MTHS Seeks Applications for Fellowships

The Montana Historical Society is seeking applicants for our annual Montana History Network fellowship.

The fellowship, which comes with a $4,000 stipend, is for graduate or doctoral students who will conduct research at Montana Historical Society (MTHS), Montana State University (MSU) and/or University of Montana (UM) library and archives.

Please note that for the 2025 fellowship, research will need to be conducted at MSU and UM, as MTHS is closed for renovation.

The student is expected to be in residence and conduct research for four weeks between May 1, 2025, and Oct. 31, 2025. The student will submit a written report about the research by Dec. 31, 2025, which will be shared with Nelson Weller, who is funding the fellowship.

In addition, the student will submit an article to Montana the Magazine of Western History for consideration for publication within one year of the residency.

Applicants must be enrolled in a master’s or doctoral program in history or a related field. The research topic must be suitable for MTHS, MSU and/or UM library and archives collections. It also must have the potential to make a significant contribution to Montana’s history, with the potential to produce an article-length publication.

Applicants must submit a cover letter; a project proposal not to exceed 3 double-spaced pages, including specific materials the applicant intends to consult at each library or archive. They also need to include a curriculum vitae, summarizing their academic and professional background, qualifications, and accomplishments. In addition, applicants must submit at least one letter of recommendation.

The deadline for submissions is April 11, 2025. All applications must be sent electronically as one PDF document to mthslibrary@mt.gov.

For more information, email Roberta Gebhardt at rgebhardt@mt.gov or go online to https://mths.mt.gov/research/fellowships/.

Edited by: Dr. Sara Gallagher, PhD

Description:

The Midwest has long been a pivotal yet underexplored region in the history and cultural expression of Black Americans. From Black homesteading communities that shaped the rural landscape to the literary voices that captured the complexities of migration, labor, and identity, the Midwest holds a unique place in the Black American experience. This edited volume seeks to explore the intersection of history and literature, focusing on Black homesteading, migration, and cultural production in the Midwest. We invite scholars, historians, and literary critics to contribute original essays that examine the Black Midwest through historical, cultural, and literary lenses. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

- Black Homesteading and Rurality: The role of Black farmers and settlers in building self-sufficient communities in the Midwest, including case studies of all-Black towns and agricultural practices.

- Migration and Urbanization: How the Great Migration reshaped Black Midwestern communities and how literature reflects these transitions.

- Black Women’s Voices: The contributions of Black Midwestern women in literature, journalism, and activism, from the 19th century to the present.

- Popular Culture and the Black Midwest: The influence of Black Midwestern culture on music, film, and other forms of artistic expression.

- Regional Identity in Black Literature: How authors such as Toni Morrison, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Colson Whitehead depict the Midwest in their works.

- Canadian Connections: The history and cultural contributions of Black settlers in the Canadian Prairies.

- Contemporary Reclamations of the Black Midwest: Modern literature, activism, and cultural movements that revisit or reinterpret Black Midwestern history.

Key Questions:

This collection seeks to answer a range of questions, including but not limited to:

- How did Black homesteaders shape the economic and cultural landscapes of the Midwest?

- What role did the Great Migration play in the cultural and historical representation of Black Midwestern identity?

- How have Black Midwestern women contributed to cultural and historical narratives?

- In what ways does popular culture reflect or distort the realities of Black life in the Midwest?

- How do contemporary writers and activists engage with the legacy of Black settlement and migration in the region?

- What connections can be drawn between historical Black Midwestern communities and present-day social and political movements?

Target Audience:

This collection is intended for scholars, researchers, and students in the fields of African American Studies, American History, Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, and Midwest Studies. It will also be valuable to educators, writers, and general readers interested in Black history and literature.

Chapter Submissions:

We seek well-researched and original chapters between 6,000 and 8,000 words. Submissions should be grounded in historical and/or literary analysis and should align with the themes outlined above.

Details for Abstract Submissions:

Interested contributors should submit a 300–500-word abstract outlining their proposed chapter, along with a brief biography (150 words), by April 27, 2025.

Important Dates:

- Abstract Submission Deadline: April 27, 2025

- Full Chapter Submission Deadline: August 10, 2025

- Final Revisions Due: September 29, 2025

- Tentative Publication Date: Spring 2026

Editor information/Biography:

Dr. Sara Gallagher is a scholar and professor at Durham College in Canada, specializing in the Black American West and Western Studies broadly. She earned her PhD from the University of Waterloo in 2022. Her research focuses on Black literature and cultural production in the Midwest and West. She is the author of Black Wests: Reshaping Race and Place in Popular Culture (forthcoming from OU Press in Spring 2025) and has published widely on Black Western narratives in literature and film.

