ThisTooShallPass
Oct. 29, 2009, 01:20 PM
This was in my E-Mail this morning. Perhaps it can help someone else out there.
John H. Daniels Fellowship at National Sporting Library deadline Feb. 1, 2010
I work for the National Sporting Library in Middleburg, Virginia, a nonprofit research library dedicated to horse and field sports. I wanted to alert members of the group to a fellowship program here at the Library for scholars and independent researchers who are working on topics related to horse and field sports. We have an extensive collection of books and reference materials related to Thoroughbred racing and breeding, in particular, the Margaret "Sissy" Woolums Collection of pedigree books from all over the world.
Please note that even though we can support only a few fellows per year, the Library is free and open to any researcher who wants to use the Library. We are a non-lending institution, but many of the books in our general stacks can be ordered through Interlibrary Loan through your home library.
Best,
Liz Tobey
Director of Communications and Research
National Sporting Library
Middleburg, Virginia
Here is the description of the fellowship:
John H. Daniels Fellowship at the National Sporting Library in Middleburg, Virginia
The National Sporting Library, a research institution specializing in horse and field sports, invites applications for research fellowships from university faculty in the humanities and social sciences, museum and library professionals, journalists, and independent scholars. Research disciplines include history, art history, literature, American studies, and area studies. Past project topics include Grand National Steeplechase winner, Battleship; women in horse sports; history of Anglo-American exchange in TB racing and breeding; and Early Modern horsemanship manuals. Located 42 miles west of Washington, D.C., the Library holds an extensive collection of over 17,000 books, periodicals, manuscripts, and sporting art. The collection covers many aspects of equestrian and outdoor sports, including Thoroughbred racing, steeplechasing, foxhunting, dressage, polo, eventing, coaching, shooting, fly fishing and angling. The F. Ambrose Rare Book Room contains over 4,000 rare volumes from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries in several languages. The Library has a permanent art collection of European and American sporting art, and will open the National Sporting Art Museum next door in 2011. The fellowship covers approved projects of 12 months or less, and applicants must demonstrate their need to use specific works in the collections. A monthly stipend, workspace, and complimentary housing (for those outside of the immediate area) are provided. Applications must be postmarked by February 1, 2010. For more information, visit our website at http://www.nsl. org/fellowship. html or contact the Director of Communications and Research at 540-687-6542 x 11 or fellowship@nsl. org.
John H. Daniels Fellowship at National Sporting Library deadline Feb. 1, 2010
I work for the National Sporting Library in Middleburg, Virginia, a nonprofit research library dedicated to horse and field sports. I wanted to alert members of the group to a fellowship program here at the Library for scholars and independent researchers who are working on topics related to horse and field sports. We have an extensive collection of books and reference materials related to Thoroughbred racing and breeding, in particular, the Margaret "Sissy" Woolums Collection of pedigree books from all over the world.
Please note that even though we can support only a few fellows per year, the Library is free and open to any researcher who wants to use the Library. We are a non-lending institution, but many of the books in our general stacks can be ordered through Interlibrary Loan through your home library.
Best,
Liz Tobey
Director of Communications and Research
National Sporting Library
Middleburg, Virginia
Here is the description of the fellowship:
John H. Daniels Fellowship at the National Sporting Library in Middleburg, Virginia
The National Sporting Library, a research institution specializing in horse and field sports, invites applications for research fellowships from university faculty in the humanities and social sciences, museum and library professionals, journalists, and independent scholars. Research disciplines include history, art history, literature, American studies, and area studies. Past project topics include Grand National Steeplechase winner, Battleship; women in horse sports; history of Anglo-American exchange in TB racing and breeding; and Early Modern horsemanship manuals. Located 42 miles west of Washington, D.C., the Library holds an extensive collection of over 17,000 books, periodicals, manuscripts, and sporting art. The collection covers many aspects of equestrian and outdoor sports, including Thoroughbred racing, steeplechasing, foxhunting, dressage, polo, eventing, coaching, shooting, fly fishing and angling. The F. Ambrose Rare Book Room contains over 4,000 rare volumes from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries in several languages. The Library has a permanent art collection of European and American sporting art, and will open the National Sporting Art Museum next door in 2011. The fellowship covers approved projects of 12 months or less, and applicants must demonstrate their need to use specific works in the collections. A monthly stipend, workspace, and complimentary housing (for those outside of the immediate area) are provided. Applications must be postmarked by February 1, 2010. For more information, visit our website at http://www.nsl. org/fellowship. html or contact the Director of Communications and Research at 540-687-6542 x 11 or fellowship@nsl. org.