The Shattuck Colonial American History Symposium

A bi-annual forum for scholars who explore the colonial and revolutionary history of America. The symposium features prominent scholars in early American history as keynote speakers. The symposium also invites public historians to lead interactive discussions about multi-disciplinary ways of engaging history.

The Shattuck Colonial American History Symposium
California State University, Sacramento
Scheduled for March 22-24, 2028

For more information, please contact Dr. Antonio T. Bly, the symposium organizer and the Peter H. Shattuck Endowed Chair in Colonial American History at antonio.bly@csus.edu.

“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” L.P. Hartley.

Peter H. Shattuck Research Assistantship

The Shattuck Research Assistant offers promising Sac State graduate students an opportunity to developing research skills using traditional and digital archival sources.

Peter H. Shattuck Undergraduate Scholarship

A scholarship for junior and senior history majors in good academic standing.

Elizabeth Shattuck Resource Fund

The Elizabeth Shattuck Resource Fund buys textbooks and other academic materials for History majors. The department purchases everything directly, so you never pay out of pocket and you never file for reimbursement. Awards run by semester, and the department reviews each request.

You must be a declared History major at the time you submit your application. If you are planning to declare but have not filed the paperwork yet, take care of that first so your request is not held up.

Here is how the process works from start to finish.

1. Get the application
   Download the Elizabeth Shattuck Resource Fund application from the Shattuck Endowment page on the History Department website.
   
   You will fill in your name, email, student ID, phone number, major, and the semester your request covers. There is a short space to describe why you are requesting support. A sentence or two is plenty.
2. Tell us what you need
   The books and supplies section gives you two ways to answer, and one of them will get your books to you much sooner.
   • Request by title. This is the fastest route and the one we recommend. List each book you need and include the ISBN whenever you can find it. Editions vary more than you would expect, and the ISBN makes sure you receive the one your professor actually assigned. A request that arrives with titles and ISBNs can go into the purchasing system the same day it is approved.
   • Request by course. The form also lets you write a course and section number instead of listing books, and we are happy to take requests that way. It does add a little time while we match the titles to your courses. If your syllabus is handy, listing the books yourself will get them into your hands sooner.
3. Submit the form
   Email your completed application to Vicenza Weeks, the department's Budget Analyst, at moscariello@csus.edu.
   
   Send it as early in the semester as you can manage. Orders move through the University's purchasing system, which adds a few steps between approval and delivery. Requests that arrive in the first weeks of a term compete with everyone else's, so a head start genuinely helps.
4. The department places the order
   Once your request is approved, the department buys your materials. You do not order anything yourself and you do not need to hunt down a seller.
   
   Amazon is an approved University supplier and the department’s first choice for textbooks. If a title costs less through another online retailer than it does at the Hornet Bookstore, the department can order from that retailer instead. If you have already spotted your book somewhere at a good price, write the retailer and the price on your form so the analyst can compare options quickly.
5. Pick up your books on campus
   Orders ship straight to the History Department, which is faster than routing them anywhere else. The department will let you know when your materials arrive, and you can collect them during office hours.

Questions

Vicenza Weeks handles applications and ordering for the fund and can answer anything about status, timing, or what qualifies. Reach her at moscariello@csus.edu.