NOTES AND QUERIES
The annual spring meeting of the Ohio
Academy of History will be held at
the Fawcett Center on the Ohio State
University campus in Columbus,
April 24 and 25, 1981. Address all
inquiries to Professor H. Roger Grant,
OAH Program Chair, Department of
History, The University of Akron,
Akron, Ohio 44324. Phone (216) 375-7006.
A call for papers is requested for the
Thirteenth Annual Dakota History
Conference to be held at Madison, South
Dakota, on the campus of Dakota
State College on April 10 and 11, 1981.
The Karl Mundt Distinguished
Historical Writing Awards will be
presented for the best papers. There are
two categories: Professional (writer
attached to an institution of higher
education in the field of Social
Science, English, or History, and professional
writers), and Amateur (anyone else).
There will be three prizes for best
papers presented in each category:
first prize - $250, second prize - $150,
and third prize - $100. Papers should
relate to some aspect of South Dako-
ta, Dakota Territory, or the Upper Great
Plains Region. In addition, there
will be two awards by topic: The Richard
Cropp award of $100 for the best
paper in institutional history. All
papers submitted for competition must be
read by the author. Papers presented
will be published if desired by the
author. Please address all
correspondence to: H. W. Blakely, History De-
partment, Dakota State College, Madison,
South Dakota 57042.
In recognition of Ray A. Billington's
leadership in the field of western
history and to encourage authors and
editors alike to seek for excellence in
the field of western history, the
Western History Association has decided to
award each year the Ray A. Billington
Prize for the best article on western
history published in any journal save
the association's own Quarterly. The
prize will include a payment of $300 to
the winning author and $100 to the
journal in which the article was
published. To be eligible, an article must
deal with a topic relating to the North
American West, including Mexico,
Canada, and Alaska, and must have
appeared in a regular periodical within
the twelve months ending July 1, 1981.
Articles will be judged according to
(1) the significance of each as a
contribution to knowledge; (2) the skill and
imaginativeness with which the author
has done his research in original
materials or has reinterpreted some
well-known question; (3) the literary
quality of the essay. Nominations may be
made only by the editors of the
participating publications, and must
reach the three judges by July 31,
1981.
The 1979 Richard H. Collins Award for
the best article in the Register of
the Kentucky Historical Society has been given to Dale Royalty of East
Tennessee State University for his
"Banking and the Commonwealth Ideal
in Kentucky, 1806-1822," which
appeared in the Spring 1979 issue. The
award, designed to recognize outstanding
research and writing, carries a