Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship

91´«Ã½

To allow qualified children's librarians to spend a month or more reading and studying at the Baldwin Library of the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville.
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About

Year Began: 1993

The Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship provides a grant up to $7,500 to a qualified children’s librarian to spend up to four weeks reading and studying at the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature of the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville. The Baldwin Library contains a special collection of 130,000 volumes of children’s literature published mostly before 1950. The fellowship is endowed in memory of Louise Seaman Bechtel and Ruth M. Baldwin.

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Frequency: Annual

91´«Ã½

Awardess are given $4,000 to support their study and are recognized at the membership meeting during 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference.

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