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
January 15, 2025 - 12:00pm
Date
Name
Affiliation
Position
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
2005-06
Jen Manion
Rutgers University
PhD Candidate
Women's Crime and Penal Reform in Early Pennsylvania, 1776-1835
2005-06
Susan Graham
University of Minnesota
PhD Candidate
Female Dorrites and Antebellum Partisanship
2005-06
Elizabeth Johnston
Harvard College
Teaching Assistant
Choosing Freedom, Risking Slavery: African Americans, Antislavery Advocates, and the Courts in Massachusetts, 1830-1860
2005-06
Daniel Wewers
Harvard University
PhD Candidate
Divisible Under God: American Religion, Politics, and the Idea of Secession, 1783-1833
2004-05
Jennifer L. Anderson
New York University
PhD Candidate
Nature's Currency: The Atlantic Mahogany Trade in the 18th Century
2004-05
Katherine McCaffrey
Boston University
PhD Candidate
"Reading Glasses: American Spectacles from Benjamin Franklin's Bifocals to Mithril"