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American Congregational Association - Boston Athenaeum Fellowship
This fellowship supports research in American religious history involving the collections of the Boston Athenaeum and the Congregational Library. The award includes a stipend of $1,500 and applications are due by April 15 every year.
Applicants must submit a curriculum vitae and letter of intent describing the proposed project and citing specific materials from the Boston Athenaeum's collections. Graduate students must also include a letter of recommendation from their faculty advisor. Candidates will be notified by May 15.
Mail applications to: Boston Athenaeum, 10 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108 or email applications to: Mary Warnement.
For further information please contact Peggy Bendroth.
Past Recipients of the ACA-Boston Athenaeum Fellowship
| 2010-2011 | Mary Kupiec Clayton | ||
| Professor, Miami University | |||
| "A Divine and Supernatural Light: Religious Emotion and the Rise of Evangelical Culture in America, 1740-1840" | |||
| 2008-2009 | H. Paul Thompson, Jr. | ||
| Assistant Professor, North Greenville University, Tigerville, SC | |||
| "The Swan Song of Antebellum Reform: Temperance Reform in Post-Emancipation Atlanta, 1865-1887." | |||
| 2007-2008 | Professor William Van Arragon | ||
| King's College, Edmonton, Alberta | |||
| for revising his dissertation, "Cotton Mather in American Cultural Memory," for publication | |||
Travel grants
The Congregational Library also provides small but helpful travel scholarships for qualified researchers. Please contact Peggy Bendroth for more information.