Aspiring historian defined his future thanks to Lee Library research grant
January 12, 2009
Recent BYU graduate Rob Taber was muddled in graduate-school applications when he learned about Harold B. Lee Library research grants. "The grant I received played an important role in my education," says Taber, an aspiring historian.
The library's student research grant program encourages original scholarship from students. Grant recipients make use of the resources of the library and are mentored by an HBLL librarian. These grants are funded by donations from the Friends of the Library Board and BYU Annual Fund contributors.
With a library grant, Taber researched indentured servitude in the French Caribbean. He used this work as a writing sample on his graduate school applications, and now it is the basis for his dissertation as a doctoral student in Latin American history at the University of Florida.
"I received an additional grant that enabled me to spend a week researching in Martinique and presenting my findings to the French Colonial Historical Society, the premier body for the study of the French Empire," says Taber.
To donors he says, “You have my most heartfelt thanks for the generous grants that you gave me.”