Contact/For all inquiries please email: Sara.Gallagher@durhamcollege.ca

The Yale Group for the Study of Native America (YGSNA) is pleased to invite applications for the 2025/26 Henry Roe Cloud Dissertation Writing Fellowship in American Indian and Indigenous Studies. Since 2010, the Roe Cloud Fellowship has helped to develop American Indian Studies at Yale by facilitating the completion of the doctorate by scholars working on pressing issues related to the American Indian experience. Scholars working on topics in Indigenous Studies that relate to the study of North American Indians are also encouraged to apply.

The Henry Roe Cloud Fellowship honors the legacy of Henry Roe Cloud (Ho-Chunk), a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Nebraska and graduate of Yale College, 1910. A tireless critic of federal Indian assimilation programs, particularly the manual, vocational labor programs developed at various boarding and “industrial” schools, Roe Cloud championed increased educational opportunities for American Indians and founded the American Indian Institute which he co-ran with his partner Elizabeth Bender Cloud (Ojibwe), a noted educator, advocate, and member of the Society of American Indians. Together, they worked to transform American Indian higher education and federal Indian policy more broadly. Roe Cloud served, for example, as the only Native co-author of “The Problem of Indian Administration,” commonly known as “The Meriam Report,” an extensive survey made at the request of Secretary of the Interior that detailed the appalling failures of federal Indian policy in the early twentieth century. This survey, presented to Congress in 1928, helped to set in motion many of the subsequent reforms of the Indian New Deal.

The Fellowship will support a graduate scholar in any doctoral field for the academic year, beginning August 1, 2025, and ending July 31, 2026. Graduate students working towards careers in higher education who have completed all doctoral requirements but the dissertation are invited to apply. The expectation is that the dissertation will be completed during the fellowship year. The criteria for selection will be based on an assessment of the quality of the candidate’s work and the project’s overall significance for the study of American Indian and Indigenous Studies.

The Roe Cloud Fellowship will provide support comparable to that for Yale University graduate students, including an annual stipend, health care coverage, and full access to Yale facilities and services. The fellow will work in close affiliation with the Ethnicity, Race, and Migration (ERM) Program and the Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration (RITM). The fellow will have access to Yale’s exceptional research libraries. The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, in addition to its premier collection of Western Americana, also holds the papers of many important American Indian writers, including Joseph Bruchac, Leslie Marmon Silko, N. Scott Momaday, Gerald Vizenor, and James Welch, as well as those of important policy makers such as Felix Cohen and Richard Henry Pratt. Manuscripts and Archives at Sterling Memorial Library holds the papers of John Collier and Henry Roe Cloud.

The Roe Cloud Fellow will also have the opportunity to participate in the activities of the Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders, the Native American Cultural Center, as well as the YGSNA working group. Formed in 2003 to bring together the intellectual community at Yale working in the area of Native American Studies, YGSNA organizes bi-monthly workshops throughout the academic year as well as related academic events on campus.

Yale student, staff, and faculty members are also increasingly active in regional and national Indian Studies networks. Additionally, the state and federally-recognized Indian Nations of Connecticut maintain museums, archives, and research centers, and host community events that draw regional, national, as well as international visitors.

Each fellow will be mentored by a professor drawn from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and will be responsible for making a formal YGSNA presentation of the project during the academic year. Usually held in the Conference Room of the Native American Cultural Center, this presentation is open to all interested members of the campus community. 

Application Instructions

Applications must include a c.v., a cover letter, a writing sample of approximately 25 pages drawn from the dissertation, as well as three letters of recommendation, including one from the candidate’s dissertation advisor. The application deadline is March 10, 2025. For further information write to: RoeCloud.Fellowship@yale.edu.

Click here to apply for this position.

The American Historical Association will host a three-week long National Endowment for the Humanities Institute for Higher Education Faculty on US environmental history and policy from the early 19th century through the 20th century. The application deadline is March 5, 2025. If your membership (or colleagues) might be interested, we encourage you to share information about the Institute.

Situated at the intersection of environmental, Indigenous, and political history, this institute will explore how humans have contributed and adjusted to environmental changes. This long historical context is crucial for understanding what differentiates current emissions-driven climate change from what came before.

