Texas History Program

If you have already visited with Gary Smith and were advised to apply for the February 2025 funding cycle, you may proceed with your LOI, which is due by October 31, 2024.  Otherwise, the February 2025 cycle is now closed to new applicants.

Those wishing to visit about a possible application for later in 2025, please email Gary Smith at gnsmith@summerlee.org to set up a telephone or Zoom appointment.

TEXAS HISTORY PROGRAM

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

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