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Daniel Mandell, professor of history, served on the review committee awarding short-term fellowships for the American Antiquarian Society. The society is one of the oldest research libraries in the United States, founded in Massachusetts in 1812, and holds the largest collection of books, newspapers, periodicals, pamphlets, music and other materials printed in North America through 1876. This year 95 faculty members, freelance scholars and graduate students applied for 21 fellowships funding a month of research at the society.