Drawing on local collections, including those of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, and the local environment as a laboratory, the institute will provide a combination of historical content, methodological approaches, and additional professional development opportunities.

The first two weeks of the institute will be held June 1–13, 2025, in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, located on the Clinton Library campus. The institute will conclude with one week of online engagement among Institute faculty and participants.

You can learn more about the institute on the AHA's website. Please contact Lizzy Meggyesy, AHA publications and communications associate, at lmeggyesy@historians.org with any questions. 

Visual Wests, a NEH Institute for Higher Education Faculty and advanced graduate students, will be held at the University of Oklahoma from July 7 to August 1, 2025. This residential institute explores the visual imagery and material culture – paintings, sculptures, maps, films, clothing – that shaped ideas about the American West since the nineteenth century. We will analyze artistic, cartographic and archival silences that supported settlers’ political and cultural hegemony, and contemplate overlooked visual practices by Indigenous, African American, and Mexican American actors.

 

Additional information on the institute and the application process can be found at https://visualwest1.com/. The application deadline is March 5, 2025.

 

A primary feature of the Institute will be workshop sessions in which participants immerse themselves in the rich archival, library, and museum resources at the University of Oklahoma. The Institute also includes day trips to Tulsa’s Greenwood District, mural arts in rural communities, the former Concho Indian Boarding School, historic Black towns, and the First Americans Museum.

 

Please contact VisualWests@ou.edu with any questions.

Carl J. Ekberg Research Grant

The Center for French Colonial Studies awards each year a $2,000 grant to further research related to the French presence in the swath of territory between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico, the Illinois Country being pivotal, during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and early nineteenth centuries. Proposals may request support for any stage of a research project from initial fieldwork to the summary of results. This grant may be combined with other awards.
 
By accepting the award, recipients thereby agree to submit an abstract of their project (up to 1,000 words) to Le Journal, the Center’s quarterly publication, and may be invited to present a paper based on their research at the Center’s annual conference.
 
FIELD OF STUDY: All academic disciplines are eligible. 
 
ELIGIBILITY: The award is open to graduate students in their final years of doctoral study and junior scholars who recently defended their dissertation; applicants may be of any nationality. Priority will be given to doctoral students whose dissertation proposal has already been approved. Applicants should have the necessary language proficiency to conduct the project.
 
AWARD: $2,000.
 
DEADLINE:  March 31
 
APPLICATIONS: A completed application (in English or French) consists of the following:
From the applicant:

• a completed online application form (available HERE)
• a curriculum vitae
• a statement of purpose in which the candidate describes the following:

1. the nature of the project
2. potential sources
3. language competence as it pertains to the proposed research
4. the applicant's current degree status
5. how an award would aid in the completion of the project

From the applicant’s project/dissertation advisor:

• a letter evaluating the applicant’s proposal and promise

Applications are reviewed by an interdisciplinary committee. The name of the recipients will be announced in April. 

All communication can be directed to: frenchcolonialstudies@gmail.com

Funded Call for Papers: Colorado History Open Educational Resource

Summary:

Textbook costs for college classes are a tremendous burden on students. To alleviate this pressure, Open Educational Resources (OER) are a tool to reduce the cost to students and to ease access. The Colorado Department of Higher Education has provided funding for a Colorado History OER Textbook. This will be a two-phase project with potential for expansion depending on funding. The first phase will be a three-chapter pilot project. After this phase, with additional funding we will open the project to include up to 30 chapters on Colorado history.

Call for Papers:

Our goal is to capture a wide swath of Colorado History that includes the major events and actors as well as the untold stories and narratives that reflect often overlooked histories in traditional textbooks. We encourage chapter proposals that explore major Colorado history in creative ways. Chapter topics may include, but are not limited to, race relations, class and labor, gender norms and roles, the environment, case studies, sports, urban development, suburban sprawl, outdoor recreation, political divisions, natural resource extraction and so forth. We encourage papers from multiple disciples and approaches. Further, graduate students, independent scholars, adjunct professors, and people from a diverse background are encouraged to apply.

Dates & Details:

Please submit a 250 – 350 word abstract and a 250-word bio to

ColoradoHistoryOER@gmail.com

Submit chapter proposals: 2/26/25

Notifications of chapter selection: 4/2/25

- Note that if your chapter is not selected for this initial pilot phase, that does not mean it does not have merit for the larger project. Once funding becomes available, we will re-review previous submissions. You will also be free to submit fresh proposals at that point.

