Note: I initially developed this resource guide for my Spring 2018 graduate seminar, “Graphic Archives,” which I taught in the English Department at the University of Florida. This course focused on “active theoretical conversations around radical archives and materials that have emerged over the past few years,” so the resources below skew heavily in that direction, prioritizing spaces of queer visual culture informed by my own archival research.
In using this guide, remember that the deadlines listed were gathered for the 2018 calendar year and can’t be counted on to remain valid in future years. The same goes for the links, as some archives create a new post when they announce the grant again in a following year. I will continue to tweak and add to this guide, so if you have information to share or see something that looks outdated, please be in touch.
Locating and researching in archives:
A place to start to look for archival materials is with the ArchiveGrid database, which contains “a million collection descriptions from thousands of libraries, museums, and archives.” This powerful database will let you search across finding guides that archives have made available to the ArchiveGrid database. As you’ll see as you search, there are ways to limit your search within a specific geography or even within a specific repository.
With ArchiveGrid, as with all of the archives below, not everything contained within an archive is fully cataloged, especially online. You will need to email an archivist to find out more information in order to plan your research visit(s). Consult the following resources for more information on locating and researching in archives:
- Laura Schmidt, “Using Archives: A Guide to Effective Research,” Society of American Archivists, https://www2.archivists.org/usingarchives
- Michele Hardesty, “Archival Research and Digital Tools,” Beyond the Riot, http://beyondtheriot.tumblr.com/post/95832495444/archival-research-and-digital-tools
- Michele Hardesty, “Digital Tools for Archival Research,” Archive Journal, http://www.archivejournal.net/notes/digital-tools-for-archival-research/
- Carol Tilley, “Banned, burned, and now rebuilding: Comics collections in libraries,” OUPblog, https://blog.oup.com/2017/09/comics-libraries-literature/
- Margaret Galvan, “Pedagogy/Resource: Archival Research in NYC,” http://margaretgalvan.org/archives/archival-research-nyc/
- Elvis Bakaitis, “Spotlight on: Zine Libraries of NYC,” The Graduate Center Library, https://gclibrary.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2018/04/04/spotlight-zine-libraries-nyc/
Grant writing:
- Karen Kelsky, “Dr. Karen’s Foolproof Grant Template,” http://theprofessorisin.com/2011/07/05/dr-karens-foolproof-grant-template/
- UF Grant Writing Services, including proposal review, http://www.humanities.ufl.edu/grant-writing.html
- Grants @ UF Digital Collection, http://ufdc.ufl.edu/ufirgrants
Non-exhaustive list of archives with research grants/fellowships:
Internal Grant opportunities for UF graduate students: http://www.humanities.ufl.edu/funding-graduate-students.html
- January 5: https://library.uoregon.edu/special-collections/le-guin-fellowship
- January 29: https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/opportunities-for-researchers#for-researchers
- January 31: https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/bingham/grants
- First Monday in February: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library/fellowships-and-awards
- February 1: http://www.masshist.org/fellowships/nerfc/
- February 15: https://www.smith.edu/libraries/special-collections/services/grants
- February 15: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/swann-fellow.html
- February 15: https://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/fellowships-institutes/short-term-research-fellowships
- February 15: https://library.unc.edu/wilson/research/grants-and-fellowships/
- March 1: https://www.library.wisc.edu/friends/friends-grants/grants-in-aid/
- March 1: https://one.usc.edu/news/lgbtq-research-fellowship-one-archives
- March 1: https://library.barnard.edu/news/Announcing-Library-Research-Awards
- March 15/September 15: https://libraries.usc.edu/locations/special-collections/wallis-annenberg-research-grants
- March 19: https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/scrc/about/platzmanfellowships/
- March 31: https://rare.library.cornell.edu/collections/HSC/zwickler
- April 12: https://www.hoover.org/library-archives/about/fellowships
- April 20: https://lgbts.yale.edu/research
- May 1: http://www.wiscprintdigital.org/fellowship/
- May 19: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/cmas/benson_program/announcement.php
- July 1/November 1 for Scholar in Residence: http://clags.org/fellowships-awards/
- September 15: https://www.lib.umich.edu/special-collections-library/william-p-heidrich-research-fellowships
- Various/September 28 (for Elmer L. Andersen): https://wwwstage.lib.umn.edu/special/fund-your-research
- November 1: http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/programs-events/fellowship-program/visiting-graduate-student-fellowships
- November 7: http://www.library.ucla.edu/special-collections/short-term-research-fellowships
- November 15: http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fellowships/
- November 15: http://www.huntington.org/fellowships/
- November 15/December 15: https://www.newberry.org/fellowships
- November 30: https://cartoons.osu.edu/the-lucy-shelton-caswell-research-award/
- December 1: https://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/fellowships-institutes/schomburg-center-scholars-in-residency
Other relevant archives where grant info is unknown:
- https://www.uvic.ca/transgenderarchives/index.php
- https://lib.msu.edu/comics/
- http://guides.library.columbia.edu/c.php?g=363467&p=2455683
Grassroots/ish archives:
- Lesbian Herstory Archives, http://www.lesbianherstoryarchives.org/
- Sexual Minorities Archives, https://www.facebook.com/FollowtheSMA/
- June Mazer Lesbian Archives, http://www.mazerlesbianarchives.org/
- ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, https://one.usc.edu/
- Ohio Lesbian Archives, https://ohiolesbianarchives.wordpress.com/about/
- Stonewall National Museum & Archives, https://www.stonewall-museum.org/
- GLBT Historical Society, http://www.glbthistory.org/
- Interference Archive, http://interferencearchive.org/
- Center for Sex and Culture, http://www.sexandculture.org/libary
- ABC No Rio, http://www.abcnorio.org/facilities/zine_library.html
- Civic Media Center, https://www.civicmediacenter.org/
Relevant digital collections:
- Digital Transgender Archive, https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/
- Queer Zine Archive Project, https://www.qzap.org/v8/index.php
- People of Color Zine Project, http://poczineproject.tumblr.com/
- Internet Archive, https://archive.org/
- Chicana Por Mi Raza, http://chicanapormiraza.org/
- Reveal Digital/Independent Voices, https://voices.revealdigital.com/
- Archives of Sexuality & Gender, https://www.gale.com/primary-sources/archives-of-sexuality-and-gender
- Alexander Street Press Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels Series, https://alexanderstreet.com/products/underground-and-independent-comics-comix-and-graphic-novels-series
- Wearing Gay History, http://wearinggayhistory.com/
- Digital Collections of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, http://digitalcollections.clga.ca
- The Archives of Lesbian Oral Testimony, http://alotarchives.org/