Error during command authentication.
Error - unable to initiate communication with LISTSERV (errno=10061, phase=CONNECT, target=127.0.0.1:2306). The server is probably not started.
Travel Grant Competition
The Department of Special Collections
Washington University Libraries St. Louis, Missouri
Application Deadline: March 15, 2012. Travel must occur between May 15, 2012 and June 30, 2013.
Travel reimbursement grants of up to $1000 are available to faculty, graduate students, undergraduates, and independent scholars who would like to use our collections for research.
Funds may be used for transportation, food, lodging, and photocopying. Applicants must reside at least 50 miles from St. Louis.
The Department of Special Collections is a multi-faceted research institution that contains materials related to a wide variety of academic disciplines. Below is a listing of some
of our major collections:
Film and Media Archive: The Film and Media Archive is committed to the preservation
of documentary film and other media which chronicle America's great political and social movements, with a particular emphasis on the African-American experience. The collections of prominent filmmakers Henry Hampton (Eyes on the Prize) and William Miles (I
Remember Harlem) include hundreds of hours of high quality programming and feature a comprehensive and diverse array of primary interviews, photos, archival footage, and written documents gathered and generated during the film production process. For more
information, contact Nadia Ghasedi at
[log in to unmask] or (314) 935-6154, or visit our on-line catalog at
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/filmandmedia/.
Manuscripts: Collections of literary papers, press archives, and magazine
archives. The bulk of the collection consists of the papers of major 20th-century literary figures including James Merrill, Samuel Beckett, Howard Nemerov, Stanley Elkin, William Gass, Mona Van Duyn, and many others. For more information, contact Joel Minor
at [log in to unmask] or (314) 935-5413, or visit
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/manuscripts/.
Modern Graphic History Library: Dedicated to
acquiring and preserving distinguished works of modern illustration and pictorial graphic culture. Focusing on artists’ working materials and sketches as well as finished artworks, the range of the collection extends from book, magazine, and advertising illustration
to graphic novels, comics, poster design, pictorial information design, and animation. In addition, the collection also contains the archives of fine artists like Ernest Trova that have a relationship with popular culture and mass media. For more information,
contact Skye Lacerte at [log in to unmask] or (314) 935-7741, or visit
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/MGHL/.
Rare Books: Collection strengths include the history of books and printing,
especially the English Arts & Crafts movement; the book arts; semeiology and the history of non-verbal communication; a collection of Little Black Sambo books and related objects; and 19th- and 20th-century British and American literature complementing the
modern literary archives housed in the manuscript unit. For more information, contact Erin Davis at
[log in to unmask] or (314) 935-5583, or visit
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/rarebooks/.
University Archives: The Washington University Archives is comprised of more
than 300 unique collections. Most collections chronicle the history of Washington University from 1853 to the present day. These diverse collections range from the writings of University co-founder William G. Eliot, to student produced publications, and professional
and personal papers of faculty members such as Arthur Holly Compton. Other collections relate to 20th-century St. Louis history, with a focus on business, transportation, politics, social welfare, urban planning, and architecture. For more information, contact
Sonya Rooney at [log in to unmask] or (314) 935-9730, or visit
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/archives/.
An application form is available at
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/tg/TravelGrantApplicationForm2012.pdf.
The Department of Special Collections, Washington University Libraries
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/
[log in to unmask]
(314) 935-5495
Ms. Skye Lacerte
Modern Graphic History Library Curator
Washington University in St. Louis
314-935-7741 |
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/MGHL/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~