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Missouri State Archives' Judicial Research Opportunities



MISSOURI STATE ARCHIVES ANNOUNCES
JUDICIAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

The Missouri State Archives announces a research opportunity in 2002 for
qualified applicants interested in the study of judicial records held by the
Missouri State Archives. This monetary award, funded by the Supreme Court of
Missouri Historical Society, is intended to defray travel and living
expenses, and other research-related costs, while rewarding scholarship,
creativity, and academic promise.

The Archives' judicial records collections comprise millions of pages of
legal records from the eighteenth century through the present and their
unique nature yields documentation and primary materials found in no other
repository, e.g., briefs, motions, circuit and appellate decisions, related
correspondence, transcripts, notes, photographs and exhibits, and oral
arguments. These records provide a history of broad topics in Missouri's
experience, such as slavery, women's issues, the Civil War, the environment,
the Ozarks, fur trapping, and steamboats.

One fellowship, in the amount of $3,000.00, will be awarded to an
established scholar or qualified doctoral candidate to study any series of
court records held by the Missouri State Archives. It is expected that the
recipient's description of his/her research interest will demonstrate how
the research would benefit from studying the Archives' court records. The
recipient is expected to submit a summary of this study that will be
published in the Journal of the Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Society
and s/he will be designated as Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Society
Fellow. Candidates for this position should submit a current resume and a
brief description of their research interests.

Two internships in the amount of $3000 each will be awarded to graduate or
advanced undergraduate students for 10 weeks, at 40 hours per week. This
year's goal is the continuation of a subject index for the sections of the
collection relating to the Civil War and Reconstruction. Interested students
should submit a letter of application, a resume, and a description of any
research conducted in related fields.

Completed applications should be received by March 15 and addressed to Dr.
Shelly J. Croteau, Assistant State Archivist, Missouri State Archives, P.O.
Box 1747, 600 West Main St., Jefferson City, MO 65102.  Notification of
awards will be made by April 15.

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