The National Sporting Library is seeking applicants for the John H. Daniels Fellowship for 2009. The Library is a center for research in horse and field sports located just 42 miles west of Washington, D.C. Its book, art, manuscript, periodical and archival collections cover equestrian sports, angling, shooting, and other field sports from the 16th century to the present. The Library also has a permanent collection of primarily British and American sporting art, and plans to open the Museum of Sporting Art at Vine Hill in 2010.  The Fellowship will provide financial assistance and housing to recipients. Researchers are asked to submit an application, proposing a research project to be conducted at the Library. Researchers must demonstrate in their proposals what collections and books they will consult. Application instructions and a brochure can be found on the Library’s website, www.nsl.org/fellowship.html, or by contacting Elizabeth Tobey, Director of Communications and Research, at [log in to unmask] or 540-687-6542 x 11.The application deadline is February 1, 2009. Successful applicants will be notified by the end of March.

 

 

Elizabeth Tobey, Director of Communications & Research

National Sporting Library

P.O. Box 1335 (102 The Plains Rd.)

Middleburg, VA 20118-1335

540-687-6542 x 11

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http://www.nsl.org/

 



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