Great Lakes Culture Program Michigan State University Recent Activities/Planning Activities

• Great Lakes Folklore (Milwaukee) ~ February 2000
• Great Lakes Collections (Chicago) Newberry Library ~ May 2000
• Great Lakes Area Directors of State Humanities Councils (Chicago) ~ May 2000
• Great Lakes Archaeology (Minneapolis) ~ November 2000
• Great Lakes Linguistics (Columbus) ~ Fall 2000
• Great Lakes Foodways (East Lansing) ~ March 2001
• Great Lakes Press/Publications Directors (East Lansing) ~ Winter 2001 (approval pending)

• Mapping Great Lakes Identity: Past, Present & Future (East Lansing) ~ February 16-17, 2001

• New Annual Great Lakes Folk Festival (East Lansing) ~ beginning in August 2002
• Forum: Understanding Farmstead Architecture: The Great Lakes Farmstead (East Lansing) ~ March 9, 2001

• Best book on Great Lakes culture ~ award criteria
• Best Great Lakes culture web site
• Best exhibition on Great Lakes culture
• Best manuscript (publication prize) Great Lakes Writers Series (approval pending)

• Center for Great Lakes Culture Brochure ~ March 2000

• Center for Great Lakes Culture Web Site ~ April 2000
• Center for Great Lakes Culture Electronic Digest/Updates ~ Fall 2000
• Newsletter (electronic version) ~ Spring 2001
• Newsletter (hard copy) ~ Spring 2001
• Survey of Great Lakes collections ~ 2001
• Listserv with NEH Regional Center Planning Grant recipients and State Humanities Directors

• Center for Great Lakes Culture Fellowships at Newberry Library (2) ~ 2000-2001
• Center for Great Lakes Culture Fellowship (1) (open to scholars/curators/community scholars involved in inventorying/documenting Great Lakes culture) ~ 2001
• Center for Great Lakes Culture Fellowship (1) (open to MSU faculty member involved in documenting Great Lakes culture) ~ 2001

• Inventory of courses with Great Lakes content at MSU ~ Spring 2000
• Development of areas of concentration for students (undergraduate and graduate on Great Lakes culture) ~ 2000-2001
• Inventory of programs with Great Lakes focus in region ~ Spring 2001
• Telluride Association: Education partnership established ~ May 2000

• Michigan Writers Collection: New Acquisitions/Richard Ford papers/MSU Libraries
• Jim Cash and Jack Epps Collections/MSU Libraries
• Michigan Cookery Collections/MSU Libraries
• Vincent Voice Library/Oral Histories of Michigan Supreme Court Justices/MSU Libraries
• Great Lakes Native baskets/fieldwork reports/MSU Museum
• Great Lakes folklife fieldwork reports/MSU Museum
• Bay City Archaeology Collections/MSU Museum

• Planning underway with Arts Midwest for an exhibition on Great Lakes Culture/connections with water (rivers and lakes)

• Great Lakes Culture Endowment ($35,000/private anonymous gift) ~ June 2000
• Great Lakes Traditions Endowment at MSU Museum ($80,000) ~ June 2000

• Great Lakes Folk Festival Planning Grant (National Endowment for the Arts/Heritage & Preservation Program $30,000)
• Incubator Grant, Michigan State University ($75,000)
• Exhibition Planning Grant, Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs ($20,000)
• Great Lakes Folk Festival Planning Grant ($70,000)
• Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs ($70,000)

• Major Donor Prospect List in Development/Initial Solicitation ~ 2000-2001
• Major Donor Events are being planned ~ 2001
• Endowed Gift Opportunities Summary (Fall 2000)