Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library invites applications for the new Lois F. McNeil Dissertation Research Fellowship for doctoral candidates engaged in research on American material culture. This fellowship is open to students in departments of history, art history, American studies, African-American history, anthropology, folklore, historic preservation, and related fields. Applicants must have completed coursework, passed qualifying exams, fulfilled language requirements, and have an approved prospectus. Winterthur's collections of half a million imprints, manuscripts, visual materials, and printed ephemera will support research in the seventeenth through the twentieth century. The museum collections include 89,000 domestic artifacts and art objects made or used in America prior to 1840.
Potential applicants are encourage to contact our library to find out more about our holdings.
Travel funds are also available. The recipient must agree to be in residence at Winterthur, to devote full time to the fellowship and not to hold concurrent fellowships, teaching or research positions. Winterthur houses a lively scholarly community of staff, graduate students, and visiting researchers and has strong ties to the University of Delaware. Housing is available on the grounds. Women's Studies is a growing program with 10 core faculty, over 50 affiliate faculty, and committed lines for additional hires.