Wayne Bodle, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, has received a fellowship to study in the Library of the New-York Historical Society by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History for his study of, "The Sibling Cohort on the American Family Frontier, 1740-1835."
Gabor S. Boritt, Civil War Institute, Gettysburg, has received a fellowship to study in the Gilder Lehrman Collection at the Pierpont Morgan Library by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History for his study of, "Storm of Battle, Storm of Heaven: Gettysburg."
Amy Bridges, received the best book award in North American Urban History published in 1997 from the Urban History Association for her book entitled, Morning Glories: Municipal Reform in the Southwest. She is a professor of political science and adjunct professor of history at the University of California at San Diego.
Robert John Cook, University of Sheffield, England, has received a fellowship to study in the Gilder Lehrman Collection at the Pierpont Morgan Library by the Gilder Lehrman Institute ofAmerican History for his study of, "Divided America: The Pursuit of National Identity in the Era of the Civil War, 1848-1877."
John Davis, Smith College, has received a fellowship to study in the Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Collection by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History for his study of, "Urban Landscape in New York City at the Turn of the Century."
James B. Gardner, who is a consultant working with History Associates Incorporated and LaPaglia & Associates, just edited a book with Peter LaPaglia entitled, Public History: Essays from the Field. The twenty-five essays that comprise this volume provide an introduction to both the varieties of work in which public historians are engaged and the common purposes they share. The book is published by Krieger Publishing Company.
William B. Hart, Assistant Professor of History at Middlebury College, is a Visiting Fellow for 1998-99 at the Center for the Study of American Religion at Princeton, where he also holds a Ford Post-Doctoral Fellowship for Minority Scholars, in support of his project, "Knowledge, Identity, and Religious Change Among the Enslaved in Eighteenth-Century New York City."
Graham R. Hodges, Colgate University, has received a fellowship to study in the Library of the New-York Historical Society Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History for his study of, "New York City Before the American Revolution."
Phyllis Komarek de Luna, Independent Scholar, published Public versus Private Power during the Truman Administration: A Study of Fair Deal Liberalism.
William Courtland Johnson, Claremont McKenna College , has received a fellowship to study in the Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Collection by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History for his study of, "Black Response to the American Colonization Society."
Loretta Sullivan Lobes, Executive Director of the National History Education Network, is the first winner of the Gabriel G. Rudney Award, an annual dissertation prize given by the Association for Research on nonprofit Organization and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). Her Ph. D. dissertation discussed the importance of women’s contributions to the reorganization of social services from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century.
Mark McGarvie has accepted a three-year research and teaching fellowship beginning in August. He will be the Hodgson Russ Fellow at the Baldy Center for Law and Interdisciplinary Studies and an instructor of legal writing and legal history at the SUNY-Buffalo School of Law. The Center employs researchers in law and the humanities and is affiliated with the Buffalo Law School.
Page Putnam Miller, Director of the National Coordinating Committee for the Promotion of History (NCC), was awarded the Franklin Delano Roosevelt award of the Society for History in the Federal Government (SHFG) at its annual meeting. The award is given to an individual for outstanding accomplishments on behalf of Federal history over a number of years.
Kevin Phillips has written a new book entitled, The Cousins’s Wars: Religion, Politics and the Triumph of Anglo-America, which was published in N.Y. by Basic Books in January 1999. His book can be bought through <http://amazon.com> or any local bookstore.
Julie Leininger Pycior, Manhatten College, was awarded the T. R. Fehrenback prize by the Texas Historical Commission for her book, LBJ and Mexican Americans: The Paradox of Power. Also, she has been awarded a summer grant from the Louisville Institute for her current project, "Radical Pilgrims: A Comparative Biography of Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton."?
Karin A. Shapiro, Independent Scholar, has recently published A New South Rebellion: The Battle Against Convict Labor in the Tennessee Coalfields (UNC Press, 1998).
Mary Corbin Sies received the best article award in recognition Urban History published during 1997 from the Urban History Association for her article entitled " ‘Paradise Retained’ An Analysis of Planned, exclusive Suburbs," Sies is associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland at College Park.
Mark Tebeau received the best doctoral Dissertation in Urban History completed during 1997 awarded by the Urban History Association for "Eating Smoke: Masculinity, Technology, and the Politics of Urbanization, 1850-1950." Tebeau is visiting assistant professor of history at Carnegie Mellon University.
Judith L. Van Buskirk, State University of New York at Cortland, has received a fellowship to study in the Library of the New-York Historical Society by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History for his study of, "Generous Enemies: Civility and Conflict in Revolutionary New York."
