Before Google Maps or hookup apps, gay men looked to “Bob Bamron’s Address Book” for “a lightly cyphered compendium identifying queer havens in hundreds of American towns and cities”: tinyurl.com/2tybbjdb

Apply by 4/24 for the Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan program. The goals of the program are to promote Japan studies in the U.S., and to foster the next generation of Japan scholars in the U.S. #NEHgrant JUSFC

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Have you ever wondered what goes into publishing a children’s book? Illustrator and writer David Macaulay takes audiences through the process in an exhibition at National Building Museum: tinyurl.com/3s2f8d9w

A new play written by Janet Langhart Cohen, which “imagines a conversation between Anne Frank and Emmett Till,” is being performed by students for students to keep their memories alive. Read about “Anne & Emmett” here: tinyurl.com/4yavnzfy

It’s #NationalPoetryMonth and #NationalLibraryWeek ! The perfect time to reflect on the poetry of influential American poet Walt Whitman.

Browse the NEH-funded archive here: neh.gov/explore/the-wa…

A recent exhibition at State Historical Society of Missouri celebrated the Missouri Photo Workshop’s 75th anniversary. Learn about how rural Missouri became the scene for photojournalists around the country: tinyurl.com/4tpmupbh

In the nineteenth century a pair of father-and-son glassworkers helped scientists share the appearance of marine invertebrates with students and the public. Read how the Blaschkas glass figures helped educate the public: tinyurl.com/muadkmta

The Spring 2024 edition of Humanities magazine is now available online. Read it here: neh.gov/issue/spring-2…

#OTD in 1970, the Apollo 13 spacecraft was launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in #CapeCanaveral , #FL , on a mission to land on the moon.

Hear from Ed Mallonen III, one of the engineers involved in the vessel’s safe return, with the #NEHgrant -funded StoryCorps: archive.storycorps.org/interviews/the…

#DYK that #JazzAppreciationMonth was created by the National Museum of American History in 2002? Celebrate this year by learning about #EllaFitzgerald and women in jazz with resources by EDSITEment. #humanities edsitement.neh.gov/closer-reading…

Congratulations to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, one of the recipients of these National Endowment for the Humanities grants! Our staff is excited that you will have the funding to conduct archival research for your tribal history.

It's #NationalLibraryWeek ! Please consider supporting California’s libraries through the #LibraryInnovationLab Fund, which bolsters our growing program fostering inclusive communities through grant support and professional development for librarians: bit.ly/LILFund

Newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, for whom the The Pulitzer Prizes are named, was born #OTD in 1847.

Learn about America’s first media titan, NY congressman, and Columbia Journalism founder, with this #NEHgrant -funded American Masters documentary: to.pbs.org/40PUH9G

NEH awards $411,000 to Tribal communities for projects on the history and legacy of Federal Indian Boarding Schools. Read more here: tinyurl.com/yabp3sd3

Attend the April 12 symposium on historical newspapers, hosted by University of Arizona Libraries & the Public History Collaborative in University of Arizona Department of History. The event includes History students, faculty from UArizona Journalism School & ꜱᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ᴏꜰ ɢᴇᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ, ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴍᴇɴᴛ & ᴇɴᴠɪʀᴏɴᴍᴇɴᴛ 🌵 & SBS alumna & NEH chair Shelly C. Lowe. bit.ly/43McUHh

Next week's episode of The People's Recorder follows acclaimed author and anthropologist #ZoraNealeHurston and her work with the Florida Writers' Project! Thank you Florida Humanities and NEH for supporting this episode! Learn more at peoplesrecorder.info

Celebrate #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth this April by learning about the work and #NEHgrant -funded programming of the Arab American National Museum.

Learn more about the museum, here:
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Architect Frank Lloyd Wright died #otd in 1959. Read about how “Wright created Taliesin West from the empty desert” in this article from Mark Athitakis: tinyurl.com/2es63chc

Celebrate #NationalDeafHistoryMonth by learning about the evolution of America’s Deaf community, with the #NEHgrant -funded HISTORY THROUGH DEAF EYES PBS documentary and online resource. neh.gov/explore/histor…

#Deafhistory

#NEHPublicScholar Michelle King will be appearing at boldforkbooks in #D .C. on May 7 to speak about her NEH-funded book “Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei Mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food.” #NEHgrant boldforkbooks.com/products/an-ev…