Notes and Queries
The fourteenth annual Duquesne
University History Forum will be held
on October 27, 28, and 29, 1980, at the
William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. Well established as one of
the major professional meetings of
its type, having sessions in all fields
of history, the Forum is the largest an-
nually held meeting in the northeastern
United States. Those interested in
submitting proposals for papers and/or
complete sessions, or who desire to
serve as a moderator or commentator
should contact Professor Steven Bela
Vardy, Director, History Forum,
Department of History, Duquesne
University, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. The
special theme for the 1980 meeting
will be "Islam and the relationship
between Islamic and Christian civiliza-
tions."
The National Association of
Interdisciplinary Ethnic Studies (NAIES) is
publishing two volumes of Working Papers
from the Anti-Slavery Society
For The Protection of Human Rights,
based in London, England. The
Human Rights Development Working
Papers deal with the origins, causes
and remedies to human rights problems.
Some of the Working Papers are
final reports of research projects:
others are preliminary discussion
documents on interim reports on work in
progress. Both volumes, Making
and Breaking Human Rights: The UN's
Specialised Agencies and Im-
plementation Of The International Covenant On Economic,
Social and
Cultural Rights and Human Rights and the Basic Needs Strategy for
Development, are authored by Philip Alston and may be ordered by
contacting Dr. George E. Carter, NAIES,
University of Wisconsin-
LaCrosse, LaCrosse, WI 54601.
The Genealogy Committee of the Clinton
County Historical Society has
published a new book, Cemetery
Records of Clinton County, Ohio,
1798-1978. This book has 400 pages with records from 87
cemeteries, more
than 32,000 entries, a surname index,
map, pictures and historical articles
about Clinton County. Family history
pages are also included in the
volume. Published by the Curless
Printing Company of Blanchester, Ohio,
further information concerning Cemetery
Records ... may be obtained by
writing to the Genealogy Committee,
Clinton County Historical Society,
149 E. Locus Street, P.O. Box 529,
Wilmington, OH 45177.
A history of the sandstone grindstone
industry in southeastern Ohio and
West Virginia has recently been
published by W.B. Bond. This area, the
Amherst-Berea area and one county in
Michigan, produced better than 90
percent of the grindstones quarried in
the U.S. Grindstone Country has 40
pages of photographs, 120 pages of text
and 14 maps. Histories of a dozen
firms are interspersed with chapters of
reminiscences of some of the quar-
rymen. The quarrying and finishing
processes for the stones are described
and illustrated in detail. Copies are
available, $7.50 postpaid, from W.B.
Bond, 101 Hillside Way, Marietta, OH
45750.