The Sally Kress Tompkins Fellowship, a joint program of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) and the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), permits a graduate student in architectural history or a related field to work on a 12-week HABS history project during the summer. The Fellow will conduct research on a nationally significant U.S. building or site, and will prepare a written history to become part of the permanent HABS collection. The Fellow's research interests and goals will inform the building or site selected by HABS staff. The Fellow is usually stationed in the HABS Washington, DC, office. Recipients are also required to upload a minimum of 50 images to SAH's SAHARA image database.

AWARD STIPEND

The award consists of a $12,000 stipend. The successful applicant will be notified in late January and will be recognized during the SAH's 77th Annual Meeting held in April in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The award includes travel, hotel accommodation, and registration for the SAH Annual Meeting up to $1,000.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants should be pursuing graduate studies in U.S. architectural history or a related field, and be a U.S. citizen.

METHOD OF APPLICATION

Please submit the following in a single pdf by December 31, 2022 (email receipt):

1. Cover letter including current mailing address, school affiliation, email, and phone.
2. Resume/CV.
3. College transcript (unofficial transcripts are acceptable).
4. Writing sample: an unpublished paper, not to exceed 40 pages, demonstrating primary research and a command of secondary sources, in architectural history or an aspect of the built environment.
5. Letter of recommendation from a faculty member or recent employer (can be submitted separately or with application pdf).

Name the application pdf as follows: YourLastName_SKT2023.pdf. Submit it via email to:

Catherine Lavoie, Coordinator
Sally Kress Tompkins Fellowship
Heritage Documentation Programs
National Park Service
Email: catherine_lavoie@nps.gov

NOTE: Applicants are encouraged to submit a separate application for summer historian positions with HABS/HAER/HALS.

PAST FELLOWS

Past Fellows have worked with measured drawings teams in the field and have produced historical reports on varied sites for HABS, such as Rancho Santa Fe in California (1991), Lowell Observatory in Arizona (1994), Graeme Park in Pennsylvania (2000), and the William Allen White House in Kansas (2002). Fellows have written HABS histories on War Department-era structures (including the Lodge House, Rostrum, and Observation Tower) at Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg, MD (2009), music industry-related sites in Nashville, TN (2012, including RCA Studio B and United Record Pressing Plant), the former Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Washington Chapel (2015), LGBTQ nightlife-related sites in Washington, DC (2016), the Marion DuPont racing barn complex at Montpelier (2019), and Mount Vernon Baptist Church (formerly Bethel AME of Germantown) in Philadelphia (2021).

Past winners of the fellowship:

1991	Lauren Farber (University of Delaware)
1992	Dena Sanford
1993	Keith L. Eggener
1994	Rebecca A. Jacobsen
1995	Sheila R. Crane
1996	Jean Louise Guarino
1997	Christopher P. VerPlanck (University of Virginia)
1998	Katherine M. Larson (University of Vermont)
1999	No award
2000	Jon Lamar Wilson (University of Mississippi)
2001	Kathryn Wollan (University of California - Santa Barbara)
2002	Rachel Leibowitz (University of Illinois- Urbana/Champaign)
2003	Margaret Tulloch (University of Virginia)
2004	Francesca Russello Ammon (Yale University)
2005	LaDale C. Winling (University of Michigan)
2006	David Amott (University of Delaware)
2007	Lisa J. Mroszczyk (Columbia University)
2008	No award
2009	Susan Hall (University of California, Riverside)
2010	Kate M. Kocyba (University of Missouri)
2011	Kathryn Lasdow (University of Virginia)
2012	Rachel Hopkin (Western Kentucky University)
2013	Kate Reggev (Columbia University)
2014	Rebecca Summer (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
2015	Samuel Palfreyman (Boston University)
2016	Amber Bailey (Loyola University Chicago)
2017	V. Camille Westmont (University of Maryland)
2018	Vyta Baselice (George Washington University)
2019	Mary Fesak (University of Delaware)
2020	Travis Olson (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
2021	Charlette Caldwell (Columbia University)
2022	Kennedy Younger Dold (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)