Historical News
The Hayes Memorial Library has recently
acquired some small but im-
portant additions to its manuscript
collections. They include papers of H. H.
Morton and Dr. George R. Morton,
Sandusky (7 items, 1855-77); papers on
the election of 1876 (5 items); letters
of Rutherford B. Hayes to the Rev.
L. W. Bacon (5 letters, 1881-82,
photostatic copies from Yale University
Library); additions to the William and
Mary B. Claflin papers (22 items,
1866-89); a letterbook of General H. W.
Benham (1877-82); Civil War
correspondence of J. R. Rhoades, Co. E,
110th Regiment, O.V.I. (158 items,
1862-65); and J. P. Reynolds
correspondence (36 items, 1876-78).
The Minnesota Historical Society has
established the Solon J. Buck
Award, to be granted each year to the
author of the best article published
in Minnesota History, the
society's quarterly magazine. The award carries
with it a grant of fifty dollars from a
special fund. The winner for 1954,
Francis Paul Prucha of St. Marys,
Kansas, was honored for his article on
"Minnesota 100 Years Ago as Seen by
Laurence Oliphant," which appeared
in the Summer 1954 issue of the
quarterly. All authors whose contributions
appear in Minnesota History are
eligible for the award. Anyone writing in
the field of Minnesota and Northwest
history is invited to compete.
In naming the award the society honors
Dr. Buck, who founded the
quarterly in 1915 while he was
superintendent of the society. He later be-
came archivist of the United States and
has recently retired as assistant
librarian of the Library of Congress.
The eighth annual Seminars on American
Culture, sponsored by the New
York State Historical Association, will
be held in Cooperstown on two
consecutive weeks, June 26 to July 2,
and July 3 to July 9. Requests for
information should be directed to Dr.
Louis C. Jones, Director, New York
State Historical Association,
Cooperstown, New York.
The special spring exhibition of the
Historical and Philosophical So-
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