Chapter Due: Aug 1st

Stipend: $1,500 per chapter

Chapter Requirements:

Chapters need to be 5,000-7,000 words, inclusive of footnotes and references.

In addition to the chapter, provide 5-10 primary sources that are Open Access or in the Public Domain for in-class work as an inquiry-based student activity.

Per the CDHE requirements, all new OER developed through this grant must be licensed openly in such a way that allows for the creation of derivative works (using certain Creative Commons licenses), and be posted to an open repository in an editable file format.

Questions? Please contact Braden Neihart at braden.neihart@ccaurora.edu !

2025 Awards and Funding Announcement

Applications are due March 15, 2025.

The BYU Charles Redd Center for Western Studies annual awards and funding season is upon us! For 2025 there are multiple awards available for scholars, students, or organizations conducting research or producing public programming related to the Intermountain regions of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming. Applications for 2025 are due by 11:59 p.m. MST on March 15, and awardees will be notified by May 1.

 

Click Here To Apply

 

 

Awards and funding opportunities are divided into categories for students, faculty, independent researchers, and public institutions. View details below.

 

Faculty Awards

 

BYU Faculty	Annaley Naegle Redd Research Assistantship Interdisciplinary Studies Grant John Topham and Susan Redd Butler BYU Faculty Research Award Visiting Lecturer Program Young Scholar Award
Off-Campus Faculty	Charles Redd Fellowship Award in Western American History John Topham and Susan Redd Butler Off-Campus Faculty Research Award Visiting Fellow Program

 

Student Awards

 

BYU Students	Annaley Naegle Redd Student Award in Women's History Research Award for BYU Upper-Division and Graduate Students Senior Seminar/Capstone Project Grant
Off-Campus Students	Annaley Naegle Redd Student Award in Women's History Research Award for Upper-Division and Graduate Students

 

Other Awards

 

Clarence Dixon Taylor Award Clarence Dixon Taylor Research Grant Independent Research and Creative Work Award Public Programming Award Publication Grant

 

 

 

 

Annaley Naegle Redd Research Assistantship (BYU Faculty Only)

Annaley Naegle Redd Research Assistantships facilitate research on the American West by BYU faculty in any department. Grants of up to $12,000 enable faculty members to hire upper-division undergraduate or graduate students of their choice to work as research assistants on significant projects dealing with Western American studies. Rates of pay for research assistants should be commensurate with the wage scale for student assistants in the faculty member’s department. The term of employment for the research assistant is flexible. Preference will be given to applications that show clear benefits in terms of mentoring and acquisition of skills for students who are hired as research assistants. Assistants may be hired for a term, a semester, or a year.

 

Annaley Naegle Redd Student Award in Women's History 

The Annaley Naegle Redd Student Award in Women's History will be given each year to one undergraduate or graduate student doing research on women in the American West (west of the Mississippi River). It is named after Annaley Naegle Redd, a prominent southeastern Utah rancher and philanthropist and wife of Charles Redd. Awards may be used for any worthy project including preparation of seminar papers, theses, and dissertations. The award is a $1,500 grant to be used for research support (supplies, travel, etc.). The funds cannot be used for salary or capital equipment. Applicants not receiving the Annaley Naegle Redd Award will be considered for the Redd Center's other student grants ($1,500 maximum) if the study area is in the intermountain regions of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming. Proposals in all areas of the humanities, arts, and social sciences are welcomed. 

 

Clarence Dixon Taylor Award

Since 1865, the Taylor and Dixon families have contributed to the economic development of Provo and central Utah. The Clarence Dixon Taylor Award recognizes outstanding scholarship about central Utah (Utah, Carbon, and Wasatch counties). Nominations may include theses, books, papers, monographs, articles, symposiums, dramatic presentations, lectures, etc. from students and faculty of Brigham Young University, other institutions, or independent scholars. Significant scholarship will be recognized with a maximum of $5,000 awarded for major achievements.

