Contains materials supporting two grant applications to the Alberta Foundation for the Arts for the research and writing of Residential Schools, A Children's History and Darkness Walks. Residential Schools, A Children's History would eventually be published under the title Residential Schools: With the Words and Images of Survivors (Indigenous Education Press & Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre, 2014).  
 
The materials submitted for Residential Schools, A Children's History supported a successful Aboriginal Traditional Arts project grant for $9,538 to write and research photographs. Included in the application materials are a description of the lack of teaching material for educators to use for teaching about residential schools, what Larry and Constance intended the book to become, biographical information about contributors including Larry, Constance, and Wayne K. Spear as well as a detailed project budget. Highlighted in the grant application is the challenge Larry and Constance encountered with potential publishers who didn’t understand the concept of the book. To secure a publisher and to strengthen the grant application, Larry and Constance paid approximately $2,500 of their own money to develop a sample copy with Canada Book Design (Beaumont, AB).  
 
The file also contains materials related to a grant application for a proposed book called Where Darkness Walks through the Individual Artist Project Grant program. This application includes a two-and-a-half-page synopsis of the proposed novel, an artistic resume, and a writing sample. For more information on this work see the file titled "Darkness Walks: Book Proposal and Draft."  
 
Constance wrote many grant proposals over the years and developed expertise in writing them. Over time, she was often asked to advise others.