The Smithsonian Libraries has just opened applications for our two Special Collections fellowship programs: the Dibner Library Resident Scholar Program and the Baird Society Resident Scholar Program. Deadlines for both are January 15, 2020.
 

Geoff Bil, New York Botanical Gardens
2018 to 2019 Research Fellow

Read about the Consortium's newest member, news about fellows and fellowships, working groups, and the collections of member institutions.

The Consortium is delighted to welcome University of Oklahoma as its newest member. OU is home to one of the oldest programs in the U.S. in history of science, technology and medicine, as well as a premier research collection.

The Consortium invites applications for dissertation and postdoc fellowships in the history of science, technology and medicine, broadly construed.

Scottie Hale Buehler, University of California at Los Angeles
2018 to 2019 Research Fellow

Over 6,600 items are now available for researchers online.

A dedicated research portal offers new opportunities for scholars working on the history of 19th-century medicine

Listings of more than 136,000 rare books are now part of the Consortium's multi-institutional catalog.

These papers will add to the APS's holdings on the history of twentieth-century science.

phrenology
Detail from 19th century chart, one of many in Princeton's collection of phrenological books and ephemera. Image courtesy of the Princeton University Library.