Yale Fellowships for Wilder Scholars: Applying for the Beinecke Research Grants.
Applicants, who may not be degree candidates, are asked to submit a resume and a brief research proposal (not to exceed 3 pages) to:

   The Director, Beinecke Library,
   PO Box 208240, New Haven, CT 06520.

The proposal should emphasize the relationship of the Beinecke collections to the project and state the preferred dates of residence. The applicant should also arrange to have 2 confidential letters of recommendation sent to the Director.

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

• Wilder Bibliography
  Books and Articles about Wilder's Works.
• Study Guide: Our Town
  Exploring Thornton Wilder's Our Town—Suggestions for Teachers and Students.
• Research Resource: Thornton Wilder Papers
  The collection at Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
• Scholarly Exchange Bulletin Board
  A place for scholars, teachers and Wilder fans to request materials about Wilder and his works, respond to others who seek such materials, and inform others about new Wilder research, projects, and teaching.

FILM

• Scott Hamilton Kennedy's film OT/Our Town, first prize winner, in the documentary category, of the 2002 L.A. film festival, provides a director's slant on the play. Students can view the film, then comment, in writing, as an oral presentation, or classroom discussion, on what insights Kennedy brings to the play. How does his film change students' own response "Our Town"?

WATCH FOR FUTURE RESOURCES

• Study Guides and methods for teaching the works of Thornton Wilder
• Background Materials, such as photos, reviews, playbills, and commentaries
• A Bibliography of suggested teaching editions and works on Wilder
• A Bulletin Board for posting your own teaching ideas and for exchanging ideas with others teaching Wilder's works

The Scholarly Exchange Page will contain, among other things:

• A bibliography of recent and forthcoming works by and about Wilder
• Reviews of works and productions, past and present
• Materials from the Society's resources, such as juvenilia, which will aid writers and scholars

Thornton Wilder Awards:

• The 2003 Thornton Wilder Writing Competition
  The Hamden Library, Hamden, CT
• The 2002 Thornton Wilder Writing Competition
  The Hamden Library, Hamden, CT
• The Thornton Wilder Fellowship 2001
  MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
• Thornton Wilder Dramatic Writing Award 2001
  Berea College, Berea, KY

Welcome to the Education page of the Thornton Wilder Society Newsletter. Here you will find two sections, one for teachers, students, and actors, the other for scholarly materials and exchanges. These areas are not, of course, mutually exclusive, although one contains materials intended to be useful for teaching Wilder in the classroom, the other contains materials intended to serve as a resource for writers, researchers, and scholars. We hope that you will use both frequently and that you will let us know what is helpful, what is not helpful, and what would be helpful. Both sections will contain an area soliciting your ideas and comments.