Announcements

Activities of Members

Stephen Bertman published a new book entitled Cultural Amnesia: America's Future and the Crisis of Memory.

William Blair, Pennsylvania State University, will take over as the new editor of Civil War History: A Journal of the Middle Period in March 2000.

Jo Blatti has joined the staff of the Old Independence Regional Museum as their new executive director.

John J. Bukowczyk, Prof. of History at Wayne State University, was awarded the Gold Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland at a January 2000 ceremony in Detroit.

Kathryn Burns received the 2000 Hagley Prize in Business History for her book, Colonial Habits: Convents and the Spiritual Economy of Cuzco, Peru (Duke University Press, 1999).

Orville Vernon Burton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was designated as 1999-2000 Outstanding Research and Doctoral Universities Professor of the Year, presented by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Lisa Cardyn, Yale University, received a New York State Archives research grant for her work "Theorizing Practice/Practicing Theory: Traumatic Sex and American Psychology."

Eve A. Carr received the Woodrow Wilson-Johnson & Johnson Dissertation Grant for her work entitled, "Immigration, Motherhood, and Medicine in a Twentieth-Century Border Town: The Newark Methodist Maternity Hospital, El Paso, Texas."

Katherine Carté, University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the recipient of a dissertation fellowship from the Library Company of Philadelphia's Program in Early American Economy and Society for her work, "Of Heaven and Earth: Economic Activity and Religion among Backcountry Moravians, 1740-1800."

John W. Chambers II has edited The Oxford Companion to American Military History (New York, Oxford Press, 2000), published "The American Debate over Modern War, 1871-1914," in Anticipating Total War: The German and American Experience, 1871-1914 (Cambridge University Press, 1999), and published "Jimmy Carter's Public Policy Ex-Presidency" (Political Science Quarterly 113, no. 3 (Fall 1998).

Constance W. Curry has edited a collection of essays titled Deep in Our Hearts: Nine White Women in the Freedom Movement, which will be published this fall by University of Georgia Press.

James E. Davis of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas has been appointed Executive Director of the Social Science Education Consortium (SSEC) in Boulder, Colorado.

Tycho de Boer, Vanderbilt University, received an Archie K. Davis Fellowship from the North Caroliniana Society for 2000-2001 for his work on capitalism and environmental change in southeastern North Carolina.

Estelle F. Feinstein and Freeman W. Meyer received the Homer D. Babbidge, Jr. Award in recognition of their lifetime contributions to Connecticut history.

Elizabeth Fones-Wolf, West Virginia University, won the sixteenth annual Covert Award in Mass Communication History for her article, "Creating a Favorable Business Climate: Corporations and Radio Broadcasting, 1934-1954."

Gary W. Gallagher has become the third president of the Society of Civil War Historians.

Vane E. Gosse, Organizing Director of Peace Action, received a fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Harvey J. Graff, of the University of Texas at San Antonio, has taken office as the President of the Social Science History Association for 1999-2000.

Joseph Harsh, of George Mason University, has been named winner of the 1998 Peter Seaborg Award for Civil War Nonfiction for his book, Confederate Tide Rising: Robert E. Lee and the Making of Southern Strategy, 1861-1862.

Robin L.E. Hemenway, University of Minnesota, received a New York State Archives research grant for her work, "A Better Family? Indenture, Juvenile Rehabilitation, and The Politics of Reform at the New York House of Refuge, 1890-1915.

Kenneth Robert Janken, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was appointed research fellow to the National Humanities Center for the 2000-2001 academic year.

Kathleen S. Kutolowski, State University of New York, College at Brockport, received a New York State Archives research grant for her work, "Genesee Gentry: Patronage Appointments and the Making of a Local Political Elite, 1803-1821."

Isabelle Lehuu, University of Quebec at Montreal, is the recipient of an Archie K. Davis Fellowship from the North Caroliniana Society for her work on books and reading in North Carolina from 1776 to 1865.

Richard K. Lieberman, of LaGuardia Community College, received the Sloan Public Service Award from the Fund for the City of New York for his extraordinary public service.

Martin V. Melosi has been named to the Odense Fulbright Chair in American Studies at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense. He also published a new book, The Sanitary City: Urban Infrastructure in America From Colonial Times to the Present (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000).

Linda Karen Miller, of Fairfax High School in Fairfax, Virginia, has received the 1999 University of Kansas School of Education Excellence in Teaching Award, the 1999 National Peace Corps Association Global Teachnet Teacher of the Year Award and the Virginia Geography Society Nystrom Teacher of the Year Award.

Patricia Hagler Minter, Western Kentucky University, received an Archie K. Davis Fellowship from the North Caroliniana Society for her work on segregated transit laws in North Carolina.

David Morgan, Valparaiso University, has received the 1999-2000 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Award in Religion and Philosophy from the Association of American Publishers for his book, Protestants and Pictures: Religion, Visual Culture, and the Age of American Mass Production (Oxford University Press).

Theresa D. Napson-Williams, Rutgers University, received a dissertation grant in women's studies from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation for her work, "Violating the Black Body: Black Women, White Men and Sexual Violence, 1920-1950."

