The National Sporting Library has selected seven recipients for its John H. Daniels Fellowship program for 2009-2010. The selected fellows will visit the Library in the coming year to research a diverse variety of topics on horse and field sports, including the steeplechase champion, Battleship; a 17th-century horsemanship manuscript; and conservation in American fly fishing.
A complete list of fellows and their projects may be found at http://www.nsl.org/2009fellows.html.
The next deadline for applications is February 1, 2010. For more information, contact Elizabeth Tobey, Director of Communications and Research, at 540-687-6542 x 11 or [log in to unmask]
2009-2010 John H. Daniels Fellows
Charles Calhoun, Independent Scholar (
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Elisabetta Deriu, Ph.D., Doctoral Graduate in History (
Horace Laffaye, M.D., Independent Writer, “The Evolution of Polo in the
Glenye Cain Oakford, Journalist/Writer (Daily Racing Form), “The Golden Thread.”
Dorothy Ours, Journalist/Writer, “The American Pony: Battleship and the Grand National Press.”
Samuel Snyder, Ph.D., Visiting Lecturer in Religion,