Female staff exercising on the roof of Prudential headquarters at Holborn Bars. Courtesy of Archives of Prudential Plc.
Business History Bursary 2008
The Business Archives Council is pleased to announce that its Business History Bursary for 2008 has been awarded to Mr Felipe Tamega Fernandes, of the Economic History Department, London School of Economics. He will research "Telegraphs and Shipping: Shrinking the Economic Distances, 1850s-1914".
The Award
As a result of the generosity of Sir Peter Thompson, former Chairman of the National Freight Corporation, and the Wellcome Foundation, the BAC has instituted a trust fund, the income from which is used to offer annually a bursary to help an individual to further his/her research into business history through the study of specific business archives. In 2008 the value of the award will be up to £1000.
Eligibility
Applicants must be engaged in business history research using British-based business archives, normally at least of postgraduate level, with a view to publication of an article or book. Professional scholars and amateur researchers are equally welcome, but preference may be given to scholars at the beginning of their careers who are less able to call on other institutions for funding. Applicants studying for a research degree should identify a specific project based on identifiable archive resources, rather than merely seeking a grant-in-aid of their overall research programme.
Undergraduates, those researching commissioned histories and the members of the BAC’s Executive Committee are not eligible. Family historians and those wishing to work on records or archives not generated by business organisations, even to contextualise business history research, will not be eligible.
Applications
Candidates should indicate: the objectives of their research, which will need to be within the broad field of business history; the nature and location of the specific set of business records they wish to study; a detailed breakdown of costs; the proposed methods of dissemination of the results of their work.
All applications should be received by 23 May 2008 at the following address:
Business Archives Council
c/o Karen Sampson
Lloyds TSB Group Archives
5th floor, Princess House,
1 Suffolk Lane,
London EC4R 0AX
There is no application form. Candidates should include a brief curriculum vitae as well as the information indicated above. All applications must be typewritten or wordprocessed and should not exceed five sides of A4.
Award
The decision of the BAC is final. The successful applicant will be informed in writing by the first week of June 2008. The prize will be awarded at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Business Historians Conference, 4-5 July 2008, University of Birmingham.
Business History Bursary 2007
The Business Archives Council Business History Bursary for 2007 was awarded to Drew Keeling, Adjunct Instructor in the University of Zurich History Department for his research into passenger fares of the Cunard Line and the business of mass migration across the North Atlantic.