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Trail Magic — Grandma Gatewood: An Appalachian Tale

Eden Valley Enterprises

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

The story of Emma Gatewood who became the first woman to solo thru-hike the Appalachian Trail at the age of 67 after raising 11 children and surviving domestic abuse on September 25, 1955! Read More

Montage of the Legacy, History and Contributions of African Americans in Englewood NJ

Encounters In Black Traditons, Sam Lee video artist

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

Remembering the '4th Ward'Englewood New Jerseyis a project of Encounters In Black Traditions,inc. The Legacy, History and Contributions of the African American experience being home to first generation Fourth Warders and their daughters, sons, gran Read More

The Caffè Lena History Project

The Caffè Lena History Project

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

Caffè Lena is America’s oldest continually operating folk music coffeehouse. Puffin Foundation support enabled critical initial work on the Caffè Lena Oral History Project and the creation of the Caffè Lena History Project website. Read More

Remembering the 4th Ward, Englewood NJ

Sam Lee / Encounters In Black Traditions

Year Grant Awarded: 2010

Englewood folklorist Thomas Monroe talks with 4th Ward elder Mrs. Edna Dobbins Floyd. The interview takes place in the house she was born in. A project of Encounters In Black Traditions, made possible in part with the support of the Puffin Foundatio Read More