American Heritage Center Announces Grant Winners |
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March 29, 2002 -- The University of Wyoming American Heritage Center's (AHC) 2001 2002 Teaching and Research Grants support projects ranging from the Oregon Trail to fly-fishing and portraits of a silent film star.
UW art students, Ryan J. Bench of Casper and Justin White of Laramie, both received $1,500 grants.
Bench's project, "Paul & Helen Henderson Oregon Trail Collection Study," researches travel on the Mormon Trail through central Wyoming, using the Paul and Helen Henderson Oregon Trail collection to focus specifically on trail routes near Casper and Rawlins. He will produce seven paintings, to be displayed in Casper and Laramie next fall.
White's project, "Disappearing Era," will create a series of portraits of Jean London, a silent film actress who worked in comedy with Charlie Chaplin and Laurel & Hardy. He will use London's collection that contains personal writings, correspondence and photographs. A UW exhibition is scheduled for next fall.
Adrian A. Bantjes, associate professor of history, was awarded $1,000 for his project "Fly Fishing: History, Culture, Society." This course uses the extensive collections of rare British and American books on fly fishing from the Toppan Library plus the AHC archival collections relevant to the history of fly fishing in Wyoming and the West.
Michael C. Brose, assistant professor of history, was awarded $2,250 for his project "Asia Through American Eyes." Using archival collections pertaining to China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam, students produce research papers assessing writers' views of Asia.
Alyson Hagy, assistant professor of English, was awarded $500 for her project "The Writer's Attic: Writing and Researching Authentic Fiction." Advanced Writer's Workshop students survey AHC manuscript collections to enhance their original fiction writing skills.
Michael E. Harkin, associate professor of anthropology, was awarded $2,250 for his project "Teaching Archival Research Methods for Ethnohistory." Graduate students use AHC collections to develop their research skills.
Department of Anthropology faculty members Mary Lou Larson and Pamela Innes were awarded $1,000 for their project "Shoshone Women's Beliefs about Mountain Resource Use." They use the AHC's Dimitri Shimkin collection to glean information regarding Shoshone women's use of mountain resources. Innes and Larson will present a written report in December, 2002. Posted on Friday, March 29, 2002
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