Announcements


		Activities of Members Harriet Hyman Alonso, Fitchburg State College, has been awarded the Bryant Spann Memorial Prize by the Eugene V. Debs Foundation for her article, "Nobel Peace Laureates, Jane Addams and Emily Greene Balch: Two Women of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom." Beverly Bastian, University of California-Santa Barbara, received a Huntington fellowship based upon her proposed research the "Examination of the Adjudication of California's Mexican Land Grants." Suzanne Borghei, California State University-Long Beach, received a Huntington fellowship for her project on "Internationalist and Intercultural Interests in Los Angeles, 1900-1950." Stephanie Cassidy, University of California-San Diego, is studying was awarded a Huntington fellowship for her proposed research project "The Rise of the Art Students League of New York, 1875-1930." Vincent DiGirolamo has received the first J.N.G. Finley Post-Doctoral Fellowship in American history at George Mason University. He recently completed his dissertation, "Crying the News: Children, Street Work, and the American Press, 1830s-1920s," at Princeton University. Sam Elworthy, Rutgers University, received a Huntington Fellowship for his project "The Social Sciences in American Culture, 1870-1920." John Hope Franklin, OAH Past President, Duke University, gave the feature address at the conference "Capitalism and Slavery Fifty Years Later: Eric Williams and the Post Colonial Caribbean" in Trinidad on 26 September, 1996. Lawrence Glickman, University of South Carolina, was awarded the Prize from the Society for the History of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (SHGAPE) for the best article on the period 1865-1917 at the 1996 Annual OAH meeting. Greg Hise, University of Southern California, has been awarded a Huntington fellowship for his proposed research "Industrial districts in Los Angeles." Daniel Johnson, University of California- Los Angeles, received a Huntington fellowship for his project "Examination of Los Angeles politics during the Progressive Era." Mary Kelley, Dartmouth College, has been designated the Times-Mirror Distinguished Fellow for her proposed research "Women's intellectual lives in nineteenth-century America." Laurie Maffly-Kipp, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, has been commissioned to write and essay for its "Missionary Impulse in North American History" project. Her topic is the effect of African-American missionary service on the development of African-American Christianity in the U.S. Kevin Leonard, Antioch College, has been awarded a position as a NEH Senior Fellow for his research "The impact of the Cold War on race relations in Los Angeles." Michael Magliari, California State University, received a Huntington fellowship based on his proposed research project "Chico Indian slavery in the free state of California, 1850-1863." Timothy Mahoney, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been awarded a Huntington fellowship for his research "Middle class experience in the Midwest during the Gilded Age, 1865-1900." Phillip Morgan, Florida State University, received a Huntington fellowship and will be studying "The world of an Anglo-Jamaican in the eighteenth century." Carla Pestana, Ohio State University, has been designated a NEH Senior Fellow for her proposed project "Anglo-America during the English Revolution, 1640-1661." Marguerite Shaffer, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, has been awarded a Huntington fellowship for her proposed research "Relationship between tourism, American landscape, and national identity during the first half of the twentieth century." Dr. Carol Sheriff, College of William and Mary, received the 1996 Archives Week Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the State Archives. Hilda Smith, Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati, has been awarded a Huntington fellowship for her study "An intellectual biography of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle." John David Smith, North Carolina State University, has been awarded the Myers Center Award for the Study of Human Rights in North America for 1995 for his 11-volume work, Anti-Black Thought, 1863-1925. Allison Sneider, University of California-Los Angeles, received a Huntington fellowship for her project "Suffrage and the construction of national citizenship, 1876-1904." Terri Snyder, California State University-Fullerton, received the Barbara M. Thom Post-Doctoral Fellowship for her proposed topic "Gender, law and society in Virginia, 1660-1730." Suzanne Thurman has been awarded the 1996 Jane Dempsey Douglass Prize by the American Society of Church History for her article, " Dearly Loved Mother Eunice': Gender, Motherhood, and Shaker Spirituality." The article will appear in a future issue of Church History. Charles Wetherell, University of California-Riverside, received a Huntington fellowship for his proposed research "The local business of citrus in Southern California." Robert Zieger, University of Florida, received the 1996 Philip Taft Prize in Labor History for his book titled The CIO: 1935-1955. Awards, Grants, and Fellowships Applications from students for Robert E. Yount/Merrill C. Windsor