Woodruff Library Research FellowshipsReceived via
Woodruff Library Research Fellowships
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The Robert W. Woodruff Library of Emory University offers short-term fellowships to support scholarly use of the Library's research collections.
The fellowships have a value of $1,000 to $2,000 and are meant to help defray expenses in traveling to and residing in Atlanta for the duration of the fellowship. The length of the fellowship will depend on the applicant's research proposal, but is normally one month.
Closing date for applications: June 20, 2003
Fellowships in Modern Literature
The Special Collections and Archives Division has extensive holdings related to the Irish literary renaissance and the finest collection outside of Ireland for the study of contemporary Irish poetry. The Library also holds the literary archive of the late poet laureate of England, Ted Hughes, and related British literary collections. For more information, please see our guide to Manuscript Sources for British and Irish Literature and our brochure on Irish Literary Collections at Emory.
Fellowships in African American Studies
Special Collections also houses extensive collections focusing on black print culture, the civil rights and post-civil rights movements, communism and the Left, and African American religion, literature, music and culture. The Camille Billops and James V. Hatch Archives at Emory contains an extensive collection of African American play scripts and many rare periodicals. For more information about these holdings, please see our guide to recent acquisitions in the African American collections, our guide to Manuscript Sources for African American Literature, and our brochure on African American Collections at Emory
Application Process
To apply for a Fellowship, please submit the following:
1. An application cover sheet. The cover sheet is available upon request and as a PDF document.
2. A curriculum vitae of no more than three pages.
3. A concise description (no more than two double-spaced pages long) of your proposed research project and its significance for scholarship. In this narrative, clearly indicate the specific research materials at Emory you intend to consult, and note the current status of the project and your plans and schedule for completing for publication or submission as a dissertation.
4. A list of sources, with amounts and dates, of any other funding (past, present, or future) awarded for your present project. Also, please list any other grants for which you may presently be applying.
Please mail, fax, or email items 1-4 above directly to:
Fellowship Program
Special Collections & Archives Division
Robert W. Woodruff Library
540 Asbury Circle
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322-2870
Fax: 404/727-0360
[email protected]
All application materials must be received by June 20, 2003
For further details on visiting Emory's Special Collections and Archives please see our website ( http://web.library.emory.edu/libraries/speccolls/collections.html) or email the Research Service staff ([email protected]).
