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.

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Fellows

Date Name Affiliation Position
2022-23 Michael Schoeppner University of Maine, Farmington Associate Professor of History The First Illegal Immigrants
2022-23 Edu Levati The American School of São Paulo High School Teacher of Historia Social Hemispheric Negotiations: The United States Recognition of Brazilian Independence
2022-23 Jeremy Zallen Lafayette College Associate Professor of History Saltwater Marronage: Making the Pacific into a Fugitive Geography
2022-23 Jean Franzino Boston College Visiting Assistant Professor of English Dis-Union: Disability, Narrative, and the American Civil War
2022-23 Sopanit Angsusingha Georgetown University PhD Candidate in History The Gospel of Civility: Missionary Encounters, Education, and Gender in Iraq
2022-23 Alexandra Finley University of Pittsburgh Assistant Professor of History Forced to Work for Her Own Support: Financial Panic in the Household Economy
2020-21 Timothy Fosbury University of California, Los Angeles PhD Candidate in English Persistent Futures of Bermudas Past
2020-21 Lindsay Keiter Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Assistant Professor of History Uniting Interests: Love, Money, and the Law in American Marriage, 1750-1860
2020-21 Holly Gruntner College of William and Mary PhD Candidate in History 'some people of skil and curiosity': Knowledge and Labor in Early American Gardens, 1650-1820
2020-21 Yiyun Huang University of Tennessee, Knoxville PhD Candidate in History The Chinese Origins of Medicinal Tea: Global Cultural Transfer and a Vast Early America