Contents

1 Board and staff

2 IntroduCtIon

4 major mIlestones

6 PrIme tIme famIly readIng tIme

8 Knowla onlIne enCyCloPedIa

10 Cultural VIstas magazIne

11 readIngs In lIterature and Culture (relIC)

12 teaChIng amerICan hIstory

13 louIsIana humanItIes Center at turners’ hall

14 InstItutIonal adVanCement

16 grants and sPeCIal InItIatIVes

ABOUT THE COVER: Program analysis summary (p. 16-17)

In september 2012 the louisiana endowment for the humanities, Presidential discretionary grants (p. 18) in partnership with the state Bicentennial Commission and the university Press of mississippi, published A Unique Slant of Light: The Bicentennial History of Art in Louisiana. edited by michael Cooperative grants (p. 18) sartisky, Ph.d., president of the leh; j. richard gruber, Ph.d., director emeritus of the ogden museum of southern art; and tennessee williams/ literary festival (p. 18) associate editor john Kemp, A Unique Slant of Light presents the state’s diverse cultural heritage in a single, comprehensive volume. museum on main street (p. 18)

19 2012 humanItIes awards

20 leh donors

21 leh Past ChaIrPersons Board of dIreCtors admInIstratIVe staff

Michael Bernstein, Ph.D. Michael Sartisky, Ph.D. New Orleans, Chair President/Executive Director Editor in Chief KnowLA, The Digital Encyclopedia of Louisiana Louisiana Cultural Vistas magazine

Glenda Erwin Drew Jardine, C.F.P., C.T.F.A. Shantrell Adams Faye Flanagan Toan Nguyen Shreveport, Vice Chair Mandeville Associate Director Senior Consultant Web/Graphic Designer PRIME TIME Family Reading Time® PRIME TIME Family Reading Time® Louisiana Cultural Vistas magazine R. Lewis McHenry, J.D. Kevin M. Kelly New Orleans, Secretary Burnside Holly Bell, Ph.D. Jeff Hale, Ph.D. Miranda Restovic Assistant Director Director of Institutional Advancement M. Cleland Powell III Henry C. Lacey, Ph.D. Deputy Director PRIME TIME Family Reading Time® Director, PRIME TIME Family Reading Time® New Orleans, Treasurer New Orleans David Johnson Brad Adams, J.D. Robert Levy, J.D. Brian Boyles Executive Editor Chris Robért Morgan City Ruston Director of Grants KnowLA, The Digital Encyclopedia of Assistant Director Director, Public Relations and Programs Louisiana & Louisiana Cultural Vistas PRIME TIME Family Reading Time® Joseph Bruno, J.D. Liz Mangham Louisiana Humanities Center New Orleans Baton Rouge Romy Mariano Jim Segreto Jan Clifford Associate Media Editor Director James Carter, J.D. Harry E. McInnis, Jr. Manager, Institutional Advancement KnowLA, The Digital Encyclopedia of Readings in Literature & Culture New Orleans Minden Editorial Assistant, KnowLA, The Digital Louisiana & Louisiana Cultural Vistas Encyclopedia of Louisiana V. Thomas Clark Jr., J.D. Elizabeth Nalty Eve Y. Tao Adrienne McFaul, Ph.D. Bookkeeper Baton Rouge New Orleans Danice Faulkner-Edwards Assistant Director PRIME TIME Family Reading Time® Philip C. Earhart Roderick P. Olson Administrative Assistant Ron Thibodeaux Lake Charles Gonzales Assistant Building Manager Associate Editor Warren Meyer KnowLA, The Digital Encyclopedia of Rosemary Upshaw Ewing Mary Rounds Andrea Ferguson Director of Finance and Operations Louisiana & Louisiana Cultural Vistas Quitman Shreveport Senior Media Editor KnowLA, The Digital Encyclopedia of Cathe Mizell-Nelson Amy Williams Kenneth Gladish, Ph.D. Hasting Stewart Louisiana & Louisiana Cultural Vistas Associate Editor Director of Administration National New Orleans KnowLA, The Digital Encyclopedia of Managing Editor, Louisiana & Louisiana Cultural Vistas Janet V. Haedicke, Ph.D. Thomas Westervelt KnowLA, The Digital Encyclopedia of Louisiana & Louisiana Cultural Vistas Monroe New Orleans

Deborah Harkins, J.D. Luis Zervigon, C.F.P. New Orleans New Orleans Randy Haynie Consultants Lafayette Jim Barr, Ed.D. Laura Ladendorf Randall Rust PRIME TIME Family Reading Time® Designer, KnowLA, The Digital Encyclopedia of Program Evaluation Louisiana Cultural Vistas Louisiana Technology Consultant

Howard Hunter Restech Teaching American History/KnowLA, Network Administrator The Digital Encyclopedia of Louisiana Consultant

louIsIana endowment for the humanItIes 1 IntroduCtIon

In 2012 the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) deepened its commitment to the people of Louisiana through new initiatives that delivered innovative programs and visible results. Among the unmistakable signs of progress are the continued development of KnowLA, The Digital Encyclopedia of Louisiana History and Culture, the evolution of PRIME TIME Family Reading Time® as a nationally recognized leader in early childhood education and the publication of A Unique Slant of Light: The Bicentennial History of Art in Louisiana. The complete elimination of our state funding created new challenges that the LEH met with renewed vigor through the talents and dedication of our effective board and staff members and the support of government, foundations, corporations and individuals. After more than four decades as a standard bearer for stewardship and education, we remain determined to deliver the history and culture of our state to all Louisianans.

The LEH’s award-winning programs all remained national exemplars for state humanities councils:

• PRIME TIME Family Reading Time® • Louisiana Cultural Vistas magazine • KnowLA — The Digital Encyclopedia of Louisiana History and Culture The louisiana humanities Center at turners’ hall, headquarters for the leh. •Readings in Literature and Culture (RELIC) library programs • Teaching American History (TAH) • Museums on Main Street, in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution • The LEH Grants program • LEH’s original humanities programming at the Louisiana Humanities Center

Since its inception in 1971, the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities has invested more than $65 million to bring Louisiana’s people, history, cultures and stories to local, national and international audiences. More than 25,671 Louisiana residents have participated in PRIME TIME programs, more than 103,000 have attended RELIC programs and 6,248 educators have graduated from the LEH’s Teacher Institutes for Advanced Study and Teaching American History, who in turn teach 628,000 students. Millions more have attended LEH-funded programs throughout the state or have watched LEH-funded documentaries. The bulk of that investment was made possible through state and federal appropriations and grants the LEH received through competitive applications.

audience in the Patrick f. taylor auditorium.

