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Reynolds Research Fellowships Announced (University of Alabama at Birmingham)

• Date:   Sun, 1 Sep 2002 09:22:50 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
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• From:   Russell A. Johnson <rjohnson@library.ucla.edu>
• Subject:   Reynolds Research Fellowships Announced (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
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If your archives/special collections department offers fellowships 
for historical research using your collections, please consider 
posting notices of them to STHC-L.  Several subscribers administer or 
belong to subject-oriented history of sci/tech/hc listservs and will 
forward these notices to those lists.  For example, I also administer 
HISTNEUR-L, the history of neuroscience forum, whose members appreciate 
information about financial support for traveling to use collections.

Cheers,

Russell Johnson

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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 16:05:47 -0500
From: Tim Pennycuff  [TPENNYCU@LISTER2.LHL.UAB.EDU]
Subject: Reynolds Research Fellowships Announced
Sender: Archives & Archivists  [ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU]


Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, UAB
Announces
Reynolds Associates Research Fellowships
In the History of the Health Sciences for 2003

The Reynolds Associates, in conjunction with the Historical Collections
(HC) unit of the Lister Hill Library, University of Alabama at Birmingham
(UAB), are pleased to announce the availability of short-term awards of up
to $1,000 to individual researchers studying one or more aspects of the
history of the health sciences during the 2003 calendar year. Intended to
support research using the HC unit as a historical resource, the
fellowship requires the on-site use of at least one of the unit's three
components, which are the Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences, Reynolds
Historical Library, and UAB Archives.

*     Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences - The Museum holds equipment,
instruments, and objects representing the history and development of the
health sciences.  Among its holdings are the Nott pathological specimens,
nineteen wax anatomical models purchased by Dr. Josiah Nott (1804-1873)
and originally brought to Mobile, Alabama in October of 1860.  The scope
of the collection includes, but is not limited to the fields of medicine,
nursing, ophthalmology, dentistry, public health, and allied health.

*     Reynolds Historical Library - A collection focused on the history of
the health sciences, the Reynolds Library holds approximately 13,500
titles ranging in date from the 1450s up to the early 20th century. The
scope of the collection is broad with an emphasis on the development of
health care in Western Europe and the United States. Anatomy, surgery,
dentistry, ophthalmology, botanical medicine, electrotherapeutics, Civil
War medicine, southern medicine, and 19th century diagnosis and
therapeutics are some of the areas in which the library has especially
strong holdings.

*     UAB Archives - The Archives contains over 1,700 linear feet of
processed materials relating to the medical school of the University of
Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the Alabama health
science community.  Other primary resource materials include personal
papers, corporate records, and an extensive collection of photographs. It
is the official repository for the Southern Surgical Association,
Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and the
International Organization for Mycoplasmology.

Anyone, regardless of his or her academic status, who wishes to use HC for
historical research may apply. Fellowships are awarded to individual
applicants, not to institutions, as awarded funds are meant to help offset
the costs associated with visiting and utilizing HC and not for
institutional overhead (e.g. clerical costs, supplies, or other attendant
project expenses).

Applicants should submit an outline of the proposed project and an
abstract (not to exceed 250 words) stating its general scope and purpose;
a budget listing travel and other attendant expenses; the length of the
anticipated visit; a brief curriculum vitae; and two letters of
recommendation (preferably from individuals familiar with the nature of
the applicant's research and scholarly interests).  All materials must be
submitted by December 31, 2002 to receive consideration.  Awards will be
announced by February 28, 2003.  Successful applicants will be expected to
deposit a copy of the finished manuscript, thesis, dissertation, or
published work with Historical Collections. For further information on the
Historical Collections unit at Lister Hill Library, UAB, please visit its
web site at  [http://www.uab.edu/historical/].

Send applications to:
Katie Oomens, UAB Lister Hill Library, LHL 301, 1530 3rd Ave S,
Birmingham, AL 35294-0013.

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