List of state humanities councils in the United States explained

State humanities councils are private, non-profit partners of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). There are 56 councils located in every U.S. state and jurisdiction. These councils work to support local public humanities programs as well as to extend the NEH's national programming to local communities.[1] [2] All state humanities councils receive federal funding through the National Endowment for the Humanities; beyond this, the councils are diversely funded through private donations, foundations, corporations, and/or state funding.[3]

History

The NEH was initially skeptical of the creation of local programming entities on the model of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), which, by 1969, had created state-based arts agencies in every state.[4] However, under pressure from Congress and especially Sen. Claiborne Pell, the NEH began to experiment with the creation of non-governmental state-based committees in 1971. The initial mission of these committees was to facilitate conversation about public policy.[5] Responding to further pressure from Congress to transform the committees into state agencies, as the NEA had done, the NEH instead began working to increase the committees' autonomy. By 1980, the committees' programming agendas had been greatly broadened and the NEH had begun to refer to them as "state humanities councils."[6] The Federation of State Humanities Councils was founded in 1977 as a membership organization for the state councils.[7]

List of state humanities councils

State/JurisdictionHumanities Council
AlabamaAlabama Humanities Foundation
AlaskaAlaska Humanities Forum
American SamoaAmerika Samoa Humanities Council[8]
ArizonaArizona Humanities Council[9]
ArkansasArkansas Humanities Council
CaliforniaCalifornia Humanities[10]
ColoradoColorado Humanities
ConnecticutConnecticut Humanities
DelawareDelaware Humanities Forum
District of ColumbiaHumanities DC
FloridaFlorida Humanities Council
GeorgiaGeorgia Humanities Council
GuamGuam Humanities Council
HawaiiHawaii Council for the Humanities
IdahoIdaho Humanities Council
IllinoisIllinois Humanities Council[11]
IndianaIndiana Humanities
IowaHumanities Iowa
KansasKansas Humanities Council
KentuckyKentucky Humanities Council
LouisianaLouisiana Endowment for the Humanities
MaineMaine Humanities Council
MarylandMaryland Humanities[12]
MassachusettsMass Humanities
MichiganMichigan Humanities Council
MinnesotaMinnesota Humanities Center
MississippiMississippi Humanities Council
MissouriMissouri Humanities Council
MontanaHumanities Montana[13]
NebraskaHumanities Nebraska
NevadaNevada Humanities
New HampshireNew Hampshire Humanities Council
New JerseyNew Jersey Council for the Humanities
New MexicoNew Mexico Humanities Council
New YorkHumanities New York
North CarolinaNorth Carolina Humanities Council
North DakotaNorth Dakota Humanities Council
Northern Marianas IslandsNorthern Marianas Humanities Council
OhioOhio Humanities Council
OklahomaOklahoma Humanities Council
OregonOregon Humanities
PennsylvaniaPennsylvania Humanities Council
Puerto RicoFundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades
Rhode IslandRhode Island Council for the Humanities
South CarolinaThe Humanities Council of South Carolina
South DakotaSouth Dakota Humanities Council
TennesseeHumanities Tennessee
TexasHumanities Texas
UtahUtah Humanities Council
VermontVermont Humanities Council
Virgin IslandsVirgin Islands Humanities Council
VirginiaVirginia Foundation for the Humanities
WashingtonHumanities Washington
West VirginiaWest Virginia Humanities Council
WisconsinWisconsin Humanities Council
WyomingWyoming Humanities Council

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Humanities Councils. NEH Website. 19 Dec 2013 .
  2. Web site: Our Partners. Federation of State Humanities Councils Website. 19 Dec 2013 .
  3. Web site: State Humanities Councils. NEH Website. 19 Dec 2013 .
  4. Zainaldin. Jamil. Public Works: NEH, Congress, and the State Humanities Councils. The Public Historian. 35. 1. 32. The Regents of the University of California and the National Council on Public History. February 2013. 0272-3433. 19 Dec 2013. 10.1525/tph.2013.35.1.28.
  5. Zainaldin. Jamil. Public Works: NEH, Congress, and the State Humanities Councils. The Public Historian. 35. 1. 34. The Regents of the University of California and the National Council on Public History. February 2013. 0272-3433. 19 Dec 2013. 10.1525/tph.2013.35.1.28.
  6. Zainaldin. Jamil. Public Works: NEH, Congress, and the State Humanities Councils. The Public Historian. 35. 1. 38–39. The Regents of the University of California and the National Council on Public History. February 2013. 0272-3433. 19 Dec 2013. 10.1525/tph.2013.35.1.28.
  7. Web site: The Federation. Federation of State Humanities Councils Website. 19 Dec 2013 .
  8. see Samoa Humanities Council
  9. See Humanities Council
  10. See Humanities
  11. See Illinois Humanities Council
  12. See Maryland Humanities
  13. see Humanities Montana