The Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Foundation announces the inauguration of two annual history research fellowships, beginning in 2024. Each fellowship provides $1,000 to support the cost of travel and per diem expenses for researchers to use the Foundation’s library at the Strayer House in New Market, Virginia, for a period of at least five consecutive days. The fellowships are open to graduate students, academics, teachers, museum professionals, and independent scholars whose research interests may benefit from the Foundation’s holdings.

The Foundation’s library collections include over 4,000 Civil War books, including complete sets of the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, the Roster of Union Soldiers 1861-1865, the Confederate State Rosters, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, the Virginia Regimental Series, and many more. The collection also includes thousands of catalogued Civil War magazines, and a growing collection of primary documents and archival materials.

Fellowships will be awarded to applicants focusing on the American Civil War era in the Shenandoah Valley, broadly conceived, and whose topics match the Foundation’s collection. The Library’s holdings can be accessed at https://www.shenandoahatwar.org/library-database.

Recipients will be required to complete their fellowship research within a period of one year from the date of the award. Fellows will be asked to make an evening presentation to the public during residence and to summarize their research project and findings in writing.

Awardees while in residence at the Library will be provided with Foundation lodging, a photocopy allowance, and technical support and collection orientation.

Applicants should send a resume or C.V., a cover letter describing their research project and how the Library’s collection would benefit their work to:

Library Fellowship Selection Committee
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation
PO Box 897
New Market, VA 22844

For more information, call the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation at 540-740-4545 or email info@svbf.net.