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
1998-99
Jonathan Cook
Portland, OR
Independent Scholar
The Apocalyptic Imagination in the American Renaissance
1998-99
Colin McCoy
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
PhD Candidate
Partisans and Pamphleteers: The Literature of Persuasion in Jacksonian America, 1820-1845
1998-99
Yale University
Assistant Professor
Larding the Lean Earth: Agriculture and the Environment in America, 1800-1850
1998-99
Candy Brown
Harvard University
PhD Candidate
Salt to the World: A Cultural History of Evangelical Reading, Writing, and Publishing Practices in Mid-Nineteenth-Century America
1998-99
Leslie Butler
Reed College
Visiting Assistant Professor
James Russell Lowell and the Cultural Politics of Antebellum American Nationalism
1998-99
Heather S. Nathans
Tufts University
PhD Candidate
Avoiding Party Matters: The Boston Theatre Rivalries of the 1790's
1998-99
W Lhamon
Florida State University
George M. Harper Professor
Jump Jim Crow: Plays, Lyrics, and Street Prose of the First Atlantic Popular Culture
1998-99
Florida State University
George M. Harper Professor
Jump Jim Crow: Plays, Lyrics, and Street Prose of the First Atlantic Popular Culture
1998-99
Scott E. Casper
University of Nevada, Reno
Associate Professor
First Families: Presidents at Home in the American Imagination, 1789-20
1998-99
Betsy Homsher
University of California, Santa Barbara
PhD Candidate
The Diaries of Sally Ripley Stearns