Filson Fellowships: Yvonne Pitts, Amanda Quackenbush, James McSwain and William Bergmann
By John B. Westerfield II
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Filson Fellowships and Internships encourage the scholarly use of our nationally significant collections by providing support for travel and lodging. Fellowships are designed to encourage research in all aspects of the history of Kentucky and the region of the Ohio Valley and the Upper South. Internships provide practical experience in collections management and research for graduate students. Here, you will see four of the most recent Filson Fellows and their topics.
Yvonne Pitts, University of Iowa
“The National Objects of Their Bounty:
Family, Inheritance Law, and Mental Capacity
in Nineteenth Century Kentucky”
Amanda Quackenbush, MTSU
“Negotiable Boundaries: Evangelical Women
in Tennessee and Kentucky During the Early
National Period, 1790-1820”
James McSwain, Tuskegee University
“Regulative and Litigable Control of
Flammable Substances: Public Policy and
Fire Hazards in the United States, 1800-1910”
William Bergmann, Northern Michigan
“Commerce and Arms: The Federal
Government, Native Americans, and the
Economy of the Old Northwest, 1783-1807”
Filson Fellowships and Internships encourage the scholarly use of our nationally significant collections by providing support for travel and lodging. Fellowships are designed to encourage research in all aspects of the history of Kentucky and the regions of the Ohio Valley and the Upper South. Internships provide practical experience in collections management and research for graduate students. Application deadlines for all fellowships and internships are February 15th and October 15th each year. Applications are reviewed twice a year. For more information about fellowships and internships, Visit The Filson's Fellowships Website.
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