William Nixon has been awarded a Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship for 2000-01.

Tod M. Ottman, State University of New York, University at Albany, received a New York State Archives research grant for his work, "The Empire State at War: World War II's Impact on the Policies, Politics, and Institutional Development of the New York State Government."

L. Scott Philyaw, Western Carolina University, is the recipient of an Archie K. Davis Fellowship from the North Caroliniana Society for his work on migration from North Carolina to the Pacific Northwest.

Patrick D. Reagan, Tennessee Technological University, published Designing a New America: The Origins of New Deal Planning, 1890-1943 as a volume in the series, The Political Development of the American Nation (University of Massachusetts Press). He also completed, American Journey: World War I and the Jazz Age (Primary Source Media/The Gale Group, 2000).

Donald M. Roper, State University of New York, College at New Paltz, received a New York State Archives research grant for his work, "Shaping the Young Republic's Law: The New York Supreme Court, 1798-1823."

Eric Schneider received a Gilder Lehrman fellowship at the Columbia Rare Book and Manuscript Collection for his project, "The Golden Spike: Heroin and the Postwar City."

Liz Shapiro, President of The Connecticut League of History Organizations, Inc. accepted the Betty M. Linsley Award for the organization's promotion and sustained support of Connecticut history for the past fifty years.

James F. Siekmeier published a new book entitled Aid, Nationalism and Inter-American Relations - Guatemala, Bolivia and The United States, 1945-1961 (Edward Mellen Press).

Arwin D. Smallwood, Bradley University, received an Archie K. Davis Fellowship from the North Caroliniana Society for his work on three cultures in Indian Woods, North Carolina.

Joseph F. Spillane, University of Florida, received a New York State Archives research grant for his work, "Young Offenders in Prison: The Legacy of Correctional Innovation in New York State, 1930-1980."

Bruce M. Stave has been named Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Connecticut, where he is Director of the University's Center for Oral History.

Rohit Daniel Wadhwani, University of Pennsylvania, has been appointed as a scholar-in-residence at the Pennsylvania State Archives. Wadhwani also received a one-month fellowship from the Library Company of Philadelphia's Program in Early American Economy and Society for "The Social, Economic, and Political Origins of Expanding Access to Financial Institutions in the 19^th-Century Northeast."

Eugene M. Wait will be included in the reference book 2000 Outstanding Writers of the 20th Century (Cambridge, England), and will also be included in Contemporary Authors very soon.

G. D. Waldrep III, Independent Scholar, received an Archie K. Davis Fellowship from the North Caroliniana Society for his work on mixed-race peoples in North Carolina.

Wayne A. Wiegand, University of Wisconsin--Madison, received a grant from the Spencer Foundation. The funding will support research for a comprehensive single-volume history of the American public school library.

Bridgett M. Williams-Searle, University of Iowa, received a Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation dissertation grant for her work, "Resolving the Revolution: Households, Law, and the Structuring of Dependent Relations in the Early Republic, 1778-1828."

Awards and Prizes

The Association for the Study of Connecticut History invites nominations for the Homer D. Babbidge, Jr. Award. The award is given for the best work on a significant aspect of Connecticut's history published in 1999. A work will be considered only if nominated by someone other than the author. Deadline: 31 August 2000. Contact: Patricia Bodak Stark, 84 Beaver Brook Road, Lyme, Connecticut 06371.

The Association for the Study of Connecticut History also invites nominations for The Betty M. Linsley Award to recognize the best work on a significant aspect of Connecticut's history published in 1999 by, for, or on behalf of a Connecticut Historical Society. Again, the work will only be considered if nominated by someone other than the author. Deadline: 31 August 2000. Contact: Patricia Bodak Stark, 84 Beaver Brook Road, Lyme, Connecticut 06371.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Corporation jointly sponsor 2 fellowships of $5,000 each in the history of American obstetrics and gynecology each year. Recipients of the fellowships spend 1 month in the Washington, DC area working full-time to complete their specific historical research projects, the results of which must be disseminated through publication or presentation at a professional meeting. Deadline is 1 September 2000. Contact: Susan Rishworth, History Librarian/Archivist, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 409 Twelfth Street SW, Washington, DC 20024-2588; (202) 863-2578; fax: (202) 484-1595; <srishwor@acog.org>.

The National Endowment for the Humanities is announcing its 2001 Summer Stipends to support two months of full-time work on projects that will make a significant contribution to the humanities. In most cases, faculty members of colleges and universities must be nominated by their institutions for the competition, while other individuals need not be nominated. Deadline for application is 1 October 2000 and the stipend is $4,000. Contact <stipends@neh.gov> or (202) 606-8200 for more information.

The National Endowment for the Humanities offers summer stipends to support two months of full-time work on projects that will make a significant contribution to the humanities. In most cases, faculty members of colleges and universities in the United States must be nominated by their institutions. Adjunct faculty, independent scholars, and applicants with appointment terminating by the summer of 2001 may apply without nomination. Deadline is 1 October 2000. Tenure must cover two full and uninterrupted months. Stipend is $4,000. For information contact NEH Summer Stipends, Room 318, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20506; <http://www.neh.gov>.