2 louIsIana endowment for the humanItIes Louisiana Cultural Vistas magazine headquarters in New Orleans and as a vital source of LEH PROGRAMS First published in 1990, Louisiana Cultural Vistas reaches cultural activity, the LHC hosts nonprofits, cultural a readership exceeding 20,000, with more than 9,000 organizations, national corporations and academic KnowLA — The Digital Encyclopedia of Louisiana pages and 92 issues in print and available online. The associations for meetings, receptions and public History and Culture award-winning quarterly magazine serves as a lasting forums that advance the LEH’s mission. Now in its fifth year of development, KnowLA — The way for the LEH to promote and explore Louisiana’s rich Digital Encyclopedia of Louisiana History and Culture is cultural heritage. Commitment & Innovation Continues: a free, authoritative online source for researchers, After severe cuts in 2010 and 2011, state appropriations historians, students and cultural tourists. The website’s Teaching American History Grants and Teacher for the LEH were eliminated in 2012, representing an scholar-vetted content on six topics central to Louisiana Institutes for Advanced Studies annual loss of $2 million. The LEH Grants program — architecture, art, folklife, history, literature and music Since 2003, the LEH has secured five Teaching American suspended its deadlines indefinitely, and our RELIC, — are arranged in a visually engaging, user-friendly History (TAH) grants from the U.S. Department of PRIME TIME and TAH programs suffered format incorporating interactive media. Entries are Education, totaling $6.2 million. These seminars graduated unprecedented damage. The LEH refused to stand enhanced by images of artwork, photographs, historical 1,036 teachers, improving the quality of American History still, however. Through our institutional advancement documents, maps, and audio and video clips from some and social studies courses for more than 123,000 efforts, private gifts from individuals, corporations of the most respected archives throughout the state and students annually. From 1985 to 2010, the LEH invested and foundations increased at a significant rate over the nation. $6.9 million in Teacher Institutes for Advanced Studies the previous year’s figures, for the fourth consecutive seminars graduating 5,212 teachers who teach more year. Two precedent-setting, six-figure partnerships PRIME TIME than 505,000 students annually. In total, through tuition- were secured with the New Orleans-based Baptist Created by the LEH in 1991, PRIME TIME Family Reading free graduate credit summer institutes and in-service Community Ministries and the Shreveport-based ® Time is a unique, humanities-focused and outcomes- teacher professional development programs, 6,248 Community Foundation of North Louisiana and the based methodology that engages new and underserved elementary, middle and high school teachers of American Carolyn W. and Charles T. Beaird Family Foundation audiences, specifically at-risk children and their families, history, Louisiana history, and social studies have to support PRIME TIME. Our outstanding partnership in the exploration of the humanities through children’s completed the TAH and TIAS teacher professional with the Shell Oil Company and Foundation entered literature. PRIME TIME’s methodology is proven to development programs. As a result, more than 628,000 its second year, reaching $433,000 in private investment generate unprecedented long-term improvements in students have benefited. and leveraging at least $100,000 in additional matching student academic achievement. Having served over support. Spurred by LEH board members, our first 51,000 children and families in all of Louisiana’s 64 Grants fundraising event/auction, known as “Artful Pop-Up,” parishes and 40 other states, the program offers schools, Since its founding in 1971, the LEH has invested was a resounding success. libraries, museums and other community service agencies approximately $25.5 million in more than 2,408 locally research-based initiatives. These directly engage children, initiated public humanities grant projects that responded While progress continues, the disappearance of state parents, teachers, educational administrators and other to local needs and infrastructure. Festivals, documentary support impacts partners and communities around community service providers in high-quality humanities- films, academic conferences, scholarly works and public the state. Committed to our mission to deliver the based learning experiences that yield dramatic educational humanities programs funded by the LEH have reached humanities to every citizen in Louisiana, the LEH improvement. audiences exceeding 25 million in more than 40 years of faces these challenges with a spirited resolve to support for Louisiana’s schools, libraries, writers and innovate and advance despite these trying times. RELIC: Readings in Literature and Culture communities. Since 1983, Readings in Literature and Culture (RELIC) programs have drawn 103,000 total attendees in 63 of Louisiana Humanities Center at Turners’ Hall Michael Sartisky, Ph.D. the state’s 64 parishes. Partnering with libraries and The Louisiana Humanities Center (LHC) at Turners’ Hall President/Executive Director scholars to explore the history and literature of Louisiana, opened its doors in 2007 to provide versatile, fully the U.S. and the world, RELIC is the longest running and equipped learning spaces for humanities organizations Michael Bernstein, Ph.D. most successful public humanities reading program in and nonprofit agencies in the state. As the LEH’s Chair the South, if not the nation.

louIsIana endowment for the humanItIes 3 major mIlestones

1983 1985 1988 1990 1991 1995 1998 RELIC: Teacher Resource Louisiana PRIME TIME PRIME TIME PRIME TIME Readings in Institutes Center Cultural Pilot Statewide National Literature for Advanced Vistas and Culture Study magazine

growth of the leh

In its first decade, the LEH operated like most other state humanities councils, distributing re-grants of NEH funds and overseeing a small budget and limited programs administered by a dedicated staff. Beginning in the early 1980s, the LEH expanded dramatically with the implementation of several new programs designed to meet community and statewide needs, significant increases in state and national funding, and a determination to impact the lives of all Louisianans through the spread of the humanities.

By engaging with state government to properly fund these efforts, developing partnerships with the private sector and national foundations, securing large federal grants, and through the successful fulfillment of a multiyear capital campaign, the LEH grew into the country’s largest council, with an operating budget that peaked at $4.3 million in the 2007-08 fiscal year.

Succeeding years witnessed unprecedented challenges to state and federal support, but diverse funding streams and the LEH’s entrepreneurial leadership continue to generate new strategies to deliver our award-winning programs to every parish. These timelines illustrate the significant milestones made possible through decades of unparalleled growth.

$2,554,638 $1,960,926

nnual $1,009,831 a $601,074 Budget 1984-85 1995-96 1998-99 2001-02

4 louIsIana endowment for the humanItIes 2000 2001 2003 2005 2007 2010 2011 2012 Turners’ Hall Museum on Teaching Capital Opening of Publication of Beta Launch Publication of Acquisition Main Street American Campaign the Louisiana Stemming the for KnowLA – A Unique Slant History Humanities Tide, a 10-year The Digital of Light: The Center PRIME TIME Encyclopedia Bicentennial History Impact Study of Louisiana of Art in Louisiana

$4,333,337

$3,240,638 $3,215,631 $3,292,259

2003-04 2007-08 2010-11 2011-12

louIsIana endowment for the humanItIes 5 PrIme tIme famIly readIng tIme

Initiated by the LEH in 1991, today PRIME TIME is the longest running outcomes-based humanities program in the nation designed to engage educationally and economically vulnerable children and families. A national model in In 2012 PRIME TIME remained committed to engaging and serving at-risk children and family literacy, PRIME TIME has won the families in Louisiana and across the nation. PRIME TIME and its affiliate network together prestigious Coming Up Taller Award from invested more than $1.3 million in 2012 to deliver programs across 9 states. the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, and the Public Library Association’s PRIME TIME Family Reading Time is LEH’s signature outcomes-based family literacy Advancement of Literacy Award. program designed for children ages 3 to 10 and their families. PRIME TIME programs bring at-risk families into schools, libraries, and other community venues once weekly, for storytelling and literary discussion. In 2012 PRIME TIME added two new affiliate partners to the network: Humanities Washington and the Illinois Humanities Council.

PRIME TIME Full Circle is a holistic regimen intended to provide year-round PRIME TIME 2011 ACADEMIC IMPACT STUDY RESULTS programming to participating school sites. PRIME TIME’s Full Circle Initiative began In 2010, Stemming the Tide of Intergenerational Illiteracy: A Ten-Year Impact implementation for the first time in Caddo Parish during 2012. This ground-breaking Study of PRIME TIME Family Reading Time, a definitive longitudinal analysis of project will include three mutually reinforcing PRIME TIME program components: PRIME the program’s impact on student achievement was released. This ten-year study TIME Family Reading Time, PRIME TIME Teacher Institute for offers statistical evidence that our preemptive approach to addressing the problem 6 Advanced Study and PRIME TIME HomeRoom Professional Learning of intergenerational illiteracy can significantly impact and improve student learning. Claiborne Union Morehouse 2 2 Webster Consequently, PRIME TIME Family Reading Time achieves its mission and effectively Bossier 2 4 4 West Workshops. Carroll 5 East 42 Carroll creates the precondition for future learning among economically and 3 Lincoln Ouachita Richland educationally vulnerable families. Caddo 4 PRIME TIME National Expansion continued in 2012 with the Bienville 6 19 1 Madison 6 Jackson award of its 10th competitive grant from the National Endowment 3 9 Red Caldwell River Franklin for the Humanities in the amount of $355,833 for its continued iLEAP Performance Ratios: LEAP Performance Ratios: De Soto 1 1 Tensas Winn national and statewide expansion. The funded project, “It’s a # of Variables PRIME TIME Participants # of Variables PRIME TIME Participants 4 2 Scored Higher vs. Control Group Scored Higher vs. Control Group 8 2 Catahoula Natchitoches Small World After All: Global Citizenship Education for the La Salle Grant 2 3 45 30 Sabine 21st Century,” will debut a new syllabus and expand the program in 12 4 # of Variables of # # of Variables of # Louisiana and four partner states. 42 Concordia 34 23 Rapides 43 Vernon Avoyelles PRIME TIME is fully committed to providing 43 26 23 25 15 11 5 West 21 1 Feliciana humanities-based educational experiences to 9 St. Washington 8 East Tangipahoa 11 8 8 5 4 Feliciana Helena 7 educationally and economically vulnerable Beauregard Evangeline 6 Pointe East 5 2 7 Allen Coupee Baton audiences. The program continues to engage 0 0 St. Landry West Rouge 27 3rd 16 Baton 10 St. Tammany 5th* 1 Rouge 5 28 Livingston 2 diverse audiences in new places through 6th* Lafayette 22 4th Jefferson Acadia 3 St. 12 mission-driven fundraising and strategic Grade 7th* High Calcasieu Davis Iberville 10 Grade 4 19 Martin Ascension 30 22 St. John partnerships.

