Awards


Honors and Prizes

LL.D. (hon.), Concordia University: 1993
HLD (hon.) Claremont Graduate University: 2005
President, American Studies Association: 1982-1984
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Cabot Award for Achievement in the Humanities: 1991
James Russell Lowell Prize: 1992 (best scholarly book, Modern Languages Association)

Governor General's Medal: 1961
Award for Excellency in Teaching: 1967-1968
Fellow of the American Antiquarian Society: 1973
Phi Beta Kappa (hon.): 1984
Sigma Society (hon.): 1984
Fellow of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts: 1986
Resident Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society: 1989
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Claremont Graduate School: 1995
Alumni Hall of Fame, Founding Member, Claremont Graduate University: 2000

Lifetime Awards

Modern Language Association Honored Scholar of Early American Literature, 2002
Distinguished Scholar Award for Extraordinary Lifetime Contributions to the Study of Early American Literature, 2002
Hubbell Award for Lifetime Achievement in American Literary Studies, 2004
Bode-Pearson Prize for Lifetime Achievement in American Studies, 2007 (Citation, Recommendations)

Fellowships and Grants

Woodrow Wilson Foundation: 1961, 1964
Ford Foundation: 1962-1963
Huntington Library: 1968
American Philosophical Society: 1969
Guggenheim Foundation: 1969-1970
John Carter Brown Library: 1970
American Council of Learned Societies: 1971-1972
Am Antiquarian Society: 1973
National Endowment for the Humanities: 1978-1979 and 1986-1987
Phi Beta: 1984
Colonial Society: 1986
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: 1986-1987
Senior Fellow, National Humanities Center 1986-1987 (declined)
Sigma: 1987
Wissenschaftskollege, Berlin: 1988-1989 (declined)
Mass Historical: 1989
Huntington Library (Times-Mirror Visiting Professor of American Studies): 1994-1995
Newberry Library: 1994-1995 (declined)
Emeritus Professor Grant, Mellon Foundation: 2003

Fellow

National Humanities Center, New Haven: 1975-76
Center for Advanced Study in Social Behavioral Sciences, Stanford: 1978-79
American Antiquarian Society: 1986-87
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: 1989-90
Senior Fellow, National Humanities Institute, North Carolina (declined): 1989-90
Wissenschaftskollege, Institute of Advanced Studies, Berlin (declined): 1991-92
Times Mirror Foundation Visiting Professor, Huntington Library: 1994-95
Sackler Institute of Advanced Studies, Tel Aviv University, 1999-2000 (declined)


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