The American Antiquarian Society is now accepting applications for fellowships for historical research by creative and performing artists, writers, filmmakers, and journalists. Fellowships will be provided to people whose research objectives are to produce works dealing with pre-twentieth century American history designed for the general public rather than for academic/educational communities. At least three fellowships will be awarded for residence of four weeks at the Society for any time between 1 January and 31 December 2001. The stipend will be $1,200 per month, plus a travel expense allowance. For information about applying, contact Artist Fellowship Program, American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634; (508) 363-1131; <wyoung@mwa.org>. Deadline is 5 October 2000.

The National Humanities Center will offer 40 residential fellowships for advanced study during the 2001-2002 academic year. While most of the Center's fellowships are unrestricted, the Center will offer designated awards in environmental history, art history or twentieth-century biomedical history. Fellowships range from $30,000 to $50,000. For application material, write to Fellowship Program, National Humanities Center, PO Box 12256, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2256; <nhc@ga.unc.edu>; <http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us:8080>. Applications and letters of recommendation must be postmarked by 15 October 2000.

The James J. Hill Library will award a number of grants up to $2,000 to support research in the James J. Hill, Louis W. Hill, and Reed/Hyde papers. These different sets of papers document a wide variety of historical subjects, and span the years 1853-1960. For more information on the collections or to apply, contact W. Thomas White, Curator, James J. Hill Library, 80 West Fourth Street, St. Paul, MN 55102; (651) 265-5441; <twhite@jjhill.org>. The deadline for applications is 1 November 2000.

The Newberry Library and its Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography invite submissions to the Nebenzahl Prize for Dissertations in the History of Cartography. The prize is awarded every two years to the author of a recently completed dissertation, in any field, which is judged by the prize committee to have made the most significant contribution to the study of the history of cartography. An outright prize of $1,500 will be presented to the author at the time of the award. Prize winners will also receive a fellowship to support research related to revision or expansion of the dissertation to be done in residence at the Newberry Library. The fellowship carries a stipend of $800 per month and will be prorated for periods of two weeks to two months. Deadline is 1 November 2000. For futher information about the prize, contact James Akerman, Director, The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography, The Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610-3380; (312) 255-3523; <akermanj@newberry.org>.

The Univeristy of Virginia has established the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize, awarded biennially to the author of a scholarly, booklength manuscript in Eighteenth Century Studies in history, literature, philosophy, or the arts. The prize includes a $4,000 award and publication of the manuscript by the University Press of Virginia. To be eligible, manuscripts must be sent in triplicate to Cowen Award Judges, c/o The University Press of Virginia, Box 3608, University Station, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903. Deadline is 1 November 2000.

The Rockefeller Archive Center, a division of The Rockefeller University, announces a special program of grants-in-aid for the year 2001 in the History of the Cold War Era. Applications are invited for research on the background of the Cold War, the development of Cold War policy and strategy, and the cultural and intellectual context of the Cold War, as documented in the records maintained at the Archive Center. Deadline is 30 November 2000. Inquiries should be addressed to Darwin H. Stapleton, Director, Rockefeller Archive Center, 15 Dayton Avenue, Pocantino Hills, Sleepy Hollow, New York 10591-1598; (914) 631-4505; fax (914) 631-6017; <archive@rockvax.rockefeller.edu>; <http://www.rockefeller.edu/archive.ctr>.

The Rockefeller Archive Center also invites applications for its regular program of Grants fo Travel and Research at the Rockefeller Archive Center for the year 2001. The competitive program makes funds available to researchers in any discipline, usually graduate students or post-doctoral scholars, who are engaged in research that requires use of the collections at the Center. Also for 2001, the Center will again award grants to support research on the history of The Rockefeller University. Deadline is 30 November 2000. Inquiries should be addressed to Darwin H. Stapleton, Director, Rockefeller Archive Center, 15 Dayton Avenue, Pocantino Hills, Sleepy Hollow, New York 10591-1598; (914) 631-4505; fax (914) 631-6017; <archive@rockvax.rockefeller.edu>; <http://www.rockefeller.edu/archive.ctr>.

The Rockefeller Archive Center of The Rockefeller University will continue a five-year program of residencies for research at the Center on topics related to the history of basic medical research, broadly defined. Researchers may apply for residencies of one month, one semester, or an academic year. Stipends of $5,000 per month will be awarded to cover all travel, food and lodging, and research expenses associated with the residency. Deadline is 30 November 2000. For information contact Darwin H. Stapleton, Director, Rockefeller Archive Center, 15 Dayton Avenue, Sleepy Hollow, New York 10591; (914) 631-4505; fax (914) 631-6017; <archive@rockvax.rockefeller.edu>; <http://www.rockefeller.edu/archive.ctr>.

The American Philosophical Society has recently instituted a special monograph award, the Millennium Award, for the best manuscript accepted for the Transactions in 1999 or 2000. The award, $5,000, will be given annually at the Autumn Meeting for the next five years. Deadline is 1 December. All manuscripts are subject to review before being considered by the Society's editorial board. Contact: <caroleaps@amphilsoc.org>; <http://www.aps-pub.com>.

The Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies will award a limited number of fellowships for one or two semesters in migration history. Fellows are expected to live in Princeton. Inquiries and requests for fellowship application forms should be addressed to the Manager, Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, Department of History, 129 Dickinson Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-1017. Deadline is 1 December 2000.

The Western Front Association of the United States is announcing its new Western Front Association Annual Undergraduate Essay Award. In the year 2000, the Association is sponsoring for the first time a competition for an essay of up to 3,000 words written by a college undergraduate. The essay may address virtually any aspect of the American experience during the years 1910-1924, and must contribute to a better understanding of the impact of World War One on this country. Entries are due by 31 December 2000 and first prize is $500. For more information contact Paul Cora at <sq617@aol.com>.

The Museum of the Confederacy invites nominations for its 31st annual book awards competition. The Jefferson Davis Award is presented annually for the best book-length narrative relating to the Confederate period, and the Founders Award is presented biennially for outstanding documentary editing relating to the Confederate period. Nominations for the 2000 Jefferson Davis Award and the 1999-2000 Founders Award must be submitted by 15 January 2001. Contact: Dr. John M. Coski, The Museum of the Confederacy, 1201 E. Clay Street, Richmond, VA 23219, <library@moc.org>.

The John Carter Brown Library will award approximately twenty-five short- and long-term Research Fellowships for the year 1 June 2001 through 31 May 2002. Short-term fellowships are available for periods of two to four months and carry a stipend of $1,200 per month. Long-term fellowships are typically for five to nine months and carry a stipend of $3,000 per month. The Library's holdings are concentrated on the history of the Western Hemisphere during the colonial period (ca. 1492 to ca. 1825). Deadline is 15 January 2001. For application forms and fuller information, write to: Director, John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Providence, Rhode Island 02912; (401) 863-3477; <JCBL_Fellowships@brown.edu>; <http://www.JCBL.org>.

The Bicenntenial Commission of the United Methodist Church in Indiana is sponsoring an essay contest on the history of United Methodism or its predecessor denominations in the state of Indiana. Essays must be 10-50 pages in length and may cover topics related, but not restricted to, biography, social, cultural, gender, or ethnic histories. The winner receives $1,000 and publication of his or her work. Deadline is 31 January 2001. Submit entries to: Essay Conest, United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 331, Greencastle, IN 46135; (765) 658-4406.

The Paul Ehrlich Collection at the Rockefeller Archive Center announces available funds to support short-term research in the Paul Ehrlich Collection. Applications are accepted at any time. For information contact Darwin H. Stapleton, Director, Rockefeller Archive Center, 15 Dayton Avenue, Pocantico Hills, Sleepy Hollow, New York 10591-1598; (914) 631-4505; fax (914) 631-6017; <stapled@rockvax.rockefeller.edu>; <http://www.rockefeller.edu/archive.ctr>.

The Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center at the University of Oklahoma seeks applicants for its Visiting Scholars Program, which provides financial assistance to researchers working at the Center's archives. Awards of $500-$1000 are normally granted as reimbursement for travel and lodging. The Center's holdings include the papers of many former members of Congress and also document government policy affecting agriculture, Native Americans, energy, foreign affairs, the environment, and the economy. The Center's collections are described at <http://www.ou.edu/special/albertctr/archives/>.The Visiting Scholars Program is open to any applicant. No standardized form is needed for application. Send a description of the research proposal in fewer than 1000 words, a C.V., an explanation of how the Center's resources will assist the researcher, a budget proposal, and a letter of reference from an established scholar in the discipline. Applications are accepted at any time. Contact Archivist, Carl Albert Center, 630 Parrington Oval, Room 101, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019; (405) 325-5401; fax: (405) 325-6419; <kosmerick@ou.edu>.

The American Philosophical Society offers several fellowships and grants for research. Applicants may be residents of the United States, American citizens resident abroad, or foreign nationals whose research can only be carried out in the United States. Deadlines vary. Information and application forms can be downloaded from the Society's website: <http://www.amphilsoc.org> or contact Committee on Research, American Philosophical Society, 104 South 5^th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106; <eroach@amphilsoc.org>.

Call for Papers

The 2001 Program Commitee for the Western History Association invites proposals for panels and papers for the WHA's 41^st annual conference. The 2001 meeting theme is drawn from Wallace Stegner's book, The American West as Living Space, which asks us to consider the West as both a space alive with all manner of beings and as a space to be lived in and responded to. Submissions are encouraged for roundtable discussions, entire sessions, and individual papers. Each paper proposal should include a one-page abstract. Included also should be a one-page c.v., with address, phone and email for each participant. Each session proposal should include an abstract that outlines the purpose of the session and designate one panelist as the contact person. Send all submissions by 31 August 2000 to Professor David Rich Lewis, Western Historical Quarterly, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-0740.

The Pioneer America Society is announcing its 32nd annual conference entitled "Nineteenth-Century Industrial Development." The conference committee is currently soliciting proposals for papers, special sessions, and panel discussions relating to the conference theme. However, papers on all material culture topics of interest to the society are welcome. The abstract deadline is 1 September 2000. Contact: Marshall E. Bowen, Geography Department, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401; (540) 654-1493; fax (540) 654-1074; <mbowen@mwc.edu>.

