NEHCR2008

NEH Collaborative Research Grant

Submitted November 2008

This grant would fund the development of a small initial set of manuscript projects for publication in WWO. In preparation for the proposal, we issued a call for proposals to solicit scholarly partners with manuscript projects.

Proposed projects

Name	Institution	MS	dates	length	genres	team	expertise	funding	permission
Bowles-Smith, Emily	Lawrence Univ	Portland PwV 31, poems of Elizabeth Wilmot	late 17th c	19 pp	poetry	1 self	enthusiastic novice
Burke, Victoria	Univ of Ottawa	Folger Shakespeare Library MS V.b.198, Lady Anne Southwell	late 16th/early 17th c	74 leaves	poetry	2 self plus student TBD	former Perdita		no problem anticipated
Munroe, Jennifer	UNC Charlotte	Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort	mid-late 17th c	~ 100 MS pages	letters and horticultural writings	2 self plus student	enthusiastic novice	some funding	no problem anticipated
Petrulionis, Sandra	Penn State Altoona	The Almanack of Mary Moody Emerson	1774-1863	~1000 pp	autobiography	3 self plus colleague, students	basic TEI	grant	secured
Reeves, Margaret	Univ of British Columbia	PRO Finch Hatton Ms I Elizabeth Cary, Edwarde The Seconde. His Rainge and deathe wth the ffall of those too his greate ffavorites Gauestone and Spencer	1626	400 pp	history	2 self plus student TBD	will apply for institutional funding
Higginbotham, Jennifer	Ohio State Univ	Certain Old Stories Recorded by an Aged Gentlewoman, MS autobiography of Rose Hickman Throckmorton	early 17th c	~50 pp	autobiography	1 self	some technical acumen, no XML		no problem anticipated
Estill, Laura	Wayne State Univ	BL Add. MS 10309 , Margaret Bellasys compilation	1620s/1630s	151 folios	poetry and prose	1 self	enthusiastic novice		no problem anticipated
Eckerle, Julie	Univ of Minnesota	Dorothy Calthorpe MS	1672-1684	at least 87 leaves	autobiography, poetry	1 self	enthusiastic novice
Argersinger, Jana	Washington State Univ	Sophia Peabody's Cuba Journal	1833-35	~900 pp	travel journal	3 self plus colleague, students	none	grants applied for
Paul, Juliette	University of Missouri, Columbia	Poems of Jane Barker, Magdalen MS 343 and BL Add. MS 21,621	1680-1700	~150 pp	poetry	2 self plus collaborator TBD	enthusiastic novice
Siemens, Ray	Univ of Victoria	BL Add Ms 17492 (the Devonshire MS)	1530s-1540s	114 leaves	poetry	2 self and colleagues	expert	local funding	secured
Font, Carme	Univ Autonoma de Barcelona	Alice Wandesford Thornton papers	1629-1669	375 pp	autobiography	3 self plus colleague, students
Bishai, Nadia	Kings College London	Letters of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox	1536-1576	56 MS letters	letters to family members and members of court	1 self	none		secured
Mair, Katy	Univ of London	Letters of Anne Bacon	1591-1596	100 MS letters	letters to her son	1 self	enthusiastic novice		secured
Bell, Ilona	Williams College	Wroth, Pamphilia to Amphilanthus	early 17th c	64 leaves?	poetry	self plus two colleagues	none	applying for NEH scholarly edition