Our Sponsors
The University of Glasgow
In 1995, the Faculty
of Arts appointed Dr Schaaf as a Professorial Research Fellow to lay the groundwork
for this endeavour. In that year, a special publication grant enabled the publication
of Schaaf's Preliminary
Calendar of Talbot's correspondence. In June 1999, with special support
from the Principal, Schaaf was appointed Research Professor in the Faculty of
Arts to head this project on a full-time basis. Further support was provided by
the Principal in 2002 for translations of the foreign language correspondence;
much of this work has been undertaken by postgraduate students of the University's
French Department. The University's library initially supplied office accommodation for the project; in July 2002
the project was given larger accommodation in the historic round Reading Room
building.
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The Arts and Humanities Research Council
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (formerly the Arts and Humanities Research Board) was the principal sponsor of the project
through the middle of 2003. The AHRC was established in 2005 in response to the
Dearing Report recommendation that an Arts and Humanities Council be established,
paralleling similar bodies in the sciences and social sciences.
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The National Gallery of Canada
A 1993 Lisette Model Fellowship supported the organization and preliminary
translation of a number of the most important French language letters in Talbot's
correspondence.
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Cataloguing and logistical support provided by the Science Museum in 1993 enabled
the organization and publication of the important Talbot scientific letters donated
by the family in 1934. See Schaaf's Selected
Correspondence.
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Past Sponsors
The British Academy
Initial funding for personnel, equipment and supplies for 1999-2000 was supported
by a grant from the British Academy.
The National Endowment for the Humanities
The immediate foundations of the present project were established in 1992
under a grant from the NEH – this enabled the preliminary cataloguing of
the core collection at Lacock Abbey. In 1993, they sponsored an emergency trip
to Russia to consult a long-unavailable archive. In 1995, a full year fellowship
enabled an in-depth study of some of Talbot's most important scientific correspondence.
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