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NEW ARCHIVAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FUNDED



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NEW ARCHIVAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FUNDED

The Massachusetts Historical Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Northeastern University, Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute, and
WGBH Educational Foundation were awarded $143,000 over three years by the
National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the funding arm of
the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, to manage a new,
non-residential archival research fellowship program.

Up to five projects of $10,000 each in June 2002 and June 2003 will be
awarded (pending final funding from the NHPRC) to enable fellows to conduct
research and write about a topic of importance to the archival profession.
Proposals concerning electronic records will be considered a higher priority
than others.  In June 2003 and June 2004, fellows will present their
findings in Boston at a symposium which will be open to all who are
interested in attending and will engage a broad spectrum of individuals from
related disciplines in lively discussion.

The project was conceived to advance both basic and applied research and to
encourage broad participation in the research process, enabling archivists,
curators, and information specialists who work full-time under a 12-month
contract the flexibility to conduct research.  As complex issues may benefit
from teamwork, collaborative research projects will also be considered for
funding.  Candidates for the fellowships will be drawn from practitioners in
the archival, manuscript, historical, library, records management,
information science, and other information communities as well as from
professions in related disciplines.

Project funding is to be administered by the Massachusetts Historical
Society.  Application materials will be available July 1 at
www.archivists.org or by contacting Brenda Lawson at the Massachusetts
Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02215 (phone:
617-646-0502/e-mail: blawson@masshist.org). The project Executive Board
consists of Brenda Lawson (Massachusetts Historical Society), Megan
Sniffin-Marinoff (MIT), Joan Krizack (Northeastern University), Kathryn
Jacob (Schlesinger Library/Radcliffe Institute), and Mary Ide (WGBH).

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Direct communications to: Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street  Boston, MA 02215  Attn: Brenda Lawson
Tel: 617/646-0502  Fax: 617/859-0074  Email: blawson@masshist.org

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