Memorial Awards, to assist in attending the 31st Annual Military Conference May 7-11, 1997, in and around Buffalo, N.Y., are invited with a final postmark deadline of February 20, 1997. Any full-time student , from grade school to post-graduate, is eligible to apply. Students interested should write a short (one typewritten page or two in long-hand) statement on why they want to attend the conference and forward it to CAMP, P.O. Box 1151, Ft. Myer, VA 22211. The Library Company of Philadelphia each year offers a number of short-term fellowships for research in residence in its collections, which are capable of supporting scholarship in a variety of fields and disciplines relating to the history of North America, principally in the 18th and 19th centuries. The fellowship program supports both post-doctoral and dissertation research. The fellowships are tenable for one month at any time from June 1997 to May 1998. The stipend is $1400. The Deadline is February 1, 1997. To apply please send four copies each of c.v., a two- to four-page description of the proposed project, and a single letter of reference to: James Green, Assistant Librarian, Library Council of Philadelphia, 1314 Locust Street Philadelphia, PA 19107. (215) 546-3181, Fax (215) 546-5167, E-mail jg24@libertynet.org. 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-$1,000 are normally granted as reimbursement for travel and lodging. The Visiting Scholars Program is open to any applicant. The Center carefully evaluates each research proposal. Applications are accepted continuously; awards are made periodically throughout the year. For more information, please contact Archivist, Carl Albert Center, 630 Parrington Oval, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019; 405/325-5401; fax 405/325-6419. The Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, will make two Research Grants, named in honor of Vice Admiral Edwin B. Hooper, of up to $2,500 each to individuals undertaking research and writing in the field of U.S. naval history. Applicants should have either the Ph.D. or equivalent credentials, and they must be U.S. citizens. The Center will also award the Rear Admiral John D. Hayes Fellowship of $8,000 to a pre-doctoral candidate who is undertaking research and writing on a dissertation in the field of U.S. naval history. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and must have completed all requirement for the Ph.D. except the dissertation by June 30, 1997. Deadline for applications for both awards is February 28, 1997. In addition, the Center welcomes internship applications from undergraduates who wish to spend up to four weeks engaged in applied history projects in the Washington Navy Yard. Limited funds are available to support living expenses. Applications should be submitted at least two months before the desired beginning date of the internship. Application forms for all opportunities may be obtained by writing: Senior Historian, Naval Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard, 901 M Street SE, Washington, DC 20374-5060. The Society of American Archivists (SAA) invites nominations for its 1997 Philip M. Hamer-Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Award. This award recognizes an archivist, editor, group of individuals, or institution that has increases public awareness of a specific body of documents through compilation, transcription, exhibition, or public presentation of archives, or manuscript materials for educational, instructional, or other public purpose. Requests for additional information and/or a nomination form should be addressed to: Society of American Archivists, 600 S. Federal, Suite 504, Chicago, IL 60605; 312/922-0140; fax 312/347-1452; e-mail info@archivists.org. Nominations must be postmarked by February 28, 1997. The Society of American Archivists (SAA) invites nominations for its 1997 Minority Student Award. This award recognized and acknowledges minority undergraduate and graduate students who through scholastic and personal achievement manifest an interest in becoming professional archivists and active members of SAA. Requests for additional information and/or a nomination form should be addressed to: Society of American Archivists, 600 S. Federal, Suite 504, Chicago, IL 60605; 312/922-0140; fax 312/347-1452; e-mail info@archivists.org. Nominations must be postmarked by February 28, 1997. The Society of American Archivists (SAA) invites nominations for its 1997 Theodore Calvin Pease Award. This award recognizes superior writing achievements by students of archival administration. To be eligible, manuscripts must have been written by students enrolled in archival administration classes or engaged in formal archival internship programs. Requests for further information and/or a nomination for should be addressed to: Society of American Archivists, 600 S. Federal, Suite 504, Chicago, IL 60605; 312/922-0140; fax 312/347-1452; e-mail info@ archivists.org. Nominations must be postmarked by February 28, 1997. The Society of American Archivists (SAA) is accepting nominations for its 1997 Waldo Gifford Leland Prize. This award encourages and rewards writing of superior excellence and usefulness in the field of archival history, theory, or practice. Monographs, finding aids, and documentary publications published in 1996 in North America are eligible. For more information and/or a nomination form please write to: Society of American Archivists, 600 S. Federal, Suite 504, Chicago, IL 60605; 312/922-0140; fax 312/347-1452; e-mail info@ archivists.org. Nominations must be postmarked by February 28, 1997. The eighteenth annual Bryant Spann Memorial Prize, for $1,000, will be awarded by the Eugene V. Debs Foundation in 1997 for the best article published on social protest and reform. For further details write to the Bryant Spann Memorial Prize Committee, c/o The Department of History, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809. Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. The Western Association of Women Historians will award the 1997 Graduate Student Fellowship at its annual meeting to a WAWH member who is a graduate student in history writing a dissertation at the time of application and plans to receive their Ph.D. no earlier than December 1997. For further information and application materials, please contact: Dr. Lois Huneycutt, Department of History, 114A Read Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia MO 65211.Deadline for application is March 1, 1997. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) is accepting applications from individuals for its Fellowship in Archival Administration, which provides advanced administrative training in archives. The host institution will be the Thomas Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs. For the 1997-98 fellowship year, the stipend for the archival fellow is $35,000, with up to $7,000 in fringe benefits. The fellowship is for a nine-to twelve-month period beginning between August and October 1997. The Commission is also accepting applications for its Editing Fellowship, which provides training in historical documentary editing. The host project will be The Frederick Douglass Papers project in Morgantown, West Virginia. The stipend is $33,000 with up to $8,250 in fringe benefits. The fellowship is for an eleven-month period beginning between August and October 1997. Applicants should hold a Ph. D. Or have completed all requirements for the doctorate except the dissertation. Application deadline is March 1, 1997. Fellowship application forms and a more complete description of the program should be requested from the NHPRC, National Archives Building (Archives I), Room 607, Washington, DC 20408; 202/501-5610; fax 202/501-5601; e-mail nhprc@arch1.nara.gov. To encourage research in North Carolina's historical and cultural resources, the North Caroliniana Society offers on a competitive basis Archie K. Davis Fellowships to assist scholars in gaining access to collections documenting the state's past. Stipends vary. The deadline for proposals is March 1, 1997. For further information contact: Dr. H.G. Jones, North Caroliniana Society, UNC Campus Box 3930, Chapel Hill, NC 17514-8890. The Athenaeum of Philadelphia announces the availability of research fellowships and summer internships in early American architecture and building technology prior to 1860 to be used during the period June 1, 1997-May 31, 1998. Senior Fellows must be persons who hold a terminal degree and possess a distinguished record of accomplishment. Applications should be submitted in the form of a single-page letter setting forth a brief statement of the project, with attached budget, schedule for completion, and professional resume. Two letters of reference should be requested by the applicant and submitted directly to the committee. Summer internships for periods of two to four months are awarded to graduate students enrolled full-time in an architecture or historic preservation program and carry a stipend of $1,250 per month. Applicants for a summer internship should outline their project and explain why access to the research facilities of the Philadelphia region is required. The applicant should also submit a resume of academic and related work experience, A letter of reference is required from the student's principal professor. Applications will be accepted between January 1, 1997, and March 1, 1997, and should be addressed to the Chairman, Peterson Fellowship committee, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, East Washington Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-3754. Researchers on national politics, government, or related topics, especially in the 1970s, can apply for travel grants for up to $2,000 to use the Gerald R. Ford Library collections. Deadlines are March 15 and September 15 of each year. For collections advice and grant information, contact Geir Gunderson, Grants Coordinator, Gerald R. Ford Library, 1000 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; (313) 741-2218; fax (313) 741-2341; library@fordlib.nara.gov. The Oral History Association invites applications for three awards to be presented in 1997 that will recognize outstanding work in the field. Awards will be given for a published book that uses oral history to advance an important historical interpretation or addresses significant theoretical or methodological issues; for a nonprint format production, including film, video, radio, programming, exhibition, or dramatic production, that