MINUTES OF THE
One Capitol Mall,
Mr.
Curtis H. Sykes, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 2:10 p.m. Members present were Rev. Barry Dobson, Dr.
John W. Graves, Dr. Henri L. Linton and Mrs. Versia Miles. Members absent were Mr. Mylas Jeffers and Mr.
Nashid Madyun.
On
motion the minutes of the meeting of
Ms.
Lavona Wilson reported on projects of the Arkansas Humanities Council which are
funded by the Committee. The sum of
$1,676 remains in the Black History Grant Fund held by the Humanities Council.
Members
of the Committee discussed the status of the $50,000 appropriation for grants
authorized by the General Assembly. The
appropriation is currently unfunded.
Paula
Taylor, staff archivist with the History Commission, displayed and discussed
documents pertaining to an
On
motion the Committee authorized a grant of $1,400 to the Retired Educators of
Little Rock and Other Public Schools for a publishing project.
On
motion the Committee authorized a grant of $2,300 to the Arkansas Chapter of
the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society for its annual genealogy
conference on
Dr.
Graves reported on the progress of the restoration of the Mosaic Templars
building in
The
meeting was adjourned at
John
L. Ferguson
Secretary