MDAH Now Accepting Applications for 2025 Research Fellowships
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) is accepting applications for three 2025 fellowships: the Eudora Welty Research Fellowship, the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Research Fellowship, and the Religion in Mississippi History Research Fellowship.
All three competitive awards offer a $5,000 stipend that may be used for research at MDAH for a minimum of two weeks during the summer of 2025.
Eudora Welty Research Fellowship
Offered in partnership with the Eudora Welty Foundation, the annual Eudora Welty Research Fellowship is awarded to one student enrolled in a graduate or doctoral program at an accredited college or university to conduct research using the Eudora Welty Collection and related materials at MDAH.
The Eudora Welty Collection is the world’s finest collection of materials related to Welty and one of the most varied literary collections in the United States. The collection is divided over 45 series and includes manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, drawings, essays, family papers, and audio and visual material, spanning Welty’s entire life.
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Research Fellowship
The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Research Fellowship is offered in partnership with the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute and is awarded to one graduate student or faculty member within the first five years of their academic career to conduct research using the Medgar Wiley and Myrlie Beasley Evers Papers at MDAH.
The Medgar Wiley and Myrlie Beasley Evers Papers at MDAH include Evers and Beasley family papers dating from the early 1900s to around July 1964, when Myrlie Evers and her children moved to Claremont, California. The papers are divided into four subgroups: the papers of Medgar Evers as Mississippi field secretary of the NAACP; family papers of Medgar Evers; family papers of Myrlie Evers; and records relating to the 1964 and 1994 cases of the State of Mississippi v. Byron De La Beckwith.
Religion in Mississippi History Research Fellowship
The Religion in Mississippi History Research Fellowship seeks to encourage and support the use of the many archival collections concerning religious history in Mississippi held by MDAH. The fellowship is part of MDAH's Religion Initiative, made possible by funding from Lilly Endowment Inc.
This fellowship opportunity is awarded to a student enrolled in a graduate or doctoral program at an accredited college or university with an interest in conducting primary source research in the wealth of archival materials concerning religious history in Mississippi and related materials at MDAH.
The recipient of each fellowship is expected to conduct research in residence at the archives for at least two weeks during the summer.
The deadline for all 2025 fellowship applications is March 7, 2025. Additional information, including the application portal for the individual fellowships, can be found at mdah.ms.gov/careers-volunteering/fellowship-opportunities.
For additional information and questions about the Eudora Welty Research Fellowship, the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Research Fellowship, or Religion in Mississippi History Research Fellowship, email fellowships@mdah.ms.gov.