue to blaze. What was the cost of not examining the war more thoroughly or cogently, what are scholars saying about it now, and what can we gain from discussing it today? Read the memoirs, journalism, and fiction of the era in this timely discussion series.
- Your Silence Will Not Protect You: Audre Lorde: Explore the life and work of Audre Lorde, one of the foremost poets of the 20th century. Through the richness of Lorde's work, participants can engage in discussion about the meanings of race, gender, and sexuality in American society.
- Reaching for the American Dream: Pulitzer-Winning Novels: Through five Pulitzer winning novels, this series looks at how authors have depicted the striving to better oneself and achieve the American dream and how, despite our efforts, we often end of up unfulfilled or clashing with other elements of society.
- James Baldwin's America: More than any other American author, James Baldwin speaks to both the promise and failures of American democracy. This R&D series provides citizens throughout New York State the opportunity to engage in substantive conversations about race and American society through Baldwin's writings.
- In Cold Blood: True Crime, An American Genre: It's been 54 years since Truman Capote's In Cold Blood was first published. With the resurgence of True Crime, take a look back at some of the most terrible crimes in American history and explore how past writers thoughtfully illuminated such acts.
- The Serious Side of Food: With books selected by noted restaurant critic and former HNY board member Mimi Sheraton, this series explores the complex, often overlooked personal, social, and cultural relationships we have with food, from the politics of food production to diet fads.
- Our World Remade: World War I: Delve into the tragic and transformative events of "war to end all wars" through literature, poetry, and historical documents.
- Serving: Standing Down: Provides participants the opportunity to reflect on military service as well as the challenges and opportunities of transitioning from active duty to civilian life. Any tax-exempt organization in New York State can apply to host Serving: Standing Down, but Veteran-Serving Organizations (VSOs) are especially encouraged to do so.
- Growing & Aging: How does our perception of ourselves transform as we grow older? In what ways does aging change how we view others? How has the concept of "age" changed over time?
- Lincoln on the Civil War: This series uses Selected Speeches, a volume of nine addresses delivered over the course of Lincoln's political career, to explore issues of freedom, civic duty, slavery, and the Constitution.
- Making Sense of the Civil War: This series explores different facets of the Civil War experience, informed by reading the words written or spoken by powerful voices from the past and present.
- Muslim Journeys: Explore the diverse experiences and perspectives of Muslims around the world through literature and memoir.
How to Apply
You choose a theme, decide how many sessions to hold (between 4 and 6), and find a local humanities expert to facilitate the discussions. Once you've done so, register on our online platform and fill out the application here. Humanities New York requires registration and application through our online system.
Applications to host a Fall series are due Monday, June 28, 2021. Humanities New York trains your facilitator by webinar, and pays them an honorarium of $150 per session. Host sites agree to pay a session fee of $25 per session; a limited number of waivers are available. Books for the program are available for lending on a limited basis; please leave plenty of time for books to be sent to your organization. Fall programs must be scheduled between September 2021 and January 2022.
Learn More
Take a look at our Reading & Discussion webpage. If you have questions, call or email Senior Program Officer Adam Capitanio (acapitanio@humanitiesny.org / 212-233-1131).
Image: Pre-pandemic, an Albany-area audience for Action Grant recipient Black Theatre Troupe in an outdoor performance.
The Board of Trustees of the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation is pleased to announce the initiation of a new offering to our historic community for 2021: Get a $1,500 award toward and intern!
The Gardiner Young Scholars Program
This opportunity is available to Long Island historical societies.
It requires the completion of 100 hours of service to a historic society accompanied by a stipend of $1500 to be paid to the Scholar.
Gardiner Youth Scholars candidates are selected at the discretion of the individual historical society which oversees their hours and activities.
Candidates must be between the ages of 15 to 22.
To apply for this RDLGF award organizations must submit a hard copy letter of request along with:
- An IRS determination letter establishing them as a 501c3 (3 year minimum)
- A copy of their mission statement
- Proof of current 2021 membership in Long Island Historical Societies (formerly ASCHS)
At the completion of the GYS term the historical society is required to submit a short video presentation created by the scholar on their experience.
Hard copies requests must be received by June 25, 2021.
The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation
Suite 1
148 East Montauk Highway
Hampton Bays, NY 11946
Attention: The Gardiner Youth Scholars
REGISTRATION DEADLINE MAY 18, 5PM | SPACE IS LIMITED REGISTER HERE
Transformative Tools: A Practicum in Digital Engagement for Heritage Keepers is a multi- faceted professional development initiative to grow digital capacity among museum professionals, especially those from institutions that often cannot provide such opportunities to their staff. This comprehensive training curriculum will educate and engage sites with the skills and knowledge needed to produce online digital programming and engagement.
