"The Terra Foundation for American Art History Fellowship at the Newberry
Library will enable a scholar to advance a significant project about
historical American art (pre-1980) using resources in any Chicago area
collections. Applicants must have held the Ph.D. for at least three years
prior to September 1, 2008. The fellowship carries an academic-year
stipend of $70,000 for a full professor (or its equivalent outside the
academy) and $50,400 for all other awardees. The award includes a stipend
for a graduate student research assistant and a modest budget for local
travel. The Terra Foundation Fellow will participate in the Newberry’s
community of scholars, offer two public lectures, and be available to visit
at least one graduate seminar in the Chicago area.

Metropolitan Chicago offers a vast range of resources in the history of
American art. A summary introduction to these resources is available in
Betty Blum Art-related Archival Materials in the Chicago Area (1991), which
is available online at
http://www.aaa.si.edu/resources/publications/guidechicago/pdfs/chicago.pdf."