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Fellowship winners announced
NHPRC Archival Research Fellowship Program
Executive Board:
Brenda Lawson, Massachusetts Historical Society
Megan Sniffin-Marinoff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joan Krizack, Northeastern University
Kathryn Jacob, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard
University
Mary Ide, WGBH Educational Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
First NHPRC Archival Research Fellowships Awarded
The
first group of NHPRC Archival Research Fellows selected to receive
fellowship awards are Nancy Deromedi (Bentley Historical Library, Ann
Arbor, Michigan), Richard Hollinger (University of Maine Special
Collections, Orono, Maine), Elisabeth Kaplan (Charles Babbage Institute,
University of Minnesota), and Richard Pearce-Moses (Arizona State
Library, Archives and Public Records).
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission Archival
Research Fellowship is a three-year program established with an award of
$143,000 to manage a new, non-residential archival research fellowship
program. The program is administered by representatives from The
Massachusetts Historical Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Northeastern University, Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute,
and WGBH Educational Foundation.
Fellows are required to conduct research and write about a topic of
importance to the archival profession. The grant requires that
proposals concerning electronic records be given a higher priority than
others. The topics of the first group of fellows are: Nancy
Deromedi, Wired Faculty: Research to Assess the Archival Value of
Faculty Websites to Document their Functions and Activities at the
University of Michigan; Richard Hollinger, The Impact of
Electronic Communications on Record Keeping Practices; Elisabeth
Kaplan, Electronic Brains and Archival Minds: Archivists and
Technology in the Postwar Era; and Richard Pearce-Moses, An
Annotated Glossary for Archivists, Manuscript Curators, and Records
Managers. This first group of fellows will present their
findings in June 2003 in Boston at a symposium that will engage a broad
spectrum of individuals.
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. Up
to five fellowships of $10,000 each may be awarded each cycle.
Project funding is administered by the Massachusetts Historical
Society. Application materials for the next round of funding will
be available shortly 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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Megan G. Sniffin-Marinoff
Head, Institute Archives and Special Collections
MIT Libraries
Building 14N-118
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307
Phone 617.253.5688 or
617.253.5690
Fax 617.258.7305
Email msniffin@mit.edu
http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/