Ruth Alexander, Colorado State University, received a Schlesinger Library Honorary Visiting Scholars Award for her work "Circling the Globe: American Women's Quest to Define U.S. Internationalism, 1900-1965."

Ned C. Blackhawk, Univ. of Washington, received a 1998 Ford Foundation Fellowship.

Martha Hodes, New York University, was awarded a six-month Scholars-in-Residence Fellowship at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for her study, "Place and Race, Borders and Identities: Black and White Migrations in the Civil War Era."

Kristie Lindenmeyer, Middle Tennessee State University, published "A Right to Childhood": The U.S. Children's Bureau and Child Welfare, 1912-46.

Rafael Medoff, SUNY-Purchase, was elected to the Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society, and appointed to the editorial board of Southern Jewish History, published by the Southern Jewish Historical Society.

Kristine McCusker, Indiana University, published "Dear Radio Friend: Listener Mail and the National Barn Dance, 1931-1941" in American Studies this summer. A second article, "Erasing the Color Line: Interracial Communities in Lawrence, Kansas, 1945-1948," will soon appear in The Historian.

Kenneth P. Minkema published "The Other Side of the Revival: The Possession of Martha Robeson, Boston, 1741," in Spellbound: Women and Witchcraft in America.

Pablo Mitchell, University of Michigan, was awarded a dissertation fellowship from the Social Science Research Council for his work on "Coyote Nation: Sexuality, Race, and Conquest in Modernizing New Mexico, 1880-1920."

John R. Nordell, Jr. of Kingston, Pennsylvania, recently created a website, http://www.indochinawar.com, to publicize his book, The Undetected Enemy: French and American Miscalculations at Dien Bien Phu, 1953.

Lorena Oropeza, Univ. of California, Davis, received a 1998 Ford Foundation Fellowship.

Nell Irvin Painter, Princeton University, gave the 37th Annual Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture "Honest Abe and Uncle Tom" in November at Gettysburg College.

Kathy Peiss, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, published Hope in a Jar: The Making of America's Beauty Culture.

Jerald E. Podair, Lawrence University, was awarded the 1998 Allan Nevins Prize by the Society of American Historians for his doctoral dissertation, "Like Strangers: Blacks, Whites, and New York City's Ocean Hill-Brownsville Crisis, 1945-1980."

Susan Porter, Independent scholar, received a Schlesinger Library Affiliates Award for her work on "Gendered Benevolence: Orphan Asylums in Antebellum America."

Heather Munro Prescott, Central Connecticut State University, received a Schlesinger Library Honorary Visiting Scholars Award for her work on "Student Bodies: A History of College and University Health."

Stephen G. Rabe completed his manuscript on John Kennedy's foreign policy toward Latin America, which will be published in early 1999. He was appointed to the Board of Editors for the 2nd edition of Guide to American Foreign Relations.

David Reimers, New York University, provided commentary on Bhagat Singh Thind for Coming From India, a one-hour radio documentary broadcast in December.

Paul T. Ringenbach retired from the United States Automobile Association.

Timothy J. Shannon, Gettysburg College, received the 1998 Dixon Ryan Fox Prize awarded by the New York State Historical Association for his book manuscript, "The Crossroads of Empire: Indians, Colonists, and the Albany Congress of 1754."

Charles Shindo, Louisiana State University, was awarded the 1998 Caroline Bancroft History Prize for his book, Dust Bowl Migrants in The American Imagination.

Neil Larry Shumsky, Virginia Tech, edited the newly published Encyclopedia of Urban America: The Cities and Suburbs.

Bruce M. Stave, University of Connecticut, continued his work as editor of the Oral History Review and Associate Editor of the Journal of Urban History. In March, he presented a public lecture, "Oral History: Preserving the Unrecorded Past," at the American Center in Nicosia, Cyprus.

Steven Stowe, Indiana University, presented a paper, "Health on the Plantation: Fear, Care, and the Limits of Domestic Advice," in October at the Philadelphia conference "Every Man His Own Doctor," sponsored by the Library Company of Philadelphia and the College of Physicians.

Martin Anthony Summers, New Jersey Institute of Technology, received a 1998 Ford Foundation Fellowship.

Karl Valois, University of Connecticut, edited the recently published The Cuban Missile Crisis: A World in Peril.

Hans P. Vought, University of Connecticut, has received a fellowship from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library to conduct research on his dissertation.

Larry Wagenaar, assistant professor at Hope College and director of the Joint Archives of Holland, concluded his second and final term as president of the Historical Society of Michigan in September 1998.

Robert B. Westbrook, University of Rochester, published In the Face of the Facts: Moral Inquiry in American Scholarship with Richard Fox, Boston University.

John Hoyt Williams narrated the film The First Texan with Sander Vanocur on The History Channel's Movies In Time.

Lawrence Wittner, State University of New York at Albany, has received a grant from the Nonprofit Sector Research Fund of the Aspen Institute to fund research on volume III of his trilogy, The Struggle Against the Bomb.

Walter Woodward received three fellowships in 1997-98: W.M. Keck Foundation and Robert L. Middlekauff Fellow, the Huntington Library; Charles H. Watts Felow, the John Carter Brown Library; and Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellow, American Antiquarian Society.

Mary and Ronald Zboray, Independent scholar/Georgia State University, received a Schlesinger Library Honorary Visiting Scholars Award for their work on "The Experience of Reading in Antebellum New England."

