Fellowship Alumni

Beginning in 1944 with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Newberry hosts researchers from different disciplines and backgrounds every year to engage with our collections. These fellows form a close community during their time at the Newberry and continue to build their relationships with one another and with the library long after they leave.

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Newberry fellows go on to produce amazing work that stems from their research at the library.

Here are some examples of recent books by former Newberry fellows:

• Only the Clothes on Her Back by Laura Edwards (Long-Term Fellow 2019-20)

• Last Call at the Hotel Imperial by Deborah Cohen (Long-Term Fellow 2019-20)

• Botanical Entanglements: Women, Natural Science, and the Arts in Eighteenth-Century England by Anna Katie Sagal (Long-Term Fellow 2017-18)

In November 2020, a group of former Newberry fellows launched the Fellow’s Fellowship Fund to support fellowships for future generations of researchers and scholars. To date, our network of alumni fellows have committed more than $100,000.

To learn more, or to make a gift to the Fellow’s Fellowship Fund, contact Natalie Edwards, Director of Major and Planned Giving.

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