 

Clarence Dixon Taylor Research Grant

The Clarence Dixon Taylor Research Grant is named for a representative of the Taylor and Dixon families who established an endowment in memory of these families’ contribution to the economic development of Provo and central Utah. The grant provides up to $1,500 to encourage and facilitate research about central Utah (Utah, Carbon, and Wasatch Counties). The funds are to be used for research support, including travel and lodging expenses, and will be determined by the research needs of the applicant. The funds cannot be used for salary or capital equipment. Expected research outcomes include articles, monographs, books, theses, dissertations, symposiums, dramatic presentations, lectures, etc. Undergraduate and graduate students, independent scholars, and academic faculty are all invited to apply. Proposals in all areas of the arts, humanities, and social sciences are welcomed. 

 

Charles Redd Fellowship Award in Western American History

Fellowship awards of $1,000–$3,500 will be made on an annual basis to students and scholars interested in pursuing research in the intermountain regions of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming at the Harold B. Lee Library L. Tom Perry Special Collections. Each award will fund up to one month's research in Special Collections. Award funds are to be used for research support, including travel and lodging expenses, but not as salary. The amount of the fellowship award will be determined by the research needs of the applicant. Awards are to be used for scholarly projects including preparation of seminar papers, theses, dissertations, monographs, and book length projects. Established in 1956, Special Collections has a large department of full-time curators. Manuscript collections number more than nine thousand, almost one million photographic images are held by the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, and more than three-hundred thousand rare books are available for use, along with extensive manuscript materials documenting 19th- and 20th-century Western American history. 

 

Independent Research and Creative Work Award

The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies invites applications from individuals who are not connected to a college or university, and who are interested in researching or writing on some aspect of the intermountain regions of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Both new and ongoing projects are eligible. Award funds are to be used for research support and not as a salary. The amount of the award will be determined by the research needs as indicated in the application, up to a maximum of $1,500. 

 

Interdisciplinary Studies Grant

The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies invites applications for interdisciplinary research grants of up to $10,000. Applications will be evaluated based upon the following criteria: Does the topic deal with the Intermountain West? This is defined as portions of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Does the project include researchers representing at least three separate disciplines? At least two of the researchers must be BYU faculty members. One researcher may be a faculty member at another university. Is each discipline's contribution unique and integral to the project? What will be the outcome of the project? Is the budget reasonable? (The budget can include conference and publication expenses.) What else has been done on the research topic? How is this project unique? What is the feasibility of the research plan? Is the project intellectually rigorous? 

 

John Topham and Susan Redd Butler BYU Faculty Research Award (BYU Faculty Only)

The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies invites applications for research awards funded by the Research Endowment. The proposed research should increase knowledge and understanding of the intermountain regions of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming. Applicants should be faculty members at BYU. Both new and ongoing projects are eligible. Award funds are to be used for research support and not as a salary. The amount of the award will be determined by the research needs as indicated in the application, up to a maximum of $3,000. Research may be conducted at any location. 

 

John Topham and Susan Redd Butler Off-Campus Faculty Research Award

The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies invites applications for research awards funded by the John Topham and Susan Redd Butler Research Endowment. The proposed research should increase knowledge and understanding of the intermountain regions of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming. Applicants should be faculty members at an institution of higher learning. Both new and ongoing projects are eligible. Award funds are to be used for research support and not as a salary. The amount of the award will be determined by the research needs as indicated in the application, up to a maximum of $3,000. Research may be conducted at any location. 

 

Public Programming Award

The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies invites applications from private or public organizations for its public programming award. Any organization that is planning a conference, museum exhibit, lecture series or similar public program is eligible to apply. The proposed program should increase knowledge and understanding of the intermountain regions of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming. Advertising for the project should list the Charles Redd Center as a sponsor. Specific questions may be directed to the Center. The award carries a stipend of up to $3,000. The funds may be used for research or the actual costs of presenting the program and may also be used as a cash match for funding from a state, national humanities, arts council. New programs and special aspects of ongoing projects are eligible. Please note that indirect costs are not eligible to be covered by this award. 

 

Publication Grant (Presses Only)

The Charles Redd Center gives grants of up to $3,000 to assist in the publication of scholarly studies on Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming. The grant will be given to academic publishers to help offset the costs of publishing books in order to lower the book's selling price. The book should have been accepted for publication by the press and be ready for publication but not yet be printed. If funded, acknowledgment to the Center must be included inside the final publication. 

 

Research Award for BYU Upper Division and Graduate Students (BYU Students Only)

The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies invites applications from BYU upper division and graduate students for awards for research dealing with the intermountain regions of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming. Awards may be used for any worthy project including preparation of seminar papers, theses, and dissertations. The funds are to be used for research support (supplies, travel, etc.) and not as a salary or for capital equipment. The amount of money awarded will be determined by the research needs as indicated in the application. The maximum amount for this award is normally $1,500. In exceptional cases, the Center will consider applications for more money if the applicant offers a strong justification for a larger award. Research may be conducted at any location. 