Awards, Grants, and Fellowships

The American Philosophical Society Library offers short-term Mellon Resident Research Fellowships to U.S. citizens and foreign nationals who reside beyond a 75-mile radius of Philadelphia, and who hold a Ph.D., its equivalent, are A.B.D., or are independent scholars. Stipend is $1,900/month for one to three months from June 1, 1999, to May 31, 2000. There is no application form. Submit: (1) cover sheet with name, title of project, expected period of residence, institutional affiliation, mail and e-mail addresses, telephone, and social security number; (2) a description (up to 3 single-spaced pages) of the project and how it relates to existing scholarship, the specific relevance of the Society's collections to the project, and expected results of the research (such as publications); (3) c.v. or résumé; and (4) one letter of reference (doctoral candidates must use their dissertation advisor). Deadline is March 1, 1999. Contact: Mellon Fellowships, American Philosophical Society Library, 105 South Fifth St., Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386; (215) 440-3400; www.amphilsoc.org

The Athenæum of Philadelphia offers research fellowships and summer internships in early American architecture and building technology prior to 1860. Fellowship applicants must hold a terminal degree; grants are up to $5,000. Preference is given to Delaware Valley topics. Internships last two to four months with a stipend of $1,250/month. The intern works half the time in the department of architecture; the other half, on research. Deadline is March 1, 1999. Send applications to Chairman, Peterson Fellowship Committee, The Athenæum of Philadelphia, East Washington Square, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3794; www.libertynet.org/~athena.

The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies will offer residential research fellowships for Summer 1999 to scholars interested in using the institute's library, a leading research library dedicated to the history of American ethnic life and immigration. Recipients receive a $500 per month stipend, plus free accommodations in the Balch Fellows Residence, a comfortable townhouse near the institute. Application deadline March 15, 1999. Contact: Fellowship Program/Library, The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, 18 South Seventh Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106; (215) 925-8090; www.libertynet.org/balch

The Center for the Study of New England History, the research division of the Massachusetts Historical Society, will offer approximately eighteen short-term research fellowships in 1999. Each grant will provide a stipend of $1,500 for four weeks of research at the Society sometime between July 1, 1999, and June 30, 2000. Deadline is March 1, 1999. Contact: Len Travers, Assistant Director, Center for the Study of New England History, Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215; (617) 536-1608; csneh@masshist.org.

The Division of Research and Education Programs of the National Endowment for the Humanities offers teachers opportunities to study humanities topics in a variety of Summer Seminars and Institutes. All teachers selected to participate will be awarded a stipend between $2,350 and $3,700. Full-time teachers in American K-12 schools, whether public, private, or church-affiliated, are eligible to apply. Americans teaching abroad, librarians, and school administrators may also be eligible. Deadline is March 1, 1999. Application requests must be made directly to individual seminar and institute directors. For a listing, contact (202) 606-8463 or sem-inst@neh.gov.

The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography at the Newberry Library invites applications for its 1999-2000 Short-term History of Cartography Fellowships, which are open to applicants holding a Ph.D. or equivalent for work related to the history of cartography. They are restricted to work-in-residence and are available for periods of two weeks to two months. A stipend of $800/month accompanies the fellowship. Deadline is March 1, 1999. Contact: Committee on Awards, The Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610-3380; www.newberry.org.

The History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication announces the 15th annual competition for the Covert Award in Mass Communication History. A prize of $500 will be awarded for the best essay or article in communication history published in 1998. Book chapters in edited collections also may be nominated. Nominations, including one copy of the entry, should be sent by March 1, 1999. Contact: Karen K. List, Department of Journalism, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003; klist@journ.umass.edu.

The James Madison Fellowship Foundation awards James Madison Fellowships to in-service secondary school teachers of American history, American government, and social studies in grades 7-12 and to graduating or graduated collegians who wish to become secondary school teachers of the same subjects. The awards of up to $24,000 cover tuition, fees, books, room, and board associated with study leading to masters degrees in American history, political science, or education with concentrations in the framing, principles, and history of the U.S. Constitution. Stipends cover five years of part-time study by teachers or two years of full-time study by recent baccalaureates. Deadline is March 1, 1999. Contact: James Madison Fellowship Program, P.O. Box 4030, Iowa City, IA 52243-4030; (800) 525-6928; fax (319) 337-1204; Recogprog@act.org; www.jamesmadison.com.

The National Endowment for the Humanities offers a variety of Summer Seminars and Institutes for College and University Teachers. Stipends range from $2,800 to $3,700. Deadline is March 1, 1999. Application requests must be made directly to individual seminar and institute directors. For a listing, contact (202) 606-8463 or sem-inst@neh.gov; or see www.neh.gov.

The Stonewall Jackson Foundation and Washington and Lee University announce the 1999 Edmund Snyder fellowship for graduate student summer work-study in American History, American Studies, Museum Studies, or Material Culture at Stonewall Jackson House, Lexington, Virginia. Candidates must have completed two semesters of course work toward an M.A. or Ph.D. Stipend is $3,600. Deadline is March 1, 1999. Contact: Director, Stonewall Jackson House, 8 East Washington Street, Lexington, VA 24450; (540) 463-2552.

The North Carolinian Society offers the Archie K. Davis Fellowships to provide travel assistance to scholars researching and writing on North Carolina history and culture. Deadline is March 1, 1999. Contact: North Carolinian Society, Attention: Dr. H. G. Jones, UNC Campus Box 3930, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890; fax (919) 962-4452.

The Visiting Scholars Program of Radcliffe College offers office space and access to facilities of Radcliffe College and Harvard University each year to six to eight scholars who wish to investigate some aspect of women and social change or the study of lives over time. The program does not include a stipend. Deadline is March 1, 1999. Contact: 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; (617) 495-8140; mrc@radcliffe.edu; www.radcliffe.edu/murray.

