Overview
The Baird Society Resident Scholar Program was established to support the study of some of SI Libraries’ most unique and valuable holdings: its Special Collections. Stipends of $3,500 per month for up to six months are available for individuals working on a topic relating to these collections. Historians, librarians, doctoral students, and post-doctoral scholars are welcome to apply. Scholars must be in residence at the Smithsonian during the award period. While the Libraries’ extensive general collections may be used to support scholars’ research, the focus of their projects must center around Special Collections. These collections are located in in Washington, DC and New York City, and include:
19th- and early 20th-century World's Fair printed materials
Manufacturers' commercial trade catalogs in the National Museum of American History Library (285,000 pieces representing 30,000 companies from the 1840's to the present) used to study American industrialization, mass production, and consumerism
Natural history rare books in the Cullman Library (pre-1840 works on topics such as botany, zoology, travel & exploration, museums & collecting, geology, and anthropology)
Air and space history in the National Air and Space Museum Library's Ramsey Room for the study of ballooning, rocketry, and aviation from the late 18th to early 20th centuries
James Smithson's library in the Cullman Library
European and American decorative arts, architecture, and design in the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Library's Bradley Room, which span from the 18th to the 20th century
History of art and artists, exhibition catalogs, catalogues raisonné, serials and dissertations concentrated in the area of American art, history, biography and nearly 100,000 vertical files filled with artists' ephemera.
To be competitive, the application should describe in detail how the applicant intends to use SIL's Special Collections. Further details about these collections can be found in the application.
Scholars wanting to do research primarily in the collections of the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology should apply for the Dibner Library Resident Scholar Program.
This award is supported by the Spencer Baird Society of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply, download the application in Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf) from the link below, and return the completed application to the address below. If your browser does not automatically open the .pdf file when you click on the link, please download Adobe Acrobat Reader for free.
Download the Baird Society Resident Scholar application
To have an application form mailed to you or for further information, call 202-633-3872, or email SILResidentScholars@si.edu.
The deadline is March 15, 2011 for appointments during the 2012 calendar year. Applications must be postmarked by this date to be considered.
We strongly encourage candidates to send their applications via Federal Express or comparable courier to avoid any delays.
For standard USPS deliveries and correspondence:
SIL Resident Scholar Programs
P.O. Box 37012
NMAH 1041 MRC 672
Washington, DC 20013-7012
For Federal Express shipments and other carriers requiring a street address:
SIL Resident Scholar Programs
12th St. & Constitution Ave., NW
NMAH 1041 MRC 672
Washington, DC 20560-0672
http://www.sil.si.edu/Galaxy.cfm?id=3.32
Please quote Scholarization.blogspot.com on your application when applying for this scholarship
The Baird Society Resident Scholar Program was established to support the study of some of SI Libraries’ most unique and valuable holdings: its Special Collections. Stipends of $3,500 per month for up to six months are available for individuals working on a topic relating to these collections. Historians, librarians, doctoral students, and post-doctoral scholars are welcome to apply. Scholars must be in residence at the Smithsonian during the award period. While the Libraries’ extensive general collections may be used to support scholars’ research, the focus of their projects must center around Special Collections. These collections are located in in Washington, DC and New York City, and include:
19th- and early 20th-century World's Fair printed materials
Manufacturers' commercial trade catalogs in the National Museum of American History Library (285,000 pieces representing 30,000 companies from the 1840's to the present) used to study American industrialization, mass production, and consumerism
Natural history rare books in the Cullman Library (pre-1840 works on topics such as botany, zoology, travel & exploration, museums & collecting, geology, and anthropology)
Air and space history in the National Air and Space Museum Library's Ramsey Room for the study of ballooning, rocketry, and aviation from the late 18th to early 20th centuries
James Smithson's library in the Cullman Library
European and American decorative arts, architecture, and design in the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Library's Bradley Room, which span from the 18th to the 20th century
History of art and artists, exhibition catalogs, catalogues raisonné, serials and dissertations concentrated in the area of American art, history, biography and nearly 100,000 vertical files filled with artists' ephemera.
To be competitive, the application should describe in detail how the applicant intends to use SIL's Special Collections. Further details about these collections can be found in the application.
Scholars wanting to do research primarily in the collections of the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology should apply for the Dibner Library Resident Scholar Program.
This award is supported by the Spencer Baird Society of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply, download the application in Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf) from the link below, and return the completed application to the address below. If your browser does not automatically open the .pdf file when you click on the link, please download Adobe Acrobat Reader for free.
Download the Baird Society Resident Scholar application
To have an application form mailed to you or for further information, call 202-633-3872, or email SILResidentScholars@si.edu.
The deadline is March 15, 2011 for appointments during the 2012 calendar year. Applications must be postmarked by this date to be considered.
We strongly encourage candidates to send their applications via Federal Express or comparable courier to avoid any delays.
For standard USPS deliveries and correspondence:
SIL Resident Scholar Programs
P.O. Box 37012
NMAH 1041 MRC 672
Washington, DC 20013-7012
For Federal Express shipments and other carriers requiring a street address:
SIL Resident Scholar Programs
12th St. & Constitution Ave., NW
NMAH 1041 MRC 672
Washington, DC 20560-0672
http://www.sil.si.edu/Galaxy.cfm?id=3.32
Please quote Scholarization.blogspot.com on your application when applying for this scholarship
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