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
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
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
540-687-6542 x 11
http://www.nsl.org/
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