We hope your research visit to the Lewis Walpole Library was fruitful. You are welcome to return.

If you would like to stay at the Timothy Root House for a future research visit, please let us know. We can offer a room for use for up to a week, during the time spent working at the Library in Farmington, on a space available basis. You will need to make other arrangements for accommodations for time spent using the collections in New Haven.

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Should your contact information change, email us at walpole@yale.edu 

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Report

As a Fellowship award recipient, you are expected to write a brief report of two to three pages outlining how you used the collection and what materials you found most helpful.  Please turn the report in at the end of your residency before you leave or send it shortly thereafter by email to walpole@yale.edu, mail to the address below, or fax to 860-677-6369. 

Scholars' Progress Blog Post

Write a blog post for our Scholars' Progress blog. It can be on an interesting discovery or new connections you've made, a particular item or items that made an impact on you, an area of research that perhaps the library isn't known for, or anything that you encountered in the collections that really spoke to you during your Fellowship. Posts should be fairly informal, and about 1000-1500 words in length. 

Survey

Please take the time to fill out our online survey. Your responses, which will remain anonymous, will help us improve our future Visiting Scholar experiences. The survey should take between five and fifteen minutes to complete. Please click or tap on the following link. Thank you! 

Lewis Walpole Library Fellowship Survey

Reimbursements

Reimbursement of any out-of-pocket expenses, as well as per diem payments, for 4-week and 8-week visiting scholars will be sent to you by check, in US dollars, upon completion of your residency.  You may email your reimbursable expense receipts to the Senior Administrative Assistant, Michelle Privée: michelle.privee@yale.edu. 

If you prefer to mail your receipts via the post, send them to: 

The Lewis Walpole Library
PO Box 1408
Farmington, CT 06034
Attn: Michelle Privée

For Visiting Fellows and Travel Grant Recipients PLEASE NOTE: Your reimbursement check will be mailed to whatever home address you have provided in your Visiting Scholar Travel Information Form, unless an alternative address is designated on the form. PLEASE MAKE SURE that the Senior Administrative Assistant has your correct address before you leave.

International Visiting Scholars must fill out Yale's International Information Form (IIF) before leaving. This form can be obtained from the Sr. Administrative Assistant.

Leaving the LWL

When leaving the LWL, please drop your Root House room key in the drop box that is located by the Visting Scholars entrance doorway.

Reference Questions and Photo Orders

Information about photo orders.

For questions about collection materials or for photo duplication requests please contact Susan Odell Walker (susan.walker@yale.edu 860-677-2140 ext 235) or Kristen McDonald (kristen.mcdonald@yale.edu 860-677-2140 ext 224). 

Publications

We request that you notify us of any publication resulting from your work at the Library.

Future Engagement with the Library

We welcome opportunities to collaborate on future programming. If you have any ideas for a workshop, seminar, study day, exhibition, etc., at the Lewis Walpole Library, please let us know. 

walpole@yale.edu 

860-677-2140