Description

The Library Company of Philadelphia’s long-term dissertation fellowships support one or two semesters of research in residence using its collections and those of the adjacent Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The program welcomes PhD students and candidates who need sustained archival research time, rather than support for the final stages of dissertation writing.

Four awards support women’s history, early American political economy and society, African American history and culture, and research in any discipline connected to the Library Company’s holdings. These collections are particularly strong in the history of the United States and the Atlantic world in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. The Library Company’s printed materials and graphics complement the Historical Society’s manuscript collections, offering resources for collections-based humanities research.