Applications are now being accepted for the Historic Deerfield Summer
Fellowship Program in Early American History and Material Culture.  Six
to eight undergraduates from across the country will be chosen in April
to spend nine weeks in Deerfield, Massachusetts, where they will discuss
and research the documents and artifacts of early American history, and
interpret Deerfields history to the general public while studying other
museums in New England and beyond.  The 1997 program will run from
Monday, June 16 to Saturday, August 16.

The Summer Fellows participate in seminar sessions and workshops in a
classroom setting, on walking tours, and in the museum houses
themselves.  They attend Historic Deerfields Summer Lecture Series, which
will be on "Craft, Labor and Community in Early America"; speakers will
include Margaretta Lovell of the University of California at Berkeley and
David Jaffee of the City University of New York.  Fellows learn to give
guided tours through the museum houses, and visit other museums,
including Old Sturbridge Village, Plimoth Plantation, Colonial
Williamsburg, and the Winterthur Musem.  Finally, Fellows write a major
research paper, utilizing the manuscript, printed, and artifactual
collections of Historic Deerfield and the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial
Association.

Historic Deerfield will accept between six and eight students who have
completed two or more years of college and who are of undergraduate
status as of January 1 of the year of the program.  Admission is by an
application form which must be supported by an official transcript and by
at least two letters of recommendation from college faculty members.
There is a non-refundable application fee of $15.

The fellowship covers tuition, books, and field trip expenses.  Room and
board for nine weeks will cost $1400.  Financial aid is available for
students with demonstrated need.  Six hours academic credit is available
through the History Department of the University of Massachusetts at
Amherst for approximately $200.

Applications must be completed by April 1.  Successful applicants will be
notified by mid-April.

For application forms and further information, contact:

Dr. Kenneth Hafertepe
Director of Academic Programs
Historic Deerfield, Inc.
Deerfield, MA 01342

Telephone:      413-774-5581
Fax:            413-773-7415
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