Special Collections Research Fellowships

New England Regional Fellowship Consortium

Special Collections partners with the New England Research Fellowships Consortium (NERFC), which offers travel stipends to applicants whose research takes them to three or more of its member institutions. These fellowships are open to all researchers regardless of affiliation. Applications are due February 1 annually. For more information visit NERFC.

Sterling A. Brown Travel Fellowship

The Sterling A. Brown collections at Williams include an extensive collection of personal papers, and Brown’s library and record collection. The collections provide an extraordinary documentation of mid-century American literary and intellectual life, centered on African American poetry and blues.

The Williams Libraries Special Collections Department is pleased to offer short-term fellowships to individuals conducting on-site research in the Sterling A. Brown collection. Applications are due annually in the Spring.

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