The Indiana Historical Society is offering two $6,000 graduate fellowships for the 1999-2000 academic year to doctoral candidates whose dissertations are in the field of the History of Indiana, or of the History of Indiana as a part of regions with which it has been associated (such as the Old Northwest and Midwest). To be eligible students must be A.B.D. Deadline is March 12, 1999. Awards will be announced on May 21, 1999. Contact: Education Division, Indiana Historical Society, 315 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202; (317) 233-5659; mbierlein@statelib.lib.in.us; www.indianahistory.org.

The Early American Industries Association announces a $6,000 Grant-in-Aid Program for individuals or institutions engaged in research for projects associated with early American industries in homes, shops, farms, or on the sea. The number and amount of each grant is to be given at the discretion of the committee, with no one award exceeding $2,000. These grants do not serve as tuition, scholarship, or internship funds. Deadline is March 15, 1999. Contact: Justine J. Mataleno, Coordinator, 1324 Shallcross Avenue, Wilmington, DE 19806; (302) 652-7297.

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, and the University of Wisconsin provide fifteen to eighteen internships at the 28th annual Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents, June 21-26, 1999, in Madison, Wisconsin. The Institute provides detailed theoretical and practical instruction in documentary editing and publication. Internships cover tuition and single accommodations. Deadline is March 15, 1999. Contact: NHPRC, National Archives and Records Administration. Washington, DC 20408; (202) 501-5610; nhprc@arch1.nara.gov.

The Western Association of Women Historians (WAWH) will award the 1998 Sierra Book Prize ($250) for the best monograph in the field of history published by a WAWH member. Eligibility is limited to two groups: those residing in California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Alaska, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Montana, Texas, or Oklahoma; and members residing in other states who have paid membership for three years (not necessarily consecutive years). The prize is open to all fields of history. The book must be a monograph based on original research (not an anthology or edited work). The book must be published in the year of the award (in this case, 1998). Books previously issued as hardback and reissued as paper cannot be submitted. Books cannot be submitted more than once. The Sierra Book Prize is granted at the annual WAWH conference. Applicants for the award must be members of the WAWH at the time of submission. All applicants need to have been members for two years. The deadline for submission is March 31, 1999. Membership information may be obtained from the Secretary, Janet Farrell Brodie, Department of History, 710 North College Avenue, Claremont, CA. 91711, (909) 621-8172, e-mail: Janet.Brodie@cgu.edu. Please send a letter of intent and three copies of the book to: Dr. Alexandra M. Nickliss, City College of San Francisco, Department of Social Science, 50 Phelan Avenue, San Francisco, CA. 94112. (415) 239-3282, e-mail: anicklis@ccsf.cc.ca.us.

The DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Museum of Medical Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) offers John J. Pisano Travel Grants to support travel costs to Bethesda, Maryland, for the purpose of historical research relating to the NIH intramural programs. One or two grants each year will be made at the level of $1,500 for United States residents and $2,000 for recipients who reside outside the United States. The deadline is 5:00 p.m. EST, March 31, 1999. Contact: John J. Pisano Travel Grants, Building 31, Room 2B09, MSC 2092, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-2092; www.nih.gov/od/museum/grants/.

The Denver Public Library is accepting entries for the 1999 Caroline Bancroft History Prize. The prize is a minimum of $1,000 to the author of a published book, copyrighted in 1998. Deadline is March 31, 1999. Contact: Eleanor M. Gehres, Manager, Western History/Geneology Department, Denver Public Library, 10 West Fourteenth Avenue Parkway, Denver, CO 80204-2731; (303) 640-6285.

The Oral History Association invites applications for three awards to be presented in 1999 that will recognize outstanding work in the field. Awards will be given for a book that uses oral history to advance an important historical interpretation or addresses significant theoretical or methodological issues; for a completed nonprint media project that addresses a significant historical subject or theme and exemplifies excellence in oral history methodology; and to a precollegiate educator who has made outstanding use of oral history in the classroom. In all cases, awards will be given for work published or completed between April 1, 1997, and March 30, 1999. Deadline is April 1, 1999. Contact: Oral History Association, Baylor University, P.O. Box 97234, Waco, TX 76798-7234; OHA_Support@Baylor; www.baylor.edu/~OHA/.

The Henry A. Murray Research Center at Radcliffe College announces the availability of grants for doctoral dissertations in several topic areas. The Jeanne Humphrey Block Dissertation Award Program offers a grant of $2,500 to a female doctoral student. Proposals should focus on sex and gender differences or some developmental issue of particular concern to girls or women. The Henry A. Murray Dissertation Award Program offers grants of $2,500 to doctoral students. Projects should focus on some aspect of "the study of lives," concentrating on issues in human development or personality. The Observational Studies Dissertation Award Program offers grants up to $2,500 to doctoral students. Projects must use data from the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation's Observational Studies. The deadline is April 1, 1999.

The Shaker Museum and Library will award the Helen Merritt and Charles William Upton Prize in Shaker Studies of $500 to an unpublished scholarly essay dealing with some aspect of the history or contemporary situation of the United Society of Believers. Manuscripts should be 50 pages or less, double-spaced. Deadline is April 1, 1999. Contact: Director, The Shaker Museum and Library, 88 Shaker Museum Road, Old Chatham, NY 12136.

