Texas History Grant List

TEXAS HISTORY PROGRAM

Grants Awarded for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023

Abara Borderland Connections
El Paso
Support for an adobe study that will serve as the first step in an adobe restoration effort for the historic Simion Hart Mill site and adjacent properties
$10,000

Advocate Foundation Inc.
Dallas
Support for documenting the history of Dallas’ Black schools, focusing on the original five schools
$20,000

African American Heritage Project, Inc.
Nacogdoches
Support for completing external repair and repainting of the Clay House, an African-American house central to the Zion Hill Historic District in Nacogdoches
$15,000

American University Correspondence of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore
Washington, D.C.
Support for the creation of Volume 1 of the letters of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore pertaining to the U.S. annexation of Texas and the Mexican-American War
$15,000

Archer County Museum & Arts Center
Archer City
Support for capacity building planning to assist with financial sustainability of this local museum
$15,000

Atlanta Grade School Friends
Atlanta
Support for restoration of the Atlanta Grade School
$25,000

Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum
Greenville
Support for installation of an outdoor exhibit area to focus on under-told history of the community
$10,000

Austin Community Foundation
Austin
Support for developing a new interpretive plan for the Elisabet Ney Museum
$25,000

Austin Woman’s Club
Austin
Support for the continuing restoration of the North-Evans Chateau Bellevue, the oldest residential building in Austin, Texas
$10,000

Baylor University
Waco
Support for developing a Wichita grass house in partnership with members of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
$20,000

Braniff Airways Foundation
Dallas
Support for digitizing 350 hours of film (1940-1981) related to the history of Braniff Airlines so that it can be preserved and shared with the public
$14,000

Bryan Museum
Galveston
Support for the second I Am Texas writing and art contest aimed at 3rd – 12th grade students
$25,000

CASETA-Center for the Advancement of Study of Early Texas Art
San Angelo
Support for CASETA’s annual symposium to be held at the Witte Museum in San Antonio, June 9-11, 2023
$5,000

Da Camera Society of Texas
Houston
Support for the creation of educational materials for Houston-area school children related to the “Sugar Land 95,” the story of the 95 forgotten Black convict laborers found in unmarked graves in Sugar Land
$5,000

Dallas Firefighter’s Museum
Dallas
Support for the construction of a comprehensive history of the Dallas Fire Department to be located in the recently restored Fire Station No. 5 near Fair Park
$25,000

Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Dallas
Support for a special program on Civil Rights and the Dallas NAACP Youth Council, a program on the local history of the Civil Rights movement
$5,000

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas
Support for the creation of a digital archives of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s (DSO) rich collection of thousands of recorded performances
$25,000

Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Elizabet Ney Chapter
Austin
Support for placing an interpretive plaque near the site of the Republic of Texas Legation in Washington, D.C.
$15,000

Deep Ellum Foundation
Dallas
Support for production of temporary and permanent history exhibits to be located in the new Deep Ellum Community Cultural Center.
$35,000

Documentary Arts, Inc.
Dallas
Support for a planned exhibition at the African American Museum of Dallas: “Central Track: Crossroads of Deep Ellum”
$20,000

Fort Bend History Association
Richmond
Support for the Black Cowboy educational program at the George Ranch Historical Park
$10,000

Fractured Atlas Productions Inc.
New York
Support for a documentary film about a small African-American cemetery in East Texas, the burial ground for enslaved people and their ancestors
$5,000

Friends of Hillsboro City Library
Hillsboro
Support for the establishment of a genealogical research center in the restored 1910 National Register-designated former Post Office Building
$5,000

Friends of the Texas Historical Commission
Austin
Support for improvements at the THC Wheless Laboratory
$5,000

Great Springs Project
Austin
Support for a project to install historical and cultural interpretive signage along the Dry Comal Creek Greenway in New Braunfels and Comal County, Texas
$20,000

Heart of the Hills Heritage Center
Kerrville
Support for developing an interpretive and sustainability master plan for this relatively new museum
$11,000

Hemisfair Conservancy
San Antonio
Support for the restoration/rehabilitation of the 19th century Longini-Hermann House, one of the 21 historic structures located at Hemisfair, the location of the 1968 World’s Fair in San Antonio
$15,000

