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There were 32 awards in all, to include 20 grants for public humanities programs, five research fellowships, six teacher incentive grants, and one planning grant. The grants were supported in part by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Idaho Humanities Council Education Endowment.
The Boundary County Historical Society, led by project director Dottie Gray, received a $2,000 grant to develop several interpretive panels for an exhibit on area agricultural history inside and outside the museum, featuring farm equipment and implements, photos and more.
Other organizations in North Idaho awarded grants were the Northern Pacific Depot Foundation, Wallace, was awarded $1,780 to help fund an exhibit about women who came to Wallace as political activists, fortune seekers, and entrepreneurs, who advocated for schools, churches, and parks, helping make the community a better place for families. The Community Library Network, Hayden, received $3,075 for support of the 2018 "North Idaho Reads" program, featuring the novel The Girl Who Wrote in Silk.
The Pend Oreille Arts Council, Sandpoint, was awarded $1,000 for a Living Voices program titled "Klondike, The Last Adventure," set in the Yukon Region of the Klondike, Alaska, in 1897-1898, during the Klondike Gold Rush.
The next deadline for Idaho Humanities Council grant proposals is January 15. IHC strongly recommends that prospective applicants contact staff to discuss their project ideas before completing proposals. Grant guidelines and application instructions are available on IHC's website at www.idahohumanities.org, or by calling (208) 345-5346.