Topics covered will include Digital Recording, Editing, and Applications for Digital Assets. In this class, you will gain the know-how and a basic understanding of the tools and processes to create digital recordings and learn how to edit those raw recordings into usable digital content. Class participants will select an application for using those digital assets and then will create a final product, ready to feature on their own organization's website! The final creation will also be featured in the GHHN Digital Showcase.
- First lesson posted online on May 5 - work at your own pace!
- 2 Live ZOOM meets - 1 PM on Wednesday, May 19 and Wednesday, June 9
- GHHN Members: $45/NonMembers: $55
Don't miss this opportunity to learn about digital recording, editing, and the many applications for digital assets so you can share what makes Long Island's history so special with a wider audience! To register for this series, simply click the button below or visit our website: www.greaterhudson.org/workshops--webinars.html
Visit https://liu.access.preservica.com/ (the site can be accessed from computers, smart phones, and other mobile devices).
Long Island University is pleased to announce the opening of public access to “Digitizing Local History Sources,” a five-year project funded by a $1.5 million grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation.
Since 2017, 105 master’s and Ph.D. students from the Palmer School of Library and Information Science have digitized primary sources held by local historical societies in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. In this initial release, the public now has access to over 51,000 images–totaling 3,200 gigabytes–from 40 participating historical societies.
“Long Island’s historical societies’ archival collections are among their most valuable assets. RDLGF’s partnership with the LIU Palmer School of Library and Information Science offers students hands-on archival training while introducing our historic stewards to the best practices in handling and accessing their incredible resources. Having these collections available on line will now easily expand research capabilities into Long Island’s rich heritage,” said Kathryn M. Curran, Executive Director of the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation.
The collection documents the breadth of life on Long Island: from the diary of a 1920s schoolgirl to the daily calendar of a World War II school superintendent; from the daily account book of an 18th century blacksmith to advertising scrapbooks from the quintessential Long Island department store; from 17th century deeds to 20th century real estate agent records; from photos of early 1900s automobile races to scrapbooks documenting the destruction caused by the Hurricane of 1938; and from the daily life of wealthy Gold Coast residents to the treasured photo albums of Fire Island community members.
We will continue to add to the collection and enhance search and discovery. In the meantime, the following are some suggested search terms for beginning to explore “Digitizing Local History Sources.”
For additional information, please contact the Project Director, Dr. Gregory S. Hunter, at the Palmer School: greg.hunter@liu.edu
Join the Yaphank Historical Society via Zoom
Thursday, May 20, 2021 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Speaker: Allison Manfra McGovern
Dr. Allison McGovern will discuss archaeological research at several Weeks site in Yaphank and Manorville. This research is part of a larger project entitled Long Island Dirt that reveals dynamic and multi-faceted views of Long Island's past peoples and communities through historical archaeology. Dr. McGovern is a 2020-21 Robert D. L. Gardiner Fellow in "Writing the History or Greater New York City" at the Gotham Center for New York City Histoy.
Zoom Link (open to the public):
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6557628075?pwd=K0lWdU1KQ3RHTEh3MzMvVUJDMWlvQT09 [us02web.zoom.us]
Meeting ID: 655 762 8075
Passcode: 6CF6by
Please join us for a project update and celebration of the Regional Media Legacies (RML) Project! This project was made possible with support from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation.
Event Name: Regional Media Legacies (RML) Project Update!
Event Date: Friday, April 30 at 6:00 pm ET / 3:00 pm PT
TO REGISTER FOR THIS FREE VIRTUAL EVENT - CLICK HERE!
This event is free and open to the public.
About the Event: RML Fellows Robert Anen and Claire Fox will be sharing samples of work accomplished since November 2020, along with upcoming plans for work over the summer. Community partners from the Railroad Museum of Long Island, Hallockville Museum Farm, and LTV Media Center will share their experiences with the project. The program will also feature presentations by MIAP graduate students doing spring internships with Queens Museum, RC Diocese of Brooklyn, and Los Herederos, as well as a screening of materials recently digitized for access.
About the Regional Media Legacies (RML) Project: In 2019, New York University's Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) program launched the RML project. Media made for regional audiences, especially those housed in organizations that lack archival resources or the skills of audiovisual specialists, often constitute what libraries and archives call hidden collections—rare recordings that capture local history and culture in a way that larger and better-resourced media collections often do not. The archival profession and scholarly community now recognize that local television, home movies, the works of independent artists, and region-specific productions tend to document lives and communities that are often invisible to national media and the entertainment industry.
The Regional Media Legacies project at NYU MIAP provides reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. Captions will be provided via AI-Media. Requests for additional accommodations for events and services should be submitted at least two weeks before the date of the event. Please email Cristina Cajulis (cristina.cajulis@nyu.edu) for assistance.