makes significant use of oral history to interpret a historical subject; and to a precollegiate teacher who has made outstanding use of oral history in the classroom. In all cases, awards will be given for work published or completed between January 1, 1995 and March 30, 1997. Awards are honorific and will be announced at the Association's annual meeting, to be held September 25-28, 1997, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Association welcomes entries and nominations from all who practice oral history, including academic scholars, educators, public history institutions and practitioners, independent and freelance professionals, libraries and archives, community-based groups and individuals, and others. For guidelines and submission information, write Rebecca Sharpless, Executive Secretary, Oral History Association, Baylor University, PO Box 97234, Waco, TX 76798-7234; email OHA_Support@Baylor.edu. Deadline for receipt of all nomination materials is April 1, 1997. The American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming is offering $500 travel grants to be used by scholars utilizing the American Heritage Center's collections during 1997. For further information and an application, contact the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming, PO Box 3924, Laramie, WY 82071; (307) 766-3756; fax (307) 766-5511; e-mail ahcref@uwyo.edu. Application deadline is April 15, 1997. The University of Minnesota will award two or three Clarke Chambers Travel Fellowships for research in the Social Welfare History Archives or the YMCA Archives, with preference given to dissertation writers. For information, contact David Klaassen, Social Welfare HistoryArchives, 101 Walter Library, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455; telephone: 612/624-4377; Fax: 612/625-5525; e-mail: d-klaa@tc.umn.edu. The application deadline is April 15. The Institute of United States Studies-University of London is accepting applications for its 1997-98 John Adams Fellowships. Applications are especially invited from scholars of established reputation, although less senior scholars are eligible if they will have held a doctorate or equivalent qualification at least two years prior to the beginning of the fellowship. The fellowships are non-stipendary and are intended for scholars on sabbatical or release-time leaves to provide an opportunity for a research visit to the Institute. Further information is available from The Programme Officer, e-mail abrooke@sas.ac.uk. Application deadline is April 25, 1997. Applications should include a summary of no more than two typed pages, current curriculum vitae, and the names and addresses of three referees. Send to: Director, Institute of United States Studies, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU; 0170/636-8000 ext. 5100; fax 0171/580-7352. The Urban History Association is conducting its eighth annual round of prize competitions for scholarly distinction. Awards will be given for: best doctoral dissertation in urban history, without geographic restriction, completed during 1996; best book, North American urban history published during 1996 (edited volumes ineligible); best book, non-North American urban history, published during 1995 or 1996 (edited volumes ineligible); best journal article in urban history, without geographic restriction, published during 1996. Deadline for submissions is June 15,1996. For further information contact: Dr. John C. Schneider, Director of Foundation Relations, Tufts University, 108 Bromfield St., Medford, MA 02155. Send submissions to: The Urban History Association, c/o Lake Forest College, Department of History, 555 N. Sheridan Rd., Lake Forest, IL 60045-2399; (847) 735-5135; fax (847) 735-6291; e-mail ebner@lfc.edu. The North East Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) offers an annual prize of $200 for the best book on any culture studies or popular culture topic by an author who lives and/or works in the North East region. A publisher may nominate one book published in 1996 by the June 30, 1997 deadline. The NEPCA Book Award will be presented to the winner at the annual conference in Boston on November 1, 1997. Contact Peter Holloran, Northeastern University, Department of History, Boston, MA 02115; e-mail pch@world.std.com. 1998-99 Fulbright Awards for U.S. Faculty and Professionals. Opportunities for lecturing or advanced research in over 135 countries are available to college and university faculty and professionals outside academe. U.S. citizenship and the PH.D. or comparable professional qualifications are required. For lecturing awards, university or college teaching experience is expected. Foreign language skills are needed for some countries, but most lecturing assignments are in English. The deadline for lecturing or research grants for 1998-99 is August 1, 1997. Other deadlines are in place for special programs: distinguished Fulbright chairs in Western Europe and Canada (May 1) and Fulbright seminars for international education and academic administrators (November 1). Contact the USIA Fulbright Senior Scholar Program, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, 3007 Tilden Street, NW, Suite 5M, Box GNEWS, Washington, DC 20008-3009; (202) 