Assumption 93 PT Control 6 St. the Baptist *Not PRIME TIME target age/grade Iberia James 5 Orleans Cameron 3 6 15 Vermilion St. St. Jefferson 1 3 Charles St. Bernard 8 Martin 5 14 St. Mary 25 2 n 3rd Grade: PRIME TIME participants performed higher on 95.5% areas of the iLEAP.* Lafourche Plaquemines n 4th Grade: PRIME TIME participants performed higher on 96% areas of the LEAP.** 14 Terrebonne n 5th Grade: PRIME TIME participants performed higher on 100% areas of the iLEAP. n 6th Grade: PRIME TIME participants performed higher on 100% areas of the iLEAP. 11 n 7th Grade: PRIME TIME participants performed higher on 62% areas of the iLEAP. n High School: PRIME TIME participants performed higher on 81% areas of the GEE.*** LOUISIANA EXPANSION

* Integrated Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (iLEAP) 2012 IMPACT 1991-2012 IMPACT ** Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) • 54 programs • 639 programs *** Graduate Exit Exam (GEE) • 21 parishes • 64 parishes • 1,822 graduating participants • 25,671 graduating participants

6 louIsIana endowment for the humanItIes “Reading is fundamental. Parents are aware of this, and they were very excited that we [the preschool] were able to offer this program. When parents feel that their child’s school is offering every opportunity for extending learning, it promotes confidence in the school and that is a benefit.” PRIME TIME continues to innovate its programmatic content and formats. Building on the success and track record of its signature family literacy — Rochelle Wilcox, PRIME TIME Preschool Program Coordinator and program, PRIME TIME Family Reading Time, three additional programs Director, based on the original methodology are now available to Louisiana families, Wilcox Academy of Early Learning, New Orleans, LA educators and communities. “Felicia is a mom. She would come to PRIME TIME each session PRIME TIME Preschool is an early learning program targeting children dressed in her work clothes and looking very tired, but she would ages 3 to 5 and their families. The program models meaningful at-home participate in the discussion, and as the evening went on a smile would reading for parents or caregivers and their young children, and introduces appear on her face. This is just a piece of the magic of PRIME TIME. families to literature and the humanities through age-appropriate storytelling The program shows parents that no matter how tired you are, there is and literary exploration via center-based play. Fall 2012 was the inaugural always time to read and talk with your child. It also shows parents that term for PRIME TIME Preschool, with 5 programs implemented in schools they are welcome at our school. Prairie’s School Performance score and childcare centers in Catahoula, Orleans and Sabine parishes. The continues to go up, and I believe PRIME TIME plays a part in this.” inaugural programs graduated 82 parents and their preschoolers with an overall retention rate of 81 percent. — Kristy Sturm, PRIME TIME Program Coordinator and Librarian, Prairie Elementary School, Lafayette, LA PRIME TIME HomeRoom is intended to deliver humanities-based teacher professional development for Louisiana’s public school districts. The program includes more than 50 hours of intensive educator training focusing 2 on how to incorporate literacy instruction across core subjects, how to Washington Maine employ student-centered and collective learning strategies, and how to Montana North Minnesota Dakota Vermont 1 promote home-school partnerships. In 2012 PRIME TIME HomeRoom 2 2 Oregon 1NH was endorsed by the Louisiana Department of Education and received Wisconsin South 13 7 7 Idaho MA 1 Dakota 5 New York approval as a “Professional Development Provider” for Louisiana’s Striving 16 Michigan CT 1 Wyoming RI Readers Comprehensive Literacy (SRCL) program, a high-visibility, federally 63 Pennsylvania 6 102 Iowa NJ Nevada 23 funded literacy initiative. 1 Nebraska 6 Ohio MD Delaware Illinois Indiana Utah 6 4 Colorado West 3 1 2 Virginia PRIME TIME Teacher Institutes for Advanced Study are conducted in Kansas Virginia 18 Missouri Kentucky partnership with local universities and are led by university professors. The 133 North 56 2 Carolina Institutes introduce teachers to the Socratic method as a tool for deepening Tennessee Oklahoma 40 Arkansas South student comprehension of literature and texts. A fall 2012 PRIME TIME Arizona 1 Carolina New Mexico 18 2 Mississippi3 Teacher Institute for Advanced Study was conducted in partnership with 6 1 Alabama Georgia the Louisiana State University at Shreveport and six elementary schools in 13 639 60

Caddo Parish. Twenty-three teachers participated; in all, they instruct 750 Louisiana Florida students annually. These teachers will also serve as the core team members 1 of school-based PRIME TIME Family Reading Time programs in 2013. Alaska 74 Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Hawaii Islands PRIME TIME continues to build on the success and impact of its award- 1 winning methodology. Constantly innovating, PRIME TIME creates new programs and initiatives based on the needs of the target population and NATIONAL EXPANSION those who work to educate them. PRIME TIME programs are research- based and developed collaboratively by experts in the humanities, literacy, 2012 IMPACT 1991-2012 IMPACT k-12 education, and early childhood education fields. • 69 programs • 1,347 programs • 9 states • 40 states • 3,795 graduating participants • 51,576 graduating participants

louIsIana endowment for the humanItIes 7 Knowla: the dIgItal enCyCloPedIa of louIsIana

Launched in 2011, KnowLA—The Digital Encyclopedia of Louisiana History and Culture represents the LEH’s most global commitment to documenting and disseminating scholarly research about Louisiana. The encyclopedia’s content is freely available online at www.knowla.org.

Dedicated to becoming the first point of reference for knowledge about Louisiana, KnowLA provides authoritative information for researchers, historians, students and cultural tourists, among many other users around the world. To that end, in 2012 KnowLA scored landmark achievements, expanding its offerings while opening new paths for this unique resource. To date, KnowLA features 600 scholar-vetted entries on six central topics: architecture, art, folklife, history, literature and music, as well as thousands of media assets including graphics, audio and video clips and unique interactive features.

KnowLA continued its rapid growth in 2012 as site visits surpassed 209,000 with 465,000 page views for the year. Overall KnowLA.org readership increased 72 percent from 2011 through 2012 and the LEH estimates a cumulative user audience in excess of 500,000 by the end of 2013.

Highlights include:

• Published entries: 600 on the subjects of Louisiana art, architecture, history, literature, music and folklife. • Published images: 2,681, including more than 1,000 images of Louisiana art. • Published audio files: 214, including oral histories, interviews and musical excerpts. • Published videos: 41 video clips of archival footage and documentary film excerpts. • Referring sites: , Facebook, TeacherWeb.com, University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Wikipedia.

Most popular entries in 2012:

Jim Crow/ Great Flood French Colonial Segregation: of 1927: Louisiana: Knowla, through a partnership with the louisiana historical association, now features the 3,920 views 2,700 views 2,600 views biographies of the entire pantheon of louisiana governors. (Pictured left to right) governors jean- Baptiste le moyne de Bienville, william C.C. Claiborne, huey P. long and .

