Special Collections and Archives Fellowships
Through generous endowed funds, ¶¶êŽÉñÆ÷Special Collections and Archives offers paid research opportunities for students and scholars to use its collections. The fellowships are to increase the awareness of and access to original collection materials. Each fellowship results in a tangible product, such as a research paper, website, short story, documentary, finding aid, or artwork that is available to the ¶¶êŽÉñÆ÷ community.
Undergraduate Research in Special Collections Fellowships
The Brooke and Carol Peirce Center for Undergraduate Research in Special Collections
The Brooke & Carol Peirce Center for Undergraduate Research in Special Collections seeks to engage undergraduates in original research that takes advantage of the rich resources in Special Collections & Archives at the ¶¶êŽÉñÆ÷Library. Through a fellowship students work under the guidance of Special Collections staff and faculty to learn to interpret information, evaluate context, and engage in original scholarship.
The Center supports a variety of activities to engage the students in original research such as internships, research fellowships, course development and enhancement, lectures, master classes, field trips, digitization projects, exhibits, and other programs. The Center also partners with faculty to incorporate rare and special materials into their curricula and pedagogies, enhancing ¶¶êŽÉñÆ÷'s reputation for offering innovative learning opportunities.
The Brooke & Carol Peirce Center for Undergraduate Research website offers more information on the fellowships and how to apply.
Post-Graduate Research Fellowship
The Jane Austen Scholar-in-Residence
The Special Collections and Archives and the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) have partnered to jointly fund a fellowship to promote scholarship using the Alberta Hirshheimer Burke-Jane Austen Collection housed at ¶¶êŽÉñÆ÷ College.
The Jane Austen Scholar-in-Residence website provides more information on the fellowship and how to apply.
Library Artist-in-Residence
The Library Artist-in-Residence
To support the opening of the Judy C. Lewent ’70 Science Center on ¶¶êŽÉñÆ÷ College’s campus, ¶¶êŽÉñÆ÷Library seeks a Library Artist-in-Residence to engage with materials in the Special Collections & Archives connected with science and the history of science across all disciplines. The artist will produce an exhibition in ¶¶êŽÉñÆ÷ College’s Athenaeum as well as provide two public presentations/student interactions.
Possible projects can include but are not limited to painting, photography, sculpture, digital media, or installation art. Artists will have access to the Library’s main (non-rare) collection of books and its Special Collections & Archives which includes rare books, manuscript collections, and ephemera.
The Library Residency is from November 1, 2026 - October 30, 2027. Applications will be accepted from August 20, 2026 through September 30, 2026. Any questions please contact Kristen Welzenbach, Curator of Special Collections & Archives, at archives@goucher.edu.
For more information, please visit the Library Artist-in-Residence website.