David Library of the American Revolution

Deadline for Applications March 2, 2012

2011-2012 Fellows

Matthew P Dziennik,
Ph. D., University of Edinburgh – “The Encouragement of 100 Acres: Military Mobilization and the American Revolution.” (book project)

Andrew J. B. Fagal, Ph. D.
Candidate, Binghamton University – “To Provide for the Common Defense: The Political Economy of War in the Early American Republic, 1789-1818.” (dissertation)

Charles R. Foy, Ph. D., Assistant Professor, Eastern Illinois University – “Prize Negroes in the Age of Sail.” (book project)

Jill M. Fraley, J. D., J. S. D. Candidate, Yale Law School, and Assistant Professor, Washington & Lee University School of Law – “Waste Property, Boundaries and Territory: Property and the making of nation-States in Eighteenth Century Appalachia.” (book project)

James J. Gigantino II,
Ph. D., Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas – “Freedom and Slavery in the Garden of America: African Americans and Abolition in New Jersey, 1775-1861.” (book project)

Frances Kolb, Ph. D. Candidate, Vanderbilt University – “Contesting Borderlands: Commerce and Settlement in the Lower Mississippi Valley, 1765-1800.” (dissertation)

John D. Roche, Major, USAF; Ph. D. Candidate, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill – “With Iron Fist and Velvet Glove: The British Commandants of New York City and the Implementation of Occupation Policy During the American War For Independence, 1776-1783.” (dissertation)

Matthew P. Spooner,
Ph. D. Candidate, Columbia University – “Origins of the Old South: The Reconstruction of Southern Slavery, 1776-1808.” (dissertation)

Aaron Sullivan, Ph. D. Candidate, Temple University – “In the Jaws of the Lion: The British Occupation of Philadelphia and the Disaffected Center of the Revolution.” (dissertation)

Travel Fellow

Maeve Kane, Ph. D. Candidate, Cornell University - "The Changing Material Culture of Iroquoia, 1600-1850." (dissertation)

David Library Fellowships

To promote advanced scholarship, the David Library of the American Revolution offers short-term Resident Research Fellowships for conducting research in its collections. DLAR’s rich resources in microfilm and print on virtually every aspect of the era of the American Revolution (1750-1800) are fully listed on this web site. Fellows receive a stipend of $1600 per month ($1000 if your legal address is within a 100-mile radius of DLAR) plus housing and 24-hour access to the Library. The term of the Fellowship is a minimum of one month and a maximum of three. Both doctoral and post-doctoral applicants are welcome to apply; doctoral candidates must have passed their general examinations before beginning their fellowships.

The deadline for applications for a 2012-2013 Fellowship is March 2, 2012.

Applicants should submit seven (7) sets of the following: cover letter briefly stating their reason for pursuing research at the Library, a project statement (3 to 5 pages), a detailed C.V., a writing sample (10 to 20 pages of recent work, preferably from the proposed fellowship project), and, if requesting two or three months' residence, a case statement for that additional support. Each application must be supported by two letters of reference (sent directly by the referee, not sent by the applicant).

Above-named application materials and the letters of recommendation should be mailed to:

Academic Advisory Council
David Library of the American Revolution
P.O. Box 748
Washington Crossing, PA 18977

Please do not fax or email applications. (If sending via courier service such as UPS, please use the following street address for the Library instead of the P.O. Box: 1201 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA 18977.
The David Library does not fund research conducted at other institutions.

Questions? Contact William P. Tatum III at (215) 493-6776, ext.103, or email tatum@dlar.org