8 louIsIana endowment for the humanItIes Google Analytics, www.knowla.org (Jan 1, 2012-Dec 31, 2012)

79.68% New Visitor Visits: 209,168 In 2012 the LEH received widespread acclaim for producing A Unique Slant of Light: The Bicentennial History of Art in Louisiana, a Page per Visit: 2 comprehensive and lushly illustrated 456-page book representing the 20.32% Returning Visitor state’s art and artists with 400 images and almost 300 entries authored by dozens of notable scholars. The book was conceived and executed with matching digital components: every page was digitized and is freely available online for researchers and casual browsers alike. The book’s content also comprises the heart of the art section in KnowLA, City Visits where individual artists’ entries are supplemented with additional 1. New Orleans 15,850 images of their work. 2. Baton Rouge 7,540 3. Lafayette 4,259 The LEH is innovating a new model of cultural interchange through a 4. Shreveport 3,084 collaboration with Destrehan Plantation. The historic property’s previously 5. Metairie 2,534 published illustrated history will now be available through the LEH 6. Lake Charles 1,620 website. Portions of the book’s text will be used to create KnowLA 7. Covington 1,474 entries and Louisiana Cultural Vistas articles. In addition, the LEH is 8. Monroe 1,391 currently developing a cooperative project with to 9. Alexandria 1,190 enhance KnowLA’s technical capacity and scalability. In 2013 KnowLA 10. Thibodaux 1,097 will work with master teachers, curriculum experts and technical consultants to develop an education component for the history section of KnowLA that aligns with the Common Core State Standards.

1 15,850

Country/Territory Visits 1. United States 185,891 2. United Kingdom 3,442 3. Canada 3,409 4. 1,678 5. Germany 1,480 6. (not set) 1,182 7. Australia 942 8. 676 9. Italy 627 A Unique Slant of Light: The Bicentennial History of Louisiana Art was published in 10. Philippines 575 september 2012. The 456-page book was also digitized and uploaded to a website where scholars and casual browsers may read condensed biographies of 300 selected artists along with a single representative art work per artist, free of charge. The pages of the book are in turn linked to KnowLA.org, the Digital Encyclopedia of Louisiana, where a more extensive history of each artist is presented, along with a broader gallery of their works. 1 185,891

louIsIana endowment for the humanItIes 9 louIsIana Cultural VIstas magazIne

Since its first issue in 1990, Louisiana Cultural Vistas has documented and interpreted the state’s culture, literature, arts, and history. LCV continues to earn praise by showcasing Louisiana’s great writers, scholars and artists in print — with a readership of more than 20,000 — and through a digital version available at www.leh.org. In 2012 LCV published new biographical profiles of famous Louisianans, photo essays documenting life and culture in the state, and enlightening history features written by emerging and accomplished scholars. The Press Club of New Orleans honored the magazine with six awards in 2012, recognizing photographers Kevin Levine, Debbie Fleming and Samuel Portera, and writers Ann Dobie, Ph.D., Michael Sartisky, Ph.D., and Ben Sandmel, bringing the total number of awards the publication has received in the past 20 years to 125.

HIGHLIGHTS OF 2012 INCLUDED:

• A tribute to Preservation Hall upon its 50th anniversary, written by The magazine enhanced its digital presence through online musician and journalist Tom Sancton, who was mentored as a teenager alignment with KnowLA—The Digital Encyclopedia of Louisiana by elder musicians in the early days of the Hall’s founding. History and Culture, which now features links from its entries to • A biographical sketch of jazz clarinetist by Keith Spera. related articles in past issues of Louisiana Cultural Vistas, all of • A biographical profile of , the “Queen of Gospel,” by which are freely available online. In addition, the debut of new Jerry Brock. issues is celebrated with public receptions at the Louisiana • A history of the Christian Woman’s Exchange, a social service agency Humanities Center in New Orleans, where contributing writers that operated a handcrafts store and boarding house for professional and photographers share in-depth information about their stories. women living in the French Quarter from the 1920s through the 1960s.

10 louIsIana endowment for the humanItIes relIC: readIngs In lIterature and Culture

Since 1983 Readings in Literature and Culture (RELIC) has offered adult readers the opportunity to engage in diverse, intellectually challenging reading and discussion of literary and historical texts in the humanities at local libraries.

In 2012 RELIC delivered programs in 14 parishes, with an attendance of 2,315 through 18 programs ranging in topics from Louisiana literature to World War II, Louisiana biography to the era of Elizabeth I of England, the American West to the American Civil War. More than 1,700 books served as the basis for 108 weekly sessions led by scholars from the state’s educational institutions.

Claiborne Union Morehouse Webster

Bossier West

Carroll East Lincoln Carroll Ouachita Richland Caddo Bienville Madison Jackson

Red River Caldwell Franklin De Soto Tensas Winn

Catahoula Natchitoches 2012 RELIC SITES La Salle Sabine Grant THE BIG READ

Concordia

Rapides Vernon Avoyelles

West Feliciana St. Washington

East Tangipahoa Feliciana Helena Beauregard Evangeline Pointe East Allen Coupee Baton St. Landry Rouge West St. Tammany Baton Rouge Livingston

Lafayette Jefferson Acadia St. Calcasieu Davis Iberville Martin Ascension

St. John Assumption St. the Baptist Orleans Iberia James Cameron Vermilion St. St. Charles St. Bernard

Martin Jefferson

St. Mary Lafourche Plaquemines

Terrebonne

“I enjoy the chances to talk with others about the written word.” — Winnsboro, Folktales and Stories of the South and Louisiana

“Hooked after the first session.” —Alexandria, The American West in Fact and Fiction Acknowledging the extensive reductions in funding from the State of Louisiana, RELIC cultivated local partnerships with the goal of securing community-based funding for programs. In 2012 programs “I wanted to learn more detailed information about this time. My father with partial local funding of over $17,000 were conducted to address fought with Patton in Europe. I have a better understanding.” the absence of state support. Additional grant awards from the — Bogalusa, I’ll Be Seeing You ... America and World War II American Library Association for “Making Sense of the American Civil War” and from Arts Midwest for a Big Read program enhanced the successful statewide reach of RELIC through related formats.

louIsIana endowment for the humanItIes 11 teaChIng amerICan hIstory

Since 2003 the LEH has secured five Teaching American History grants from the U.S. Department of Education, totaling $6.2 million graduating 1,036 teachers, improving the quality of American History and social studies courses for more than 123,000 students annually. In During 2012 the LEH completed the second year of its $1.6 million five-year each program, the LEH partnered with area universities and other TAH grant for public school teachers in Caddo Parish, now reduced to three humanities organizations to provide tuition-free graduate credit summer years due to federal funding cuts. The LEH also completed the final year of institutes and in-service teacher professional development programs another $1.6 million TAH grant for Ouachita, Morehouse, East Carroll and for elementary, middle and high school teachers of American history, Richland Parishes as well as Monroe City schools. Like the Caddo TAH Louisiana history and social studies. program, the second was originally planned for five years but was reduced to three. In each case, teachers completing the summer institutes received a stipend ranging from $1,250 to $2,000, free textbooks, three hours of graduate college credit, 45 Continuing Learning Units and teaching materials to take back to their classrooms. Summer institutes in these parishes graduated a combined 140 teachers in 2012 and more than 260 teachers since the start of the projects.

Claiborne Union Morehouse Webster

Bossier West

Carroll East Lincoln Carroll Ouachita Richland Caddo Bienville Madison Jackson

Red River Caldwell Franklin De Soto Tensas Winn 2011 sites of Teaching Catahoula American History (TAH) Natchitoches La Salle Sabine Grant TAH Participating Teachers TAH Workshops

Concordia

Rapides Vernon Avoyelles

West Feliciana St. Washington

East Tangipahoa Feliciana Helena Beauregard Evangeline Pointe East Allen Coupee Baton St. Landry Rouge West St. Tammany Baton Rouge Livingston

Lafayette Jefferson Acadia Davis St. Iberville Calcasieu Martin Ascension

St. John Assumption St. the Baptist Orleans Iberia James Cameron Vermilion St. St. Charles St. Bernard

Martin Jefferson St. Mary For summer institutes and in-service workshops, the LEH partnered with Lafourche Plaquemines Louisiana State University at Shreveport and the University of Louisiana at Terrebonne Monroe to bring university instructors and representatives from the National Archives and the to improve teacher understanding and skill sets. In Northwest Louisiana the 2012 summer institutes addressed American History 1492-1776, The 1920s and the Great Depression, and Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny; in Northeast Louisiana, participants studied Louisiana History, Those Who Made a Nation, World War II and the American Home Front.