David Waldstreicher, Yale University, has received a fellowship to study in the Library of the New-York Historical Society by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History for his study of, "Benjamin Franklin's America: Slavery, Servitude and the Self-Made Man."
Joan Waugh, UCLA, has received a fellowship to study in the Library of the New-York Historical Society by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History for her study of, "The Union is His Monument: The Memory of Ulysses S. Grant."
Patricia West, Martin Van Buren and State University of New York at Albany published Domesticating History: The Political Origins of the House Museum Movement.
Awards, Grants, and Fellowships
The Institute of United States Studies is offering the John Adams Fellowships, 1999-2000, a three month to one year fellowship at the University of London. Applicants should explain in their cover letter why they wish to be affiliated with the Institute of United States Studies. Applications should be addressed to the Director, Professor Gary L. McDowell, by May 1, 1999 and should include (1) a summary no more than two typed pages of research and (2) a c.v. Please ask three referees to send their references direct to the Institute. For additional information send e-mail to <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 Forum for the History of Human Science (an interest group affiliated with the History of Science Society) is pleased to announce a nonmonetary prize competition for best recent article on some aspect of the history of the human sciences. The winner will be announced at the annual History of Science Society meeting and in relevant newsletters. Entries are encouraged from authors in any discipline, as long as the work is related to the history of the human sciences, broadly construed. To be eligible, the article must have been published in the last three years. Send three copies of the nominated article to the Forum’s Corresponding Secretary: David A. Valone, Quinnipiac College, Box 77, 275 Mt. Carmel Ave., Hamden, CT 06518. Deadline is June 1, 1999.
The New England Historical Association offers an annual award for the best book by a New England scholar on any historical topic, time or place. Books published in 1998 may be nominated by the publisher. Deadline is June 1, 1999, for the award ($200) presented to the author at the October 1999 NEHA conference. Contact: Peter Holloran, NEHA Secretary, 41 Kinnaean Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; <pch@world.std.com>
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 Presbyterian Historical Society is offering four awards: (1) The Francis Makemie Award for an outstanding contribution to American Presbyterian or Reformed History ($500); (2) The Woodrow Wilson Award for the best published scholarly article on a topic in the subject ($100); (3) The Robert Lee Stowe Award for the best published historical study of an American Presbyterian or Reformed congregation ($250); and (4) The Patricia Ann Burrus Spaulding Award for the best published scholarly historical article pertaining to an American Presbyterian of Reformed woman or women ($200). Titles for consideration must have a publication date of 1997, 1998, or 1999. Four copies of each submission should be sent to Publications and Awards Committee, Presbyterian Historical Society, P.O. Box 849, 318 Georgia Terrace, Montreat, NC 28757; (828) 669-7061. Deadline is July 1, 1999.
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 Montana Historical Society announces the 1999 competition for the Merrill G. Burlingame-K. Ross Toole Award. The award will be given to the best article-length manuscript written by an undergraduate or graduate student on a Montana or western history topic. The award includes a plaque, cash award, and possible publication in Montana The Magazine of Western History. Students must be sponsored by a faculty member from their university. The award will be based on the readability and style of presentation, use of research materials, overall conception, and contribution to the history of Montana and the West. Deadline is July 16, 1999. Applicants should send manuscripts with a cover letter and faculty letter of sponsorship to: Burligame-Tool Award, Montana the Magazine of Western History, Montana Historical Society, P. O. Box 201201, 225 North Roberts Street, Helena, Montana 59620-1201.
The Fulbright Scholar Program has opportunities for lecturing or advanced research in nearly 130 countries are available to college and university faculty and professionals outside academes. U. S. citizenship and the Ph. D. or comparable professional qualifications are required. Deadline for award is August 1, 1999 for lecturing and research grants in academic year 2000-2001. Contact: USIA Fulbright Scholar Program, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, 3007 Tilden Street, NW, Suite 5L, Box GNEWS, Washington, DC 20008-3009; (202) 686-7877; <apprequest@cies.iie.org> (requests for application materials only); <www.cies.org>.
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. Deadline 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>.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American Study is offering Fellowships in American Civilization, grants that support research in three New York City historical archives. Candidates should submit: a cover sheet with name, address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address, institutional affiliation and rank, title of project, duration of fellowship desired, lists of letters of recommendation, and the primary collection in which the candidate wishes to work; a c. v.; a two to three page proposal for the candidate's research project, and a schedule and proposed budget during the fellowship. Apply no later than November 15, 1999 to Fellowship Program, The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, 52 Vanderbilt Ave., New York, NY 10017, (212) 972-2510.
