Grant Application Materials, 1974-1996
Scope and Contents
Scope and content note: This series contains grant applications, project narratives, final reports, and financial statements. Ploughshares has received funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (formerly known as the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities), the National Endowment of the Arts, and the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines to publish and promote the magazine. Ploughshares also earned the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Literary Publishers Marketing Grant to strengthen the magazine's targeted marketing efforts and expand its audience. Project narratives and reports document the magazine's evolving mission and goals.
Dates
- 1974-1996
Creator
- Ploughshares (Organization)
Language of Materials
Records in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to researchers.
Biographical / Historical
The Ploughshares literary magazine was founded in 1971 by DeWitt Henry and Peter O'Malley in the Plough and Stars, an Irish pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Each issue is guest-edited by a prominent writer, who assembles an issue around a central theme, aesthetic, or personal vision. Previous guest editors include: Seamus Heaney, Derek Walcott, Rosellen Brown, Raymond Carver, Tobias Wolff, Sherman Alexie, Russell Banks, Lorrie Moore, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Richard Ford.
Extent
1 box
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically.
Box List
Contents Box Folders
Grant Funding/Tax Exemption Status 4
CCLM Grant Applications and Reports, 1974-1976 4
Financial Statements, 1974-1988 4
CCLM Controversy, key DeWitt Henry Letters 4
CCLM Grant Fiscal Reports, 1976 4
MC Grant FY 1976 4
MC Technical Assistance Grant 4
NEA Grant Application FY 1977/78 4
NEA Politics – Brooke/Kennedy, 1977 4
MC Report FY 1978 4
NEA 3 Year Development Grant, 1978-1981 4
CCLM Report, 1979 4
MC Report FY 1979 4
MC Application, FY 1980 4
MC Financial Assistance FY 1979-1980 4
MC Application FY 1980 4
NEA Development Reports, 1980-1982 4
CCLM, Spring 1981 4
Grace Foundation Proposal, 1981 4
Mass Council FY 1981 Contract Materials 4
MCA 'Concerns' – Pat Dixon 4
New England Foundation for the Arts Grant, James Merrill Reading 4
Mass Council Merit Aid Application, 1983-1984 4
Merit Aid MCA Contract 1983-1984 4
NEA Application and Final Reports 1983/1984 4
MCA – Pat Dixon -- 1984 4
NEA Grant FY 1984/1985 4
MCA Final Report FY 1985 and Application FY 1986 4
NEA Application FY 1985/1986 4
Witter Bynner Foundation, 1985-1987 4
MCA Merit Award FY 1986 4
MCA Merit Aid Appeal FY 1986-1988 4
NEA Grant Application FY 1986/1987 4
MCA Technical Assistance Grant, 1987 4
MCA Merit Aid FY 1987/1988 4
NEA Grant FY 1987/1988 4
MCA FY 1988 – Contract, Request, and Final Report 4
NEA Grant Application FY 1988/1989 4
MCA Grant: 1935 by Sam Cornish FY 1989-1990 4
MCA Merit Aid FY 1989/1990 4
NEA Grant Application FY 1989/1990 4
NEA Grant Rescission Challenge 4
MCA Technical Assistance Application FY 1989 4
MCA Merit Aid FY 1990 4
NEA Grant Application FY 1990/1991 4
Lila-Wallace Grant Proposal 4
Phase One Application – Lila 4
Phase Two Application – Lila 4
Planning Notes -- Lila 4
Marketing Plan Draft -- Lila 4
MA Cultural Council Grant FY 1991 4
NEA Grant Application FY 1991/1992 4
Sample Marketing Plan -- Lila 4
Marketing Consultants -- Lila 4
NEA Grant Application FY 1992/1993 4
NEA News, 1992 4
Quarterly Reports – Lila-Wallace Grant 4
MA Cultural Council FY 1991-1993 4
Lannan Foundation Literary Arts Grant FY 1993 4
MCC Final Report FY 1993 4
MCC FY 1993-1995 4
NEA Grant FY 1993/1994 4
MCC File – Application and Award FY 1994 4
MCC Final Report FY 1994 4
NEA Advancement 1994/1995 4
NEA Grant Application FY 1994/1995 4
NEA Grant Application FY 1995/1996 4
NEA – Ploughshares Books 4
Repository Details
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