12 louIsIana endowment for the humanItIes louIsIana humanItIes Center at turners’ hall

Since opening its doors in 2007, the Louisiana Humanities Center has provided a nexus for cultural events and non-profit organizations. The center’s ongoing public programming employs the expertise, partnerships and projects of the LEH to In 2012 the Louisiana Humanities Center (LHC) at Turners’ Hall welcomed further the study of New Orleans and Louisiana. an unprecedented number of guests and enjoyed its third year of increased revenue. LHC meeting spaces hosted more than 2,000 people for public forums, teacher professional development courses, film screenings and panel discussions. Rental clients included the Gilder Lehrman Institute, the National Organization of Women, the Congress for New Urbanism, Bard College Prep and the National Performance Network. An example of the LEH’s entrepreneurial spirit, the income stream created by LHC contributed to the sustainability of the LEH while serving as a vital civic space in New Orleans.

on june 21, 2012, the leh celebrated its 40th anniversary with a reception at the louisiana humanities Center in new orleans. guests raised a glass to the unparalleled cultural heritage of In its fifth year of original public programming, the LHC focused on the louisiana and enjoyed a special performance by rock n’ roll hall of fame member allen toussaint. legacy of four decades of LEH-funded programs through screenings of documentary films, and a 40th anniversary party which convened partners and supporters for a concert by musical legend Allen Toussaint. A new initiative offered discounted or complimentary rental rates to select organizations and filmmakers for fundraising events and public forums, thereby creating another avenue for the LEH to support the state’s history and culture.

louIsIana endowment for the humanItIes 13 InstItutIonal adVanCement

The fiscal year ending October 31, 2012, brought considerable success in all In addition to the annual fund, the three LEH programs most popular areas of fundraising. Private gifts from individuals, corporations and foundations with private supporters were: PRIME TIME Family Reading Time, increased at a significant rate over the previous year’s figures for the fourth including important new initiatives in early childhood education and consecutive year. In addition to being the second best year in LEH history teacher professional development, PRIME TIME Preschool and for total cash contributions ($1,044,595), the LEH’s 2011-12 fiscal year also HomeRoom; KnowLA.org — The Digital Encyclopedia of Louisiana featured the following landmark achievements in institutional advancement: History and Culture; and the recently-published A Unique Slant of Light: The Bicentennial History of Art in Louisiana. In support of • Two precedent-setting, six-figure partnerships were secured with the these initiatives, pivotal donations and pledges were secured from New Orleans-based Baptist Community Ministries and the Shreveport- the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation, Irene W. and C. B. Pennington based Community Foundation of North Louisiana and the Carolyn W. and Foundation, Union Pacific Foundation, Louisiana Bicentennial Charles T. Beaird Family Foundation. The initiatives will support diverse Commission, City of New Orleans Edward Wisner Donation, Zapp’s PRIME TIME Family Reading Time programming in Caddo and Orleans Potato Chips, Cleveland Foundation, Libby-Dufour Fund, RosaMary Parishes. Foundation, Keller Family Foundation, IBERIABANK, Goldring Family • The LEH’s outstanding partnership with the Shell Oil Company and Foundation, Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation, Gumbo Foundation entered its second year, reaching $433,000 in private investment Foundation and Boh Brothers Construction. Additionally, the LEH and leveraging at least $100,000 in additional matching support. Shell is continued or successfully completed its partnerships with the currently supporting PRIME TIME Family Reading Time and PRIME TIME Zemurray Foundation, Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Foundation, HomeRoom programs across Louisiana as well as in Florida and Texas. Harrah’s/Caesars Foundation, Air Liquide Corporation/Foundation and • Our first annual fundraising event, the “Artful Pop-Up” auction, was a Capital One Bank. resounding success, both in terms of monies raised and in broadening the LEH’s outreach among influential Greater New Orleans arts and The LEH is deeply grateful to all of our supporters for enabling the cultural leaders. organization to proactively adapt to new economic and fiscal realities. • The LEH’s annual fund reached $244,253 – a new record for the This visionary support both sustains our efforts and challenges us to organization. be the best possible stewards of your philanthropic investments.

LEH ANNUAL FUND PERFORMANCE 2009 E 2012 LEH TOTAL GIFTS 2009 E 2012

$300,000 $1,500,000

$225,000 $1,125,000

$244,253 $150,000 $1,240,939 $750,000 $1,058,407 $177,332 $176,142 $75,000 $375,000 $650,684 $453,232 $79,498 $0 $0

2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2010 2011 2012

14 louIsIana endowment for the humanItIes two new PrIVat ely-suPPorted PrIme tIme PartnershIPs

Making History: PRIME TIME FULL CIRCLE Baptist Community Ministries supports Funded in Caddo Parish at $113,625 PRIME TIME Preschool with a $190,200 Donation

In the fall of 2012, the LEH began implementing the first-ever PRIME TIME In the summer of 2012, the LEH entered into an unprecedented three-year Full Circle initiative in Greater Shreveport, Caddo Parish. Jointly funded by partnership with Baptist Community Ministries (BCM) of New Orleans to The Community Foundation of North Louisiana and the Carolyn W. and improve early childhood education across Orleans Parish. Through a three- Charles T. Beaird Family Foundation, the $113,625, 18-month initiative will year grant totaling $190,200, BCM will fund PRIME TIME Preschool. provide intensive, multi-level programming at participating schools, effectively immersing students, their families and their teachers in the proven, The donation will support approximately 30 PRIME TIME Preschool programs outcomes-driven PRIME TIME methodologies. The majority of program in elementary schools, preschools and other community centers across funding, $98,625, was provided by The Community Foundation of North Orleans Parish commencing in the fall of 2012 and continuing through the Louisiana, and the balance of support, $15,000, came from a PRIME TIME spring of 2015, with an average of 10 programs per year. With a per-program renewal grant from the Carolyn W. and Charles T. Beaird Family Foundation. attendance rate of at least 30 individuals, 900 Orleans Parish at-risk preschool children and their parents will have an opportunity to attend a life-changing “The Community Foundation is thrilled to again partner with the LEH to program that will facilitate closer familial bonding around the act of reading help instill a love of reading in children and their families,” stated Paula and help improve the life trajectories for the children. Hickman, the foundation’s executive director. “We are excited that through this grant, North Louisiana will host the first ever implementation of PRIME “Baptist Community Ministries is pleased to be supporting the Louisiana TIME Full Circle, an integrated program of an award-winning family literacy Endowment for the Humanities and PRIME TIME Preschool across Greater program and intensive teacher training. Innovative programs like PRIME New Orleans,” stated Jennifer Roberts, Vice President for Education Grants. TIME are a critical key to improving educational outcomes in our area, and “PRIME TIME is a proven, top-quality family literacy program, and we look we are honored to support this good work.” forward to the three-year partnership having a profound, positive effect on early childhood education in the city.”

louIsIana endowment for the humanItIes 15 2012 Program analysIs summary

In 2012 the LEH Grants Department continued to suffer from state funding cuts that forced 2012 GRANT PROFILES the suspension of deadlines for competitive grant cycles. Despite the reduction in funding, the LEH found new ways to deliver the humanities to citizens throughout Louisiana while capitalizing on past partnerships to support new projects. Total % of % of Areas of Concentration Grants Awards Funds Grants

