Notes and Queries
The Oral History Association will hold
its 1992 Annual Meeting October
15-18, 1992, at the Stouffer Tower City
Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. Proposals for
papers, panels, media presentations, or
entire sessions should be sent by
December 1, 1991, to Donna M. DeBlasio,
Program Chair, Youngstown
Historical Center of Industry and Labor,
P.O. Box 533, Youngstown, Ohio
44501.
The Black Film Center/Archive at Indiana
University-Bloomington is plan-
ning a conference entitled, "In
Touch With The Spirit: Black Religious and
Musical Expression in American
Cinema," for the summer of 1992. To be held
in Indianapolis, Indiana, the conference
will combine scholars and filmmakers
in a multi-disciplinary setting.
Filmmakers will screen and discuss their films
while scholars examine three major
genres-documentary, ethnographic, and
feature film-from various disciplinary perspectives:
film criticism and aes-
thetics, folklore, ethnomusicology,
political science, sociology, anthropology,
religious studies, and women's studies.
Outstanding papers presented during
the conference will be published as a
collection or monograph series by the
Black Film Center/Archive. Scholars
interested in participating should send
one- to two-page abstracts of papers by
January 15, 1992, to Dr. Phyllis
Klotman, Black Film Center/Archive
Conference '92, Department of Afro-
American Studies, Memorial Hall East,
Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana 47405.
The Kent State University Libraries
recently acquired the Tunder Collection
of Acme News Photos. The collection,
consisting of 475 photographs originally
transmitted by Acme News Pictures in
Cleveland, is available to researchers in
the department of Special Collections.
Steve Tunder worked for Acme from
1936 until 1945 training people to use
the Acme Telephone Trans-ceiver. The
collection, donated by Tunder's
grandson, deals largely with World War II and
contains scenes of the liberation of
Brussels, Germans surrendering in France,
and visits to the Allied troops by pilot
Charles Lindberg and others.
Several promotions within the Ohio
academic community include: Joanna
Meyerowitz and James Murray of the
University of Cincinnati to associate
professors with tenure; James Kurkones of
John Carroll University to associ-
ate professor with tenure; Eve Levin of
The Ohio State University to associate
professor; Diane F. Britton of the
University of Toledo to associate professor;
and Morris Schottenstein of Urbana
University to associate professor.
Recent retirements include: Saul Benison
of the University of Cincinnati;
Roland Layton of Hiram College; William
Zornow of Kent State University;
Gladys Haddad of Lake Erie College; Robert
Gelwick of Miami University;
Robert Kragalott of Ohio Wesleyan
University; and Lorin Lee Cary of the
University of Toledo.
Recent publications by Ohio historians
include: Summit's Glory: Sketches of
Buchtel College and the University of Akron, by George W. Knepper of the
Notes and Queries 155
University of Akron; Reagan and the
World, edited by David E. Kyvig of the
university of Akron; War on the Great
Lakes: Essays Commemorating the
175th Anniversary of the Battle of
Lake Erie, edited by William Jeffrey
Welsh
and David Curtis Skaggs of Bowling Green
State University; Menninger: The
Family and the Clinic, by Lawrence J. Friedman of Bowling Green State
University; Humanism and Catholic Reform:
The Life and Work of Gregorio
Cortese, by Francesco Cesaro of John Carroll University; The
Torch in the
Harbor, by George Prpic of John Carroll University; Weathering
the Peace:
The Ohio National Guard in the
Interwar Years, 1919-1940, by Robert
L.
Daugherty of the Ohio Historical
Society.
The Bulletin of the History of
Archaeology recently began publication on a
semiannual basis with the May 1991
issue. The Bulletin hopes to serve as a
forum for short essays and reports, for
sharing current work being done, and
to discuss books, journal articles, and
archival sources related to the history of
archaeology. For further information
contact Douglas R. Givens, General
Editor, Bulletin of the History of
Archaeology, St. Louis Community College-
Meramec, 11333 Big Bend Boulevard, St.
Louis, Missouri 63122.
The National Archives recently announced
the publication of a Guide to the
Holdings of the Still Picture Branch
of the National Archives, compiled by
staff archivist Barbara Lewis Burger.
The Guide provides summary informa-
tion about nearly six million
photographic prints, negatives, transparencies,
posters, and other visual images in the
custody of the National Archives Still
Picture Branch. The collection documents
the military, political, economic,
social, and cultural history of the
United States, and includes images by such
familiar artists as Howard Chandler
Christy, Lewis Hine, William Henry
Jackson, Ansel Adams, and Dorothea Lange. The 176-page
volume is available
for $25.00 (plus $3.00 shipping and handling) from the
National Archives Trust
Fund, P.O. Box 100793, Atlanta, Georgia
30384.
The Greater Cleveland Labor History
Society recently issued "Cleveland
Labor And The Vietnam War," by
Jerry Gordon. The twelve-page monograph
may be purchased from The Greater
Cleveland Labor History Society, 1800
Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115,
for $2.00.
The Ohio Association of Historical
Societies and Museums in conjunction
with the Ohio Historical Society, the
Ohio Council for the Social Studies, and
the Ohio Academy of History recently
issued Ohio History Resource Guide for
Teachers, edited by J.D. Britton. The Guide, divided into
three sections,
contains interviews, case studies
designed by teachers, and an annotated
bibliography. To obtain the Guide, which sells
for $10.00 for OAHSM members
and $14.00 for non-members, write to: OAHSM, Ohio
Historical Society, 1982
Velma Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497.
The North American Society for Sport
History will hold its Twentieth
Annual Convention at Dalhousie
University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, on May
22-26, 1992. Those interested in
presenting a paper or organizing a session
should contact or submit abstracts by
November 15, 1991, to: Professor Joan
156 OHIO HISTORY
Paul, Department of Human Performance
and Sport Studies, The University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
37996-2700.
The University of Michigan Press
recently put out a call for scholarly
manuscripts to be included in a
collection of essays on Great Lakes Maritime
History, Economics, and Culture. Essays
must not have been published
elsewhere, should be approximately 20-30
typed, double-spaced pages, and
must be submitted by January 10, 1992.
For further information, please contact
Jay C. Martin by writing to him at 1608
Clough Street, #3, Bowling Green,
Ohio 43402, or by phoning (419)
352-3250.
The 35th Annual Missouri Valley History
Conference will be held in Omaha,
Nebraska, March 12-14, 1992. Proposals
for papers and sessions in all areas of
history are welcome. Such proposals,
accompanied with one-page abstracts
and vitae, should be sent by November 1,
1991, to: William C. Pratt, MVHC
Coordinator, University of Nebraska at
Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska 68182.
Published by the Ohio Historical Society
since 1887, Ohio History hopes to
serve as a clearinghouse for information
about Ohio historians, departments of
history, professional meetings, research
activities, historical societies, muse-
ums, and libraries. Such an undertaking
depends, however, upon the cooper-
ation of the many individuals and
institutions we endeavor to serve. If you or
your organization are interested in
placing an announcement in "Notes and
Queries," please write to: Ohio
History, Ohio Historical Society, 1982 Velma
Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497.
Production deadlines dictate that all
dated materials (contests, meetings,
requests for papers) be in our office five
months prior to publication.