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
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Great Lakes Frontier: Alexander McKee
and Anglo-American Indian Affairs, 1754-
1799." Nelson recently earned his
doctorate in history at Bowling Green State
University. Paul Yon, director for the
Center for Archival Collections, described
Nelson's work as "a unique piece
about a personality who functioned and existed in
northwest Ohio as well as southern
Michigan."
The Agricultural History Society is
dedicated to stimulating interest in, promot-
ing the study of, and facilitating
research and publication on the history of agri-
culture. Membership is open to both
individuals and institutions with an interest
in agriculture (membership fees are $30
for individuals, $18 for students, $55 for
institutions). The Society sponsors an
annual conference on specific topics relat-
ing to rural life and publishes a
journal four times a year. The journal includes arti-
cles on all aspects in international
markets, women in agriculture, the environ-
ment, irrigation and drainage, animal
husbandry, forestry policies, pesticides and
herbicides and world health concerns.
Scholars from a diversity of disciplines
contribute to the journal (i.e. history,
geography, economics, rural sociology),
and many individuals involved in the
business of agriculture or in the administra-
tion of the USDA also contribute to the
journal or are members of the Society. For
more information write to Lowell Dyson,
Executive Secretary-Treasurer, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Room 928,
1301 New York Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20005-4788. If you wish
to become a member, make your
check payable to Agricultural History
and mail it to Periodicals Department,
University of California Press,
Berkeley, California 94720.
The Irish American Cultural Institute
(IACI), an educational foundation based in
St. Paul, Minnesota, recently granted a
number of awards: to Kevin Kenny,
University of Texas, an award for his
project "Making Sense of the Molly
Maguires"; to Mary P. Corcoran, St.
Patrick's College (Maynooth, Ireland), for
her study entitled "Enterprising
Emigrants: The Economic Participation,
Ethnicity, and Society Identity of
Irish-born Entrepreneurs in the United States";
to John McClymer, Assumption College, to
support a project examining rivalries
and tensions between Irish and other
ethnic groups in Worcester, Massachusetts,
at the turn of the century; to David
Brundage, University of California-Santa
Cruz, to support a study on the society
history of Irish-American nationalism in
the period of 1880 to 1923; to Anne
Butler, Utah State University, to support re-
search on Roman Catholic sisters,
particularly those from Irish orders of nuns, in
the American West; and to Michael
Montgomery, University of South Carolina, to
support a project that will assess the
Irish influence on American vocabulary. For
further information about the IACI or
their grants which range from $1,000 to
$5,000 for scholars of all disciplines
whose work examines the Irish-American
experience, contact the Irish American
Cultural Institute, 2115 Summit Avenue,
#5026, St. Paul, Minnesota 55105.
The Rev. Daniel Preus was installed as
the Director of Concordia Historical
Institute on March 26, 1995. Preus comes
to the position after twenty years in the
parish ministry. He is a graduate of
Concordia Theological Seminary and holds a
Master of Sacred Theology degree in
historical theology from the Fort Wayne
seminary. He has served on several
district and synod-wide boards and committees
during his career. Concordia Historical
Institute is the Department of Archives and
History of The Lutheran Church-Missouri
Synod. Its facilities are located on the
campus of Concordia Seminary in St.
Louis and are open to the public from 8:30
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a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday. Admission to the museum is free. For
additional information, contact the
Institute at 801 De Mun Avenue, St. Louis,
Missouri 63105.
The European Division of the Library of
Congress has announced the publica-
tion of Library of Congress European
Collections, An Illustrated Guide to provide
scholars and researchers with an
overview of holdings dealing with the European
continent and the former nations of the
Soviet Union. This is the fourth in a se-
ries of guides to Library collections
published with the support of the Madison
Council, the Library's national,
private-sector advisory body dedicated to helping
the Library share its unique resources
with the nation and the world. While the ear-
lier guides describe holdings in
particular divisions, the new European publication
covers materials held throughout the
Library. Chapters include holdings in hu-
manities and social sciences, the arts,
science and technology, special collec-
tions, rare books and manuscripts, maps,
and "European Americana and American
Europeana." Also included is a
researcher's guide to use of these collections.
Library of Congress European
Collections is an 80-page paperback
publication
containing 31 color and 19
black-and-white illustrations. Prepared under the di-
rection of Michael Haltzel, the new
guide is available for $9.50 from the
Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box
371954, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
15250-7954. Please cite stock number
030-001-00155-5 when ordering.
The Lakewood Historical Society recently
issued a revised edition of Lakewood:
The First Hundred Years, by Jim and Susan Borchert. Awarded an "Outstanding
Achievement Award in Local History
Publications" by the Ohio Association of
Historical Societies and Museums, Lakewood:
The First Hundred Years traces
community history from the first
settlements early in the nineteenth century to
the present and contains over 350
photographs. Copies may be ordered by send-
ing $35.00 to The Lakewood Historical
Society, 14710 Lake Avenue, Lakewood,
Ohio 44107.
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, museums,
and libraries. Such an undertaking
depends, however, upon the cooperation of the
many individuals and institutions we
endeavor to serve. If you or your organiza-
tion 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.