Location of Awards by Congressional District 1/Scalise 0 $0 0% 0% 2/Richmond 2 $21,000 20% 42% For the second consecutive year, the The LEH continues to impact the state’s 3/Landry 0 $0 0% 0% LEH awarded the fewest grants in its cultural community while strengthening history: 10 grants totaling $50,433 in ties with longtime partner organizations. 4/Fleming 2 $10,660 20% 21% 2012. Through presidential discretionary Funding for the Louisiana State Exhibit 5/Alexander 2 $1,162 20% 2% grants, support continued for the state’s Museum’s interactive display on poet laureate program and the LEH’s archaeology and the Native American 6/Cassidy 2 $5,000 10% 10% annual Humanist of the Year award. peoples of Louisiana enabled the 7/Boustany 1 $12,611 30% 25% Cooperative agreements with the museum to record an oral history video Out of State 3 $0 0% 0% Tennessee Williams Festival (New on an earlier LEH-supported project, Orleans), the Louisiana Book Festival the 1983 unearthing of a Caddo dugout Total 10 $50,433 100% 100% (Baton Rouge), Louisiana State Exhibit canoe from the bank of the Red River. Museum (Shreveport), and Louisiana Research from the new exhibit was Folk Roots (Lafayette) sustained featured in an article on Poverty Point Format essential partnerships that benefit in the Winter 2012 issue of Louisiana Festival 2 $25,000 20% 49% thousands of attendees. Cultural Vistas. In 2013, the LEH will Conference/Discussion/Lecture 6 $5,433 60% 11% resume support of the Lake Charles Banners Festival at McNeese State Electronic Media 1 $10,000 10% 20% Claiborne Union Morehouse Webster through a cooperative agreement grant Bossier West

Carroll Exhibition 1 $10,000 10% 20% East Lincoln Carroll aimed at maintaining impact in the Ouachita Richland Caddo region. Totals 10 $50,433 100% 100% Bienville Madison Jackson

Red River Caldwell Franklin De Soto Tensas Winn Size of Grants Catahoula Natchitoches La Salle To $1,000 4 $2,822 40% 5% Sabine Grant 2012 GRANT SITES $1,001-$2,000 2 $2,611 20% 5%

Concordia

Rapides $2,001-$5,000 1 $5,000 10% 10% Vernon Avoyelles

West Feliciana $5,001-$10,000 2 $20,000 20% 40% St. Washington

East Tangipahoa Feliciana Helena Beauregard Evangeline Pointe East $10,001-$20,000 1 $20,000 10% 40% Allen Coupee Baton St. Landry Rouge West St. Tammany Baton Rouge Livingston Totals 10 $50,433 100% 100%

Lafayette Jefferson Acadia St. Calcasieu Davis Iberville Martin Ascension

St. John Assumption St. the Baptist Orleans Iberia James Cameron Vermilion St. St. Charles St. Bernard

Martin Jefferson

St. Mary Lafourche Plaquemines

Terrebonne

16 louIsIana endowment for the humanItIes Claiborne Union Morehouse Webster

Bossier West

Carroll ANALYSIS OF GRANTS AWARDED East Lincoln Carroll Ouachita Richland Caddo Public Presidential Bienville Madison 2012 Grant Sites Humanities Discretionary Jackson Red Grants Grants Total River Caldwell Franklin 2012 RELIC Sites De Soto Tensas Winn 2012 PRIME TIME Sites Applications Received 4610 Catahoula Natchitoches La Salle Museum on Main Street Applications Funded 4610 Sabine Grant Teaching American History % of Applications Funded 100% 100% Concordia Rapides LEH Awards $45,000 $5,433 $50,433 Vernon Avoyelles

West Feliciana St. Washington

East Tangipahoa Project Cost Sharing $908,077 $4,355 $912,432 Feliciana Helena Beauregard Evangeline Pointe East Allen Coupee Baton Total $953,077 $9,788 $962,865 St. Landry Rouge West St. Tammany Baton Rouge Livingston

Lafayette Jefferson Acadia St. Calcasieu Davis Iberville Martin Ascension

St. John Assumption St. the Baptist Orleans Iberia James RELIC: READINGS IN LITERATURE & CULTURE Cameron St. Vermilion St. Charles St. Bernard 2012 Library Reading Discussion Project Martin Jefferson St. Mary Lafourche Plaquemines

Regions North Central Southeast Southwest Total Terrebonne Number of Programs 13 8 7 2 30 Outright Funds 43,520 22,120 17,840 8,560 92,040 % of Total Funds 47 24 19 10 100 Library Cost Share 53,056 38,706 35,836 5,740 133,338 Program Building Dev Total 96,576 60,826 53,676 14,300 225,378 10% 7% Admin 10% TAH/ PRIME TIME FAMILY READING TIME Special 2012 Library Reading Discussion Project for Families Projects 19% Fund Raising Regions North Central Southeast Southwest National Total 6% Number of Programs 8 7 28 11 73 127 Outright Funds $67,928 $59,437 $237,748 $93,401 $555,749 $1,014,263 Grants 3% % of Total Funds (LA) 15% 13% 52% 20% NA 100% KnowLA PRIME TIME Site Cost Share $19,000 $16,625 $66,500 $26,125 $173,375 $301,625 15% 18% Total PT Funding $86,936 $76,062 $304,248 $119,526 $729,124 $1,315,888 RELIC

*National sites were funded by federal programs requiring sites in multiple states, or by local funds. LCV 9% 3%

louIsIana endowment for the humanItIes 17 grants Program

PRESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE LEH SPECIAL INITIATIVES DISCRETIONARY GRANTS AGREEMENTS TENNESSEE WILLIAMS/NEW ORLEANS LITERARY FESTIVAL 27TH ANNUAL EVENT Louisiana Poet Laureate Julie Kane Louisiana Book Festival $20,000 Introduction and Lecture in Vernon $5,000 Paul Willis Parish Louisiana Library Foundation $660 James Davis The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival concluded Vernon Parish Library Annual book festival on the its 26th season in 2012. One of the nation’s most successful Paralee Norman grounds of the state capitol literary events, the festival presents theatrical, literary and musical Public program by State Poet Laureate programs as well as master classes and a scholars’ conference Julie Kane in Leesville Archaeology and the Native showcasing regional and nationally known authors, playwrights Peoples of Louisiana and performers. The largest and oldest established literary festival Life, Laughter, & Love: An Evening with $10,000 in the area, it reaches tens of thousands of Louisiana residents Louisiana’s Poet Laureate Julie Kane Friends of Louisiana State Exhibit and tourists alike, and creates a local economic impact of more $1,057 Museum, Inc. than $1 million each year. Lafayette Consolidated Government Nita Cole Amy Wander Interactive exhibit on archaeology MUSEUMS ON MAIN STREET Poetry reading and workshop by and the Native American peoples Journey Stories State Poet Laureate Julie Kane of Louisiana The exhibition Journey Stories, made possible by a partnership between the Louisiana Festival of Words 2012 The Cutting Edge: Traditions of Endowment for the Humanities and the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street $1,554 Innovation in Cajun and Creole program, made its final stops in rural communities in 2012. In 2013 - 2014, the LEH will Festival of Words Cultural Arts Collective Fiddling and Slide Guitar partner again with the Smithsonian for The Way We Worked, with stops planned in Abita Patrice Melnick $10,000 Springs, Bunkie, DeRidder, Minden, Jonesboro and the Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum Reading and workshops with State Poet Louisiana Folk Roots at Angola. Laureate Julie Kane in Grand Coteau Todd Mouton Video and audio recordings Journey Stories examines the intersection between modes of Taste of Louisiana before live audiences of four travel and Americans’ desire to feel free to move. The diverse $762 leading Cajun and Creole fiddlers, narratives focus on immigration, migration, innovation and freedom. Family Community Christian School and two leading slide guitarists The exhibit is comprised of immigrants’ accounts of searching out Elizabeth Rigdon the promise of a new country; stories of individuals and families State Poet Laureate Julie Kane relocating to seek employment, fortune or their own homestead; presentation in Winnsboro the harrowing journeys of African-Americans and Native Americans forced to move; and, conversely, fun and frolic on the open road. Cavanaugh Lecture: Poetry Today and Everyday, Dr. Julie Kane Reads Besides covering all exhibition rental costs ($9,000 over the three-year cycle) and dedicating $400 up to $39,000 in grants (contingent on the availability of funds) for planning, ancillary LSU Alexandria exhibitions and public programs to the six host sites, the LEH provided continuous technical Bernard Gallagher assistance to the sponsoring organizations on exhibition and program development, State Poet Laureate Julie Kane fundraising, publicity and promotion, collaboration and budget planning, all of which benefited presentation in Alexandria these organizations long after Journey Stories left town.

