MISSOURI STATE ARCHIVES ANNOUNCES
THE 2009 SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY INTERNSHIPS
The Missouri State Archives announces two internship opportunities for
qualified advanced undergraduate or graduate students interested in
working with the Supreme Court of Missouri case files held by the
Missouri State Archives.
The Archives' judicial records holdings comprise millions of pages of
legal records from the eighteenth century through the present and their
unique nature yields documentation and primary materials found in no
other repository, e.g., briefs, motions, circuit and appellate
decisions, related correspondence, transcripts, notes, photographs,
exhibits, and oral arguments. These records provide a history of broad
topics in Missouri's experience, such as slavery, women's issues, the
Civil War, the environment, the Ozarks, fur trapping, and steamboats.
The 2009 Supreme Court of Missouri Society Interns will continue
building the Missouri Judicial Records Index Database by adding Civil
War era Supreme Court of Missouri case file data to the index. The
interns will also flatten, surface clean and re-house the case files
they index, as needed. The Missouri Judicial Records Index Database
allows researchers to conduct searches of case files in the Archives'
holdings by name of party, year filed or term of court, the court record
group or key word. This is a dynamic indexing project and new indexes
are added as they become available.
Three thousand dollars will be awarded to two successful candidates for
10 weeks of work, at 40 hours per week during the summer of 2009, at the
Missouri State Archives. Interested students must submit a letter of
application, a curriculum vitae, college transcript, description of any
research conducted in a related field and letter of recommendation from
a faculty member who can describe the applicant's qualifications for
this award.
These monetary awards, funded by the Supreme Court of Missouri
Historical Society, are intended to defray travel and living expenses,
as well as other work-related costs.
Review of completed applications will begin on March 1, 2009. These
materials may be sent to Dr. Shelly J. Croteau, Assistant State
Archivist, Missouri State Archives, P.O. Box 1747, 600 West Main St.,
Jefferson City, MO 65102 (Voice: 573/751-4303 or
E-mail:[log in to unmask]). Notification of awards will be made
by April 15.
MISSOURI STATE ARCHIVES INTERNSHIP IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
The Missouri State Archives invites applications from graduate or
advanced undergraduate students who are interested in working with the
many collections of primary source material related to African American
history in Missouri held by the Archives.
The African American History Internship is part of the Archives'
commitment to foster a broad public awareness of the rich and important
contributions of African Americans to Missouri, to offer new resources
to historians and others who are studying the history of African
Americans in Missouri, and to provide new tools for primary and
secondary teachers in Missouri's schools.
Projects in 2009 include research relating to African American
Missourians and the Civil War. The intern will assist in projects
leading to the development of Archives' exhibits and further research.
Three thousand dollars will be awarded to the successful candidate for
10 weeks of work, at 40 hours per week during the summer of 2009, at the
Missouri State Archives in Jefferson City and/or its St. Louis branch.
This monetary award is intended to defray travel and living expenses,
and other work-related costs. Applicants must either attend a Missouri
college or university or be a Missouri resident. Interested students
must submit a letter of interest, a curriculum vitae, a college
transcript, and a letter of recommendation from a faculty member who can
describe the applicant's qualifications for this award.
The successful candidate must be able to lift and carry a forty-pound
box and climb a ladder to retrieve materials.
Review of completed applications will begin on March 1, 2009. These
materials may be sent to Dr. Shelly J. Croteau, Assistant State
Archivist, Missouri State Archives, P.O. Box 1747, 600 West Main St.,
Jefferson City, MO 65102 (Voice: 573/751-4303 or
E-mail:[log in to unmask]). Notification of awards will be made
by April 15.
MISSOURI STATE ARCHIVES ANNOUNCES
SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY
2009 ROBERT ELDRIDGE SEILER FELLOWSHIP
The Missouri State Archives announces a research opportunity for
qualified applicants interested in the study of judicial records held by
the Missouri State Archives in Jefferson City and/or its St. Louis
branch.
