The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) is now accepting applications for the 2024 Eudora Welty Research Fellowship. Offered in partnership with the Eudora Welty Foundation, this annual fellowship awards a $5,000 stipend to one graduate student to conduct research using the Eudora Welty Collection at MDAH for at least two weeks during the summer. 

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 forty-five series and includes manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, drawings, essays, family papers, and audio and visual material that spans Welty’s entire life.    

The deadline for the 2024 Eudora Welty Fellowship application is March 1, 2024. Additional information, including the application form for the fellowship can be found at https://www.mdah.ms.gov/weltyfellowship. 

For additional information and questions about the Eudora Welty Fellowship, e-mail Elisabeth Cambonga at ecambonga@mdah.ms.gov.   

Elisabeth Cambonga 

Manuscripts Archivist & Curator of Eudora Welty Collection

Archives & Records Services Division

Mississippi Department of Archives & History

200 North Street, Jackson, MS 39201 | P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205-0571

601.576.6868 | ecambonga@mdah.ms.gov