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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