Tee A. Corinne Memorial Fellowship

The Tee A. Corinne Memorial Fellowship enables research within the Oregon lesbian intentional communities collections, including the Tee A. Corinne Papers, the Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project Collection, as well ask the papers of Ruth Mountaingrove, Carol Newhouse, Jean Mountaingrove, Lee Lynch, Beverly Brown, Gail Lorene Pyburn, Sally Miller Gearhart, Joanna Russ, and Alice Sheldon (James Tiptree, Jr.). Additional collections of potential interest include records documenting the lesbian separatist intentional communities in southern Oregon, including the WomanShare Collective Records, the Rootworks Records, the Oregon Women’s Land (OWL) Farm Records, and the SO CLAP! (Southern Oregon Country Lesbian Archival Project) Collection.

Fellowship Description

This $3,000 award supports research in SCUA's archives of Oregon lesbian intentional communities. These short-term research fellowships are open to undergraduates, master’s and doctoral students, postdoctoral scholars, college and university faculty at every rank, and independent scholars. The fellowship selection committee will include representatives from the UO Libraries SCUA and selected UO faculty. Fellows should be aware that, depending on their status and country of origin, the US government may consider their award taxable income. It is recommended that fellows familiarize themselves with their tax status and take necessary steps to plan for and pay any potential fees.

Application Requirements

In addition to completing the fellowship application form, applicants are asked to submit: 

  • A curriculum vitae or resume 
  • Project proposal 
  • 1-2 paragraph project summary describing your project and its significance to your work, discipline, and/or community 
  • A statement detailing what SCUA materials you are planning on examining, their importance for the project, and how the fellowship will assist in supporting the project (maximum two pages). 
  • Two references, to be contacted if applicant is a finalist.  

Fellows Will

  • Complete their research at the University of Oregon within a year of award notification
  • Present a 10-15 minute lecture as part of SCUA's virtual Annual Research Fellow Panel
  • Submit a copy of their final project or publication to SCUA
  • Acknowledge the Tee A. Corinne Memorial Fellowship and its sponsor, SCUA, in all publications resulting from the research fellowship

Applications are currently closed and will reopen in summer of 2026. 

Fellows awarded funding will be notified by late March of the application year. 

Tee A. Corrine Fellows

  • 2020 (dual awards): Cassandre Di Lauro and Charlotte Flint
  • 2021 (multiple awards): Sarah Cooper, Ariel Evans, Anais Dupuis and Cecil Simon
  • 2023 (dual awards): Ariel Goldberg and Sam Wrigglesworth
  • 2024 (dual awards): Cecily Evonuk and Shai Feraro
  • 2025 (dual awards): Louise Trano and Louise Toth
  • 2026: Ksenia M. Soboleva