11//11/04
In case you haven't seen this announcement . . . .
Bill Wortman



>>BRITISH 18TH-CENTURY STUDIES
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>>Research Fellowships at the Lewis Walpole Library
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>>Yale University
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>>Applications are invited for research fellowships and travel grants for
>>2005-2006 at the Lewis Walpole Library.
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>>The Library, a department of the Yale University Library located in
>>Farmington, CT, forty miles from New Haven, has significant holdings of
>>18th-century prints, drawings, manuscripts, books, and paintings. In
>>conjunction with other Yale collections, including those at the Beinecke
>>Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Yale Center for British Art,
>>the Library is able to support in-depth research in most aspects of
>>British 18th-century studies.  The Library is within easy reach of
>>additional resources in Hartford.
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>>The Library offers visiting fellowships, normally for four weeks, as
>>well as travel grants of lesser duration, to scholars engaged in
>>post-doctoral or equivalent research and to doctoral candidates at the
>>dissertation stage.  In the current year, twelve awards were made.
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>>The visiting fellowships, which support travel to Farmington, provide a
>>stipend of $1,800 per month in addition to free accommodation on site.
>>The travel grants, which vary in duration and amount, also offer free
>>accommodation.  Additional information about the library, its
>>collections, facilities, and programs, may be found at
>>http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/.
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>>To apply for a fellowship or travel grant, candidates should send a
>>curriculum vitae, including educational background, professional
>>experience and publications, and a brief outline of the research
>>proposal (not to exceed three pages) to: The Librarian, The Lewis
>>Walpole Library, 154 Main Street, Farmington, CT 06032, USA.  FAX (860)
>>677-6369.  Two confidential letters of recommendation are also required
>>by the application deadline, which is January 15, 2005.  Awards will be
>>announced in March.
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>>Additional information may be obtained by email: [log in to unmask]
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>>--
>>Susan Odell Walker, Assistant Librarian
>>The Lewis Walpole Library
>>Yale University
>>154 Main Street
>>Farmington, CT  06032
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William A. Wortman, Humanities Librarian
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056
513-529-3936
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