The Southern Association for Women Historians will award the following two $750 prizes: (1) The Julia Cherry Spruill Publication Prize for the best published book in southern women's history. (2) The Willie Lee Rose Publication Prize for the best book in southern history authored by a woman (or women). For BOTH prizes: Authors, publishers, and third parties may submit entries. Anthologies, edited works, and all other types of historical publications are eligible. Works must have been published in 1998. Deadline is April 1, 1999. Send four copies of each entry. Under separate cover, send a list of each entry so receipt of all volumes can be verified. Clearly mark all entries either "Spruill Prize Entry" or 'Rose Prize Entry." Send to: Michele Gillespie, Southern Association for Women Historians, Department of History, Agnes Scott College, 141 E. College Avenue, Decatur, GA 30030-3797.

The University of London's Institute of United States Studies offers three or four fellowships annually to scholars with a doctorate or equivalent qualification at least two years prior to the beginning of the fellowship. Deadline for application is May 1, 1999. Contact: Professor Gary L. McDowell, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU; cmoutell@sas.ac.uk.

The Southern Association for Women Historians will award the A. Elizabeth Taylor Prize of $100 for the best article on southern women's history published in either a journal or an anthology during 1998. Deadline is June 1, 1999. Send nominations or three copies of the article to: Michele Gillespie, Department of History, Agnes Scott College, 141 E. College Avenue, Decatur, GA 30030-3797.

The Urban History Association offers the following 1999 prizes for scholarly distinction in urban history: (1) Best doctoral dissertation, (2) Best book (North American urban history), (3) Best book (non-North American), (4) Best journal article. Deadline is June 15, 1999. For information only (send no submissions), contact: Patricia Evridge Hill, Department of Social Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192-0121.

The University Press of Kentucky will offer a prize of $1,000 and publication for the best original book manuscript on material culture. The deadline for submissions is July 1, 1999. Contact: Allison Webster, Acquisitions Editor, University Press of Kentucky, 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, KY 40508-4008; (606) 257-8438; abwebs0@pop.uky.edu.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Corporation are sponsoring two $2,000 ACOG/Ortho-McNeil Fellowships in the History of American Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recipients spend one month in the Washington, DC area researching full-time at the ACOG History Library and other area libraries to complete their specific historical research project. The results must be disseminated through either publication or presentation at a professional meeting. The deadline is September 1, 1999. Contact: Susan Rishworth, History Librarian/Archivist, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 409 Twelfth Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024; (202) 863-2578 or (202) 863-2518; fax (202) 484-1595; srishwor@acog.org.

The College of Charleston's Program in the Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World announces the competition for the Hines Prize awarded to the best first book relating to any aspect of the history and life of the Carolina Lowcountry or any area of the broader Atlantic World. The prize carries a cash award of $1,000 and publication in the Program's Series in the Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World with the University of South Carolina Press. The deadline for submission is September 1, 1999. Contact: Professors Brana-Shute and Sparks, Associate Directors, Program in the Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World, c/o History Department, College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424; (843) 953-5711; fax (843) 953-6349; branashuter@cofc.edu, sparksr@cofc.edu.

Yale University's Program in Agrarian Studies will be offering four to six postdoctoral fellowships tenurable from September 2000-May 2001. The Program is designed to maximize the intellectual links between Western and non-Western studies, contemporary work and historical work, the social sciences and the humanities in the context of research on rural life and society. Fellowships include a stipend of $30,000 per academic year. The deadline for receipt of the first stage of applications is January 1, 2000. Contact: James C. Scott, Program in Agrarian Studies, Yale University, Box 208300, New Haven, CT 06520-8300; fax (203) 432-5036; www.yale.edu/agrarianstudies.

The Indiana Historical Society announces four grant and fellowship programs. The Clio Grant for researching and preparing books and articles in the field of Indiana History. Funding is available up to $15,000. The Director's Grant aids individuals in gaining access to sources related to Indiana and its environs, and has a $1,500 limit. The Indiana Heritage Research Grants make available $2,500 in matching funds to an Indiana nonprofit organization. The Graduate Fellowships in History are $6,000 fellowships awarded to two students who are at the dissertation level in graduate work. The fellowships are awarded annually in May. Contact: Indiana Historical Society, Education Division, 315 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN 24202; www.indianahistory.org; (317) 233-5659; mbierlein@statelib.lib.in.us.

The Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center at the University of Oklahoma seeks applicants for its Visiting Scholars Program, which provides awards from $500-$1,000 to researchers working at the Center's archives. Anyone may apply, however preference is given to postdoctoral researchers. No deadline. Applications are accepted at anytime. 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; www.ou.edu/special/albertctr/archives/.

The Department of History at the United States Military Academy at West Point will host the 1999 West Point Summer Seminar in Military History from 31 May 1999 until 26 June 1999. Application is open primarily to all faculty, but graduate students who have completed all of the requirements for their Ph.D. except for the dissertation will be considered. This one-month Seminar offers travel, lodging, meals and a $1500 honorarium to thirty selected fellows who will become qualified to teach a course in military history similar in quality to the military history course taught at West Point. Participants attend fifteen three-hour morning sessions with USMA civilian and military faculty addressing the major issues of key periods of military history. These seminars will be followed by three-hour afternoon seminars hosted by an extensive series of guest speakers. 1999 Fellows will also spend one week visiting selected American Revolutionary and American Civil War battlefields and military museums. For applications and further information, please contact the 1999 West Point Summer Seminar in Military History website at www.dean.usma.edu/history/USMA/fellowship.htm

Calls for Papers

The Society for Industrial Archeology (SIA) invites proposals for papers for its 28th annual conference in Savannah, Georgia, on June 3-6, 1999. Presentations on southern maritime archeology and Ante-bellum/New South industrialization are encouraged. Proposals may include individual papers (20 mins), organized panel discussions (90 mins), reports on works in progress (10 mins), or symposia of related papers. An abstract of up to 250 words is required. Include title, participants, c.v., postal and e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and audio-visual requirements. If a symposia, submit all abstracts together. Deadline is February 15, 1999. Submit four copies of each proposal to Jack R. Bergstresser, SIA Program Committee, Department of Anthropology, 338 Ullman Bldg., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 95294; (205) 934-4690; fax (205) 934-9896; drblast@email.msn.com.

