The Vivian G. Harsh Society, Inc. Announces 2010 Timuel D. Black, Jr. Fellowship Recipients
May, 2010
CHICAGO, IL - The Vivian G. Harsh Society, Inc is pleased to announce the 2010 Timuel D. Black, Jr. Short-Term Fellowships in African American Studies. The Timuel D. Black, Jr. Fund, a standing committee of the Vivian G. Harsh Society, Inc., is providing short-term research fellowships related to the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature housed at the Carter G. Woodson Regional Library of the Chicago Public Library (the Collection). The fellowship program supports scholars, writers, educators and institutional researchers who would benefit from research conducted at the Vivian G. Harsh Collection. The fellowship period is for one or two months during summer 2010. Fellows will receive a stipend of $2,000 per month while conducting research in Chicago.
The 2010 Timuel D. Black Jr. Fellows, both scholars, have exhibited excellence in their inquiries, have a significant body of work, and have demonstrated a need to conduct research in the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature.
The 2010 Timuel D. Black, Jr. Fellows are:
Brian Dollinar PhD., The Fellowship will allow Brian to complete his work on the Illinois Writer’s Project’s “Negro in Illinois” study and book to be published by the University of Illinois Press.
Gerald Butters, PhD, The Fellowship is critical to complete his book-length project, Shaft’s at the Roosevelt: African American Audiences and Motion Picture Theaters in Chicago’s Loop, 1979-1975.
The Vivian G. Harsh Society, Inc., a 501 (c)3 organization, is an Associate member of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium. We thank BMRC for its support and management of this Fellowship.
The Timuel D. Black, Jr. Short-Term Fellowships in African American Studies are made possible by the generous support of individual contributions, Ariel Investments and The Polk Bros. Foundation.
The 2010 Review Panel
- Timeul D. Black, Jr., Member, Board of Directors
- Sammie Dortch, Chair of the Board of Directors
- Michael Flug, Archivist, the Vivian G. Harsh Collection, Carter Woodson Library
- Adam Green, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Chicago
- James Grossman, vice president for research and education, Newberry Library
- Robert Miller, Curator, the Vivian G. Harsh Collection, Carter Woodson Library
- R. Susan Motley, Secy, Board of Directors; Chair, Timuel D. Black Committee.
