The American Antiquarian
Society offers three broad categories of visiting
research fellowships, with tenures ranging from one to twelve months.
All of the fellowships are
designed to
enable scholars, advanced graduate students, and others to spend an
uninterrupted block of time doing research in the AAS library on their
projects and discussing their work with others.
These residencies in
Worcester provide an opportunity not only for research in collections that
are extraordinarily deep but also for collegial discussion with staff and
other fellows, faculty in area colleges and universities, and other
scholars visiting AAS from all over the United States and
abroad.
Hundreds
of books and articles, some of them winners of major prizes, including the
Pulitzer and Bancroft, have stemmed from AAS fellowships.
The Society is able to offer self-catering accommodations at a
reasonable
cost across the street from the library. Options include accommodations in
the
Goddard-Daniels House and Montvale Cottage,
the former a large
and
comfortable house that came to the Society as a generous bequest some
years ago, and the latter an adjacent small furnished, two-bedroom house.
Many opportunities for collegiality center around the Goddard-Daniels
House, where the Society's seminars, colloquia, dinners, and informal
gatherings of members, fellows, and visiting scholars take place.
Room
rates and house rules are available
online.
Fellows
have priority in renting AAS accommodations, but doing so is not a
requirement for holding a fellowship.
When requested, the staff will do
their best to suggest suitable alternative accommodations in Worcester and
environs. Applicants for AAS fellowships should make themselves aware of
the Society's Policy on Professional Ethics.
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Fellows' publications are listed in the
Directory of Fellows and
Research
Associates, 1972-Present.
A separate list of recent publications and
scholarly works based on research at AAS is also available.
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