Heritage Village at Chestnut Square
McKinney
Support for rebuilding a chimney for the 1854 John Faires House, the oldest home in McKinney
$10,000

Historic Denton, Inc.
Denton
Support for a historic resource survey around in collaboration with the Texas Historical Commission, in Support of the application for a fourth National Register District in Denton
$7,000

Houston Museum District Association
Houston
Support for emergency bridge funding
$5,000

Jefferson Historical Society & Museum
Jefferson
Support for the renovation of the 1898 federal building that will house the museum’s new exhibition space
$15,000

Journal of Texas Archeology and History.org
Austin
Support for the continued development of the Texas Folsom Fluted Point Survey
$17,000

La Santa Cruz de la Concepcion Tejanos SCCT
Concepcion
Support for the documentary film, “Los Tejanos,” a feature documentary on Tejano history from 1528 to present day Texas.
$25,000

Lamar University
Beaumont
Support for a symposium and exhibit at Lamar University highlighting the history of women who served in uniform as military veterans and police officers in Texas
$8,500

Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation, Inc.
Austin
Support for organizing and processing 120,000 images in the Merlin Tuttle Bat Photograph Collections to make them accessible for the first time to researchers, conservationists, and the public
$7,500

Mexican American Civil Rights Institute
San Antonio
Support for developing physical and online exhibits related to a noted civil rights court case, as part of a larger project to document the Cisneros House for the National Register of Historic Places
$12,500

Midland Historical Society
Midland
Support for developing a permanent exhibit on the history of Midland County
$15,000

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston
Support for the 2023 David B. Warren Symposium, a biennial symposium that provides a scholarly forum on material culture and visual art in pre-1900 Texas
$5,000

National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Texas
Austin
Support for the completion of an Interpretive Plan for and restoration work on the Neill-Cochran House Slave Quarters
$25,000

National Western Art Foundation
San Antonio
Support for the exhibition Tejanos: Art and Culture From the Texas Borderlands
$10,000

Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts
Dallas
Support for restoration and exterior repair of the historic Turner House, used by the Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts as their headquarters
$10,000

Old Red Courthouse Inc.
Dallas
Support for a Texas Association of Museums workshop on conserving and exhibiting historic textiles found in the abandoned Freedmans Colony of Hopewell, in Limestone County
$9,000

Operation Nightingale USA
Harrisville
Support for a second season of archaeological survey work in search of the lost site of the 1813 Battle of Medina
$30,000

Palacios Area Historical Association
Palacios
Support for the creation of a new educational program exploring La Salle’s journey and the discovery and excavation of the La Belle which sank in Matagorda Bay a few miles from present-day Palacios
$10,000

Preservation Austin
Austin
Support for critical structural and repair work to the historic McFarland House in Austin that will serve as the future headquarters of Preservation Austin
$20,000

Preservation Dallas
Dallas
Support for continued publication of Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas and the Annual Legacies Dallas History Conference
$5,000

Preservation Texas, Inc.
San Marcos
Support for matching funds to assist with the creation of a Northeast Texas Endangered Places Program Officer for Preservation Texas
$20,000

Remembering Black Dallas, Inc.
Dallas
Support for funding the final six historical markers to reach the goal of 25 set in 2017
$15,000

Rio Grande Valley Museum Association of Harlingen
Harlingen
Support for preservation work on Harlingen’s first hospital building, now a part of the Harlingen Museum
$5,000

Rockport Cultural Arts District
Rockport
Support for the continued restoration of the historic Rockport San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad Depot
$7,500

Rosenberg Library Association
Galveston
Support for digitization of 5 years of the Galveston Tribune and making it available on the Portal to Texas History
$22,000

Rosenberg Railroad Museum Incorporated
Rosenberg
Support for restoration of two railroad speeders and a depot luggage wagon
$6,000

Rutherford B.H. Yates Museum, Inc.
Houston
Support for the final stage of restoration of the Jacob (Nixon) Nicholson historic house, to become an Archaeology Field School Workshop and Gallery in this National Register Historic District Freedmen’s Town
$15,000

San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation
San Antonio
Support for the restoration and repair of the Yturri-Edmunds house museum
$20,000