686-7877; www.cies.org; cies1@ciesnet.cies.org (requests for mailing of application materials only). The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation jointly sponsor two $5,000 fellowships in the History of American Obstetrics and Gynecology each year. ACOG members and other qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. The recipients of the fellowships spend one month in the Washington DC area working full-time to complete their specific historical research project. Contact: The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Mrs. Dusan Rishworth, History Librarian/Archivist, 409 Twelfth St. SW, Washington, DC 20024-2588; (202) 863-2578 or (202) 863-2518; fax (202) 484-1595; email srishwor@acog.com. Application deadline is September 1, 1997. Calls for Papers The International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences will hold its twenty-ninth annual meeting June 19-22, 1997 at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. Program submissions (symposia, papers, and posters) which deal with any aspect of the history of the behavioral and social sciences or with related historiographical or methodological issues, must be postmarked by February 1, 1997. Travel awards are available to assist students who present papers or posters. For further information, contact John Carson, Cheiron Program Chair, Department of Science & Technology Studies, 632 Clark Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-2501. Phone: 607-255-6048. Fax: 607-255-6044. E-mail: jcs15@cornell.edu. Announcing a multidisciplinary conference on holidays, rituals, festivals, celebrations, and public displays, sponsored by the Bowling Green Center for Popular Culture Studies and the Department of Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403. The conference will be held on May 29-31, 1997, at Bowling Green State University. Areas might include both emergent events as well as long-standing traditions, such as contemporary holiday celebrations in industrialized states; ritual, festival, and public display for special occasions; celebrations as modes of conflict as well as solidarity; the uses of tradition in consumerist societies; issues of commodification, hybridity, polysemy, and so on. Proposals for individualized papers and panels as well as film/video presentations are welcomed. Proposals should show original research and/or new theoretical perspectives and familiarity with existing scholarship. Deadline for proposals is February 15, 1997. Contact: Jack Santino for further information at this address, or by phone at (419) 372-2983, Fax at (419) 372-2577, E-mail at jsantin@bgnet.bgsu.edu. The program committee for the 1997 Northern Great Plains History Conference requests proposals for papers and sessions on all areas of history. A brief summary of prospective papers, with participant names, addresses and telephone numbers, and a short paragraph on each presenter, chair, and commentator will be welcomed. Please send a one-page summary of the proposed paper and a brief vitae by March 31, 1997 to the program chair: Janet Daley Lysengen, editor, State Historical Society of North Dakota, 612 East Boulevard, Bismarck, ND 58505; 701/328-2799; fax 701/328-3710; e-mail jlysenge@ranch.state.nd.us. Cornell University will be hosting a conference titled "Reviewing the Woman's Era' A Conference on the Literary and cultural Work of Turn-of-the-Century African American Women," from September 26-28, 1997 to commemorate the founding of the National Association of Colored Women in July 1896. Conference organizers seek papers on a variety of topics on turn-of-the-century African American women. Final papers 8-10 pages in length and abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted by March 1, 1997. Address all submissions and inquiries to: "Woman's Era" conference, Professor Lois Lamphere Brown, Department of English, 342 Rockefeller Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853; 607/255-3501; fax 607/255-6803. The National Security Agency will sponsor and host the seventh Symposium on Cryptologic History, October 29-30, 1997, at NSA, Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland. The conference will focus on recently declassified materials from World War II and the VENONA releases. The Center for Cryptologic History welcomes papers and panels relating to any aspect of cryptologic history based on research into declassified materials. To propose either a complete session or individual paper submit: a one page abstract for each paper; a one page statement of session purpose for a panel; and a brief vita for each presenter. Send to: Dr. David A. Hatch, Chief, Center for Cryptologic History (S542), National Security Agency, 9800 savage Road, STE 6886, Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755-6886; 301/688-2336; fax 301/688-2342. Deadline is April 1, 1997. The Plains Indian Museum of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming will host its Plains Indian Seminar on September 19-21, 1997. The theme of the conference is "Plains Indian Art: A Place in the Universe." Presentations will focus on the artistic expressions of Plains Indian people in relation to their past and present environments. Submit a 450-word abstract or completed