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Call for Applicants Deadline: A.E. Bye Archive Research Fellow

University Park, PA

The Department of Landscape Architecture at Penn State is announcing a call for the inaugural A.E. Bye / Landscape Architecture Archives Research Fellow for the 2012 calendar year. The Fellowship provides a $2,500 stipend for a minimum of one week of archival research in the Eberly Family Special Collections Library at Penn State's University Park campus in State College, Pennsylvania. The records (drawings, papers, photographs, and videos) of the celebrated twentieth-century American landscape architect A. E. Bye ( as well as those of landscape architects John Bracken and Stuart Mertz) are held at Penn State.

Applications in the form of a letter of interest that defines the parameters of the research, including anticipated dates, should be submitted to the e-mail address below. The letter should not exceed two pages and must be accompanied with a current curriculum vitae with e-mail contact information. The Fellowship is open to scholars, professionals, and researchers in all disciplines. Ph.D. candidates and above are welcome to apply but students are not eligible. More information can be found here.