Tennessee Historical Society
2008 Research Fellowship Program
The
Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee, is accepting applications
for the 2005 Wills Research Fellowship. The purpose of the fellowship is to
promote the interpretation of Tennessee history and the scholarly use of the
Society’s collections, housed at the Tennessee State Library and Archives,
Nashville (www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/tslahome.htm). The fellowship is
provided through the Society’s Jesse E. Wills Memorial Fund. The collections
of the Society are especially strong in the frontier, Jacksonian, antebellum,
and Civil War eras.
The
award of the fellowship will be made on the basis of the applicant’s scholarly
qualifications, the merits of the proposal, and the topic’s demonstrated use
of the Tennessee Historical Society collections. Research that will likely
result in an article for publication in the Tennessee Historical Quarterly, which
is produced by the THS, will receive highest consideration.
A
single $500 stipend for a one-week fellowship period will be awarded for the
researcher who lives outside the Nashville area or a stipend of $150 a week (for
up to three weeks) will be
Applicants
are asked to submit a cover letter, resume, two letters of recommendation (which
may be mailed separately), and a description of the research project not longer
than two double-spaced typed pages. The project description must demonstrate the
relevance to the project of using the Society’s collections, and preferably
include the identification of specific materials to be used.
The
application deadline for the 2008 Research Fellowship is January 15, 2008. The
award will be announced in February 2008. Please send all application materials
to the Fellowship Committee, Tennessee Historical Society, War Memorial
Building, Nashville 37243-0084. For additional information, call executive
director Ann Toplovich at 615/741-8936 or e-mail her at tnhissoc@tennesseehistory.org.
Founded
in 1849, the Tennessee Historical Society is a private, not-for-profit
institution, supported by membership dues, grants, and endowment, dedicated to
the preservation and perpetuation of the history of all Tennesseans. Its
collections include books, manuscripts, maps, images, artifacts, and more, the
assemblage of which dates to 1817.