Fellows and Interns

• Elizabeth Brown Pryor Internship � Junior Fellows
• Mary Wolfskill Trust Fund Internship � Junior Fellows
• National Woman�s Party Research Fellowship

The Junior Fellows Program in the Manuscript Division

The Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Intern Program enables undergraduate and graduate students to experience the integrated analog and digital collections and services of the world's largest, all-inclusive library. Working under the direction of Library curators and specialists in various divisions, fellows explore digital initiatives and increase access to the institution�s unparalleled collections and resources. Fellows are exposed to a broad spectrum of library work: copyright, preservation, reference, access, and information technology. In the past, summer fellows have identified hundreds of historical, literary, artistic, cinematic and musical gems representing the Library�s rich cultural, creative and intellectual assets. No previous experience is necessary, but fellowships are competitive and special skills or knowledge are usually desired. Project descriptions can be found on the IFP Junior Fellowship webpage.

Elizabeth Brown Pryor Internship � Junior Fellows

The Manuscript Division Elizabeth Pryor Trust Fund Internship is a program intended for currently enrolled graduate or undergraduate students interested in collections conservation, preservation, library sciences, humanities, art and culture. The Elizabeth Brown Pryor Internship is administered as part of the Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Intern Program, and the selected intern is eligible to participate in all training programs and tours offered to the Junior Fellows. Applicants should demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively in writing, knowledge of integrated library systems, basic library applications, and other information technologies. Knowledge of American history is beneficial. See program website for further information on the application process.

Mary Wolfskill Trust Fund Internship � Junior Fellows

The Mary Wolfskill Trust Fund Internship is administered as part of the Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Intern Program, and the Wolfskill intern is eligible to participate in all training programs and tours offered to the Junior Fellows. Applicants should demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively in writing, knowledge of integrated library systems, basic library applications, and other information technologies. Knowledge of American history is beneficial. See program website for further information on the application process.

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) National Internship Program (HNIP)

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities National Internship Program (HNIP) provides post-secondary students with on-the-job training to augment their academic studies while learning about career opportunities in the federal government. These internships provide the Library programmatic support in combination with the opportunity for staff to develop mentoring skills and to help cultivate a diverse workforce. The program is coordinated by the Library of Congress’s division of Internship and Fellowship Programs (IFP). Additional information can be found on the HACU internship page.

Archives, History and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (AHHA)

This program offers undergraduate juniors and seniors, graduate and doctoral students insights into the Library of Congress collections—the world's largest and most comprehensive repository of human knowledge. Interns will work under the supervision and guidance of a senior specialist and learn the standards and techniques to properly arrange and provide online descriptions for archival collection materials. Responsibilities will include analyzing, organizing, and interpreting collections or programs that help share an inclusive story of the American experience. Projects will heighten visibility and promote accessibility for Library resources that more fully represent the rich cultural heritage of the United States. For more information, visit the program website.

National Woman�s Party Research Fellowship

The National Woman�s Party (NWP) Research Fellowship is made possible by a generous donation of the National Woman�s Party in 2020, during the centennial year of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. The National Woman�s Party collaborated with the Library of Congress throughout much of the twentieth and now into the twenty-first century to preserve the organization�s history by donating collections materials for scholarly research. See the following press release for additional information about the National Woman Party�s most recent donation in 2020 to the Library of Congress.

The purpose of the fellowship award is to ensure long-term support for research within the National Woman�s Party collection and other unparalleled women�s history collections at the Library of Congress into the future. Generally, one fellowship will be awarded annually (with a stipend of up to $2,000) to be used to cover travel to and from Washington, D.C., overnight accommodations, as well as other research expenses. Awards will assist fellows in their ongoing scholarly research and writing projects on the National Woman�s Party or more broadly related topics within the fields of women�s and gender history, equality studies, women�s studies, or related fields linked to the legacy of National Woman�s Party. The fellowship will be awarded to applicants proposing well-conceived projects that will use the National Woman�s Party records, the National Woman�s Party library, or other research resources at the Library that engage with National Woman�s Party history. Proposals must demonstrate the need for onsite access to focus on collections that are not yet completely digitized or readily available remotely. The Library of Congress reserves the right not to award the fellowship or to award more than one fellowship in a given year.

The following is a list of collections that researchers may consider using for their research projects, but this is not an exhaustive list of possible collections:

Manuscript Division:

• National Woman�s Party Records (newly received NWP donation currently being processed and not yet fully available to researchers)
• Woman�s Party Corporation Records
• Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman�s Party (selections digitized)

Prints and Photographs Division:

• National Woman�s Party Photographs (selections digitized)
• Nina Allender Political Cartoon Collection (selections have been digitized)

Rare Book and Special Collections Division:

• National Woman�s Party Library (newly received and not yet available to researchers)
• National American Woman Suffrage Association collection (library) (selections digitized)
• Susan B. Anthony Library

Eligibility:

Graduate students, independent scholars, and other researchers with a need for the fellowship support are encouraged to apply. All researchers must meet the requirements of the reading rooms that they plan to visit, including the Manuscript Reading Room requirements. Individuals who are not U.S. residents, but who otherwise meet the qualifications may also apply and be considered for a fellowship, contingent upon the applicant's visa eligibility.

In the interest of increasing awareness and extending documentation of Library of Congress collections, fellows are required to make use of the Library's extensive collections and be in residence for a minimum of at least 5 business days during the award period. Fellows are also required to share information derived from their research at the Library through a publication (a Library of Congress blog post or other online publication is encouraged), a public lecture (in-person or virtual), or other deliverable (documentary video, form of artistic expression, event, etc.) either during their residency or within six months of completing their research at the Library. Each fellowship recipient must also notify the selection committee once their dissertation, thesis, or postgraduate or other publication, is completed and provide a hyperlink to the work. There must be some form of acknowledgment within all related presentations, events, and publications that research was supported from the fellowship.

Completed applications are due on February 15, 2023, and notification will occur in late spring 2023. The fellowship can be taken from July through November. Sixty percent of the award will be given before the fellow is in residence at the Library and the remaining 40 percent of the award will be distributed after the fellow has completed the requirement of sharing information derived from their research with the public (via blog post, lecture, special event, etc.). Send completed applications, letters of recommendation, and questions to: [email protected]

• NWP Research Fellowship application form and list of additional requirements. [click to download form]

National Woman�s Party Research Fellowships Awarded 2022-present

The National Woman's Party Research Fellowship Committee, coordinated by the Library of Congress Manuscript Division in Washington, D.C., made its inaugural grant award in 2022. As this list of fellows continues to grow, we hope it will illustrate the extensive research topics that can be explored in the Library's collections related to the legacy of the National Woman's Party.

2022

• Planning for Peace: The National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War and Women's Interwar Peace Organizing. Crystal Brandenburgh, a Ph.D. student in history at Carnegie Mellon University, examines the women's interwar peace movement in the records of the National Woman's Party (NWP), National Council of Jewish Women, National Women's Trade Union League, League of Women Voters, and American Association of University Women (including microfilm of originals retained by AAUW), all held in the Manuscript Division, as well as the Nina Allender Political Cartoon Collection in the Prints and Photographs Division. Her broad approach will draw important connections between concurrent, and sometimes rival, women's movements. Her work illuminates the ties between the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War (NCCCW), led by former suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt; various women's organizations which participated in the peace movement, including the NWP; and the political rhetoric for peace at a time when women tried to capitalize on their recent victory of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.