MISSOURI STATE ARCHIVES ANNOUNCES JUDICIAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

The Missouri State Archives announces a research opportunity for qualified applicants interested in the study of judicial records held by the Missouri State Archives.

The Archives' judicial records collections 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.

One 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. It is expected that the recipient's description of his/her research interest will demonstrate how the research would benefit from studying the Archives' court records. The recipient is expected to submit a summary of this study that will be published in the Journal of the Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Society and s/he will be designated as Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Society Robert Eldridge Seiler Fellow. Candidates for this position should submit a current curriculum vitae and a brief description of their proposed research topic.

Three thousand dollars will be awarded to two successful candidates for 10 weeks of work, at 40 hours per week during the summer of 2008, at the Missouri State Archives. Interested students must submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a college transcript, a description of any research conducted in related field and a 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.

Applicants for the Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Society Internships who meet the Missouri residency requirement will also be considered for the 2008 African American History Internship offered by the Missouri State Archives.

Completed applications should be received by March 1 and addressed 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:shelly.croteau@sos.mo.gov).  Notification of awards will be made by March 15.