The Lewis Walpole Library is a research library for eighteenth-century studies and the prime source for the study of Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill. Its collections include significant holdings of eighteenth-century British books, manuscripts, prints, drawings and paintings, as well as important examples of the decorative arts. Housed in an historic frame house in Farmington and given to Yale by Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis and Annie Burr Lewis, the Lewis Walpole Library is a department of Yale University Library, open to researchers by appointment.

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Summer Fellowships in British 18th-Century Studies for Yale Graduate Students Offered

The Lewis Walpole Library offers summer fellowships to students enrolled in doctoral programs at Yale University who wish to pursue dissertation research in the Lewis Walpole collections. 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. The application deadline for fellowships for the summer of 2008 has been extended to May. Awards will be announced shortly thereafter.For more details click here.

Fellowship Awards Announced

The Library is delighted to announce next year's Lewis Walpole Library Fellows. They will take up their fellowships between July 2008 and June 2009. For a list of recipients click here.

Master Class for Yale Graduate Students
May 12 - 16, 2008

The Lewis Walpole Library is once again offering a week-long master class in Farmington, taught by Brian Maidment and open to Yale graduate students. This year Curator Cynthia Roman will join Professor Maidment in teaching the class "Caricature and the Comic Image 1800-1850." The number of participants is limited. For more details click here.

The Library Reopens

new entrance and addition

The Lewis Walpole Library celebrated its official reopening on September 27, after more than a year of extensive renovations. In June, the Library announced the opening of its splendid new Reading Room where the Library's collections may be consulted by appointment. For more details click here.

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