Some of the fellowships listed below are specifically for research in the history of
cartography; others could be used for that purpose in institutions that have good cartographic
collections. Only visiting fellowships are listed
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London (and elsewhere in the UK): J B Harley Research Fellowships in the
History of Cartography (in association with the British Library, The National Archives [formerly Public Record Office], National Maritime Museum, and Royal Geographical Society)
Bloomington:
Mendel Fellowship (a visiting fellowship mentioning specifically 'geography, navigation and
cartography'; also the Everett Helm Visiting Fellowships - Lilly Library, Indiana University
Libraries)
Cambridge, Mass.:
Visiting Fellowships (including the Eleanor M. Garvey Fellowship in Printing and Graphic
Arts - Harvard College Library)
Madison: David
Woodward Memorial Fellowship ('on a subject related to the history of cartography';
formerly 'Arthur and Janet Holzheimer Fellowship' - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
New York: BSA Fellowship in
Cartographical Bibliography (offered by the Bibliographical Society of America: 'Supports
projects dealing with all aspects of the history, presentation, printing,
design, distribution and reception of cartographical documents from
Renaissance times to the present, with a special emphasis on
eighteenth-century cartography')
New York:
Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers (for work on the collections
of the New York Public Library, Humanities and Social Sciences Library - of which the The
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division forms a part)
Providence, Rhode Island: Jeanette D Black Memorial Fellowship ('for research in the history of cartography
or a closely related area'; also other short- and long-term fellowships relating to the
colonial history of the Americas - John Carter Brown Library)
San Marino, California: Huntington Library (a range of short- and long-term fellowships)
Washington, D.C.: The
Kislak Fellowship in American Studies ('post-doctoral fellowship for advanced research
based on the Kislak Collection', including 'maps and art of the Americas'; and also short-term
Kislak Fellowships [various application dates])
It is likely that other such fellowships exist and, if so, I apologise
for their omission. It is also surprising and disappointing that almost all the listed fellowships
are from the English-speaking world.
Please send relevant details of other fellowships to Tony
Campbell:
