Packard Humanities Institute

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The Packard Humanities Institute is a foundation of the American classical philologist David W. Packard and is based in Los Altos , California .

David W. Packard, son of entrepreneur David Packard , established this foundation in 1987 to support projects in the fields of archeology, music, film preservation, historical document storage and early education.

The foundation received 11 percent of the Packard Foundation's capital , approximately $ 1.5 billion , in 1999 , making it one of the wealthiest foundations in the humanities. The foundation finances long-term projects in particular in the fields of history, literature and the music of the past.

Her projects included (selection):

  • Restoration and operation of the Stanford Theater in Palo Alto , California
  • The excavations of Zeugma (Eastern Turkey)
  • Complete edition of the works of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Internet edition of all Greek inscriptions
  • Classical Latin Texts
  • Persian Literature in Translations
  • Digital edition of the works of Benjamin Franklin
  • Digital edition of the works of WA Mozart
  • Restoration of Herculaneum

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Valerie Richardson: The New Packard: David W. Packard's growing philanthropic empire , on: Philanthropy Roundtable November / December 2000.
  2. ^ The Zeugma 2000 Archeological Project ( Memento of February 7, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Complete Works
  4. ^ Searchable Greek Inscriptions. Retrieved May 6, 2019 .
  5. ^ Classical Latin Texts
  6. ↑ Persian Literature in Translation
  7. ^ The Papers of Benjamin Franklin. Retrieved May 6, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Digital Mozart Edition Home. In: dme.mozarteum.at. Retrieved October 18, 2016 .
  9. ^ The Herculaneum Conservation Project

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