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Researchers spend days in our beautiful reading room and evenings in lively conversation with other researchers who also work primarily on Britain in the long 18th century. The peaceful surroundings afford residential scholars time to process research findings and write without distraction. The Library’s collections support study in nearly all aspects of British life in the long eighteenth century through the end of the Georgian era, with unsurpassed holdings related to Horace Walpole and his contemporaries. In addition, the archival collections of library founders W.S. Lewis (1895-1979) and Annie Burr Lewis (1902-1959) document an extensive personal and professional network of Anglo-American connections. Knowledgeable staff offer individualized support on identifying and using relevant collection materials. The library welcomes researchers who will benefit from time spent using our collections. We also award four-week fellowships and two-week travel grants, and Yale Graduate Student Summer Fellowships as well as Charles A. Ryskamp Travel Grants to Yale seniors. In addition, the library offers public lectures, exhibitions and other programs.  At the library.... Fellowships and Travel Grants     The library offers a variety of fellowships and travel grants to support research focused in the library’s rich collections of eighteenth-century materials.   Residential Visiting Fellowships bring scholars from across the globe to Farmington for two or four weeks to undertake research in library collections on a wide variety of topics related to Britain in the eighteenth-century world. The application deadline for the 2027-28 fellowship year is November 2. Details and link to application    Summer Fellowships for Yale Graduate Students afford students whose topic of research is supported by the librarys collections the opportunity to spend two, four, or eight weeks during June through August in residence at the library. Applications accepted on a rolling basis through the end of the spring semester.    The Charles A. Ryskamp Travel Grant is awarded on a competitive basis to a Yale College senior whose senior essay project would benefit from extended use of the Lewis Walpole Librarys collections. The grant provides funds for regular travel during the academic year to Farmington and more.  _______________   News SYMPOSIUM | HOGARTH: HIS ART, LIFE, AND TIMES. A Tribute to Ronald Paulson August 7, 2026 14-16 October 2026 Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT Organized by the Lewis Walpole Library in collaboration with the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Library, and... New Telephone Number for the Lewis Walpole Library July 1, 2026 The Lewis Walpole Library has a new telephone number (203) 737-6644 for the general line, replacing the long-standing old number.  Each member of staff also has new direct... Evening Exhibition Talk: "Street Life: The 'Cries' in British Visual Culture, 1711-1877" May 4, 2026 Lewis Walpole Library-Farmington Libraries Exhibition Talk Thursday, June 11 7 to 8 pm Street Life: The “Cries” in British Visual Culture, 1711-1877 By Gillian Forrester,... More news... 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