The Rockefeller Archive Center, a division of The Rockefeller University, invites applications for its program of Grants for Travel and Research at the Rockefeller Archive Center for the year 2000. The competitive program make grants up to $2,500 to U. S. and Canadian Researchers and up to $3,000 to researchers from other countries in any discipline, usually graduate students or post-doctoral scholars, who are engaged in research that requires use of the collections at the Center. The deadline for all grant applications is November 30, 1999; grant recipients will be announced in March, 2000. Inquiries about the programs and requests for applications should be addressed to: Darwin H. Stapleton, Director, Rockefeller Archive Center, 15 Dayton Avenue, Pocantico Hilles, Sleepy Hollow, New York 10591-1598, USA, (914) 631- 4505, fax (914) 631-6017, <archive@ rockvax.rockefeller.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 in which 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; (317) 233-5659; <mbierlein@statelib.lib.in.us>; <http://www.indianahistory.org>.
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>; <http://www.ou.edu/special/albertctr/archives/>.
Calls for Papers
The McNeil Center for Early American Studies is sponsoring a conference on September 24-25, 1999 entitled, "Speaking in Signs: Cultures of Communication in the Early Modern Americas." The conference seeks to bring together graduate students interested in the general theme of communication in the Early Americas. Proposals for individual papers or entire sessions (2 or 3 papers) must by postmarked by May 1, 1999 and should include a 1-page prospectus for each paper and a brief c.v. for all participants. Successful applicants will receive a stipend proportionate to the distance of travel. Submit proposals via e-mail to <mceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu>, with a confirmatory copy mailed to: McNeil Center for Early American Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 3440 Market Street, Suite 540, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3225; (215) 898-9251; fax (215) 898-9252; <http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/mceas>.
Southwest Missouri State University invites proposals for papers and sessions in all areas for the twenty-first 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 twenty-fourth 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 Society for American Baseball Research Negro Leagues Committee and the John Henry Pop Lloyd Committee of Atlantic City invite presentations and papers for a national conference in Atlantic City, NJ on August 19-22, 1999. Conference organizers seek papers and presentations focused on some aspect of the Black baseball story. Submit proposals by June 1, 1999 to Dr. Lawrence Hogan, Union County College, Cranford, NJ 07016; <hogan@hawk.ucc.edu> or to Sammy Miller, 3916 Archer Court, Florence, KY 41402; <poplloyd@juno.com>.
William Pencak, the first historian elected President of the Semiotic Society of America, is organizing the annual meeting to take place in Pittsburg PA at the Ramada Suites Downtown from October 28-31. Deadline is June 1, 1999. Contact Bill Penack, Dept. of History, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA 16802 <wapl@psu.edu>.
The organizers of Restoration and Renovation invite proposals for a conference on restoration, renovation, and rehabilitation, as well as historically inspired new construction in Boston, Massachusetts on February 27-29, 1999. Restoration and Renovation is the largest commercial trade exhibition and conference for the preservation, maintenance and re-creation of traditional buildings, period design and craft. Send proposals by June 1, 1999 to Conference Manager, EGI Exhibitions, 129 Park Street, North Reading, MA 01864.
The Southern Association for Women Historians invites proposals for papers, panels, media presentations, and roundtables for the fifth 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 <http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~sawh/>.
The Northeast Popular Culture/ American Culture Association (NEPCA), an affiliate of the PCA and ACA, invites proposals for its twenty-second annual conference in Portland, ME on October 29-30, 1999. Proposed papers or presentations on any pop culture or American Culture topics may be submitted as a one-page abstract with a brief c. v. to the program chair. Deadline is June 30, 1999. Contact: Judith Hakola, University of Maine, Department of English, Orono, ME 04469-5752; <judith_hakola@umit.maine.edu>
The American Society for Environmental History will hold its annual meeting, "Into the Next Millennium: The Past and Promise of Environmental History" on March 16-19, 2000 in Tacoma, Washington. Paper and session proposals that examine any aspect of human interaction with the physical environment over time including the relationship among the practice of environmental history and environmental problems and solutions that suggest possibilities for future environmental histories are welcome. The Program Committee strongly encourages the submission of entire panels. Proposals should contain six copies of the following: (1) cover sheet with the full name and affiliation of each panel participant and the titles of the session and/or each paper; (2) a 100-word maximum abstract describing purpose of session; (3) a 250-word maximum abstract for each paper; and (4) a two-page maximum c.v. for each participant. Proposals should be postmarked by July 15, 1999. For more information, contact: Mart Stewart, Western Washington University; (360) 650-3455; <smar4@cc.wwu.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. Manuscripts can examine any part of the world in any historical period that deals with age cohorts of women (young women, middle-aged women, and old women), generational interactions, or women’s life cycles. 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 Seventeenth Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1367.
