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Hartman Center Grants Available
The John W. Hartman Center for Sales,
Advertising & Marketing History, part of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and
Special Collections Library of Duke University, announces the
availability of grants for researchers whose work would benefit from
access to the library's archival and rare printed collections.
The Hartman Center holds an extensive
collection of over 3,000,000 items — correspondence, publications,
advertisements, photographs, slides, films, books and serials — that
document the history of advertising, sales, and marketing over the past
two centuries. In addition to the J. Walter Thompson (JWT) Company
Archives, the most comprehensive historical record of any advertising
agency, the Center contains the collections of other key companies and
individuals in the dynamic fields of advertising, marketing and sales.
The grants available through the
Hartman Center include general Travel to Collection grants of up to $750
for the use of any Hartman Center collections. Additionally, up to 3 JWT
Research Fellowships are available. Each Fellow will receive a stipend
of $1000 during his or her stay in Durham. Fellowships are available to
researchers planning to spend a minimum of two weeks at Duke doing
research that focuses on the JWT Company Archives.
The deadline for application is January
29th, 2010. For more information, and the application form, please
visit the following website:
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/hartman/travel-grants/index.html
Hartman Center applicants are
encouraged to contact the Center's Reference Archivist, Lynn Eaton (PH:
919-660-5833 or
lynn.eaton@notes.duke.edu. Past
applications have demonstrated that those who spoke with a staff member
about their projects produced stronger applications.
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