11111" 111111.25111Uvas MICROCOPY RESOLLITIONTEST CHART inioriAL DOCUMENT RESUME ,ED 079 211 SO 006-024 TITLE National Endowment for the Humanities. Seventh Annual Report [for 1972]. INSTITUTION National Endowment for the Humanities (NFAH), Washington, D.C._ PUB DATE 73 NOTE 132p.; 1972 Annual Report AVAILABLE FROMSuperintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (Stock No. 3600 00014, $1.75) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$6.58 DESCRIPTORS Annual Reports; Educational Finance; *Educational, Programs; Federal Aid; *Humanities ABSTRACT The annual report describes and disdusses bumanit::. programs which support the parallel development of research, scholarships and institutions with a broader public education program..Programs described in this repdrt represent the Endowment's efforts to bring the disciplines of the humanities to bearon -. problems of national concern.. Following an introduction to the seventh annual report, Fritz Machlup explains a conceptual framework for his study concerning 'gleaming MOre About Knowledgeu and reports findings on the recent growth in dissemination of humanistic knowledge. The divisions of public,.education, research, and fellowship prograis, each arranged in a separate section, are briefly described along-with an explanation of the function of the Office of Planning and Analysis--an office responsible for funding experiments to find better ways to carry out the Endowment's public mandate.. Appendices include a brief history of the Endowment; information for applicants; financial report; summary of grants and awards; a.list of private donors to the endowment; a list of the members of the National Council on the HumanitieS; National Endowment panelists and staff listing; and a list of awards by state..A related document is ED 062 358..(S3M) HumanitiesforEndowmentNational the '3SeverthAnnual Report Mcirgftrp,f(y11;41111111',11i[I'llifil,1111411,0111, NvoldlmvopMA ',101111,NeWgqad 0401000,1" 0610040,4004"410411"0000040"3" ludo qoAwing " 111,001 $100001200,0004, 1"0 The White House March 15, 1973 To the Congress of the United State s: I am pleased to transmit the Seventh Annual Report of theNational Endowment for the Humanities, for fiscal year 1972. Jt is essential that the disciplines of the hinnanities-4anguag-es, history, philosophy, literature and ethics among othersbe brought to bear on problenfs of contemporary concern, both national and international. The Federal Government recognizes this needand has been responsive to it. I particularly commend to your attention the program of "Youthgrants in the Humanities," begun in fiscal year 1972, which provides needed support for young people doing scholarly work in the humanities. Another impressive effort is the Endowment's State-Baseci Program, which, in less than two years, has established committees in 41 states to encourage public education. The "Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities," aimed at bridging the gap between humanistic learning and public affairs, is also successfully underway. The public's response to the work of the National Endowment for the Humanities may be measured in part by the fact that public contributions to the Endowment have exceeded federally appropriated funds for the third year in a row. This is clear evidence-of broad public support for the objectives of the National Endowment and, I believe, gives added justification to the steadily increasing funding which I have requested and which the Congress has provided for its very worthwhile endeavors. Signature The White House For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington. D.C. 20402 Price $1.75. domestic postpaid: $1.50, GPO Bookstore Stock Number 3600-00014 National Endowment for the Humanities Washington, D.C. 20506 The Chairman January 9, 1973 Dear Mr. President: I have the honor to transmit herewith thv Annual Report of the National Endowment for the Humanities for fiscal year 1972 for presentation to the Congress as specified by the provisions of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended. The programs described in this report represent the Endowment's efforts to bring the discipLnes of the Humanities to bear on problems of national concern by making grants which are timely, relevant, and intellectually responsible. Respectfully, Ronald Berman Chairman The President The White House Washington, D.C. 2o5oo Contents Introduction, Dr. Ronald S. Berman8 "Learning More About Knowledge" Fritz Mach lup10 4 Division of Public Programs 22 Division of Education28 Division of Research 38 Division of Fellowships48 Office of Planning and Analysis56 The EndowmentA Brief History60 `Information for Applicants61 Financial Report 62 Summary of Grants and Awards 63. 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Berman, Chairman What is striking in the history of the National En- strue carefully what itis that they may properly dowment for the Humanities is the union of those achieve. There are many social issues, for example, things which from the outset have made it possible: in which the Endowment does not believe itself support from learned societies, from Congress, from obliged to participate. The most liberal definition of the administration, and from the public. Under the the humanities' interest must necessarily exclude administration of President Nixon there has been a the determination of public policy or the various most remarkable rate of growth for cultural sup- forms of social advocacy. port: in each of the last 4 years the Endowment's Unlike many other foundations; the National En- resources and activities have doubled. Equally to be dowment for the Humanities is supported by public credited is the bipartisan support of the U.S. Con= funds and encouraged by the Government of. the gress whose appropriations have generously matched United States. Because of this,itrecognizes an the budget requests of the President. Finally, the fact obligation to be representative. It cannot limit itself of Federal support of the humanities has elicited to the support of scholarship alone because that private. participation. Since 1968 the National En- would contradict the premises of itsinception. dowment for the Humanities has been fortunate in Broadly speaking,.the Endowment believes itself to attracting from individuals and institutions the sum have'a dual role in American culture. While it un- of $9.5 million. For the past 3 years these gifts have dertakes the responsibility to support scholarship more than matched Federal funds appropriated for and those institutionsthe libraries, museums and that purpose. In brief then, this partnership-of Fed- universities which enable scholarship -to function, eral and private support has resulted in greatly in- it also recognizes an obligation toward broader pub- creasedandnecessaryappropriationsforthe lic education. The Endowment then undertakes to humanities in America. support research by scholars through grants and fel- The mandate for-Federal support of the humani- lowships but it also assists programs precisely aimed tiesisPublic Law 89-209. Under that act the at the utilization of knowledge by the general public. humanities are identified ._ as the following: Ian- In the years to come the public sector of the Endow- guage, both modern and classical; linguistics;-litera- ment will continue to support such things as film ture; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archae- and television presentation of novels, drama, history, ology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criti- and other narrative forms. In this way we hope to cism, theory, and practice of the arts; and finally, bring the works of authors as various as Shakespeare those aspects of the social sciences which have and Dickens, or Solzhenitsyn and Faulkner, to the humanistic content and employ humanistic methods. American public. We hope to continue our support Our legislation indicates that the humanities are not of those great libraries which allow both for private strictly confined to these disciplines; they hold the research and for the public utilization of their re- central place, but without precluding the Endow- sources. The Endowment believes that it has per- ment's support of those ideas and works that have formed a signal device in this respect in its grants contributed to the greatness of our culture. Some of to the New York Public Library, the Folger Shake- those ideas, like intellectual freedom, are clearly the speare Library, the Newberry Library, and to re- basis of our humanistic tradition but the point search centers at various universities. The purpose of should be made that the Endowment does not view these grants is to combine our social need for the itself as being confined only to Western culture or creation and preservItion of knowledge with its dis- indeed only to those ideas and issues which have semination. Our conviction that we need to know proceeded from our past history. The importance more about the preservation and dissemination of of oriental culture, for example, is obvious in its con- knowledge has led us to support the distinguished . tributions to both art and philosophy. The same economist Fritz Machlup in research that will up- might be said of other non-Western cultures. If, date his 1962 book The Production and Distribu- however, the humanities are open to so many ideas, tion of Knowledge in the United States.