The Pioneer America Society will hold its thirty-first annual conference, "The Trans-ApplachianWest" in Washington, PA on October 7-9, 1999. The conference committee is soliciting proposals for papers, special sessions, and panel discussions on all facets of folk and vernacular material culture. Abstract deadline is August 15, 1999. For complete guidelines, contact: David T. Stephens, Geography Department, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH 44555; (330) 742-3317; <dtstephe@cc.ysu.edu>.
Crime, Law, and Social Change: An International Journal will publish a special issue in 2000 devoted to criminological and socio-legal approaches to understanding the Holocaust and other genocides. Manuscripts should be approximately thirty pages. Please send four copies to: L. Edward Day, Crime, Law and Justice Program, Dept. of Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, 211 Oswald Tower, University Park, PA 16802-6207. Deadline is September 16, 1999.
The Indiana Association of Historians invites paper and panel proposals for its annual meeting at New Harmony, Indiana, March 3-4, 2000. Conference theme is "Dreams and Visions in History: The Past and The Future." Proposals are welcomed that explore how people have articulated their dreams and visions of the future, or interpreted their past and contemporary experiences as contributing toward particular visions of the future, other topics will be considered. Send c.v. and one-page proposal by September 30,1999. Contact: Nancy Rhoden, History Department, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN 47712; (812) 465-1202; <nrhoden@usi.edu>.
The Southern Historical Association will host its sixty-sixth 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 five copies of your two-page paper proposal(s) and a two-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.
The American Association for the History of Medicine welcomes papers on topics related to the history of health and healing—of medical ideas, practices and institutions; the history of illness, disease, and public health—from all eras and regions of the world. Please send six copies of a one-page abstract (350 words maximum) to: Harry M. Marks, Dept. of the History of Science, Medicine & Technology, the Johns Hopkins University, 1900 E. Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21205. Deadline is October 1, 1999. The meeting is May 18-21, 2000.
Siena College is sponsoring its fifteenth annual international, multidisciplinary conference, "The Sixtieth 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 (one to three 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.
NOVA Science Publishers is seeking authors for a series of short biographies on each of the first ladies. Also, Robert P. Watson of the University of Hawaii, Hilo and Anthony J. Eksterowicz of James Madison University are editing a book featuring a collection of essays on the first ladies. Prospective authors for the first project should submit a c.v. and one-page prospectus of their book proposal to Professor Watson. Those interested in the second project should submit a c.v. and one-page prospectus of their proposed project to both Professors Watson and Eksterowicz. Send to: Robert P. Watson, Department of Political Science, University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hilo, HI 96720 and Anthony J. Eksterowicz, Department of Political Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807.
Meetings
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, PA 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 eighteenth century reenactors, craftspeople, performances, and children’s events. Contact: Historic Bartram's Garden, 54th and Lindbergh Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19143; (215) 729-5281; <bartram@libertynet.org>; <http://www.libertynet.org/~bartram>.
The Costume Society of America, will hold its annual symposium in Sante Fe, NM, 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; <http://www.costumesocietyamerica.com>.
The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is offering its Research Program to Salt Lake City from May 30-June 6, 1999. This program brings the experience and knowledge of out research staff to The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, which houses the world's largest collection of genealogical data. This program offers participants lectures on genealogical topics presented by NEHGS staff genealogists Jerome E. Anderson, Henry B. Hoff, C. G., F. A. S. G., Gary Boyd Roberts. Contact: NEHGC Education Department at (617) 536-5740.
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 Moravian Archives is hosting the 1999 German Script Seminar from June 7-June 18. The Seminar, which is led by Archivist Vernon H. Nelson, consists of intensive training in reading German Script as used in America and in Germany. To enroll or for more information telephone the Moravian Archives at (610) 866-3255, fax (610) 866-9210. Deadline for housing registration is May 21, 1999.
The fourth Biennial Conference of the Center for Working-Class Studies, "Working-Class Studies: Class, Identity, and Nation," at will be held at Youngstown State University, June 9-12, 1999. For more information, contact John Russo, Labor Studies Program, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH, 44555, or fax to (330) 742.1459. E-mail inquiries should be sent to Sherry Linkon at <sjlinkon@cc.ysu.edu>.
