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From: Queer Studies List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jason Baumann

Sent: 22 October 2008 19:55

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Subject: Martin Duberman Visiting Scholars: The New York Public Library





The New York Public Library LGBT Visiting Scholars Program

Martin Duberman Visiting Scholars



The New York Public Library is pleased to announce the creation of the LGBT

Visiting Scholars Program. Each year the Library will provide stipends for

up to three Martin Duberman Visiting Scholars. The stipends will support

travel to New York City and related expenses to do LGBT (Lesbian, Gay,

Bisexual, and Transgender) studies research in the Library’s collections.

The travel grants awarded will range from $1,000 to $8,500. The awards will

be limited to emerging scholars—those without permanent academic

appointments—or those who are unaffiliated with an academic institution.

Martin Duberman Visiting Scholars will also be provided with temporary

workspace at the Library to pursue their research. Recipients must supply a

written summary of their findings upon completion of their work.



The LGBT collections of the New York Public Library are among the greatest

in the country. The archival collections include the archives of pioneering

LGBT activists, such as Morty Manford, Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin

Lahusen; scholars such as Martin Duberman, Jonathan Ned Katz, and Karla

Jay; organizational archives of pivotal civil rights groups such as the

Mattachine Society of New York and Gay Activists Alliance; and of LGBT

writers such as W. H. Auden, Virginia Woolf, and Joseph Beam. The Library

is also home to the archives of major organizations in the history of the

AIDS crisis, including ACT UP New York and GMHC. The Library has extensive

holdings in the history of drag performance and LGBT theatre, such as the

archives of Charles Ludlum. It is also home to the Black Gay and Lesbian

Archive which documents the history of LGBT African Americans. This is

supported by extensive book and periodical holdings in LGBT studies.



Interested applicants should send a 3-5 page research proposal specifying

the relevant collections at the Library for their project, a draft budget

and itinerary for their planned trip, a CV, and an appropriate letter of

recommendation. Applications should be sent to Jason Baumann, The New York

Public Library, 11 West 40th Street, South Court 3, New York, NY 10018.

Applications must be received by January 31. Notice of awards will be sent

beginning March 1. Recipients must make their trip within a year of the

award.



The Martin Duberman Visiting Scholars are funded by the generous support of

Martin Duberman and Eli Zal.

If you have any questions about the program or the Library’s collections,

please contact Jason Baumann, Coordinator of Collection Assessment and LGBT

Collections at [log in to unmask]