Nantucket Historical Association

E. Geoffrey and Elizabeth Thayer Verney Fellowship


In an effort to enhance the public's knowledge and understanding of the 
heritage of Nantucket, Massachusetts, the Nantucket Historical Association 
offers the E. Geoffrey and Elizabeth Thayer Verney Fellowship.

Established in 1999, the award encourages research in the collections of the 
Nantucket Historical Association and other Nantucket repositories and is 
open to academics, graduate students, and independent scholars. The 
Nantucket Historical Association is the principal repository of Nantucket 
history, with extensive archives, collections of historic properties, and 
art and artifacts that broadly illustrate Nantucket's past.

Topics of research for recent scholars have included health aboard 
whaleships, women at sea, scrimshaw, samplers, local artists, Nantucket's 
architectural heritage, Quakerism, the African-American and Cape Verdean 
communities, the Quaise Asylum, and abolitionism.

The E. Geoffrey and Elizabeth Thayer Verney Fellow will reside in the Thomas 
Macy House, a historic property owned by the association, for up to a 
three-week period. Housing is available January - May and October - December 
2006. NHA Visiting Research Scholars will be expected to produce an article 
suitable for publication in the summer edition of Historic Nantucket, the 
NHA's quarterly journal. Recipients of the award will receive a stipend of 
$300 per week during the time in residence, for up to three weeks. Travel 
expenses will be reimbursed for expenses up to $600.

To apply: Send a full description of the proposed project, a curriculum 
vitae, the names of three references, and an estimate of anticipated time 
and duration of stay. Application deadline is December 1, 2005. Applicants 
will be notified by December 21, 2005. Send application packet to: Georgen 
Gilliam Charnes, Curator of Library & Archives, Nantucket Historical 
Association, P.O. Box 1016, Nantucket, MA 02554-1016.

 Georgen Gilliam Charnes
Curator of Library & Archives
Nantucket Historical Association
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