The Michigan State University American Studies Program invites paper proposals from graduate students and faculty for its conference "Twentieth Century Matters: History, Memory, and American Culture" on November 11-13, 1999. Papers should cover such topics as history and memory; impact of gender, race, sexuality, and borderlands on how we view the past; traveling cultures; the transformation of American Studies; globalization of American culture, media and technology; panels on artistic and cultural expression. Deadline is March 1, 1999. Send one-page proposal and c.v. (per person) to: American Studies Conference Committee, Peter Levine, Director, American Studies Program, Michigan State University, 318 Linton Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824; amstudys@pilot.msu.edu. For more information, contact: (517) 353-9821 or see pilot.msu.edu/user/amstudys.

The Society for American City and Regional Planning History presents a pre-conference workshop on "Race, Class, and Gender in Planning History: A Workshop Held in Memory of Marsha Ritzdorf," on November 18, 1999, in Washington, DC. Participants are invited to submit proposals to speak for a maximum of 5 minutes on the title's topic. Deadline is March 1, 1999. Send six copies of a one-page abstract with a title and a one-page author vitae to: Mary Corbin Sies, Department of American Studies, Room 2125, Taliaferro Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; (301) 405-1361; fax (301) 314-9453; ms128@umail.umd.edu.

The Buffalo Bill Historical Center invites proposals for speakers and presentations for their annual Plains Indian Seminar in Cody, Wyoming, September 17-19, 1999. Topics should focus on the theme, "The Horse as Symbol in Plains Indian Cultures." Deadline is March 15, 1999. Contact: Lillian Turner, Public Programs Coordinator, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 720 Sheridan Avenue, Cody, WY 82414; (307) 578-4028; programs@wavecom.net.

St. Cloud State University, St. John's University, and the College of St. Benedict invite paper or session proposals in any area of history for their 34th Northern Great Plains History Conference in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on October 6-9, 1999. Deadline is March 31, 1999. Send one-page abstracts and c.v. to Edward J. Pluth, Department of History, St. Cloud State University, 720 4th Ave So., St. Cloud, MN 56301. For information, contact: epluth@stcloudstate.edu.

The College of Charleston's Program in the Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World will host an international conference October 14-16, 1999 on the emergence of the Atlantic economy in the late medieval and early modern periods. The conference hopefully will provide a forum for new micro studies and for broader examinations of the systematics of the emerging Atlantic economy as a whole. Deadline is April 1, 1999. Contact: Professor Peter Coclanis, Department of History, Hamilton Hall, CB#3195, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3195; (919) 962-9824; fax (919) 962-1403; coclanis@unc.edu.

The Hagley Museum and Library invites proposals for papers on the production, distribution, and use of food and drink within market economies since 1850 for a conference in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 12, 1999. Sidney Mintz, Johns Hopkins University, will deliver the keynote address. Proposals should include an abstract of no more than 500 words and a brief c.v. Deadline is April 1, 1999. Contact: Roger Horowitz, Associate Director, Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society, Hagley Museum and Library, PO Box 3630, Wilmington, DE 19807; fax (302) 655-3188; rh@udel.edu.

Grand Valley State University invites papers for the 24th annual Great Lakes History Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on September 24-25, 1999. The theme is "History and the Telling of It II." John Harley Warner, Yale University, will be the keynote speaker. Send an abstract of approximately 200 words with a short c.v. by April 20, 1999. Contact: Carolyn Shapiro-Shapin, Department of History, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401; (616) 895-3445; fax (616) 895-3285; ShapiroC@gvsu.edu.

The David Library of the American Revolution and the McNeil Center for Early American Studies invite proposals for a one-day symposium, "George Washington and the American Nation," to be held at the David Library, December 4, 1999. Papers may examine any aspect of Washington's life and/or legacy, from any disciplinary perspective. Emphasis will be placed on how Washington helped define American national identity. The symposium will also consider what place Washington and the other founders will be accorded in American society and history in the 21st century. Papers will be precirculated, and should be approximately 25 pages long. Submit a brief c.v. and two-page abstract. Deadline is May 1, 1999. Contact: Director, David Library, P.O. Box 748, Washington Crossing, PA 18977; dlar@libertynet.org.

Research papers and panel proposals are being sought for the 1999 annual convention of the American Journalism Historians Association in Portland, Oregon, on October 7-9, 1999. Papers and panels may deal with any facet of media history. Authors of accepted papers, as well as panel participants, must register for the convention and are required to be present in order to give their research. Deadline is May 1, 1999. Research papers should be sent to Patrick S. Washburn, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Athens, OH 45701-2979. Panel proposals should be sent to Ann Colbert, Journalism Program Coordinator, Indiana University-Purdue University, Neff Hall, Room 343, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499.

Southwest Missouri State University invites proposals for papers and sessions in all areas for the 21st Mid-American Conference on History in Springfield, Missouri, on September 16-18, 1999. Deadline is May 14, 1999. Contact: Tom Dicke, Conference Coordinator, Department of History, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65804; tomdicke@mail.smsu.edu.

