Fellowships

The Autry Institute for the Study of the American West annually awards research fellowships to support scholarly projects in all areas of the study of the peoples and cultures of the American West.

Adam Clark Vroman, The Belfry of Mission San Gabriel, c. 1895.
Hand colored lantern slide. Braun Research Library, Autry National
Center of the American West; LS.2717

2010 RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

VISITING SCHOLAR FELLOWSHIP

• Stipends of varying amounts for residency up to one month.
• Open to PhD candidates, post-doctoral researchers, and independent scholars.

AUTRY SUMMER FELLOWSHIP

• Stipends of varying amounts for residency up to one month.
• Open only to graduate students at UCLA.
• Open only to UCLA graduate students from any discipline.

ONE MONTH FELLOWSHIPS:

LOS ANGELES WESTERNERS FELLOWSHIP, AUTRY NATIONAL CENTER

• $2,500 stipend
• Open to PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and independent scholars.
• Topics relating to historical events or people and those that separate fact from myth are preferred.
• Fellows will speak about their research at the July 14, 2010 meeting of the Los Angeles Westerners. If not local, Fellows should plan to be in residence at least two weeks prior to the July 14, 2009 Westerners meeting.

The Los Angeles Westerners Fellowship is supported by the Los Angeles Corral of Westerners, part of Westerners International, a group whose mission is to encourage and promote interest and research in the history of the American West. For more information on Westerners International visit their website: www.westerners-international.org

JONATHAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP

• $2,000 stipend
• Open to PhD candidates, post-doctoral researchers, and independent scholars.
• Topics focusing on the social, cultural or business history of the Los Angeles region, circa 1895 – 1950 are preferred.
• In addition to the Autry’s research resources, the archives of the Jonathan Club will be available to the fellow.
• Fellows will participate in a program related to their research project at the Autry National Center and give a short presentation on their research for the Jonathan Heritage Foundation at the Jonathan Club.

The Jonathan Heritage Foundation is a non-profit organization initiated from the archives of the Jonathan Club, one the oldest private social clubs in Los Angeles. The Foundation’s purpose is to support and encourage research and scholarship into the social, cultural and institutional history of the Los Angeles region in the nineteenth and twentieth century.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES
Consideration for all fellowships requires only a single application. • Scholars and projects will be matched with the appropriate fellowship by library staff and the Institute director. 

Fellows are expected to:

• Be in residence weekdays and complete their research before December 31, 2010
• Submit a brief written report (two pages maximum) on research completed and resources used to the Autry Institute within two weeks of departure
• Participate in an informal staff seminar while in residence and/or write a brief article for a museum publication on research conducted.

A complete application consists of:

• Cover letter indicating mailing address, email address, daytime phone, title of proposed project and preferred dates of residence
• Two - three page maximum, double-spaced project description clearly indicating the relevance of the collections of the Braun Research Library, the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, the Autry Library, and/or the Museum of the American West to their proposed research. You may search the library and museum collections online via the Autry National Center’s library catalog and digital database Collections Online
• One page CV
• Budget, including roundtrip airfare, lodging and food
• Two confidential letters of reference, one or both should address your presentation skills.

Applications are due via post only no later than
December 31, 2009.

Please submit all application materials together. Letters of recommendation should be in sealed envelopes and may be sent directly from the recommenders. 

Please mail completed applications to:
Marva Felchlin, Director Autry Library
Autry Institute for the Study of the American West
4700 Western Heritage way
Los Angeles, Ca. 90027-1462
Email: mfelchlin@autrynationalcenter.org
Ph: 323-667-2000 ext. 349
Fax: 323-660-5721

Fellowship Awards will be announced by email and letter on or before February 15, 2010.

The Autry Library and Braun Research Library Reading Rooms Will Be Closed:

• January 1, 2010
• January 18, 2010
  
• February 15, 2010
  
• May 31, 2010
  
• July 2, 5, 2010
  
• September 6, 2010
  
• October 11, 2010
  
• November 25 – 26, 2010
  
• December 24, 2010
  
• December 27-31, 2010