Rare Book and Manuscript Library
RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY: Annually awards two stipends of up to $3,000 to scholars and researchers, unaffiliated with the University of Illinois, Urbana, who would like to spend a month or more conducting research with our materials. The library’s holdings are substantial. Comprehensive collections support research in printing and printing history, Renaissance studies, Elizabethan and Stuart life and letters, John Milton and his age, emblem studies, economic history, and works on early science and natural history. The library also houses the papers of such diverse literary figures as Carl Sandburg, H. G. Wells, William Maxwell, and W. S. Merwin. In addition, it is anticipated that the Gwendolyn Brooks papers will be open to researchers in time for this program cycle. For information about this program and how to apply, or to find out more about the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, visit http://www.library.illinois.edu/rbx/research_fellowships.html. Contact Dennis Sears (dsears@illinois.edu), Public Programs Manager, with further questions about the program or the library. The deadline for applications is 5 February 2016.