Fellowship Opportunities

The Newberry Library in Chicago, IL is home to a world-class collection of books, manuscripts and maps. The Newberry offers highly acclaimed programs for serious readers: fellowships for scholars, seminars for undergraduates, professional development activities for teachers and a variety of seminars, lectures and workshops. Below are a few that may be of interest.

2010 NEH Summer Institute Mapping and Art in the Americas
The Newberry Library’s Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography is pleased to announce its 2010 NEH summer institute, “Mapping and Art in the Americas.” Qualified independent scholars and scholars engaged in museum work are eligible to apply. A limited number of spaces are also available for full-time graduate students in the humanities. Successful applicants will receive a stipend of $3900 to help defray travel and housing expenses. Completed applications must be postmarked by Tuesday, March 2, 2010.

Frances C. Allen for Women of American Indian Heritage
This fellowship is for women of American Indian heritage working on a project appropriate to the collections of the Newberry Library. First awarded in 1983, the fellowships were established by will of Frances Cornelia Wolfe Allen. A strong advocate of education, Allen became interested in the Newberry Library's programs after her visits, while her daughter, Helen Hornbeck Tanner, was director of the Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History Project. The deadline to apply is Monday, March 1, 2010.

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Susan Kelly Power and Helen Hornbeck Tanner Fellowship
This fellowship for Ph.D. candidates and postdoctoral scholars of American Indian heritage supports up to two months of residential research in any field in the humanities, using the collections of the Newberry Library, and provides a stipend of $1600 per month.  This fellowship was established in 2002 by an anonymous donor to encourage research by American Indian scholars and honor two notable advocates for American Indian education. Susan Kelly Power (Yanktonai Dakota) is an historian, activist, and long-time participant in programs of the D’Arcy McNickle Center. She is a founding member and four-time chair of Chicago’s American Indian Center. Helen Hornbeck Tanner has served as acting director of the D’Arcy McNickle Center, director of the Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History Project, and an expert witness and historical consultant for several tribes. She is now a senior research fellow at the Newberry Library.

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