The Tax History Foundation and Museum, Inc. is looking to publish papers on topics related to "Technological Change and Commercial Development." The papers must discuss topics within accounting, commercial and economic history. Papers will be published on the Internet at the website <www.taxhistoryfoundation.org>. Please forward topics and brief abstracts of paper submissions to the foundation at <adoniram@taxhistoryfoundation.org>. Papers may be submitted in WordPro, WordPerfect or Microsoft Word and should be transmitted electronically. Target date for submission of the completed paper is 1 September 2000.

The American Association for the History of Medicine welcomes papers on topics related to the history of health and healing, of medical ideas, practices and institutions, the history of illness, disease, and public health--from all areas and regions of the world. The program committee welcomes session proposals and proposals for luncheon workshops; the papers for such sessions will be judged on their individual merits. Send six copies of a one-page abstract (350 words) of unpublished work to Janet Golden, History Department, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ 08102 by 15 September 2000. Abstracts should also include: Name, preferred mailing address, work and home telephone numbers, present institutional affiliation, and academic degrees.

SEASECS invites proposals and full sessions on all aspects of the "long eighteenth century" for the 27^th meeting of the Society. Papers and sessions that treat eighteenth-century representations of the future or that analyze links between the eighteenth century and the new millennium are especially encouraged. Send proposals for papers or sessions by 15 September 2000 to Professor Lila Graves, Department of English, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294; fax (205) 975-8125; <lgraves@uab.edu>; <http://socrates.barry.edu/seasecs>.

The Georgia Political Science Association seeks proposals for the 2001 conference on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 23-24 February 2001. Papers and proposals on all topics will be considered. Offers to serve as panel chairs and discussants are welcome. Deadline for proposals is 15 September 2000. Send proposals via email to <csbullock@peachnet.campuscwix.net>. Information about the conference may be found at <http://www.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=125593>.

The Colonial Society of Massachusetts announces a conference to be held in Sturbridge, Massachusetts on 21-22 April 2001, focusing on the impact of Euro-American colonization on the New England Indian experience in the indigenous homelands form earliest times to the present, as well as the diaspora of Native peoples into Canada, New York, and elsewhere. It is the Society's hope to elicit presentations which will represent both the best new scholarship and the new activism of American Native communities that have begun to reshape understandings of the region. The Society encourages presenters to reexamine Eurocentric definitions of what constitutes the "colonial period" and the forms of colonization experienced by Native peoples. Papers should not have been previously published elsewhere. Send a brief description of proposals to: John W. Tyler, Editor of Publications, Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 87 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, MA 02108 by 1 October 2000.

The organizing committee of the 2001 Winterthur Conference, co-sponsored by The Costume Society of America, invites proposals for papers that will analyze the relationships between clothing and the American visual arts from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. Projects that result from the collaborative work among individuals representing different disciplines and fields of study will be given priority. Please submit a 250-word proposal by 1 October 2000 to Rosemary Troy Krill, Education Division, Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735; fax (302) 888-4953; <rkrill@winterthur.org>.

The 2001 annual meeting of the Business History Conference will take as its theme "Services and the Global Economy." Proposals are invited for papers concerned with the historical evolution of all forms of business enterprise engaged in services with a special emphasis on their international dimensions. All graduate students presenting papers are eligible for travel grants to defray costs associated with attending the annual meeting. Proposals may be submitted for individual papers or for entire panels. All proposals should include a one-page abstract and one-page cv for all participants. Panel proposals also should include a cover letter containing a title, one-paragraph panel description, chair and commentator, and contact information. The deadline for submission is 2 October 2000. Please send five copies to Roger Horowitz, Secretary-Treasurer, Business History Conference, P.O. Box 3630, Wilmington, Delaware 19807.

The French Colonial Historical Society invites proposals for its 2001 meeting, to be held in East Lansing, Michigan from 31 May to 2 June, 2001. Please send proposals for papers to James Pritchard, Department of History, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada, K7L 3N6 or by fax at (613) 533-6298 or by email to <jp@post.queensu.ca> by 15 October 2000.

The First Flight Centennial Commission, North Carolina's official agency to plan and coordinate the commemoration of the Wright brothers' first flight, invites the submission of proposals for sessions and individual papers for its international symposium on the history of flight, 22-25 October 2001 at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Session and individual proposals (including speadkers, their affiliations, session titles, and brief 1- or 2-sentence description) should be submitted to Dr. Larry E. Tise, Symposium Director, First Flight Centennial Commission, 4635 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4635; <ltise@ibm.net>. Deadline is 15 October 2000.

The Roosevelt Study Center in Middelburg, The Netherlands, will host for the fifth time the biennial conference of European Historians of the United States on 18-20 April 2001. The theme for this conference is: "Nation on the Move: Mobility in U.S. History." The conference aims to explore motives of individual or collective mobility, modes of transportation, and developments in routes and transport technology. One-page proposals for paper presentations are due before 15 October 2000. For submissions or more information, contact: Dr. Cornelis A. van Minnen and Prof. Sylvia L. Hilton, Roosevelt Study Center, P.O. Box 6001, 4330 LA Middelburg, The Netherlands; <rsc@zeeland.nl>; fax 31-118-631593.