paper along with an abbreviated r‚sum‚ by April 7, 1997. Contact Lillian Turner, Public Programs Coordinator, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 720 Sheridan Avenue, Cody, WY 82414; (307) 578-4028. The Marquette University Archives will be holding a conference titled "Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker" to honor the centenary of Dorothy Day's birth from October 9-12, 1997 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Proposals are welcomed for papers and roundtable discussions related to the life and thought of Dorothy Day, Peter Maurin, and other members of the Catholic Worker Movement, and the impact and influence of the movement from the 1930s to the present. Deadline for proposals is May 1, 1997. Please direct submissions and inquiries to Phillip M. Runkel, Marquette University Archives, P.O. Box 3141, Milwaukee, WI 53201-3141; fax 414/288-3123; e-mail runkelp@vms.csd.mu.edu. For a special issue of the journal Reader, the guest editors invite manuscripts about the relationship between readers and popular culture or making connections between the theory and practice of using reader-based methods for popular culture study. Articles might apply reader-response, ethnographic, and other reader-centered theories to the consumption/use of popular culture; propose new, reader-based methods for studying various forms of popular culture; explore connections between reader-response approaches and other theories used for the study of popular culture; discuss curricula/pedagogy in which reader-based theories are used to facilitate the study of popular culture; explore ways in which using reader-based theories to study popular culture can provide information about the contexts in which popular culture is produced/consumed; explore ways of overcoming the difficulties of studying reader response, such as the problems of studying audiences who no longer exist or that haven't left written records. Inquiries should be directed to Linda Adler-Kassner kassn001@maroon.tc.umn.edu and Sherry Linkon sjlinkon@cc.ysu.edu, guest editors. Manuscripts are due May 1, 1997 and should be mailed to Linda Adler-Kassner, General College, University of Minnesota, 128 Pleasant Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455. The American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA) invites paper entries, panel proposals and abstracts of work in progress on any facet of media history, including electronic media and film, advertising and public relations. Research papers and panels submitted to the convention should not have been submitted to or accepted by another convention or publication. Research entries should be completed papers no longer than 25 typewritten double-spaced pages, including references. Four copies of each paper should be submitted as well as a stamped, self-addressed postcard for notification of receipt. Each paper should include a cover sheet indicating the paper's title, the author's name and address, and the author's institutional affiliation as well as the author's position at that institution, and four single-spaced abstracts. Only the title should appear on the paper and the abstract; the author's name should appear only on the cover page. Panel proposals should include a brief description of the topic, the names of the moderator and participants, and a brief summary of each participant's presentation. Research in progress should be submitted in abstract form (no more than 350 words, two copies) and should focus on significant research under way. Deadline for all submissions is May 1, 1997. Send research papers to: Prof. Patrick S. Washburn, School of Journalism, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701. Send panel proposals to: Prof. Tracy Gottlieb, Department of communication, Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J. 07079. Send research in Progress to: Prof. Eugenia Palmegiano, History Department St. Peter's College, Jersey City, N.J. 07306. A special issue of Film and History is now being planned on the topic of "Television as Historian." Submissions that are interdisciplinary in approach, and address the relationship between television/video and history are welcome. Relevant interviews, videographies, and bibliographies will also be considered. Submit three copies of the manuscript and a self-addressed stamped envelope (if you want your manuscripts returned) to Dr. Gray Edgerton, Communication and Theatre Arts Department, Old Dominion University,Norfolk, VA 23529-0087. For additional information, write at the above address or contact Dr. Edgerton at (804) 683-3831 (phone), (804) 683-3241 (fax), or e-mail him at gre100f@oduvm.cc.odu,edu. The deadline for submission of essays to this special issue is June 1, 1997. The International Federation for Research in Women's announces a conference on the theme "Women and Human Rights, Social Justice and Citizenship: International Historical Perspectives," to be held in Melbourne, Australia from June 30- to July 2, 1998. Proposals are invited for presentations on historical understandings, across time and place, of the experiences of women as they relate to issues of human rights, social justice, and citizenship. Proposals could be either in the form of individual