Description

The University of Connecticut Library’s Archives & Special Collections offers competitive travel grants for short visits to conduct research in its collections. The program supports scholars and researchers at any career stage, prioritizing projects that demonstrate a research need for materials held by the department. Selection is made by the Head of Archives & Special Collections and the archivists responsible for collections relevant to each project.

Particular consideration is given to research using highlighted holdings spanning Connecticut citizen advocacy, Latin American political and social movements, Black arts, women’s business and political activity, disability and domestic labor, and railroad electrification. Other priority collections support work on poetry, experimental artists’ books, Montessori education, children’s illustration, avant-garde literature, and New England silk manufacturing.