West Virginia University, Department of Foreign Languages will host the 24th Colloquium on Literature and Film September 16-18, 1999. The topic for the colloquium will be "Language into Light: The Written Word Becomes Cinema." Send abstracts for individual papers or whole sessions by May 15, 1999. Contact: Armand E. Singer, Colloquium Director, Box 6298, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6298.

The Shenandoah Valley Regional Studies Seminar seeks papers on a wide variety of subjects related to the Shenandoah Valley and related regions. The seminar is multidisciplinary and intended for historians, anthropologists, geographers, and other social scientists as well as botanists, writers, students of literature, and independent scholars. The seminar meets at 3:30 PM the third Friday of every month during the academic year at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. Deadline is May 17, 1999. Contact: Joseph Whitehorne, Associate Professor of History, Lord Fairfax Community College, Box 47, Middletown, VA 22645 (540) 868-7000 E-mail: jwaw_emw@rma.edu; or J. Chris Arndt, Associate Professor of History, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 (540) 568-3993 E-mail: arndtjc@jmu.edu.

The Southern Association for Women Historians invites proposals for papers, panels, media presentations, and roundtables for the 5th Southern Conference on Women's History at the University of Richmond and the Library of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia, on June 15-17, 2000. Deadline is June 30, 1999. Send two copies of one- to two-page proposals and a brief c.v. for each participant to Cynthia A. Kierner, SAWH Program Committee Chair, Department of History, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223. For more information, see www.h-net.msu.edu/~sawh/.

Marquette University will host a conference on the history of children in 19th- and 20th-century American cities on May 5-6, 2000. Papers on the upper Midwest and Milwaukee are particularly welcome. Submit proposals for complete panels and single papers, as well as offers to comment, to Professor Thomas Jablonsky, Institute for Urban Life, Marquette University, P. O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI, 53201-1881. Proposals should be no more than one page in length and should be accompanied by brief vitae. Deadline is July 1, 1999. Queries should be directed to Professor Jablonsky at (414) 288-5300 or at jablonskyt@marquette.edu.

The Journal of Women's History is soliciting essays for a special issue on age as a category of analysis in women's history. We seek manuscripts on any part of the world in any historical period that deal with age cohorts of women (young women, middle-aged women, and old women), generational interactions, or women's life cycles. We particularly are interested in conceptualizing what it means to take age into account, along with gender, class, ethnicity, and sexuality, in analyzing women's lives. The issue will be guest edited by Birgitte Soland and will appear in early 2001. The deadline for submissions is August 1, 1999. Send four one-sided, double-spaced copies of your manuscript (no more than 10,000 words, including endnotes) to: Ages of Women Issue, Journal of Women's History, c/o Department of History, The Ohio State University, 230 West 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1367. For more details on submission policy, contact jwh@osu.edu or see the Notice to Contributors in any recent issue of the Journal of Women's History.

The Southern Historical Association will host its 66th Annual Meeting at the Galt House in Louisville, Kentucky, on November 8-11, 2000. The Program Committee invites proposals for single papers and entire sessions. Please send 5 copies of your 2-page paper proposal(s) and a 2-page c.v. for each participant to: Steven Stowe (Program Chair), Department of History, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, stowe@indiana.edu. Deadline is October 1, 1999.

Siena College is sponsoring its 15th annual international, multidisciplinary conference, "The 60th Anniversary of World War II," June 1-2, 2000. The focus will be 1940, though papers dealing with broad issues of earlier years are welcome. Send a brief (1-3 page) outline or abstract of the proposal and a recent c.v. Deadline is November 15, 1999. Contact: Professor Thomas O. Kelly II, Department of History, Siena College, 515 Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY 12211-1462; (518) 783-2512; fax (518) 786-5052; legendziewic@siena.edu.

Meridians, a new feminist interdisciplinary journal, seeks submissions for the premiere issues, to be published in 2000. The journal will feature discussions about the conditions of women's lives that are relevant and useful to more than a narrow audience, and may address academics, public intellectuals and activists. Contact: (413) 585-3390; fax (413) 585-3393; www.smith.edu/meridians; Meridians@Smith.edu.

Meetings and Conferences

The George Washington Birthday Committee and the Alexandria 250th Anniversary Commission will present "George Washington and Alexandria, Virginia: Ties That Bind" at The George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia, on February 20, 1999. The Keynote Speaker, Richard Brookhiser, senior editor of National Review, will speak on "Washington's Relevance to American Society Today." Contact: (703) 838-3814; recorded information (703) 838-9350.

The Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (SEASECS) announces its 25th Anniversary Conference to be held March 4-6, 1999, at the Radisson Hotel and the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. The theme is "Reunions, Celebrations, and Anniversaries." Contact: Peter Höyng, Department of Germanic Studies, or Elaine Breslaw, Department of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996; hoeyng@utk.edu or ebreslaw@utkux.utcc.utk.edu

The Indiana Association of Historians will hold its 19th annual meeting March 5-6, 1999 on the Butler University campus in Indianapolis, Indiana. The conference theme is, "New and Changing Currents in History."

The Oral History Workshop will be held in San Francisco, California, on March 5-7, 1999. Learn to conduct oral history interviews. Topics include project management, fund raising approaches, interviewing techniques, ethical issues, and editing procedures. The instructor is renowned oral historian Charles T. Morrissey. Contact: Gail Kurtz at (510) 525-7050, gdkurtz@flash.net; or Elizabeth Wright at (415) 928-3417, hipeaw@sirius.com

The Center for Graduate and Continuing Studies at Goucher College, the National Council for Preservation Education, and the National Park Service will host a national meeting on integrity in historic preservation and how it has been effective as an instrument of public policy since the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act. It will be held at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 11-13, 1999. Attendance is limited to 100. Contact: Center for Graduate and Continuing Studies, 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Baltimore, MD 21204-2794; (800) 697-4646; (410) 337-6200; fax (410) 337-6085; center@goucher.edu

The Society of Educators and Scholars will hold its 22nd Anrnual Conference on March 14-16, 1999, hosted by St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas. The theme is "Bridging Differences in a Culturally Diverse World: The Role of Education." Contact: Karen Sides-Gonzales, Conference Director, St. Philip's College, 1801 Martin Luther King Drive, San Antonio, TX 78203-2098; (210) 531-3355; fax (210) 531-3513; www.accd.edu/spc/it/ses.