The Archives' judicial records holdings comprise millions of pages of
legal records from the eighteenth century through the present and their
unique nature yields documentation and primary materials found in no
other repository, e.g., briefs, motions, circuit and appellate
decisions, related correspondence, transcripts, notes, photographs,
exhibits, and oral arguments. These records provide a history of broad
topics in Missouri's experience, such as slavery, women's issues, the
Civil War, the environment, the Ozarks, fur trapping, and steamboats.
The Seiler Fellowship, in the amount of three thousand dollars, will be
awarded to an established scholar or qualified doctoral candidate to
study any series of court records held by the Missouri State Archives.
This monetary award is intended to defray travel and living expenses, as
well as other work-related costs.
Applicants for the Seiler Fellowship should submit a current curriculum
vitae and a brief description of their proposed research topic. It is
expected that the recipient's description of his/her research interest
will demonstrate how the research would benefit from studying the
Archives' judicial records. The successful candidate will be designated
as the Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Society 2009 Robert Eldridge
Seiler Fellow. At the completion of the Seiler Fellow's research, the
recipient must submit a work of publishable to the Archives.
The Robert Eldridge Seiler Fellow is required to include an
acknowledgement of the Missouri State Archives/Supreme Court of Missouri
Historical Society Robert Eldridge Seiler Fellowship in any work(s)
resulting from the research funded. In addition, Fellows are to provide
the Archives with a copy of such work(s).
Review of completed applications will begin on March 1, 2009. These
materials may be sent to Dr. Shelly J. Croteau, Assistant State
Archivist, Missouri State Archives, P.O. Box 1747, 600 West Main St.,
Jefferson City, MO 65102 (Voice: 573/751-4303 or
E-mail:[log in to unmask]). Notification of awards will be made
by April 15.
MISSOURI STATE ARCHIVES OFFERS
WILLIAM E. FOLEY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
The Missouri State Archives offers the William E. Foley Research
Fellowship to help support the use of its public records in scholarly
research. Any research project that utilizes the holdings of the
Missouri State Archives and/or its St. Louis branch to further knowledge
of state or national history is eligible for funding.
The Archives is the official repository for all state records of
historical value. Its holdings date from 1770 and include more than 336
million pages of records; 500,000 photographs and prints; 9,000 maps;
65,000 microfilm reels; tens of thousands of state publications; and an
important collection of audiotapes, CDs, and videos. Included among
these documents are important records concerning: western fur trade;
slavery; the Civil War; military records from the War of 1812 to the
start of World War II; European immigration; and modern Missouri
politics. Among the larger records series are: governors' papers;
general assembly records; Missouri Supreme Court case files; records and
publications from state departments and agencies; and millions of
microfilmed county and municipal records.
Fellowships are funded by the Friends of the Missouri State Archives.
They are intended to defray expenses incurred when visiting the Archives
and/or its branch. Awards are based on estimated expenses of up to
$2,000.
Fellows must complete their research within a year of the award date and
are expected to submit a final report explaining the work performed.
Applicants for the William E. Foley Research Fellowship should complete
an application form, available at www.sos.mo.gov/archives, and provide a
research proposal, curriculum vitae, and list of references. Review of
completed applications will begin on March 1, 2009. These materials may
be sent to Dr. Shelly J. Croteau, Assistant State Archivist, Missouri
State Archives, P.O. Box 1747, 600 West Main St., Jefferson City, MO
65102.
Selection will be based on the soundness of research; relation to the
Archives' holdings as demonstrated by citation of specific collections;
qualifications of the applicant; and potential for impact within the
academic community. Notification of awards will be made by April 15.
Fellows are required to include an acknowledgment of the Missouri State
Archives William E. Foley Research Fellowship in any work(s) resulting
from the research funded. In addition, fellows are to provide the
Archives with a copy of any such work(s).
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