Texas History Grant List

TEXAS HISTORY PROGRAM

Grants Awarded for the Fiscal Year 2023-2024

Abara
El Paso
Texas Historical Commission Adobe Restoration Match Request
$30,000

Abilene Christian University
Abilene
Paint Rock Collaborative Excavation
$50,000

African American Heritage Project
Nacogdoches
Clay House
$7,000

Austin Community Foundation
Austin
Breaking the Mold: Mobile Hands-On Art Crates Featuring Art, History, and Science Programs
$18,000

Austin History Center Association
Austin
Vision Plan for the Historic Austin History Center Campus
$5,000

Braniff Airways Foundation
Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport
Digitizing and Archiving the Films of America’s Most Colorful Airline
$5,000

Briscoe Center for American History
Austin
Menger Hotel Papers Project
$15,000

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
Houston
Academic Enrichment for Underserved Youth
$15,000

CASETA-Center for the Advancement of Study of Early Texas Art
San Angelo
CASETA 2024 Symposium and Texas Art Fair
$5,000

Chapel Hill Cemetery Association, Inc.
San Augustine
Restoration of the 1937 Former M. E. Church building on the grounds of Chapel Hill Cemetery
$10,000

Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum
Cuero
Development of Texana Gallery in CTHM Expansion Project
$25,000

Cindy Walker Foundation
Mexia
Preserving the Cindy Walker House
$10,000

Columbus Historical Preservation Trust
Columbus
1886 R.E. Stafford Opera House Repairs
$10,000

Council of Texas Archeologists
Cedar Park
Texas Private Lands Heritage Preservation Partnership
$4,500

Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Dallas
In the Barrio: Early Mexican American Education in Dallas
$5,500

Deep Ellum Foundation
Dallas
Deep Ellum Community Center History Exhibitions Expansion & Deep Ellum Archive Capacity Building
$15,000

Dickerson Center for Civic Responsibility, Inc.
DeSoto
Freedman’s Town Legacy Project
$10,000

Documentary Arts, Inc.
Dallas
Deep Ellum and Central Track: Crossroads of Dallas History
$20,000

East Texas Oil Museum at Kilgore College
Kilgore
Digitization of Historic Documents
$8,000

El Progreso Memorial Library
Uvalde
Los Angelitos de Robb Archive Project
$37,500

Fort Bend History Association
Richmond
Summer History and the Festival of Cultures 2024
$5,000

Friends of Monument Hill and Kreische Brewery State Historical Sites
La Grange
Outdoor Interactive Exhibit Space at Kreische Brewery and Monument Hill State Historic Sites
$10,000

Historic Denton, Inc
Denton
National Register Proposal Application
$7,500

Historic Waco Foundation
Waco
Sims Cabin Restoration
$15,000

Iron Light Labs
Chicago
Los Chinos: Oral Histories of Asian Americans on the Western Frontier Documentary
$10,000

Llano River Railroad
Llano
Restoration of a 1952 Pullman Passenger Railroad Car in the Llano, TX Historic Rail Yard
$5,000

Marathon Public Library
Marathon
“The Magnificent Marathon Basin” – A Touchscreen Exhibit on the History of Marathon, Texas
$25,000

Museum of the West Texas Frontier
Stamford
Archival Organization and Accessioning
$5,000

Nasher Sculpture Center
Dallas
Nasher Public: Urban Historical Reclamation & Recognition – Little Mexico
$15,000

New Braunfels Youth Collaborative
New Braunfels
Mill Street Youth Center Building History Tour
$15,000

No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum
Terrell
Stories from the BFTS Museum’s Collection
$5,000

Plains Archaeological Research
Dublin
Saving the Nighthawk Bison Jump
$161,600

Preservation Dallas
Dallas
Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas
$5,000

Red River Valley Museum
Vernon
Waggoner Gallery Redesign 2025
$10,000

Remember the Alamo Foundation
San Antonio
Remember the Alamo Foundation Campaign to Remember
$250,000

Rosenberg Railroad Museum Incorporated
Rosenberg
Tower 17 Windows and Interior Preservation
$8,500

Sammons Center for the Arts
Dallas
Sammons Center Historical Water Utilities Exhibit Update
$10,000

San Jacinto Museum and Battlefield Association
La Porte
2024 San Jacinto School Day
$10,000

San Marcos Cinema Club
San Marcos
Free screening, in three county seats, of new 96 Tears/ Pa-Go-Go Records documentary, with Director!
$5,000

Save Barton Creek Association
Austin
“Foreverland: The Creation of the Barton Creek Wilderness Park
$10,000

Schertz-Cibolo Cemetery Association
Garden Ridge
Schertz-Cibolo Cemetery Archival project
$2,500

Schreiner University
Kerrville
E Pluribus, Texas
$10,000

Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Voices of SMU
$15,000

Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Texas History Fellowships at Southern Methodist University
$45,000

St. Edward’s University
Austin
History of Holy Cross in Texas: Phase Three (Research, Writing & Publication)
$10,000

Sul Ross State University Friends of the Ctr for Big Bend Studies
Alpine
Creating a Lasting Legacy: Curating and Analyzing the Tranquil Rockshelter Collection
$20,000

Texarkana Historical Society & Museum
Texarkana
Hitting the Wall: Restoring the Perimeter Wall of the Draughn-Moore Ace of Clubs House
$15,000

Texas General Land Office
Austin
2024 Save Texas History Symposium
$10,000

Texas Public Broadcasting Association (Texas PBS)
San Antonio
Texas History Series Planning Grant
$15,000

Texas State University Development Foundation
San Marcos
A Light That’s Always Shined: An Anthology of Black Texas Writers
$10,000

Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Connecting Past and Present: The Old Canaan Cemetery Bioarchaeology Project
$45,000

The American Airpower Heritage Museum, Inc.
Dallas
Arsenal of Democracy: Stories of diversity, bravery, sacrifice, and triumph during World War II.
$10,000

The Shumla School, Inc.
Dallas
Seed Grant for the Shumla Endowment
$250,000

Tom Lea Institute
El Paso
Uncommon Valor Tom Lea & WWII traveling exhibit
$17,500

Vision Historic Preservation Foundation
Rockdale
Restoration – Phase One Interior of The 1895
$8,500

Waterloo Greenway Conservancy
Austin
Sir Swante Palm Park Shelter House Design
$15,000

Witte Museum
San Antonio
History of Historic Preservation in Texas
$28,500

Grand Totals $1,420,100