National Endowment for the Humanities

Overview

Works:	2,121 works in 2,876 publications in 1 language and 77,715 library holdings
Genres:	Periodicals Conference papers and proceedings Handbooks and manuals Documentary television programs Nonfiction television programs History Criticism, interpretation, etc Genealogy Local history Drama
Roles:	Producer, Originator, Funder, Composer, Other, Editor, Publisher
Classifications:	LB2301, 726.6

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about National Endowment for the Humanities

The humanities and the civic imagination : collected addresses and essays, 1978-1998 by James F Veninga( )
Humanities by National Endowment for the Humanities( )
National Endowment for the Humanities ... annual report by National Endowment for the Humanities( )
Excellence & equity : the National Endowment for the Humanities by Stephen Miller( Book )
The politics of presidential appointment : a memoir of the culture war by Sheldon Hackney( )

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Most widely held works by National Endowment for the Humanities

Theory and tradition in eighteenth-century studies by Richard B Schwartz( )

3 editions published in 1990 in English and held by 1,800 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is a collection of nine essays by senior scholars Donald Greene, Morris R. Brownell, Richard B. Schwartz, Howard D. Weinbrot, Maximillian Novak, J. Paul Hunter, John H. Middendorf, Shirley Strum Kenny, and Gwin J. Kolb. They draw from their own experiences as students and scholars to assess the past and present position of theory in eighteenth-century studies and to discuss the important areas of scholarship that remain relatively unexplored, often proposing specific projects. Some essays are controversial; all are lively and personal. The essays evolved from a 1987 conference held at Georgetown University—the first such conference to examine the state of eighteenth-century literary studies in fifteen years

Old English literature in its manuscript context( )

3 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 1,417 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Summary report 1996 : doctorate recipients from United States universities by Peter H Henderson( )

1 edition published in 1998 in English and held by 1,333 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Land and labor, 1865( )

2 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 1,292 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book examines the transition from slavery to free labor during the tumultuous first months after the Civil War. Letters and testimony by the participants--former slaves, former slaveholders, Freedmen's Bureau agents, and others-reveal the connection between developments in workplaces across the South and an intensifying political contest over the meaning of freedom and the terms of national reunification. Essays by the editors place the documents in interpretive context and illuminate the major themes

Humanities( )

in English and held by 1,243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

My history is America's history : 15 things you can do to save America's stories by National Endowment for the Humanities( Book )

3 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 1,223 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

15 things you can do to save America's stories

Churchmen and the western Indians, 1820-1920( Book )

2 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 1,082 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Papers from a conference held at Utah State University, Aug. 6-7, 1982, which was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities

Understanding the political spirit : philosophical investigations from Socrates to Nietzsche( Book )

2 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 818 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cathedral by William R Cook( Visual )

2 editions published between 1986 and 2006 in English and held by 802 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Combines location sequences and animation to show the building of a Gothic cathedral. Begins with a tour of Chartres, Reims, Amiens, Bourges, Beauvais, Notre Dame de Paris, Laon, and the Royal Abbey Church of St. Denis. Discusses life in the medieval era and how churches were a center of life

Field guide to emergency response( Book )

6 editions published between 2006 and 2017 in English and held by 707 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shelved as part of a Special IMLS Collection in the Reference Room

Castle by David Macaulay( Visual )

1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 679 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Castle combines colorful animation with live-action documentary sequences to tell the story of a 13th-century Welsh castle. Author David Macaulay, who wrote and illustrated the best-selling book of the same title, leads viewers on a castle tour, explaining its cultural and sociological significance and its architectural design. Detailed animation dramatizes the building of the castle and portrays the lifestyle of the early inhabitants

Philosophy and the Christian faith( Book )

2 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 639 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents a collection of discussions on the philosophy of religion, especially with regard to Christianity. The essays cover such subjects as salvation, the resurgence of philosophy of religion, the Acts of the Apostles, the Trinity, original sin and theHoly Spirit

Tyrannical machines : a report on educational practices gone wrong and our best hopes for setting them right by Lynne V Cheney( Book )

4 editions published in 1990 in English and held by 607 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This analysis of educational practices in the United States takes the position that a number of practices, including the way teachers are trained, textbooks selected, and college and university faculty rewarded, have become institutionalized and endure in spite of the reform efforts of the past decade. These practices, once established on a large scale, became both counterproductive and resistant to change. A reform agenda is suggested, establishing and encouraging alternatives. These include: (1) parental choice of elementary/secondary schools; (2) alternative paths to certification for prospective teachers; (3) alternatives to the mechanical criteria commonly used to select textbooks; (4) alternatives to the Scholastic Aptitude Test (sat) such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress; (5) inservice opportunities for teachers to study their subjects; (6) paths to recognition and reward for college faculty that emphasize teaching as well as research; and (7) well-informed choices for college selection for students and parents. The value of cultural and educational programs--"the parallel school" offered by museums, libraries, the theater, and exemplary television presentations--is discussed. (140 endnotes) (jd)

One America, indivisible : a national conversation on American pluralism and identity by Sheldon Hackney( Book )

2 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 588 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Feel the Spirit : studies in nineteenth-century Afro-American music( Book )

2 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 585 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The pilgrims by Yale University Press Film Service( Visual )

3 editions published in 2015 in English and held by 577 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Commemorated each year at Thanksgiving, no chapter in American history has been more clouded in myth, legend and venerable cliche than the story of the Pilgrims

William Faulkner's Barn burning( Visual )

2 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 576 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Abe Snopes is a Southern tenant farmer whose unrelenting and violent nature proves to be his undoing. Snopes sets his employer's barn on fire when he thinks he's been treated unfairly. His son, Sarty, is horrified. Snopes escapes justice for lack of proof, but he and his family are told to move on. No sooner do they move than Snopes is offended by his new rich employer. Torn between trying to win his father's acceptance and his aversion to what his father will do, Sarty must make a decision and act quickly

After Mao : Chinese literature and society, 1978-1981 by Jeffrey C Kinkley( Book )

3 editions published between 1984 and 1985 in English and held by 563 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

50 hours : a core curriculum for college students by Lynne V Cheney( Book )

2 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 530 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Information for colleges engaged in curricular reform about how other schools are managing the task is presented with the central device for organizing details being an imagined core of studies, 50 semester hours, that would encourage coherent and substantive learning in essential areas of knowledge. Rather than acting as a single prototype this report provides information about various models to individual faculties that must decide the undergraduate course of study. The results of a 1989 survey funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and conducted by the Gallup Organization are discussed, noting that significant gaps exist in college seniors' knowledge of history and literature. Too many colleges and universities fail to provide enough structure in the curriculum. Since many of them allow students to earn bachelor's degrees without taking courses in history, literature, science, or mathematics, trustees and administrators are urged to support faculty members working to strengthen general education requirements. To deal with this problem, a core of learning is set forth as follows: 50 semester hours of required study in cultures and civilizations, foreign languages, mathematics, natural sciences and the social sciences. Several examples of core courses that have been developed at colleges and universities nationwide are included. It is recommended that courses in the core be taught in small classes and in an integrated fashion and that they be taught by the most distinguished faculty. The complete Gallup survey of college seniors on knowledge of history and literataure is attached. (Sm)

Bibliography and the historian : the conference at Belmont of the Joint Committee on Bibliographical Services to History, May, 1967 by Joint Committee on Bibliographical Services to History( Book )

5 editions published in 1968 in English and held by 528 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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