Historical News
THE INSTITUTE OF EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY
AND CULTURE and the
Jamestown Foundation announce the
establishment of a special prize
competition for the best unpublished
book-length manuscript about
seventeenth-century America. The annual
prize will consist of $1,000
and publication by the institute.
All manuscripts submitted, whether
winning an award or not, will
be considered for publication by the
institute. The competition will be
judged by the publications committee of
the institute's council in associa-
tion with the editorial staff of the
institute. Manuscripts should be sub-
mitted not later than December 1, 1959,
to James M. Smith, Editor of
Publications, Institute of Early
American History and Culture, Box
1298, Williamsburg, Virginia.
The Annual Magazine Subject-Index, which
was especially strong in
state history over the years of its
publication from 1908 to 1952, will be
reprinted in cumulated form in a
two-volume edition by G. K. Hall and
Company of Boston.
The index covers Volumes 1 through 58 of
this Quarterly.
The American Jewish Archives Publication
No. 4 has been issued
recently under the title Essays in
American Jewish History. The 534-
page volume commemorates the tenth
anniversary of the founding of the
American Jewish Archives under the
direction of Jacob R. Marcus.
The volume is composed of a score of
essays by noted scholars, which
cast light on important figures such as
Isaac M. Wise and picture
American Jewish economic, cultural, and
political life.
Dr. Marcus was named honorary president
of the American Jewish
Historical Society at its annual meeting
held in New York City on
February 21-22, 1959. Dr. Marcus also is
the editor of American Jewry:
Documents, 18th Century, recently published by Hebrew Union College.
William D. Overman, director of the
Firestone Archives and Library,
is the author of a 155-page book, Ohio
Town Names, published in Febru-
ary by the Atlantic Press of Akron.