Lasell College, as part of the Sesquicentennial anniversary of its founding, will hold a conference entitled "Civility in America Since 1851." The conference will take place on 27-28 April 2001. Send paper and session proposals with title and 200 word abstract by 1 November 2000 to Joseph Aieta III, College of Arts & Sciences, Lasell College, Auburndale, MA 02466; <jaieta@lasell.edu>.

"Class and the American City, 1800-1945" Fourth Annual Graduate Student Conference 23-24 March 2001, Boston, sponsored by The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities and Boston University's American and New England Studies Program. The City has always provided a rich forum for the interactions of various classes, which is evident in the City's physical and cultural geography. These interactions are reflected in urban architecture, art, literature, and history. This interdisciplinary conference will provide an opportunity to explore the many relationships between the City and its classes during the period 1800-1945. As this conference intends to complement ongoing research on SPNEA's Harrison Gray Otis House, we hope to include papers on related topics such as boarding houses, working class lifestyles, and the influence of middle class material culture on the City's landscape and inhabitants. We welcome submissions for 20-minute papers by graduate students in all disciplines related to American arts, culture, and history. Papers that focus on Northeastern cities are encouraged, but not required. Potential paper topics include: Urban Institutions; Immigration; Race, Gender, and Sexuality; Public Amusements; Industrial/Domestic Labor Urban Activism; Landscape/Cityscape; Foodways; Urban Churches; and Crime. Please send a one-page, single spaced abstract, including your name, telephone numbers, e-mail address, and academic affiliation, postmarked by 15 November 2000 to: SPNEA-BU Graduate Student Conference Committee, Attn: Cara Iacobucci, SPNEA, 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114. Phone: 617-353-9916; Fax: 617-227-9204; e-mail: amnesgsc@bu.edu.Successful panelists will be notified by late December. Completed papers will be due to the commentators by 23 February 2001.

The Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (SEASECS) invites submissions for its annual article competition, the Percy G. Adams Article Prize. The Society will give an award of $500 for the best article on an eighteenth-century subject published in a scholarly journal, annual, or collection between 1 September 1999 and 31 August 2000. Authors must become members of SEASECS. Articles may be submitted by the author or by others acting on his/her behalf. Submit articles in triplicate by 1 December 2000 to Heather McPherson, Department of Art and Art History, 113 Humanities Building, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294.

The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations invites submissions for its Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference, hosted by American University in Washington, D.C. from 14 to 16 June 2001. Proposals that deal with the broades possible range of topics in U.S. foreign relations, national security, and international security should be submitted by 1 December 2000. Preference will be given to roundtables and complete panels, and submissions should include a one-page c.v., and mailing and email address for each participant. Submission of proposals by email, either as attachments or "pasted text" strongly encouraged. Mail to: Richard H. Immerman, Temple University, 9th floor Gladfelter Hall (025-24), 1115 W. Berks St., Philadelphia, PA 19122-5891; fax (215) 204-5891; phone (215) 204-7466; <shafr2001@hotmail.com.>

Call for authors in the area of First Lady Scholarship. First, The American First Ladies Encyclopedia is seeking essays on every first lady and ten topical essays. Due date is 1 December 2000. Secondly, The Presidential Wives Series is seeking short biographies on every first lady. Payment is made for both awards. For more information on both awards, contact Robert P. Watson, Department of Political Science, University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hilo, HI, 96720; <watsonr@hawaii.edu>.

The Association for the Study of Connecticut History is announcing a call for papers for its conference in November 2001 entitled, "Murder in New England: Crime and Punishment in the Northeast, 1600-Present." Proposals for papers should be sent to Lawrence B. Goodheart, 455 N. Bigelow Road, Hampton, CT 06247. Deadline is 1 December 2000.

The annual conference of the Mid-America American Studies Association (MAASA) will be held 20-21 April 2001 in Madison, Wisconsin. The conference theme is "The Cultural Agencies of American Institutions: Analyzing Sites for the Production, Dissemination, and Appropriation of Cultural Capital." The deadline for submission is 3 January 2001. Proposals (five copies) should include a one-page summary and a one-page cv for each of the presenters, session chairs, and commentators. Submit proposal or send inquiries to Wayne A. Wiegand, School of Library and Information Studies, 4232 Helen C. White Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706; <wwiegand@facstaff.wisc.edu>.

Mephistos Graduate Student Conference for the History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science fields will be held 30 March - 1 April 2000 at the University of Notre Dame. Travel grant information is available at <http://www.nd.edu/~meph2001>. Abstracts are due 15 January 2001. Send abstracts to Mephistos 2001 Program Committee, History and Philosophy of Science, 346 O'Shaughnessy Hall, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556-5634.

