The Center for Regional Studies is sponsoring six fellowships for the Fall 2004 and Spring 2005 semesters. The fellowships are open to graduate students at the university. The fellowships pay $12,000 and require 20 hours per week of work during the semesters.
The Center for Regional Studies is sponsoring six fellowships for the Fall 2004 and Spring 2005 semesters. The fellowships are open to graduate students at the university. The fellowships pay $12,000 and require 20 hours per week of work during the semesters.
The deadline for all applications is Friday, July 9, 2004. Awards will be announced in early August.
Clinton P. Anderson Fellowship
at the Center for Southwest Research
The Clinton P. Anderson Fellowship will be awarded to a graduate student in a discipline related to the history and culture of the Southwest. The fellowship honors Senator Anderson for his generous donation of Western Americana, Native Americana, rare books, and personal papers to Zimmerman Library. The main reference and reading room of the CSWR is named on behalf of the senator.
http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/CPA04an.doc
2004 Dennis Chávez Archival Fellowship
at the Center for Southwest Research
The 2004 Dennis Chávez Archival Fellowship will be awarded to a graduate student enrolled at the University of New Mexico for work in the research collections at the Center for Southwest Research. The work will be project based and will focus on improving researchers’ knowledge of and access to collections of unique and important scholarly material. The fellowship is funded by the UNM Center for Regional Studies and is named in honor of the late Senator Chávez who represented New Mexico nationally from 1930-1962. His papers are located in the CSWR.
http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/DC04an1.doc
2004 Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert Fellowship
at the Center for Southwest Studies
The Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert Fellowship is awarded to a graduate student to process the Hispano/Chicano vertical File and other related reference material in the Anderson Reading Room. The fellowship is funded by the UNM Center for Regional Studies.
The fellowship honors Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert, a leading New Mexico educator, author, Agricultural Extension Agent, and community organizer. Cabeza de Baca Gilbert wrote about New Mexico Hispanic history, cooking, folklore and traditions.
http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/FCBG04an3.doc
2004 Fray Angélico Chávez Fellowship
at the Center for Southwest Research
The Fray Angélico Chávez Fellowship is awarded to a graduate student for work in the collection of Spanish documents at the Center for Southwest Research. The fellowship is funded by the UNM Center for Regional Studies.
The fellowship honors the late Fray Angélico Chávez, an outstanding cleric and historian of the state of New Mexico. His legacy remains alive in the countless monographs and articles used virtually daily by faculty, students, and citizens studying the history and folk heritage of New Mexico.
http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/FAC04an.doc
2004 Juan and Virginia Chacón Fellowship
at the Center for Southwest Research
The Juan and Virginia Chacón Fellowship will be awarded to a graduate student enrolled in the University of New Mexico for work in the research collections at the Center for Southwest Research. The work will be project based and will focus on improving researchers’ knowledge of and access to collections of unique and important scholarly material. The Juan and Virginia Chacón Fellowship is funded by the UNM Center for Regional Studies.
The fellowship honors two union activists who were involved in the miners’ strike against Empire Zinc in Grant County, New Mexico in the 1950’s. Juan Chacón played a key role in the union’s struggle, while his wife, Virginia, accepted a leadership role in the women’s auxiliary. She and other women and children were jailed briefly for their participation. The strike, which resulted in substantial gains for the union, was the subject of the film, “Salt of the Earth”.
http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/JVC04.doc
2004 Sophie D. Aberle Fellowship
at the Center for Southwest Research
The Sophie D. Aberle Felowship is awarded to a graduate student enrolled at the University of New Mexico for work in the Center for Southwest Research on digital projects. The work will focus on improving researchers’ knowledge of and access to collections of unique and important scholarly material. The Sophie D. Aberle Fellowship is funded by the UNM Center for Regional Studies.
The fellowship is named in honor of Dr. Sophie D. Aberle. A research scientist, Aberle was also an early proponent of computers in the classroom. She held a Ph.D. from Stanford University and an M.D. from Yale. As a graduate student, she conducted anthropological research at New Mexico pueblos. Later, she studied health issues, focusing on Pueblo women and children. In 1935, John Collier appointed Aberle to be the Superintendent of the United Pueblos Agency, where she served until 1944. In 1965, Aberle began work with Pueblo leaders on a program titled Computer Assisted Instruction, which brought computers into Pueblo schools.
http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/SDA04an1.doc
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627