The National Sporting Library & Museum has named its John H. Daniels Fellows for 2013 - 2014.

Since 2007 the prestigious grants have been awarded annually in honor of sportsman and book collector, John H. Daniels (1921-2006), a longtime friend and supporter of the Library.

Daniels Fellows from the United States and abroad become scholars-in-residence at the NSLM for periods of one year or less. Disciplines include history, literature, equine studies, journalism, art history, anthropology, area studies and sport and environmental history.

Seven 2013-2014 fellowships have been awarded, bringing the total number of fellows to forty-five:

Dean Allen, Ph.D., Department of Sports Management, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa "'English Sport in America: Locating the Hidden Diaspora."

Andrew C. Baker, Harrisonburg, Virginia, doctoral candidate in History, Rice University, "Suburbanizing the Countryside: Politics, the Environment and Metropolitan Expansion in the Modern South."

Susanna Forrest, published author, Berlin, Germany, "The Age of the Horse: An Eclectic History of the Way that Mankind Has Used the Horse…"

Charles List, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy, State University of New York, Plattsburgh, New York, "The Wholesome Machinery of Excitement: The Evolution of the Sportsman Thesis from Gentleman to Conservationists."

Jonathan Silverman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Massachusetts, "Reading the Racetrack: Understanding Horse Racing Culture and History."

Brian Tyrell, graduate student, Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, "Breeding the Bluegrass: Thoroughbred Breeding, Land Use and Place in Kentucky."

Philip Wedge, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, English Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, "Saving the Best of the Coveys: Sport in the Novels of Jane Austen."