San Antonio Museum of Art
San Antonio
Support for the exhibit “Still Brewing Art,” a celebration of the museum buildings’ rich and colorful history as the Lone Star Brewery.
$15,000

San Marcos Cinema Club
San Marcos
Support for the screening of a new film documentary on the history of Chicano Soul music born on the Westside of San Antonio
$5,000

San Marcos Cinema Club
San Marcos
Support for the free screenings of a new documentary on East Austin poet Raul Salinas in three county seats in Seguin, San Marcos, and Lockhart
$8,500

Save Austin Cemeteries
Austin
Support for producing a video tour documentary of the lives of important people buried at the historic Evergreen Cemetery, a historically African-American cemetery
$5,000

Shankleville Historical Society Inc.
Dallas
Support for the next phase of work at the Addie J. and A.T. Odom Homestead in Shankleville, matching funds committed by the Texas Preservation Trust Fund
$21,500

Southern Gateway Public Green Foundation
Dallas
Support for the inclusion of a History Walk featuring under told histories as part of the Southern Gateway Park
$25,000

St. Philip’s School and Community Center
Dallas
Support for the production of 3-5 murals featuring South Dallas African-American history on the campus of St. Philip’s
$5,000

Sul Ross State University
Alpine
Support for matching funds for the National Endowment for the Humanities Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant
$5,000

Sul Ross State University
Alpine
Support for matching funds for the National Endowment for the Humanities Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant
$2,500

Texana Arts Council
Edna
Support for an architectural feasibility study to develop plans for the restoration of the Edna Theater, in Edna, Texas
$20,000

Texas General Land Office
Austin
Support for the 2022 Save Texas History Symposium
$10,000

Texas General Land Office
Austin
Support for the 2023 Save Texas History Symposium
$10,000

Texas State Historical Association
Austin
Support for extending funding for two graduate research assistants at the University of Texas who will work on the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) Handbook of Texas and the DFW Handbook
$60,000

Texas State History Museum Foundation
Austin
Support for the creation of three Texas Statewide Archival Research Fellowship positions in 2023
$10,000

Tom Lea Institute
El Paso
Support for the second phase of the Tom Lea Trail app, which will unite communities locally and statewide using the art and history of Tom Lea in Texas
$20,000

University of Houston
Houston
Support for the research behind and production of a special issue of Houston History Magazine dedicated to the 1977 National Women’s Conference (NWC)
$25,000

University of North Texas Foundation Inc.
Denton
Support for completing a Texas History for Teachers project by 2025
$25,000

University of Texas at Austin
Austin
Support for a symposium on Mexican-American intellectual and Catholic historian/social activist, Carols E. Castaneda
$8,500

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Foundation
Edinburg
Support for a continuation and expansion of Ancient Landscapes of South Texas
$20,000

Vision Historic Preservation Foundation
Rockdale
Support for the restoration of the 1895 Rockdale municipal city hall to serve as the centerpiece of the revival of Rockdale’s historic downtown
$10,000

Washington on the Brazos Historical Foundation
Washington
Support over three years for the proposed transformation of the significant Washington on the Brazos museum into a modern museum operation
$300,000

Waterloo Greenway Conservancy
Austin
Support for expanding Waterloo Greenway’s Tales on the Trail series of guided historical tours along Waller Creek in Austin
$5,000

Wayland Baptist University
Plainview
Support for updating the exhibitions of the Llano Estacado part of the museum to better represent the population makeup of the community
$10,000

West Texas A&M University Foundation
Canyon
Support for purchasing a digital art and document scanner
$25,000

Wichita Falls Alliance for Arts & Culture
Wichita Falls
Support for the production of a joint exhibition featuring 14 rural museums in the Regional Museum Network
$15,000

Witte Museum
San Antonio
Support for a research and investigative colloquium (based on the Summerlee-Supported research conducted by the late Dr. Patrick Butler) to create a book on the legacy of historic preservation in Texas
$35,000

Zachary Scott Theatre Center (ZACH)
Austin
Support for the theater production of ROE, a historical exploration of the landmark case Roe v Wade, set within the context of Texas history
$5,000

Grand Totals $1,447,000