September/October 2015 | National Endowment for the Humanities

Alabaster piece from King Tut exhibit that toured the U.S. in the 1970s

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A stopper from the canopic chest that held the mummified internal organs of Tutankhamun. The alabaster piece was one of the “treasures” discovered in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings by the English archaeologist Howard Carter that later toured the United States in a blockbuster exhibition.

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September/October 2015

Volume 36, Issue 5

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To Bring the Humanities to All Americans, NEH Needed Local Partners

How the state humanities councils expanded and helped fulfill the mission of NEH

Esther Ferington

Chairman William Adams Reflects on 50 Years of NEH

Endowment's great mission and growing achievements are reviewed

William D. Adams

The Samurai Cultivated the Art of Peace

Two hundred fifty years of peace in Japan reveal objects of extraordinary beauty.

Tom Christopher

Gospel Pioneers Took Their Show on the Road

A new film tells the story of how modern gospel got its start.

Telling Stories on the Ground

The Yup'ik tradition of storyknifing continues.

Imaging Technology Reveals 15th-Century Cartographer’s World View

Christopher Columbus likely used world map

Civil War Watercolors by Mapmaker Depicted Deprivation

Robert Knox Sneden colored the record

Murals by Thomas Cole Found at His Home in the Catskills

Seven Sisters Join Forces to Tell Shared History of Female Education

Minnesota Makes October Veterans Voices Month

Walt Disney: In the End, He Wanted to Change How We Live

Neal Gabler on the genius of Walt Disney

Anna Maria Gillis

Editor’s Note

50 Years of the National Council on the Humanities

The National Council on the Humanities is charged with a lofty mission.

NEH Staff