The Program Committee of the North American Labor History Conference invites proposals for panels and papers on the theme, "Labor and the Millennium," for our twenty-second meeting to be held 18-20 October 2001 at Wayne State University in Detroit. Panel and paper proposals including a 1-2 page abstracts and brief c.v. or biographical statement for each participant should be mailed by 1 March 2001 to Elizabeth Faue, Coordinator, North American Labor History Conference, Department of History, 3094 Faculty Administration Building, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202; (313) 577-2525; fax (313) 577-6987; <ad5247@wayne.edu>.

The Colonial Society of Massachusetts solicits proposals for book-length documentary editions related to early massachusetts history and culture. Some topics may have a broader focus than just Massachusetts alone and may extend into the early nineteenth century. Proposals will be judged on their usefulness to the scholarly community. Because the Society undertakes all publication expenses related to a project, it must retain the copyright to any manuscript, and editors should expect no remuneration. Proposals, as well as a curriculum vitae of the editors emphasizing their experience with documentary editions, should be sent to John W. Tyler, Editor of Publications, Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 87 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108.

The Council on America's Military Past (CAMP) will hold its 35^th annual military history conference 9-13 May 2001 at the historic Alex Johnson Hotel in downtown Rapid City, South Dakota. The conference will focus on the military activities on the Amerian Frontier from the Lewis and Clark Expedition through the War with Mexico, the Civil War, the Indian Wars, the World Wars, Korea and Vietnam, and up to the Cold War and its missile defenses in the West. All American wars are included. Send topic for 20-minute talk to: CAMP '01 Conference Papers, P.O. Box 1151, Fort Myer, Virginia 22211-1151; (703) 912-6124; fax (703) 912-5666.

Arcadia Publishing, the country's largest publisher of local and regional history titles, invites interested parties to submit new book proposals for their 2000 production calendar. Their books, which document local history through the use of archival photographs and accompanying captions, are intended to be democratic histories, accessible to all members of a given community. For more information on how to become an author, or to obtain a New Book Proposal form, please contact: Acquisitions Editor, Arcadia Publishing, 3047 N. Lincoln Avenue, Suite 410, Chicago, IL 60657; (773) 549-7002; fax (773) 549-7190.

Garland Publishers is seeking strong proposals for books focusing on the history of education, especially in the 19^th and 20^th centuries. Proposals should be about 2-3 pages and clearly explain the importance of the proposed topic, its intended thesis, the target audience, existing books that it will compete against and a tentative outline of chapters. Contact: Professor Edward R. Beauchamp, Department of Educational Foundations, Wist Hall 108, College of Education, 1776 University Avenue, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822; (808) 956-4246; fax (808) 956-9100; <bedward@hawaii.edu>.

History Computer Review seeks articles and reviews on computer-assisted history education. Topics could include new ways of using commercially produced software, original software you have created, unique solutions to challenges presented by teaching particular subjects or a particular group of students, or essays on the challenges teachers face in applying this new and rapidly evolving technology. Begun in 1985, HCR reaches a worldwide audience of historians and is a peer-reviewed print journal published twice a year. For information or article submission, contact the editor, Dr. James B. M. Schick, Department of History, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas 66762; (316) 235-4317; fax (316) 235-4080; <jschick@pittstate.edu>. For essays or reviews of web sites contact Dr. Kelly A. Woestman, Department of History, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas 66762. Those interested in reviewing should write Dr. Leslie Gene Hunter, Department of History, Box 166, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas 78363 <L-Hunter2@tamuk.edu>.

Fordham University Press' Hudson Valley Heritage Series has begun a series featuring books on history, literature, folklore, economy, and society of the Hudson Valley. The series editor is Robert F. Jones. Both original works and reprints of works of proven merit that have gone out of print will be considered. For the series, the Hudson Valley is defined as reaching from the Narrows to Fort Edward and including the counties bordering both sides of the river. Inquiries may be directed to Robert F. Jones, Fordham University, Department of History, Bronx, NY 10458; (718) 817 -3930; <rjones@murray.fordham.edu>.

Roger Hughes, of Gahr High School, is seeking volunteers to help research and write a course outline, or any part of it, and/or to work toward the acceptance of an Advanced Placement Military History course for high school students which is acceptable to the College Board. Volunteers may contact Roger Hughes at (562) 926-5566, ext. 5212 or at (714) 839-1350.

The NASA History Office is pleased to announce the inauguration of a "Centennial of Flight" series of books to be published by Texas A&M University Press. This series is intended as a cohesive set of volumes, written for a general readership, that will synthesize the development of flight in the twentieth century. The series editor, Roger D. Launius, invites proposals for a series of relatively small, general interest paperbacks on the history of flight to be published between 2001 and 2003 for the centennial of the first powered flight by the Wright brothers on 17 December 1903. Proposals are especially welcome for syntheses relating to the following aeronautical and astronautical topics: development of aeronautical technology, rise of fighter aircraft; development of airlines and air transportation, both in the U.S. and worldwide; evolution of air regulation, policy, and law; development of the aerospace industry; military aeronautics; general aviation aerospace reconnaissance; social history of the airplane; strategic bombardment; human spaceflight; the space race; rocketry; space science. These various volumes will be some 200 pages in length, published in paperback form, and would not contain scholarly apparatus, but would have a good essay at the end pointing the direction to other studies of the subject. Interested persons should contact the series editor: Roger D. Launius, NASA Chief Historian, Code ZH, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546; (202) 358-0383; fax (202) 358-2866.

