Historical News
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION for State and
Local History has estab-
lished an annual prize and a
grant-in-aid program to encourage the publi-
cation of sound, interpretive localized
history. A prize of one thousand
dollars will be awarded each year for
the book-length manuscript in
localized history which in the opinion
of the research and publications
committee makes the most distinguished
contribution to American or
Canadian historiography.
The grants-in-aid, which are made for
significant research projects in
localized history, are limited to
necessary travel expenses, photocopying,
clerical assistance, and similar
purposes.
Manuscripts for the competition and
applications for grants-in-aid
should be submitted by October 15.
Application forms and further
information may be secured from Clement
M. Silvestro, Director, Ameri-
can Association for State and Local
History, 816 State Street, Madison
6, Wisconsin.
Richmond D. Williams, assistant director
of the association for the
past year, became associate director of
the Eleutherian Mills Historical
Library at Greenville, Delaware, on May
1.
The fourteenth Annual Seminars on
American Culture sponsored by
the New York State Historical
Association is being held at Cooperstown
on July 2-8 and 9-15. Courses being
offered this year are New York
in the Dutch Period, American Textiles,
Life of the Frontiersman, Civil
War, Archaeology (Contact Period),
American Glass, Photography for
the Record, Frontier Cooking, American
Pewter and Silver, Prints in
America, Conservation of Paintings, and
Peopling the Past.
A sesquicentennial celebration of the
Battle of Tippecanoe is being
planned for August 17-20 at Battle
Ground, Indiana. The program
includes guided tours of historic sites
in the area, a mock battle on the
old battlefield, a pageant, and other
local events. Arrangements are
under the auspices of the Battle of
Tippecanoe Sesquicentennial Com-
mittee.