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Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter

Constitutionally Speaking in New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Humanities Council helps bring civic engagement to New Hampshire with Constitutionally Speaking.

By Federal/State Partnership Staff
Portrait of former Kodiak crab fisherman Patty Mullan

"When Crab was King" exhibit opens at the Alaska Humanities Forum

In the span of twenty-five years, the town of Kodiak, Alaska went from sleepy fishing village to bustling fishing port and back again because of the King Crab. An exhibit at the Alaksa Humanities Forum explores the faces and stories behind the crabbing boom.

West Virginia fiddler Melvin Wine

Road Work in West Virginia

Two West Virginia Humanities Council supported projects explore the history and culture found along U.S. Routes 219 and 33.

An algae bloom

Let’s Be Shore Video Portraits engage residents along Maryland’s Eastern Shore

How can watching a video create better stewardship of our watershed?  The Maryland Humanities Council’s project “Let’s Be Shore” shows you how.

Humanities Texas summer readers

Summer Reading: Councils Dive In

Humanities people read year round, but summertime and reading go together like watermelon and the beach.

Viewing photos from the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention

Constitutional Conversations in Montana

Forty years ago, the state of Montana held a constitutional convention to ratify the newly rewritten state constitution to replace Montana’s first enacted constitution, approved in 1889.

River of Slavery, River of Freedom

Finally free: an Ohio summer teacher institute and a family’s 162-year-old court battle for freedom

A presenter at a 2011 summer teacher institute supported by the Ohio Humanities Council led to her involvement with the April 6, 2012 court case that closed a 162-year-old case of seven freed slave children who had been kidnapped back into slavery.

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities: 40 Years

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities celebrates its 40th anniversary with a major report

This report "reflects 40 years of groundbreaking investment—of both public and private dollars—and impact" throughout Louisiana.

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Posted: August 6, 2012

State Council Annual Compliance Reports *Updated for 2012*

Each council submits an annual report on indicating its compliance with the legislated responsibilities of state humanities councils.

Posted: August 6, 2012

Notes from the 2012 Compliance Report

This is an overview of the report given to the Federal/State Partnership's National Council committee in July 2012.

Posted: January 9, 2012

Managing a State Humanities Council General Operating Support Grant

Budget allocation and general operating support grants: Federal/State Partnership's budget is a line item in the NEH federal allocation.

Posted: January 8, 2012

General Liability Insurance for State Humanities Councils

Federal/State Partnership provides each of the 56 state humanities councils three basic insurance policies as protection of the National Endowment for the Humanities' investment in the councils.

Posted: January 6, 2012

State Council Assessment and Review: A 5-Year Cycle Explained

Every five years, each state humanities council writes a forward-looking self-assessment report that considers the context in which the Council works, the humanities benefits and services it provides, and the Council's management and organizational effectiveness.

Posted: January 5, 2012

2012 Self-Assessments and Site Visits

The 2012 Self-Assessment chart with site visit dates and NEH representative information.

Posted: January 4, 2012

2013 Self-Assessments and Site Visits

The 2013 Self-Assessment chart with site visit dates and NEH representative information.

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Posted: September 25, 2012

Explore "Sacred Spaces, Sacred Places" with the Vermont Humanities Council

Every fall, the Vermont Humanities Council takes the time for an in-depth exploration of a humanities topic at the November conference.

Posted: September 24, 2012

The Humanities CouncilSC executive director Randy Akers wins 2012 Literacy Leaders Award

Dr. Randy Akers was honored with a 2012 Annual Literacy Leaders Award on Tuesday, September 11, 2012.

Posted: September 6, 2012

U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey to read at a Mississippi Humanities Council sponsored event

The Mississippi Humanities Council is cosponsoring an event that brings current Mississippi and United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey to Jackson State Univeristy.

Posted: September 6, 2012

Illinois Humanities Council cosponsors a discussion on Chicago's Puerto Rican music scene

The Illinois Humanities Council is cosponsoring a free discussion on Thursday, September 6, 2012 with cultural activist

Posted: August 28, 2012

Tennessee's Southern Festival of Books coming in October

Humanities Tennessee's eagerly anitipated Southern Festival of Books, now in its 24th year, is coming to downtown Nashville the weekend of October 12th, 2012.

Posted: August 28, 2012

Distinctive Women in Hawaiian History

The Hawai'i Council for the Humanities presents the 6th Annual Distinctive Women in Hawaiian History Program - He Ho‘olaule‘a No Nā Mo‘olelo o Nā Wāhine, A Celebration of Women's History, celebrating “historic, famous, and not-so-famous” Hawaiian women.

Posted: August 23, 2012

56 Ways to do the Public Humanities

State humanities councils share the enjoyment and study of the humanities around the country in fifty-six different ways.

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