Houghton Library

Visiting Fellowships

Overview

Houghton Library is the principal rare book and manuscript library of Harvard College. The library's holdings are particularly strong in the following areas: European, English, American, and South American literature, including the country's pre-eminent collection of American literary manuscripts; philosophy; religion; history of science; music; printing and graphic arts; dance; and theatre. Fellows will also have access to collections in Widener Library as well as to other libraries at the University. Applicants need not apply for a specific fellowship. Preference is given to scholars whose research is closely based on materials in Houghton collections (especially when those materials are unique); fellowships are normally not granted to scholars who live within commuting distance of the library.

Short-Term Fellowships to be Awarded in 2010-2011

Eight short-term fellowships are available to assist scholars who must travel to work with library collections. Each fellow is expected to be in residence at Houghton for at least one month during the period from July 2010 through June 2011. The stipend for each fellowship is $3,000. See Applying for Short- and Long-Term Fellowships.

  • Beatrice, Benjamin, and Richard Bader Fellowship in the Visual Arts of the Theatre
    W. Jackson Bate/ Douglas W. Bryant, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
    (ASECS) Fellowship*
  • Rodney G. Dennis Fellowship in the Study of Manuscripts
  • Eleanor M. Garvey Fellowship in Printing and Graphic Arts
  • Houghton Mifflin Fellowship in Publishing History
  • Joan Nordell Fellowship
  • Katharine F. Pantzer Jr. Fellowship in Descriptive Bibliography
  • Howard D. Rothschild Fellowship in Dance
  • John M. Ward Fellowship in Dance and Music for the Theatre

*An ASECS fellowship holder must:

  1. Be a member in good standing of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies at the time of the award.
  2. Be an ABD graduate student or a post-doctoral, holding a Ph.D. or equivalent degree at the time of the application.

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Long-Term Fellowships to be Awarded in 2010-2011

This fellowship is available to assist scholarly research in descriptive bibliography at Houghton Library. Fellowships are $3,000 per month up to twelve months (maximum $36,000). Fellows are expected to be in residence at Houghton Library for the duration of the fellowship. See Applying for Short- and Long-Term Fellowships.

  • Katherine F. Pantzer Jr. Fellowship in Descriptive Bibliography

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New England Regional Fellowship Consortium

Houghton Library also participates in the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium. Please visit the consortium's Web site for further information and to apply.

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Applying for Short- and Long-Term Fellowships

Applicants should write directly to The Fellowship Selection Committee, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, and provide the following materials:    

  • application form;
  • a statement of not more than three pages describing the research project and the importance of the library's collections to the applicant's work;
  • a current curriculum vitae; and
  • two letters of recommendation.

The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2010.

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Houghton Library 2009–2010 Visiting Fellows

Audrey Adamczak
Post-Doctorate, Department of Art History, University of Paris-Sorbonne
"Engraving the 'Grand Siècle': Portrait as book illustration in XVIIth-century France. A survey into the Houghton Library collections"
Katharine F. Pantzer Jr. Fellowship in Descriptive Bibliography

Alan Cottrell
Independent Scholar / 2009 NEH Fellow
“Angelo Poliziano's Miscellaneorum Centuria Prima:  A Scholarly Edition”
Katharine F. Pantzer Jr. Fellowship in Descriptive Bibliography

Antonino De Francesco
Professor of Early Modern History, Dipartimento di scienze della storia e della documentazione storica, Università degli studi di Milano, Italy
“Alphonse Aulard Papers in the Houghton Library”
Joan Nordell Fellowship

Robert DeMaria, Jr.
Professor of English Literature, Vassar College
“Impossible Bibliography: A History of Editions of the Works of Samuel Johnson”
Katharine F. Pantzer Jr. Fellowship in Descriptive Bibliography

Nicolas Dufetel
Chercheur invité à la Bibliothèque nationale de France
“Franz Liszt and Marie Sayn-Wittgenstein: A Correspondence”
Joan Nordell Fellowship

Craig Eliason
Associate Professor of Art History, University of St. Thomas
“'Modern' and 'Transitional' in Context: The Labels Used to Classify Printing Types”
Katharine F. Pantzer Jr. Fellowship in Descriptive Bibliography

Nicholas Fisher
Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of English Studies, University of London
“Bibliography of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester”
Katharine F. Pantzer Jr. Fellowship in Descriptive Bibliography

Thomas Harakal
Independent Scholar
“Houghton Mifflin, The Riverside Press, and Jack London's First Book: A Descriptive Bibliography of 'The Son of the Wolf'”
Katharine F. Pantzer Jr. Fellowship in Descriptive Bibliography

Morris Levy
Senior Music Cataloger, University Library, Northwestern University
“Furio Camillo: Robert Gallenberg, Salvatore Taglioni, and Ballet in 19th Century Naples”
John M. Ward Fellowship in Dance and Music for the Theatre

Paige McCormick
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of English, University of Alabama
“An Author's Intent: Literary Progression and the Making of the Modern African Aesthetic in Chinua Achebe”
Rodney G. Dennis Fellowship in the Study of Manuscripts

Francesca Tancini
Ph.D. Candidate, Italian Institute for Human Sciences
“Walter Crane's Illustrations and the Birth of Modern Pedagogy through Drawings in the Houghton Library Collections”
Eleanor M. Garvey Fellowship in Printing and Graphic Arts

Mark Towsey
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship, University of Liverpool, UK
“Reading History in Britain 1750-1835”
W. Jackson Bate/Douglas W. Bryant/American Society for 18th-Century Studies (ASECS)

Christopher H. Walker
Serials Cataloging Librarian, Pennsylvania State University
“The Houghton Library's copy of Histoires des amans fortunez, 1558: Its Context and Significance in the History of 16th Century Paris Imprints”
Katharine F. Pantzer Jr. Fellowship in Descriptive Bibliography

Michael Winship
Professor, Department of English, University of Texas
“Reaching the Market: Book Distribution in the United States, 1825-1950”
Houghton Mifflin Fellowship in Publishing History

Paul M. Wright
Retired Editor, University of Massachusetts Press
“Mammon and the Muse: President Eliot, P.F. Collier, and the Harvard Classics 'Five-Foot Shelf'”
Katharine F. Pantzer Jr. Fellowship in Descriptive Bibliography

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