Caxton Club Sponsors Fellowship for Midwestern Bibliographers

07/29/2020 8:37 AM | Anonymous

The Caxton Club Gants Committee is pleased to announce that this year’s grant for bibliography will be awarded in collaboration with the Bibliographical Society of America. For full details to apply, please check out their website at https://bibsocamer.org/ and connect to the Awards/Fellowships section.

The Caxton Club Fellowship for Midwestern Bibliographers ($2,500) supports bibliographical research that focuses on the physical aspects of books or manuscripts as historical evidence.  Books and manuscripts in any field and of any period are eligible for consideration.  Projects may include studying the history of book or manuscript production, publication, distribution, collecting, or reading.  Projects to establish a text are also eligible.  Studies of enumerative bibliographies and enumerative bibliographers are also eligible as long as they meet the requirements described above.  This fellowship award includes a lifetime waiver of Caxton Club’s initiation fee and a one-year membership to the club.  Applicants must live in one of the following states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, or Wisconsin. 



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