The New England Historic Genealogical Society will host the NEHGS Research Program to Washington, DC, on March 25-April 1, 1999. Through this program, genealogists travel to Washington, DC, to do research at the National Archives, The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library, and the Library of Congress. NEHGS staff genealogists will be on-site to provide assistance. Registration is required. Contact: (888) 286-3447; (617) 536-5740 ext. 202; www.nehgs.org.

Cochise College in Sierra Vista, Arizona will hold an unconventional writers' conference from May 7-9, 1999. One hundred writers will hear three days of lectures and participate in tours to sites such as the border towns of Douglas, AZ and Agua Prieta, Mexico, Tombstone, and Council Rocks in the Dragoon Mountains where Cochise surrendered to General O.O. Howard. Lectures will be presented by local experts in the fields of borderland studies, Apaches, and the Earps. Robert Utley will be the guest speaker. Many freebies offered, including hot and cold breakfasts and happy hours. For more information, contact: H. Henrietta Stockel, PO Box 698, Hereford, AZ 85615. email: stockelh@theriver.com.

A conference exploring the theme of "Beauty and Business" will be held at the Hagley Museum and Library (located in Wilmington, Delaware) March 26-27, 1999. Kathy Peiss, author of Hope in a Jar: The Making of America's Beauty Culture, will deliver the keynote address. The conference will address the role played by business in the development and transformation of modern notions of beauty, and the ways in which changing conceptions of beauty have in turn influenced business practices. Conference is free but prior registration is required. Contact: Center for the History of Business, Technology and Society (302) 658-2400, ext. 243; fax (302) 655-3188; crl@udel.edu.

The National Social Science Association will hold its Spring national meeting April 11-13, 1999, in Las Vegas, Nevada. This national conference will feature papers, discussions, workshops, and symposia from all social science disciplines. For information, contact NSSA Las Vegas Meeting, 2020 Hills Lake Dr., El Cajun, CA 92020-1018; (619) 448-4709; fax (619) 258-7636; natsocsci@aol.com.

The American Society for Environmental History will hold its 10th Biennial Convention, "Environmental History Across Boundaries," at the Holiday Inn Center, (520) 624-8711, in Tucson, Arizona, April 14-18, 1999. Contact: Douglas R. Weiner, Dept. of History, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721; (520) 621-1586; dweiner@u.arizona.edu; http://w3.arizona.edu/~aseh99/.

The Feinstein Center for American Jewish History, Temple University, and the History Department and Jewish Studies Program at American University will host a conference "The History of American Jewish Political Conservatism" at American University in Washington, DC, on April 15-16, 1999. Contact: Murray Friedman, Feinstein Center, 117 S 17th St, Suite 1010, Philadelphia, PA 19103; isserman@astro.temple.edu. Or: Pamela Nadell, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016-8042; pnadell@american.edu

The National Park Service and the West Virginia Division of Culture and History are sponsoring the New River Symposium in Boone, North Carolina, on April 15-17, 1999. Contact: Reba Scott at (304) 465-6509.

The graduate students of the Science & Technology Studies Department at Cornell University will hold a conference, "Technology and Identity," to explore the boundaries of identity on April 16-18, 1999, in Ithaca, New York. Ken Gergen, Swarthmore College, will deliver the keynote address. Contact: Dan Plafcan, Abstract Coordinator, Science & Technology Studies, 726 University Ave., 2nd floor, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850; djp2@cornell.edu; www.sts.cornell.edu.

The Sherman Preservation League will hold a "Sherman Tour of Historic Homes" on April 17-18, 1999, in Sherman, Texas, to celebrate the recent restoration of the C.S. Roberts House, the Sherman Preservation League's house museum. Advance tickets are $7 ($8 on the days of the tour). Make checks payable to Sherman Preservation League. Send to SPL TOUR, P.O. Box 159, Sherman, TX 75091-0159.

The Florida Historical Society will hold its annual meeting, "Planters in Paradise: Florida's Plantation Economy," on April 29-May 1, 1999, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contact: The Florida Historical Society, 1320 Highland Avenue, Melbourne, FL 32935.

Historic Bartram's Garden is sponsoring "Bartram 300: A Gathering," a symposium on May 19-21, 1999 at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as well as the Bartram 300 Living History Festival on May 22-23, 1999 at Historic Bartram's Garden. The symposium is to explore John Bartram's life, while the festival will have 18th century re-enactors, craftspeople, performances, and children's events. Contact: Historic Bartram's Garden, 54th and Lindbergh Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19143; (215) 729-5281; bartram@libertynet.org; www.libertynet.org/~bartram.

The Costume Society of America, will hold its annual symposium in Sante Fe, New Mexico, on May 22-25, 1999. The theme is "Global Expressions: Costumes, Customs, and Culture." Contact: The Costume Society of America, 55 Edgewater Drive, P.O. Box 73, Earleville, MD 21919; (800) CSA-9447; (410) 275-1619; fax (410) 275-8936; www.costumesocietyamerica.com.

