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National Sporting Library & Museum Seeks Applicants for 2011-2012 John H.
Daniels Fellowships

 

The National Sporting Library & Museum seeks applications for the John H.
Daniels Fellowship, which supports scholars doing research in the area of
horse and field sports. Applications must be postmarked no later than
February 1, 2011. The John H. Daniels Fellowship supports scholars at the
NSL&M for periods of two weeks to one year. Applicants must submit a formal
application demonstrating how they will utilize the NSL&M's collections of
books, periodicals, manuscripts, archival materials, and fine art. A special
fellowship will be offered this year for topics relating to field sports and
conservation.

 

Selected fellows receive complimentary housing in Middleburg and a stipend
to cover living and travel costs. University faculty and graduate students;
museum curators and librarians; and writers and journalists are encouraged
to apply. Past fellows from the disciplines of history, literature, equine
studies, journalism, art history, anthropology, area studies, and sport and
environmental history have received fellowships.

 

The program began in 2007 in honor of sportsman and book collector, John H.
Daniels (1921-2006), a longtime supporter of the NSL&M. Past topics have
included a biography of champion show jumper, Snowman; American stable
design; the history of riding dress; conservation and ethics in American fly
fishing; and Early Modern horsemanship manuals. Since 2007, the NSL&M has
hosted 23 fellows from throughout the United States and from five countries.
A complete list of past projects is available on the fellowship webpage.

 

The NSL&M has 17,000 volumes on horse and field sports dating from 1523 to
the present. Its collections comprise many areas of equestrian sports,
including works on Thoroughbred racing, foxhunting, steeplechasing,
dressage, and general horsemanship. Works also include treatises on
veterinary medicine, animal husbandry, farriery, cavalry, and training of
horses and sporting dogs. Also represented are the non-equestrian,
traditionally-British sports of fly fishing, shooting, and fowling. The
National Sporting Art Museum will open in 2011 on the Library campus, with
11 galleries featuring exhibits of American and European fine sporting art.

 

Further information, application criteria, and a brochure may be found at
www.nsl.org/fellowship.html or by contacting Elizabeth Tobey, Director of
Research & Publications, at [log in to unmask] or 540-687-6542 x 11.

 

 

Elizabeth Tobey, Ph.D., Director of Research & Publications

National Sporting Library & Museum

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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