Humanist of the Year 2012 Host Sites: $1,000 December 10, 2011 - January 28, 2012 February 4 - March 10, 2012 Honorarium for the 2012 Humanist Southern Forest Heritage Museum West Feliciana Historical Society of the Year, Patricia Brady, Ph.D. Long Leaf St. Francisville Claudia Troll Amy Louviere

18 louIsIana endowment for the humanItIes 2012 humanItIes awards

The LEH’s annual Humanities Awards Ceremony, supported by IBERIABANK, honors significant ULL Press publications are the 2010 LEH Book of the Year, Bienville’s Louisianans who have made outstanding contributions to the study and understanding of Dilemma by Richard Campanella and the 2012 awardee, Congo Square: African Roots the humanities. The 2012 ceremony was held April 2nd at Houmas House Plantation and in New Orleans, by Freddi Williams Evans. Gardens in Darrow. Directed by Kevin McCaffrey of New Orleans, No One Ever Went Hungry was 2012 Honorees awarded the 2012 Humanities Documentary Film of the Year. The film explores South The 2012 Humanist of the Year was Patricia Brady, Ph.D., of Loyola University in New Louisiana’s culturally diverse Cajuns through their food heritage as practiced traditionally Orleans, whose decades of work with cultural institutions and universities have benefited and carried on today. Going beyond mere sustenance, Acadian food culture is countless citizens, scholars and students. In a variety of important roles, Dr. Brady has characterized by abundance, diversity, creativity, industriousness, engagement, won local and national acclaim for her dedication and insight. A historian, editor and seasonality, cultural activism, and entertainment. author, the LEH’s 2012 Humanist of the Year has provided invaluable contributions to the understanding of New Orleans and the nation through her academic works and public Janine Farver, Patricia Putman and the Florida Humanities Council received the presence. Brady is the author of Martha Washington: An American Life, A Being So Public Humanities Programming Award. The council has been responsible for the third Gentle: The Frontier Love Story of Rachel and highest number of affiliate PRIME TIME sites Andrew Jackson, Nelly Custis Lewis’s in any state. To date, the FHC has implemented Housekeeping Book and co-author of In Search of 58 PRIME TIME programs in Florida, including Julien Hudson: Free Artist of Color in Pre-Civil 10 in 2012. War New Orleans. She has served as Director of Publications of the Historic New Orleans Collection, The award for Individual Achievement in the President of the Tennessee Williams Festival, Humanities was presented to Charles Elliott, President of the New Orleans/Gulf South Booksellers Ph.D., of Southeastern Louisiana University. Association, and as a faculty member at Dillard Since 2002, Elliot has led 15 RELIC programs University. A gifted lecturer, Brady serves as a in libraries in Slidell, Clinton, St. Francisville, member of community organizations and continues Baton Rouge, Gonzales, New Roads and to be a luminous presence in the media. Her Napoleonville. writings on Louisiana artists, free women of color, the Louisiana Purchase, and the U.S. first ladies Photographer Neil Johnson of Shreveport bring new perspectives on our shared history. received the 2012 Michael P. Smith Memorial Award for Documentary Photography. Over the Director Glen Pitre of New Orleans received the course of 30 years, Johnson’s work has appeared Award for Lifetime Contribution to the Humanities. in such national venues as TIME magazine, Born in Cut Off, Pitre was dubbed “father of the USA Today, National Geographic World and Cajun cinema” by American Film magazine at the 2012 leh awardees (seated left to right) neil johnson, freddi williams evans, Patricia Brady, American History. LSU Press has published deborah Kynes of the florida humanities Council , michael martin of the (standing left to right) two of his collections, Shreveport and Bossier age of 25. With the help of the Sundance Institute, Center for louisiana studies, Charles elliot, glen Pitre, and Kevin mcCaffrey. the internationally lauded 1986 film Belizaire the City (1995) and Louisiana Journey (1997). His Cajun became his first English-language production. His works in a variety of media have exhibition of a 2000-image, collective snapshot of Shreveport-Bossier, Portrait 2000, earned him numerous awards, including an honorary doctorate and a knighthood from reflected the lives of citizens in his hometown for posterity. Johnson is also a notable France. In a 2006 book, America’s most famous film critic, Roger Ebert, acclaimed Pitre as author of books for young readers, publishing 14 titles with such international publishers “a legendary American regional director.” The LEH has funded several outstanding as Simon and Schuster, Macmillan, and Little Brown, in which he combines his writing projects by Pitre over the years, including the documentary films Haunted Waters, Fragile and photographic skills. Lands (1994), Good for What Ails You: Secrets of the Cajuns and Bayou Indians (1998) and American Creole: New Orleans Reunion (2006). The 2012 Humanities Book of the Year was awarded to Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans by Freddi Williams Evans. Published by the University of The Chair’s Award for Institutional Support was presented to The Center for Louisiana Louisiana at Lafayette Press, the book provides new and expanded research on the Studies for its significant contributions in research, publication, preservation and outreach history of Congo Square, along with the contributions of the enslaved and free people projects to expand both an academic and popular understanding of Louisiana culture and of African descent who gathered there. Evans presents accounts and descriptions of history. Since its founding in 1973, the Center’s stellar work includes the Archives of the songs, dances, musical instruments, religious beliefs and marketing traditions that Cajun and Creole Folklore and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press. Among the typified those gatherings.

louIsIana endowment for the humanItIes 19 LEH DONORS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011-12