 

Research Award for Off-Campus Upper Division and Graduate Students

The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies invites applications from upper division and graduate students from any institution of higher learning for awards for research dealing with the intermountain regions of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming. Awards may be used for any worthy project including preparation of seminar papers, theses, and dissertations. The funds are to be used for research support (supplies, travel, etc.) and not as a salary or for capital equipment. The amount of money awarded will be determined by the research needs as indicated in the application. The maximum amount for this award is normally $1,500. In exceptional cases, the Center will consider applications for more money if the applicant offers a strong justification for a larger award. Research may be conducted at any location. 

 

Senior Seminar/Capstone Project Grant (BYU Students Only)

Charles Redd Center Senior Seminar/Capstone Project Awards will be given each year to BYU undergraduate students who are writing a paper on some aspect of the American West. The award of up to $500 can be used to cover gasoline, parking, copying, travel, and lodging expenses.

 

Visiting Lecturer Program (BYU Faculty Only) 

The Charles Redd Center will provide funds for BYU departments to bring visiting lecturers in western studies to BYU. The Center provides a stipend up to $300, reasonable travel costs, food, and lodging. Applications are accepted at any time during the year.

 

Visiting Fellow Program

The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University invites applications for its Visiting Fellow Program in Western Studies each academic year. University faculty of all ranks, independent scholars, freelance authors, and other public intellectuals who are working on a significant article- or book-length study are eligible to apply for this position. The visiting fellow may be in residence for two to four months during either the Fall Semester (September–December) or the Winter Semester (January–April). The Center will provide a stipend of $2,500 per month of residency, office space, a networked computer, campus library and activity privileges, and limited photocopying and printing. Upon request, the Center will provide a part-time research assistant.

Visiting Fellows will enjoy library privileges, including access to BYU's extensive western and Mormon archival collections. Major western collections at BYU include the papers of Zane Grey, Gertrude Bonnin (Zitkala Sa), Elizabeth Custer, William Henry Jackson, Charles R. Savage, Thomas F. O'Dea, Arthur Watkins, Reed Smoot, Wallace Bennett, Walter Mason Camp, Earl A. Briningstool, Robert Spurrier Ellison, Finis Ewing, and the Utah Parks Company as well as over fifty overland trail journals. Major Latter-day Saint collections include the papers of Newell K. Whitney, Hyrum Smith, Emmeline Wells, Thomas and Elizabeth Kane, John Steele, L. John Nuttall, J. Reuben Clark, Adam S. Bennion, David M. Kennedy, Gustive O. Larson, and Ernest L. Wilkinson as well as a rich array of Latter-day Saint missionary diaries.

The 2024–2025 Visiting Fellow Program will be contingent upon COVID-19 restrictions on BYU Campus.

 

Young Scholar Award (BYU Faculty Only)

The Butler Young Scholar Award in Western Studies, sponsored by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, has been created to promote significant scholarship in Western American studies by junior faculty members. The award acknowledges outstanding academic promise, based upon a faculty member's record of research, teaching and citizenship. The Butler Award is funded through the John Topham and Susan Redd Butler Research Endowment. Karl Butler was instrumental in establishing this endowment in 1986, and the award is named in his honor. The award carries a $3,000 annual salary stipend and a $5,000 annual research support award, subject to all university financial policies, and with any capital equipment purchased from these funds becoming the property of the university. Any unused funding may carry over for the duration of the award. Appointments are for three consecutive years and may not be renewed. Any accumulated funding not expended within three (3) years after the expiration of a Young Scholar Award will revert to the Charles Redd Center for reallocation. A faculty member should have been in a faculty position for at least three years, but not more than ten years since completing the terminal degree, and in a rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. The faculty member should be engaged in significant scholarship in Western American studies and is nominated by his/her department chair.

If you are interested in being considered for this award, please contact your department chair and make arrangements for a complete nomination packet. This packet should include a detailed description of what “western” projects the candidate will pursue in the following 3–5 years.