The Social Science/History Department of Luzerne County Community College will sponsor its Annual Conference on "The History of Northeastern Pennsylvania: The Last 100 Years" on 6 October 2000, in the College Conference Center. Anyone interested in making a Presentation should contact Dr. Robert Mittrick, Conference Coordinator, by either writing to him at the College in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, 1333 South Prospect Street, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania 18634 or calling (570) 740-0512.

Meetings and Conferences

The fall meeting of the American Institute of Architects Historic Resources Committee will be held in conjunction with Restoration and Renovation on 7-9 September 2000 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in historic downtown San Antonio. Detailed information can be obtained form the R&R web site at <www.egiexhib.com> or by contacting EGI Exhibitions at (800) 982-6247 or <show@egiexhib.com>.

The Plains Indian Museum of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming, will host its Plains Indian Seminar, 15-17 September 2000. The conference will address the theme, "Sacred Lands." For more information, contact Lillian Turner, Public Programs Coordinator, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 720 Sheridan Avenue, Cody, WY 82414; (307) 578-4028; <programs@wavecom.net>.

The American Association for State and Local History and the Louisiana Association of Museums will join together, 20-23 September 2000, in New Orleans, Louisiana to host their 2000 Annual Meeting. The meeting will bring together c00olleagues from all over the United States and Canada to examine the theme, "It's A Matter of Trust: The Past, The Present, and Historical Reconciliation." For more information on the meeting, contact the AASLH office at (615) 320-3203; <history@aaslh.org>; <www.aaslh.org>.

The Textile Society of America will hold its seventh biennial symposium in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 21-23 September 2000. This year's theme, "Approaching Textiles, Varying Viewpoints," will emphasize the ways in which scholars and others investigate textiles through a wide range of methods, theories and perspectives. For more information contact TSA at (410) 275-8936; <tsa@dol.net>; <http://textilesociety.org/>.

The California Council for the Promotion of History is planning its 20th annual conference for the North Lake Tahoe/Truckee region entitled "Public History and the Natural Environment." The conference will be held at the Northstar at Lake Tahoe between 21-24 September 2000. Contact Leslie R. Fryman, (916) 737-3000 ext. 3451; <leslief@jsanet.com>; for more information.

The Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, will host "Agents of Social Change: Celebrating Women's progressive Activism Across the Twentieth Century," a two-day conference, 22-23 September 2000. The conference marks the opening to research of eight major manuscript collections of women activists for peace, civil liberties, socialism, civilrights, labor reform, and feminism. For more information, contact Joyce Follet, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton MA 01063; <jfollet@ais.smith.edu>.

The Program in the Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World will sponsor an international conference/workshop on Manumissions in the Atlantic World at the College and University of Charleston, SC, from 4-8 October 2000. The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars from North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and Africa to consider an often-mentioned but less often studied aspect of slavery--manumission--as well as the broader topic of freedom to which it is closely related. For registration information see <www.cofc.edu/atlanticworld/> or contact Dr. Rosemary Brana-Shute, History Dept., College of Charleston, 66 George St.,Charleston, SC 29424; (843) 953-5711; <branashuter@cofc.edu>.

West Virginia University will present its 25th Colloquium entitled The Female Gaze in Literature and Film on 12-14 October 2000. For details, contact Armand E. Singer, Department of Foreign Languages, PO Box 6298, Morgantown WV 26506; (304) 293-5121; fax (304) 293-7655; <singer@wvu.edu>.

The Labor and Working Class History Association is holding one of its first major gatherings for potential and current members at the annual meeting of the North American Labor History Conference. The event is to be held at Wayne State University in Detroit, 19-21 October 2000. Annual membership dues are $200. For more information, the LAWCHA website is at <http://www.history.wayne.edu/lawcha>.

The Historical Society of Washington is sponsoring the District of Columbia History Conference from 2-4 November 2000. The conference will focus on the federal government's move to Washington and the establishment of the nation's capital. For more information, visit <http://www.hswdc.org> or call (202) 785-2060.

The International Leadership Association (ILA) will hold its 2000 annual meeting on 3-5 November 2000 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Marriott Eaton Centre. The ILA is an independent global network for all those with a professional interest in the burgeoning interdisciplinary field of Leadership Studies. Historians are encouraged to attend. Workshops, panels, roundtable discussions, and keynote addresses will address such tipics as American presidential leadership, women's leadership, African American leadership, ethical failures of leadership, leadership education, and multicultural dimensions of leadership. For details contact the ILA at (301) 405-7920; <ila@academy.umd.edu>; <http://www.academy.umd.edu/ila>.

The History of Science Society will hold its 2000 meeting in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, 2-5 November 2000. The HSS convention will be held in conjunction with the biennial meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. Program chairs, Thomas H. Broman, Lynn K. Nyhart, and John Harley Warner are assembling a memorable program. Contact: <http://depts.washington.edu/hssexec/>.