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Information
- Introduction
- Visiting fellowships
- Summer fellowships for graduate students
at Yale
- Mailing address
- Past Recipients
Introduction
The Lewis Walpole Library, a department of
the Yale University Library, has significant holdings of eighteenth-century
British prints, drawings, manuscripts, books, and paintings.
It is able to support advanced research in most aspects of
British eighteenth-century studies. The Library offers one-month
visiting fellowships, as well as travel grants of lesser duration,
to students pursuing an advanced degree and to scholars engaged
in post-doctoral or equivalent research. Summer fellowships
for graduate students at Yale are also offered.
The Library’s unrivaled collection of
Walpoliana includes three-quarters of the traceable volumes
from Horace Walpole’s famous library at Strawberry Hill
and many letters and other manuscripts by him. Its book and
manuscript collections of considerable depth cover all aspects
of eighteenth-century British culture: theater, literature,
politics, history, art history, antiquarianism, scientific
history, and many other fields. Materials include books, pamphlets,
broadsheets, periodicals, and almanacs, and there is a particularly
fine collection of extra-illustrated books. The Manuscript
collection holds international diplomatic correspondence, Exchequer
account books, and literary manuscripts: parliamentary, personal,
and travel diaries; and cookbooks. The Library is also the
home of the world’s largest and finest collection of
eighteenth-century British graphic art outside the British
Museum. Indexed in great detail, its 35,000 satirical prints,
portraits, and topographical views are an incomparable and
easily accessible resource of visual material on every aspect
of English
eighteenth-century life. The Walpole Digital Library, which
holds close to 10,000 images from the Library's collection
of prints and drawings, is available for consultation both
on
site and remotely. Online access to Yale’s catalogs and
information sources is provided, and the Library offers a wide
range of specialized indices.
Self-catering accommodation is available to
visiting researchers in an adjacent historic house belonging
to the Library.
Visiting fellowships
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.
There is no application form. Applicants are
asked to submit the following materials to the Librarian of
the Lewis Walpole Library: a curriculum vitae including educational
background, professional experience and publications, and a
brief outline of the research proposal (not to exceed three
pages). The applicant must also arrange to have two confidential
letters of recommendation sent to the Librarian by the application
deadline.
The application deadline, for fellowships
to be awarded for the academic year 2004 - 2005, was January
15, 2004. Awards will be announced in March.
Summer fellowships for graduate students
at Yale
 The Library offers summer fellowships to students
enrolled in doctoral programs at Yale University who wish to
pursue dissertation research in the Lewis Walpole collections.
Ordinarily, fellowships will be granted to students who have
completed their course work, have passed their qualifying examinations,
and are prepared to pursue research for the dissertation, typically
after the third year of study. Graduate Fellows are required
to be in residence either for eight weeks or for four weeks
during the months of June, July, and August. A stipend of $3,900
is provided for an eight-week period, and of $1,950 for a four-week
period.
There is no application form. Applicants are
asked to submit the following materials to the Librarian of
the Lewis Walpole Library: a résumé, a brief
research proposal (not to exceed three pages), and an approved
dissertation prospectus or equivalent statement outlining the
scope of the doctoral thesis. The proposal should explain the
relationship between the Lewis Walpole collections and the
applicant’s dissertation research. Only students whose
research depends on extensive use of materials in the Lewis
Walpole Library will be considered for these awards.
The applicant must also arrange to have two
confidential letters of recommendation sent to the Librarian,
one of which should come from the applicant's dissertation
advisor.
The application deadline for fellowships
to be awarded for the summer of 2004 is March 31, 2004. Awards
will be announced in early April.
Mailing address for application
materials
Margaret Powell, Librarian
The Lewis Walpole Library
154 Main Street
Farmington CT 06032
Fax: 860-677-6369
More information about the scope of the collections
may be obtained by calling the Librarian at 860-284-5025 or
860-677-2140, or by e-mail: walpole@yale.edu
Past Recipients
2003 Fellowship and Grant
Awards
2002 Fellowship and Grant
Awards
2001 Fellowship and Grant
Awards
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