BEVERLY — Two Randolph County organizations have received state grants for a pair of historical projects.

The West Virginia Humanities Council recently awarded seven new minigrants, including one to the Rich Mountain Battlefield Foundation in Beverly. The grant will help fund “Fighting Disease and Patching Wounds: Medical Service During the Civil War,” a symposium.

The Rich Mountain Battlefield Foundation is a non-profit foundation dedicated to the preservation of the Rich Mountain Battlefield Civil War Site and associated Civil War Sites.

The Rich Mountain Battlefield is the site of the July 11, 1861 battle at the Hart Farm on Rich Mountain that led General George B. McClellan to leadership of the Army of the Potomac and gave the Union a foothold and control of western Virginia for the bulk of the Civil War. The site is 5 miles west of the town of Beverly, atop Rich Mountain.

Another grant went to Historic Beverly Preservation, to help fund presentations involving “Underrepresented Voices Building Beverly.”

Historic Beverly Preservation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the restoration, heritage and preservation of historic Beverly.

The other West Virginia Humanities Council minigrants announced went to:

∫ Bethany College (Brooke County), for a Sencha-style Japanese tea ceremony presentation and workshop.

∫ Capon Bridge Ruritan Club (Hampshire County), for “Focus on History,” for living history presentations during the Capon Bridge Founders Day Festival.

∫ Carnegie Hall (Greenbrier County), for “Appalachian Culture and Cuisine: Salt Rising Bread,” a presentation.

∫ Summers County Historic Landmark Commission, for “Chasing Mary Ingles,” a research and planning project.

∫ West Virginia University Research Corporation (Monongalia County), for “The 38th Annual Callahan Lecture: The Holocaust in the East: New Archives, New Approaches.”

The West Virginia Humanities Council is the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and serves West Virginia through grants and direct programs in the humanities. The Humanities Council budgets over $800,000 for grants and programs each year. Various grants are offered to nonprofit organizations that support educational programming.

Minigrants, designed for projects requesting $2,000 or less, are awarded four times per year. The next Humanities Council minigrant deadline is April 1.

For more information about West Virginia Humanities Council grants, contact Grants Administrator Erin Riebe at 304-346-8500 or via email at riebe@wvhumanities.org. Grant guidelines and applications are available on the Humanities Council website, www.wvhumanities.org.