Notes and Queries
The Ohio Academy of History annual
meeting will be held on Friday and
Saturday, April 26-27, 1991, at Capital
University in Columbus, Ohio. For
details concerning the meeting contact
Clayton R. Koppes, OAH Program
Committee, Oberlin College, Department
of History, Oberlin, Ohio 44074-
1095.
The Second Annual University of
Cincinnati Social History Conference
invites interested scholars to submit
papers in social history: broadly defined
as any aspect of the history of society,
not limited by methodology, geography,
or period. The conference is scheduled
for November 9, 1991, and one-page
abstracts are due by May 1, 1991. Send
abstracts and requests for further
information to Paula Banerjee, Chair, UC
Social History Conference, Depart-
ment of History, 360 McMicken Hall,
McMicken College of Arts and Sciences,
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati,
Ohio 45221-0373.
The North American Society for Sport
History will hold its Nineteenth
Annual Convention at Loyola University,
Chicago, Illinois, on May 25-27,
1991. For information write to Robert K.
Barney, Faculty of Kinesiology,
Thames Hall, The University of Western
Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
N6A 3K7.
The University of Montana, Forest
History Society, U.S.D.A. Forest
Service, and National Forest Service
Museum have joined together to sponsor
the National Forest History and
Interpretation Symposium/Workshop in
Missoula, Montana, on June 20-22, 1991.
The program will focus on the
historical origins and significance of
the National Forest System and the
techniques of interpreting its rich
history. For details on the symposium and
workshop contact the Center for
Continuing Education, University of Mon-
tana, Missoula, Montana 59812.
The Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio,
will host a two-day conference
entitled "Contest for the Old
Northwest: The United States, Canada, and the
Ohio Country Indian Wars,
1790-1794," on 1-2 November 1991. Bringing
together a distinguished interdisciplinary
panel of Canadian and American
scholars and nonacademic specialists
from the museum, archives, and educa-
tion professions, the symposium will
commemorate America's struggle with
Great Britain and the Northwest Indian
tribes for control of the Northwest
Territory during the post-Confederation
era. Among those scheduled to speak
are Reginald Horsman, Helen Hornbeck
Tanner, Colin Calloway, Richard C.
Knopf, and Dwight Smith. Located at the
site of Fort Defiance and "The
Glaize," and scheduled on the 200th
anniversary of St. Clair's defeat, this
conference will be of considerable
interest to historians, archaeologists,
educators, museum professionals,
students, and history enthusiasts. Further
information, a complete conference
program, and registration materials are
available from Larry L. Nelson, Fort
Meigs State Memorial, Ohio Historical
Society, P. 0. Box 3, Perrysburg, Ohio
43551, or by calling (419) 874-4121.