Baron Fellowships support historical research by creative and performing artists, writers, film makers, journalists, and other persons whose goals are to produce imaginative works dealing with pre-twentieth-century American history, literature, and culture.
Application Procedure
All applicants are considered for both the Hearst Foundations Fellowship and Robert and Charlotte Baron Fellowship.
In addition to completing the online application form, the elements listed below are required for the completion of your application. Information about the required elements is given within the online form.
- STATEMENT
- CURRENT RÉSUMÉ
- WORK SAMPLES and REVIEWS
- TWO CONTACTS OF REFERENCE
Application Deadline
Contact Person
Fellows
| Date | Name | Affiliation | Position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Charles Hirshberg | New York, NY | Writer | Vistas of Destiny: Thomas Wentworth Higginson in Worcester | |
| 2004 | James Thomas Stevens | Fredonia, NY | Poet | Alphabets of Letters: A poem that explores propaganda found in Native American children's primers | |
| 2004 | Joanne Dobson | Writer | The Kashmiri Shawl: A historical novel set in New York City, 1860 | ||
| 2003 | David Roderick | Berkeley, CA | Poet | Blue Colonial: A collection of poems on the cultural interaction between the colonists and the Wampanoag tribe in the early seventeenth-century | |
| 2003 | Britta Sjogren | San Francisco, CA | Filmmaker | A Chain of Windows | |
| 2001 | Emily Laurance | Chapel Hill, NC | Musician, Harpist | Sacred Music and Theatrical Songs in Early Nineteenth Century America | |
| 2000 | Joann Mazzio | Pinos Altos, NM | Writer | Fremont Expeditions in the 1840's |