Stanley B. Burns M.D. Fellowship for the Study of Medical and Postmortem Photographic History

The Stanley B. Burns M.D. Fellowship for the Study of Medical and Postmortem Photographic History supports the study of the history of medical and postmortem photography at Yale University. The fellowship maximizes the research potential of the Stanley B. Burns, MD, Historic Medical Photography Collection and the Stanley B. Burns, MD, collection of postmortem and memorial photography and ephemera housed at the Medical Historical Library in the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University. Dr. Burns donated his postmortem and memorial photography collection in 2025, which is now included under the parameters of the fellowship. The fellowship welcomes applications from all interested researchers, regardless of their institutional association, race, cultural background, ability, sexual orientation, gender, or socioeconomic status. Applications from scholars utilizing traditional methods of archival and bibliographic research are encouraged as are applications from individuals who wish to pursue creative, interdisciplinary, and non-traditional approaches to conducting research using the Burns collections and related visual collections at the Medical Historical Library.