Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowship

Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowships are for research on any topic supported by the collections. Stipends derive from the income on an endowment provided by the late Hall J. Peterson and his wife, Kate B. Peterson. This fellowship is awarded to individuals engaged in scholarly research and writing - - including doctoral dissertations - - in any field of American history and culture through 1876.

Application Deadline

Fellows

Date Name Affiliation Position
2006-07 Candice Harrison Emory University PhD Candidate The Politics of Exchange in Philadelphia's Public Markets, 1770-1859
2006-07 Natasha Lightfoot New York University PhD Candidate Race, Class, and Resistance: The Aftermath of Emancipation in Antigua, 1831-1858
2006-07 Ruma Chopra University of California, Davis PhD Candidate Loyalist Persuasions: New York City, 1776-1783
2006-07 Polly Ha Cambridge University PhD Candidate The Decalogue and Formation of Denomination
2006-07 Eleanor McConnell Brandeis University PhD Candidate A Scarce Plenty: Economics, Citizenship, and Opportunity in Revolutionary New Jersey, 1760-1820
2005-06 Wendy A. Woloson Library Company of Philadelphia Curator Underground Economies: People, Markets, and Used Goods in 18th- and 19th-Century America
2005-06 Nian-Sheng Huang California State University, Channel Islands Associate Professor The Poor in Early Massachusetts, 1630-1830
2005-06 Kathryn Koo Saint Mary's College of California Assistant Professor In the House of God: Cotton Mather and the Making of Puritan Slavery
2005-06 Marina Moskowitz University of Glasgow Assistant Professor Seed Money: The Economies of Horticulture in 19th-Century America
2005-06 Anthony Szczesiul University of Massachusetts, Lowell Associate Professor Reconstructing 'Southern Hospitality': Print Culture and the Invention of a Cultural Fiction