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The Project

Due to the breadth of Lyford’s interdisciplinary work, a lone undergraduate scholar of the arts and humanities cannot undertake this project without the support of a diverse community of advisors and colleagues. Rather, the multifaceted nature of Lyford’s life and work provides an excellent opportunity for Mellon Scholars to contribute to a student directed, interdisciplinary, cross-cohort research project. As members of an academic community examining Lyford’s career and works, Mellon Scholars will conduct archival research, produce substantial scholarly papers, and create complementary digital components. The Boston Athenaeum has granted Mellon Scholars permission to access a complete digital repository of Lyford’s collection. They will use this collection to conduct original research in a variety of fields, such as art history, communications, fashion, gender studies, history, Latin American studies, literature, and journalism. Student researchers are not only encouraged to evaluate Lyford's life and work through multiple academic fields and lenses, but also through the aid of a variety of digital tools. The Lyford Project offers myriad opportunities for innovative digital humanities projects. Mellon Scholars may either integrate technology into their own sub-projects or lend their technological expertise to the effort to expand the Lyford Project’s envisioned digital components. In addition to developing student researchers' analytical and digital skill sets, the Lyford Project offers Mellon Scholars the chance to serve as project managers. Student directors of the Lyford Project will be responsible for maintaining the project's digital components and contextualizing new contributions within the context of the project’s meta-narrative. 

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