The Friends of the Turnbull Library
Research Grant
The Friends of the Turnbull established in 2003 an annual award for
researchers who plan to make significant use of the collections of the
Alexander Turnbull Library.
The grant is intended to emphasise the distinctive contribution that a
research and heritage library makes to public knowledge. It celebrates
the significant role of ongoing research and publication based on the
Turnbull Library collections and the knowledge of the staff.
From 2007, thanks to the recent generous bequest of Wesley Secker, the
Friends have been able to increase the size of the annual research grant
and will be offering funding of up to NZ$10,000.
In the four years since its establishment the Grant has been awarded to:
- Philip Norman, biographer of Douglas Lilburn.
- Tim Beaglehole, biographer of John Cawte Beaglehole.
- Alex Bremner, for work on his publication, Ecclesiology and the
Colonial Church; Architecture, Empire, and High Anglican Culture in
Britain and the British Colonial World, 1840-70.
- Paul Diamond for his photo-essay on Maggie Papakura.
- Jennifer Shennan for a biography of Poul Gnatt.
Applications for the 2009 Research Grant close on Monday 15 September 2008.
Please see
conditions of the grant
here and print out a copy of the
application form
here.
Friends of the Turnbull Library 2008
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