The French Colonial Historical Society will hold its annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana June 2-5, 1999. Contact: Philip Boucher at 2716 Barcody Road, Huntsville, AL 35801.

The 14th annual Siena College multidisciplinary symposium, "World War II: The 60th Anniversary," will be held June 3-4, 1999. The focus will be 1939; papers on Fascism, and Naziism; the war in Asia; Spain; literature; art; film; diplomatic, political, and military history; preparedness; popular culture; and women's and Jewish studies dealing with the era. Contact: Professor Thomas O. Kelly II, Siena College, 515 Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY 12211-1462; (518) 783-2512; fax (518) 786-5052; legendziewic@siena.edu.

The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture will hold its 5th annual conference June 11-13, 1999, at the University of Texas at Austin. The conference will provide a forum for the study of early America including all aspects of the lives of North America's indigenous and immigrant people during the colonial, Revolutionary and early national periods of the U.S. and the related histories of Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, the British Isles, Europe and Africa from the 16th century to approximately 1815. Contact: Professor John J. McCusker, Program Chair, 5th Annual OIEAHC Conference, Trinity University, Department of History, 715 Stadium Drive, San Antonio, TX 78212-7200; (210) 736-7625; fax (210) 736-8334; jmccuske@trinity.edu; www.utexas.edu/academic/oieahc

Boston University's Program in American and New England Studies, the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, the American Antiquarian Society, and Historic Deerfield will host The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 18-20, 1999. The 24th annual topic in the Seminar series is "Textiles in New England II: Four Centuries of Material Life." Contact: Peter Benes, Director, The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife, Boston University Scholarly Publications, 985 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215; (978) 369-7382; fax (978) 371-5875; dublsem@bu.edu.

The National Archives announces its 20th annual teacher institute for college credit June 23-July 2, 1999. The institute's theme is "Primarily Teaching: Original Documents and Classroom Strategies." It is designed to help upper elementary, secondary and college teachers use the resources of the National Archives in the classroom. Graduate credit from a major university will be available. The cost of the institute, including all materials, is $100. Contact: Education Staff, 18N, National Archives, Washington, DC 20408; (202) 501-6172; (202) 501-6729; www.nara.gov/education; education@arch1.nara.gov.

The University of Virginia presents "Rethinking United States History: 1880-1999," June 25-29, 1999. Topics include ethnicity, class, economics, foreign policy, popular culture, gender, race, and religion. Contact: Marilyn Roselius, (804) 982-5276; mjm6h@virginia.edu.

The Education Department of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will hold its 5th annual Arthur and Rochelle Belfer National Conference for Educators July 11-13, 1999. Middle and high school educators with five or fewer years teaching the Holocaust are invited to apply to attend this conference. Applications will be available in mid-January. The application deadline is March 11, 1999. Contact: Sylvia Kay, Conference Coordinator, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, DC 20024-2150; (202) 488-2639; fax (202) 488-2696; skay@ushmm.org.

The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP) will hold its 7th annual conference in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 14-17, 1999. Keynote addresses will be delivered by Nicolas Kanellos, University of Houston, and Jan Radway, Duke University. Contact: Maureen Hady, Conference Coordinator for SHARP 1999, Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America, 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706-6598.

The Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR) will hold its annual conference in Lexington, KY, on July 15-18, 1999. Contact: the SHEAR office at (765) 494-4135; jer@sla.purdue.edu.

The University of Virginia presents "The United States and World Regions in Conflict," July 30-August 3, 1999. Faculty and participants will discuss three major world regions whose current political and economics situations have high potential for global impact in the 21st century: The Middle East; the former Soviet Union and the Balkans; and Central Africa. Contact: Marilyn Roselius, (804) 982-5276; mjm6h@virginia.edu.

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library and Lilly Endowment Inc. will hold the Winterthur Conference on "The Visual Culture of American Religions" in Winterthur, Delaware, on October 22-23, 1999. Topics range from the public display of religion to the use of sacred spaces. Contact: Sandra Soule, Education, Public Programs and Visitor Service Division, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Winterthur, DE 19735; (800) 448-3883; (302) 888-4600; TTY (302) 888-4907; www.winterthur.org.

Miscellaneous

The Lincoln Museum presents "Abraham Lincoln and the American Experiment" through December 2000. Eleven galleries, eighteen interactive exhibits and four theatres tell the story of the nation's 16th president. The museum also will show "Lincoln from Life: As the Artists and Sculptors Saw Him" April 15-October 17, 1999. The exhibition will reveal how Lincoln pioneered the use of the arts to enhance his public image.

The 2nd annual Museum and Library Archives Institute, will be held at the Monson & Wilbraham Academy, Wilbraham, Massachusetts, June 25-26, 1999. For information, contact: Theresa Rini Percy, Director, Monson Free Library, 2 High St, Monson, MA; (413) 267-3866; fax (413) 267-5496; Tpercy@cwmars.org.

The History Channel, a division of A&E, recently awarded the American Association for State and Local History a two-year grant totaling $20,000 in support of the Association's revision of its Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada, the Fifteenth Edition. The publication was last revised in 1990 and contained nearly 13,000 listings.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services recently announced that the American Association for State and Local History has been awarded $50,000 for its application to the Professional Services Program, an awards program for national, regional, state, or local museum organizations to help their members provide better services to the public.

The Council on Library and Information Resources has received a 1998 National Leadership Award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. In partnership with the Chicago Historical Society, the council will hold a conference on the critical issue of selecting materials from library and museum collections for digital conversion. The invitational conference will be held at the Chicago Historical Society in October, 1999.