papers or panels. Panels should consist of two or three presenters and a chair/commentator. Roundtable should consist of three to five speakers. Proposals should include the paper title, a short vitae, and an abstract. Proposals can be sent to Professor Patricia Grimshaw, History Department, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia. Deadline for submissions is June 30, 1997. The North East Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) will be holding its 20th annual conference in Boston on October 31-November 1, 1997. Proposed papers or panels on any culture studies or pop culture topics may be submitted (abstract and brief cv) by July 1, 1997 to the program chair. Urban history topics are especially solicited. Contact Professor Amos St. Germain, wentworth Institute of Technology, Humanities Division, 550 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115; e-mail stgermaina@wit.edu. The Journal of Policy History is issuing a call for papers to be presented at a policy history conference commemorating the completion of our tenth year of publication, to be held October 15-18, 1998 in St. Louis, Missouri. Proposals are due not later than October 15, 1997 and complete panels are encouraged. For more information contact: Policy Conference, Journal of Policy History, Saint Louis University, 221 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108. The twenty-second annual meeting of the Society for Utopian Studies will be held in Memphis, Tennessee October 16-19, 1997. Those wishing to organize a panel or present a paper, please contact Professor Sargent, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63121-4499; 314/516-5521; fax 314/516-5268; e-mail sltsarg@umslvma.umsl.edu. The History of Education Society, U. S. A. will hold its annual meeting in Philadelphia October 23-26, 1997. Scholars are invited to submit proposals for individual papers or for entire sessions. For details, contact John Rury, School of New Learning, DePaul University, Chicago IL 60604; (312) 362-8615; Meetings and Conferences CONFERENCE DATE CHANGED: The dates of the conference entitled One People, Many Stories: Comparing Mennonite Experiences in the United States and Canada through the Twentieth Century have been changed. The conference will still be held at Columbia Bible Conference, Abbotsford, British Columbia. Contact Perry Bush, History Department, Bluffton College, 280 W. College Ave, Bluffton OH 45817; (419) 358-3278; bushp@bluffton.edu. The Center for Maine History will present a three-part exhibition on the history of Maine Native American carving and basket making. Providing an overview of the exhibitions is "Growth Rings: 200 Years of Basketry, Carving, and Wabanaki Enterprise." This exhibit examines how Maine's Native American peoples have made and marketed their arts from 1790 to the present. "Tree and Tradition: Brown Ash and Maine Native American Basketmaking" explains the importance of the brown ash tree to basket makers and how this threatened resource is used to create baskets. "Spirits in the Wood: Penobscot and Passamaquoddy Root Clubs" will present the evolution of these little-known artifacts from weapons to objects of great beauty. The exhibits begin November 20, 1996 and run through April 26, 1997 at the Maine History Gallery, 489 Congress St., Portland, Maine. Admission is $2 adults, $1 children under 12; MHS members free. The Women's Studies Program and the Graduate Program in Public History at Arizona state University and the National Park Service announce the Second National Women in Historic Preservation Conference to be hold in Mesa, Arizona March 13016, 1997. For registration materials, please contact: Eve carr and Claudine Barnes, Women's Studies Program, P.O. Box 871801, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1801; e-mail ecarr@asu.edu or charnes@asu.edu. Early registration is due by February 17, 1997. The fee will be $100 plus the additional costs of meals, hotel accommodations, and ticketed events. Registration after February 17, 1997 will be $130 plus the above mentioned additional costs. Graduate student registration will be $25 for the weekend plus additional costs. The National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College Teachers on "Social Historians Write Biography" will be held from June 8-August 1, 1997. The seminar will focus on issues involved in writing, reading, and teaching social history through biography. The program serves those whose primary duties lie in undergraduate teaching, but independent scholars and scholars employed by museums, libraries, historical societies, and comparable institutions are also eligible and encouraged to apply. Application deadline: March 1, 1997. For information contact Beth Rillema at the Dr. William M. Scholl Center for Family and Community History, The Newberry Library, 60 West Walton St., Chicago, Il 60610; email rillemab@newberry.org. The Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University will host a conference, "World War II and Ethnic America," on Sunday and Monday, March 9-10, 1997. The conference will bring together more than twenty scholars to discuss myriad topics, including German, Japanese, and Italian prisoners-of-war. The event is free and open to the public. For further information, please contact the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, 7 East 12th Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10003; 212/998-8980. The Skirball Department of Hewbrew and Judaic Studies at New York University will host a conference, "World War II and Ethnic America," on Subday and Monday, March 9-10, 1997. The conference will bring together more than twenty scholars to discuss myriad topics, including German, Japanese, and Italian prisoners-of-war. The event, free and open to the public, will take place at New York University, 7 east 12th Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10003; 212/998-8980. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the Cold War the Society for History in the Federal Government and the National Archives Assembly will be conducting a symposium on April 3-4, 1997 at the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Maryland. A major theme of the symposium will be the passage of the National Security Act and the establishment of federal agencies at that time. The New England Historical Association (NEHA) holds its spring conference in Boston on April 26 at Northeastern University. Contact the program chair, Professor James Leamon, Bates College, Department of History, Lewiston, Maine 04340; jleamon@abacus.bates.edu. The Abraham Lincoln Museum is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a symposium entitled "Lincoln and His Contemporaries" from April 10-12, 1997. The symposium will feature over twenty Lincoln scholars and is part of the centennial celebration of Lincoln Memorial University. The registration fee for all sessions, banquet, and luncheon is $75. For more information contact: The Abraham Lincoln Museum; P.O. Box 2006, Harrogate, TN 37752; telephone 423/869-6235; e-mail lmuseum@centuryinter.net. On April 4 and 5, 1997, the Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington, Delaware will sponsor a conference, "The Future of Business History." For the full program and other information contact the center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society, Hagley Museum and Library, P.O. Box 3630, Wilmington, DE 19807; 302/658-2400; e-mail crl@udel.edu. The Department of Historical Studies, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Graduate School of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (SIUE) will hold a conference on African Americans in Illinois History: Community Building and Resistance in the Land of Lincoln on April 16-18, 1997 at SIUE. Topics include migration and housing patterns of African Americans, the ante bellem Black experience of both freepersons and slaves; community building; Black institutions such as orphanages; and African American literary figures, such as Richard Wright and Hoyt W. Fuller. Contact Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua or Shirley J. Portwood, Department of Historical Studies, Box 1454, College of Arts and Sciences, SIUE, Edwardsville, Illinois 62026; (618) 692-2724; sportwo@siue.edu; fax (618) 692-3509. "Evolution and Perspectives of the Study of Garden History" is the topic of the next Dumbarton Oaks Studies in Landscape Architecture symposium, to be held on May 16-17, 1997. The symposium will primarily be a retrospective analysis of the development of garden and landscape history. Registration information will be available in March, and can be obtained from: Studies in Landscape Architecture, Dumbarton Oaks, 1713 32nd St. NW, Washington, DC 20007; (202) 339-6460. On June 25-27, 1997 the National Park Service, Organization of American Historians and New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance will sponsor a conference titled Interpreting Edison. The conference will examine the interpretation of Edison's life and work in academic scholarship, at museums and historic sites, and in the classroom. Highlights of the conference include a virtual tour of Edison's reconstructed Menlo Park laboratory at the Henry Ford Museum, a demonstration of the Library of Congress motion picture webpage, and a Victorian picnic lunch on the grounds of Edison's estate, Glenmont. The conference, which is open to the public, will be held on the campus of Rutgers University-Newark and at Edison National Historic Site in West Orange, New Jersey. Registration is $30. For more information about the conference or registration details, please contact: Leonard DeGraaf, Edison National Historic Site, West Orange, NJ 07052, (201) 736-0550, ext. 22; e-mail EDIS_Curatorial@nps.gov. The first annual Museum and Library Archives Institute, sponsored by the Emily Williston Memorial Library & Museum, the Massachusetts Board of Library commissioners, and the New England Museum Association, will be held at the Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, Massachusetts, on June 20-21, 1997. This institution is directed toward those who have responsibility for museum and library records and special collection, but limited experience in archival methods and procedures. This year's curriculum includes such topics as appraising and scheduling, arrangement and description, architectural records, reference and access, copyright, automation, photographs, and the organization of special collection.