Notes and Queries
The Cleveland Artists Foundation (CAF)
has put out a call for papers on the
topic of Cleveland's artistic heritage.
Proposals for papers on broad topics asso-
ciated with regional art and cultural
history which determine the context of
Cleveland's art within national
movements will be considered for presentation at
the "1896-1996: Cleveland's
Artistic Heritage" Symposium to be held March 30-
31, 1996, at the Cleveland Museum of
Art. For the symposium prospectus or more
information call (216) 464-1902 or write
to: Symposium, Cleveland Artists
Foundation, 23811 Chagrin Boulevard,
Room LL41, Cleveland, Ohio 44122-
5125.
The Western History Association recently
announced the 36th Annual
Conference, "Grasslands and
Heartlands: Remembering and Representing the
Great Plains in History and
Literature," to be held October 9-12, 1996, in Lincoln,
Nebraska. The program committee requests
proposals for papers and sessions on
all aspects of Western and frontier
history. This will be a joint meeting of the
Western History Association and the
Western Literature Association, so proposals
that reflect on the interplay of
imagination and experience, of myth and memory,
in reconstructions and representations
of the Great Plains are especially welcome.
For further information, please contact
John Mack Faragher, Department of
History, Yale University, Box 1504A Yale
Station, New Haven, Connecticut
06520-7425.
The 39th Annual Missouri Valley History
Conference will be held in Omaha,
Nebraska, March 7-9, 1996. For
information about the conference contact Dale
Gaeddert, Chair MVHC, University of
Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska
68182. The Society of Military History
holds sessions as part of the Missouri
Valley History Conference. For
information about these speical sessions contact
Mark R. Grandstaff, History Department,
Brigham Young University, 414 KMB,
P.O. Box 24446, Provo, Utah 84602.
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission invites applications for
its 1996-1997 Scholars in Residence
Program. The program provides support for
full-time research and study at any
Commission facility, including the State
Archives, The State Museum, and 26
historical sites. Residencies are available for
four to twelve consecutive weeks between
May 1, 1996, and April 30, 1997, at the
rate of $1200 per month. The program is
open to all who are conducting research
on Pennsylvania history, including
academic scholars, public sector profession-
als, independent scholars, graduate
students, writers, filmmakers, and others. For
further information and application
materials, contact: Division of History,
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission, Box 1026, Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania 17108; phone, (717)
787-3034. The deadline is January 12, 1996.
The story of an 18th century Ohio fur
trader who helped bridge the worlds of the
native Americans and the Europeans has
won top honors in the third annual Local
History Publication Competition
sponsored by the Bowling Green State
University Center for Archival
Collections. Larry Lee Nelson, director of Fort
Meigs, won the $500 cash award for his
dissertation, "Cultural Mediation on the