 

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION:

 

To apply for an award, visit the Redd Center website (http://reddcenter.byu.edu), and click on "Apply for an Award." You will then be taken to our awards application page. After you have completed your application, you will receive a message indicating that your application has been successfully submitted. In addition, you will receive an email confirmation at the email address you list on your application. If you have any questions about the application process or about submitting your application, please contact Amy Carlin at 801-422-4048 or amy_carlin@byu.edu. If you have questions about the substance of your application you may contact either Brenden Rensink at bwrensink@byu.edu or Jay Buckley at jay_buckley@byu.edu. You may also follow the Redd Center on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/BYUReddCenter/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/BYUReddCenter/) to stay up to date with events, awards, and announcements.

 

Skills:

• Superb historical research and analysis abilities.
• Highly proficient in exhibit production techniques.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective time management, leadership and organizational skills
• Skilled at maintaining effective work relationships with employees, other state agencies and the public.
• Likes to work both independently and as a member of a team. 

Qualifications:

Master’s degree in history, public history, museum studies, Indigenous Studies, or, anthropology and a minimum of two years of job-related experience.  An equivalent combination of education or experience will be considered. Have a proven record of research focused on the Indigenous cultures of Montana. Have an understanding of the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and accompanying regulations

First review will be on January 13, 2025

 

Applicant Pool Statement:  If another department vacancy occurs in this job title within six months, the same applicant pool may be used for the selection. Training Assignment:  This agency may use a training assignment. Employees in training assignments may be paid below the base pay established by the agency pay rules. Conditions of the training assignment will be stated in writing at the time of hire.  

Salary: $27.90 - 27.90  Hourly     

Telework Eligibility:  Not Telework Eligible 

Benefits Package Eligibility:  Health Insurance, Paid Leave & Holidays, Retirement Plan      

Number of Openings:  1 

Employee Status:  Regular 

Schedule:  Full-Time 

Job Type:  Standard 

Shift:  Day Job 

Travel:  No  

Primary Location:  Helena     

Agency:  Montana Historical Society 

Union:  Montana Federation of Public Employees  

Posting Date:  Dec 23, 2024, 2:29:31 PM 

Closing Date (based on your computer's timezone):  Ongoing 

Required Application Materials:  Cover Letter, Resume  

Contact Name:  Carol Loomis  |  Contact Email:  Carol.Loomis@mt.gov  |  Contact Phone:  406-444-0103 The State of Montana has a decentralized human resources (HR) system. Each agency is responsible for its own recruitment and selection. Anyone who needs a reasonable accommodation in the application or hiring process should contact the agency's HR staff identified on the job listing or by dialing the Montana Relay at 711. Montana Job Service Offices also offer services including assistance with submitting an online application.

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The 19th annual Western History Dissertation Workshop will be held May 15-16, 2025, at The Huntington Library in San Marino, California. Five advanced western history Ph.D. students will be selected to present a chapter of their work to a collegial group of 10-12 leading scholars from participating institutions across the United States, listed below. Applicants who are most likely to benefit from this workshop are those who have completed a few chapters of their dissertation and who expect to defend sometime in 2025. Selected participants will share a chapter (of no more than fifty pages) at the workshop and receive feedback from other participants and from senior scholars affiliated with the sponsoring institutions.

This year’s workshop is hosted by the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, the Research Division at The Huntington, and the Autry Museum of the American West. The hosts will pay travel expenses for up to five advanced graduate students writing a dissertation exploring any topic dealing with the history and culture of the American West. The workshop is co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest at the University of Washington; the Center for the Southwest at the University of New Mexico; the University of California-Los Angeles Department of History; the University of California-Davis Department of History; the Center of the American West/University of Colorado Boulder Department of History; the University of Nebraska Department of History; the Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University; the Pennsylvania State University History Department; and the Center for American History at the University of Kansas.

To apply, please provide a brief cover letter, a short CV, and a dissertation prospectus/description of not more than two single-spaced pages. Your cover letter should indicate which chapter of your dissertation you intend to circulate for the workshop. Send all items in a single PDF document to Josh Garrett-Davis (jgarrettdavis@huntington.org). Please arrange for your dissertation adviser to send a letter of recommendation via email to Josh Garrett-Davis as well; that letter should address the significance and the status of the dissertation to date.

Applications are due Friday, January 24, 2025, and participants will be notified of their selection by the end of February. Selected applicants must submit a complete draft of a dissertation chapter for distribution to the group by April 18. Questions about the workshop and/or application process should be directed to Josh Garrett-Davis (jgarrettdavis@huntington.org).