The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture will hold its fifth 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 sixteenth century to approximately 1815. Contact: Professor John J. McCusker, Program Chair, Fifth 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>; <http://www.utexas.edu/academic/oieahc>.
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is holding its seventh annual summer field study, cosponsored by Old Salem, will focus on the Loesch House, known as the Chimney House. This site has had a rich history, and it is anticipated this summer's field study will reveal remains relating to various activities. The program entitled, "Mud, Sweat, and Cheers," will be held June 14-July 9. For more information call (336) 334-5414 or (800) 306-9033, <alison_swafford@uncg.edu>, <http://www.uncg.edu/cex/oldsalem.html>.
The Eightieth Anniversary Symposium of the Agricultural History Society will be held at Mississippi State University on June 17-19, 1999. Contact: Roy V. Scott, Co-Chair, Program Committee and Professor Emeritus, Department of History, P. O. Drawer H, Mississippi State, MS 39762, (601) 325-7707; fax (601) 325-1139; or John E. Lee, Co-Chair, Program Committee and Professor Head, Department of Agricultural Economics, P. O. Box 5187, Mississippi State, MS 39762, (601) 325-2752, fax (601) 325-8777, <lee@agecon.msstate.edu>.
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 twenty-fourth 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 twentieth 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; fax (202) 501-6729; <education@arch1.nara.gov>; <http://www.nara.gov/education>.
The University of Virginia will hold a conference titled "Rethinking United States History: 1880-1999" on 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 Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP) will hold its seventh 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, Kentucky, on July 15-18, 1999. Contact: the SHEAR office at (765) 494-4135; <jer@sla.purdue.edu>.
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) is offering the following workshop, "Marking History With Your Community." Through hands-on learning experiences participants are trained in the fundamentals of historic resource management and developing their institution's role in the local community. The workshop will be held at the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismark, North Dakota on July 29-31, 1999. The registration deadline is June 25, 1999. For more information contact: Lauren Batte, (615) 320-3203, fax (615) 327-9013, <batte@aaslh.org>.
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 twenty-first century: The Middle East; the former Soviet Union and the Balkans; and Central Africa. Contact: Marilyn Roselius, (804) 982-5276; <mjm6h@virginia.edu>.
The Eisenhower Academy, an institute for middle and secondary school teachers, will be held August 1-6, 1999, at Gettysburg College and Eisenhower National Historic Site in Gettysburg, PA. Lectures and discussion will cover civil rights, the Cold War, 1950's economics, and popular culture as well as Dwight D. Eisenhower as president and world leader. Total cost, including field trips, special evening events, lodging an all meals, is $375 per person double occupancy, $410 single occupancy. Continuing education and graduate credits are available. For more information, call (717) 338-9114 or visit Eisenhower National Historic Site at <http://www.nps.gov/eise.instit.htm>.
The History, Economics, and Africana Studies departments of Lehigh University will be hosting a conference, "One Kind of Freedom Reconsidered: African American Economic Life in the Segregation Era," on September 17-19, 1999. It will consist of a round-table discussion of Ransom and Sutch's classic book, One Kind of Freedom, with a rejoinder by the authors, ten papers presenting new research on African American economic history in the century following the Civil War, and a key-note address by Leon Litwack. For further information please contact: William G. Shade, Department of History, Lehigh University, 9 W. Packer, Bethlehem, PA 18015; <wgs0@lehigh.edu>; or Anthony P. O'Brien, Department of Economics, Lehigh University, 621 Taylor St., Bethlehem, PA 18015; <ao01@lehigh.edu>.
The American Journalism Historians Association will hold its annual meeting on October 7-9,1999 in Portland, OR. Contact: John Coward, Communication Department, University of Tulsa, 600 S. College, Tulsa, OK 74104; (918) 631-2542; <john-coward@utulsa.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; <http://www.winterthur.org>.
The Windedale Museum Seminar is designed to improve the quality and promote the continuing development of all types of community and regional museums and cultural institutions. The Seminar, held November 7-18, 1999, consists of sessions on a wide variety of topics including administration, trustee relations, grant writing, staff relations, volunteer management, ethics and political survival. Applicants must be professional staff members or experienced volunteers in museums or historical organizations. Enrollment is limited to 20 people. Applications may be obtained by contacting the Texas Historical Commission, P. O. Box 12276, Austin, TX 78711-2276; 512.463.5756; or <kit.neumann@thc.state.tx.us>. For special needs contact: Kit Neumann at the above address/ phone number or e-mail.
Miscellaneous
The second 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 Street, Monson, MA 01057-1095; (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 approximately 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, a competitive awards program for national, regional, state, or local professional 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.