Please Note: the donations and clubs listed herein ANNUAL FUND DONORS $100+ are for fiscal year 2011-12, as per the terms of the LEH 2011-12 Annual Fund appeal. The LEH’s Humanist Club ($10,000+) Patron Club ($500-$999) Rosemary & Randy Ewing Janette & Barry Baker st fiscal year runs from November 1 through October Brad Adams Charles Aprill Julie Fishelson Ballay, Braud & Colon Law 31st. Therefore, any donations received after Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Baker Donelson, Bearman, Wilmer Freiberg Corporation October 31, 2012 will be credited in our 2013 Family Foundation Caldwell & Berkowitz Joshua Force Grace & Robert Bareikis Annual Report. Please contact Dr. Jeff A. Hale, Roderick P. & Mattie Olson Mary Barrett The Ford Museum Henrie Jo Barth LEH Director of Institutional Advancement, with M. Cleland Powell, III Dorian Bennett John Francis Bryan Batt any corrections: [email protected] or (504) 606-4628. Michael Sartisky Brian Boyles Charles Gerard John Bateman Patrick F. Taylor Foundation Glenny Lee Buquet Alan Gerson Bayou Lafourche Folklife & We thank all of our friends for their support! Zapp’s Potato Chips Philip Louis Cenac Holly & Kirk Groh Heritage Museum V. Thomas Clark Gwendolyn Midlo Hall Jim Beam Altruist Club ($5,000-$9,999) Lin Emery Carolyn & Leo Hebert Edward Benjamin MAJOR GIFTS, INKIND, Goldring Family Foundation Quentin Falgoust Danella Hero David Bertrand AND OTHER PROJECT Gumbo Foundation Glenn Flournoy Joanne Hummer Gayle & Peter Bertucci Vera Martin Kirgis Jeffrey Goldring Beverly Kelley Henry Bethard SPECIFIC DONATIONS Stephen Rosenfeld Morgan Goudeau Nancy & Herman Kohlmeyer John Biguenet Woldenberg Foundation Hortensia & Jeff Hale Glenna Kramer Bradley Black 233,000 Shell Oil Company Foundation Claudio Hemb Virginia Kurzweg Julia & Wilton Bland 98,625 Community Foundation Mentor Club ($1,000-$4,999) Joan Hooper Lorraine LeBlanc James Blohm of North Louisiana Paul Alker Charles Jenkins Mary McBride Ellen Blue 75,000 Zemurray Foundation Donna Allen Josef Sternberg Memorial The McCall Company Brian Bockman 50,000 Helis Foundation Michael Bernstein Fund Peter Mayer Donna & Charles Bolian 47,500 Louisiana Bicentennial James Cahn Henry C. Lacey Evelyn Merz Bruce Bordes Commission John L. Cleveland Robert Levy Morris Mintz Jane & Oneil Boudreaux 44,460 Baptist Community Ministries John W. Deming & Bertie Richard Look Elizabeth “Betsy” Nalty Dorothy H. Brown 50,000 John L. Cleveland Murphy Deming Foundation Janis Kay McCray Laura Simon Nelson Jane Warner Brown 37,280 Zapp’s Potato Chips Philip Earhart Valerie Marcus Howard Nichols Harold Burns 25,000 Libby-Dufour Fund Bryan Fitzpatrick Ellis Marsalis Hope Norman Richard Cahn 25,000 Irene W. & C. B. James Gibbs Brian Moore Joy & Howard Osofsky Thomas Camp Pennington Foundation Kenneth Gladish Joel Myers Hunter Pierson Angela & Russell Carll 25,000 RosaMary Foundation Susan Jones Gundlach Gregory Nesbitt Carol Riddle Terence Casey 15,000 Carolyn W. and Charles T. IBERIABANK Roger Ogden Randy Sassone Raphael Cassimere, Jr. Beaird Family Foundation Catherine Kuhlman Andrew Reck Samuel Shepard Richard Chardkoff 15,000 City of New Orleans James Lapeyre, Jr. Miranda Restovic Marilyn Sonnier Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson Wisner Donation Liz Mangham Wendy & George Rodrigue Paul Stekler Miles Clements 15,000 Keller Family Foundation Mark Manguno Louella Snyder Sue Turner Catherine Coates 15,000 Roger Ogden The James R. Moffett Family Paul Thionville Renee Vanover Caroline Cody 15,000 Michael Wilkinson Foundation David Trickett Marion & Don Weiss Becky Collins 12,341 Air Liquide Foundation John Ochsner John Uhl Everett Williams Wyatt Collins 10,000 Boh Brothers Construction, LLC Alice Pecoraro Lorraine Underwood Janet Wood Blanche Comisky 10,000 IBERIABANK William Pederson Mary Zervigon William J. Cooper 10,000 Eugenie & Joseph Jones Stephen Sherrill Sponsor Club ($250-$499) Susan & Russ Copping Family Foundation Richard Simmons Madro Bandaries Advocate Club ($100-$249) Arthur Crais, Jr. 10,000 Kevin M. Kelly Melba Steeg Daryl Byrd Donald Adams Mullady & James Crigler 5,000 Union Pacific Railroad Foundation Bruce Toth Joslyn de la Houssaye Martin Aronson Kerry Cuccia 130 Brian Schneider Robert Vosbein Ann Dobie O. P. Avinger Scott Curole 100 Robert Reily Luis Zervigon Glenda & Neil Erwin Diola Bagayoko David Dahlquist

20 LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES LEH PAST CHAIRPERSONS Pamela Davidson Ehlers Merle & Reginald Harris Nadine & William McCall Cassandra Sharpe 30 YEARS Frances Davis Fran Harvey Graham McDougall Elvin Shields Frank de Caro E. Jean Hinton Joe McGahan Lloyd Shields 2012-13 Michael Bernstein, Ph.D. Gretchen Dean David Holcombe Mary McGehee John Simon New Orleans Gary Deleaumont Karl Holzmuller Ann McKendrick Margaret Dean Smith 2010-11 Kevin Kelly Don Descant Tena Howard Catherine McVea Holly & Geoff Snodgrass Burnside Stephanie Durant Harley Howcott Louis Monte Karen Snyder 2008-09 M. Cleland Powell, III Connie Eble Indian Explorati on, Inc. Marjorie Morrison David Speights New Orleans Rhonda & David Egan Luis Ingles Jean Murlin Larry Spencer 2006-07 Alice Pecoraro, Ph.D. Lucas Ehrensing Jesuit High School Library Leslie & Tim Murphy Michael St. Martin Morgan City Elyse Eisenberg Gary Joiner Stephanie Murray Alexandra Stafford 2004-05 R. Lewis McHenry, J.D. Ione Elioff Robert Jones David H. Nelson Patrick Staves New Orleans Lin Emery Krista Jurisich James Neville Joanna Sternberg 2002-03 Philip C. Earhart Donald Erwin Bettie Kaston Eric Overmyer Chris Stokes Lake Charles 2000-01 Neil T. Erwin, J.D. Femi Euba Stuart Kay Stephen Pardys F. W. Stromeyer Shreveport Woody Falgoust Fred Kent Peter Patout Gary Talarchek 1998-99 Rosemary Upshaw Ewing Randall Feldman T. Ketchell Sybil Patten Pamela Theriot Quitman Lawrence Ferguson Jean S. Kiesel Ellen & John Pecoul Paul Thionville 1996-97 Glenda B.Cooper Marianne Fisher-Giorlando Marjorie Kornhauser Roberta S. Phillabaum Nauman Scott Thomas Shreveport Faye Flanagan Glenna Kramer Edward Picou Judith Thorne 1994-95 Stephen A.Moses Rosemarie Fowler Marie Krumenacher David Plater Patrick Tremie New Orleans Wilmer Freiberg Virginia Kurzweg Andrew Plauche Beth & Buck Vandersteen 1992-93 Jerome Salomo.ne, Ph.D Richard Fremaux Erroll Laborde Natasha & Samuel Ramer Ray Ventura Hammond Pam Friedler Wayne Lake Tom Ray Charles Vincent 1990-91 A. David Barry, Ph.D. Antoine Garibaldi Elizabeth Landis Helaine Razovsky Robert Vining Lafayette Maxie Garrett Colleen Larocca Justin Renaudin C. E. Waller 1988-89 James Olney, Ph.D. Marcia Gaudet Marjorie Lavine Mary Alma Riess Jerry Ward Baton Rouge Wilson Gautreaux Michael Ledet Claes Ringqvist William Waring 1986-87 Fraser Snowden, Ph.D. Derby Gisclair Polly & Conville Lemoine Christina Riquelmy Clyde Watkins Natchitoches Laurie Glaser Kevin Levine Richard Rivet Sue Weaver 1984-85 Mary McBride, Ph.D. Robert Gorton David Lilien Susan Roach Ronald Weems Shreveport Ann Granatelli David Lindenfeld Anthony Rotolo Joan Weil Oppenheim 1982-83 Lanier Simmons Frank Granger Gretchen Linquest Albert Ruesga Robert Weilbaecher Avery Island L. W. Gray Sharon Litwin Allan Ryan Cookie G. White 1980-82 Seraphia Leyda, Ph.D. Arthur Green Carolyn Long Rosemary Ryan William Wilbert New Orleans, Co-Chairperson Joseph Greenwald George Long Andrew Sanchez A. B. Williams 1979-80 Sidney Romero, Ph.D. Holly & Kirk Groh Wilma Longstreet Gary Sander Beth Willinger Hammond, Co-Chairperson J. Richard Gruber René Major Charlotte Schaff Paul J. Wilson 1971-78 Elton C. Harrison, Ph.D. Ron Guidry Brigitta Malm Todd Schexnayder Nathaniel Wing New Orleans Greg Guirard David Emile Marcantel Susan Schleifer Debra Wood 1971-78 Cecil G. Taylor, Ph.D. Ellen Hall Marrero Land & Edmund Schrenk Mary Woosley Baton Rouge Jeffery Hankins Improvement Association Adolf Schroeder Saul Zalesch 1971-78 Sybil H. Morial Rosa Hano Richard Lee Mathis William Schwartz Mary Zervigon New Orleans Stephen Hansel Brenda McBride Milton Seiler Karl Zollinger 1971-78 Robert Whittemore, Ph.D. Deborah Harkins Charles McCain Karen Serotta Paul Zorzi New Orleans O. L. Harper Jonathan McCall Jay Shames

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