Notes and Queries
Joe L. Dubbert, 43, Professor of History
at Muskingum College, died Sep-
tember 27, 1983, after a valiant fight
against cancer. Born in Laurens, Iowa,
Dr. Dubbert pursued a fascination for
rural American culture at Parsons
College (B.A., 1962) and the University
of Minnesota (Ph.D., 1967). He
joined the history department of
Muskingum College in 1967 and has been
credited with re-animating the study of
American history at that institution.
Noted for his fairness, his common sense,
his sensitivity to student concerns,
Dr. Dubbert was a hugely popular teacher
whose intellectual stature was
widely respected by sixteen years of
student classes. Above all a teacher, Dr.
Dubbert was deeply committed to
scholarship and is familiar to many as a
frequent speaker at professional
meetings and conferences, as a book reviewer
for this journal, and as the author of
the nationally recognized social history
A Man's Place: Masculinity in
Transition. Contributions may be made
in his
memory to the Joe L. Dubbert Memorial
Scholarship Fund, Muskingum
College, New Concord, Ohio 43762.
The American Genealogical Lending
Library recently announced a new
microfilm loan and purchase service. For
details concerning a membership in
the AGLL Association or for copies of
the FSM Catalog listing over 40,000 ti-
tles available, contact the American
Genealogical Lending Library, P.O. Box
244, Bountiful, Utah 84010.
The George Rogers Clark National
Historical Park and Vincennes Universi-
ty will sponsor the second annual George
Rogers Clark Trans-Appalachian
Frontier History Conference on Saturday,
October 20, 1984, at Vincennes
University. Papers will cover various
aspects of frontier history from the Ap-
palachians to the Mississippi and will
be delivered in informal sessions
which should allow for general questions
and discussion. Interested individ-
uals may obtain further details by
writing to the George Rogers Clark Nation-
al Historical Park, 401 South Second
Street, Vincennes, Indiana 47591.
Held November 30-December 1, 1984, in
Springfield, the fifth annual Sym-
posium on Illinois History will consider
many aspects of the history, litera-
ture, art, culture, politics, geography,
archaeology, and anthropology of Illi-
nois and the Ohio and Mississippi
Valleys. For further information, please
contact Roger D. Bridges, Illinois State
Historical Library, Old State Capitol,
Springfield, Illinois 62706.
Recent grants and awards of interest to
our readers include: an Ohio Arts
Council grant for textiles preservation
to the Warren County Historical Soci-
ety Museum (Ohio); the Governor's Award
of the Kentucky Historical Soci-
ety, for the best book published on
Kentucky history over the past four
years, to John Gaventa for his Power
and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Re-
bellion in an Appalachian Valley; the 1982 Richard H. Collins Award for the