Notes and Queries
The Ohio Academy of History Spring
Meeting will be held April 28-29, 2000,
at Otterbein College in Westerville,
Ohio. For further information, contact
Richard Spall, Ohio Wesleyan University,
Department of History, Delaware, Ohio
43015.
The Academy now has a Home Page at <http://oah.history.ohio-
state.edu/>.
Nominations for the Ohio Academy of
History Public History Award are sought
for the award to be presented at the
annual spring meeting of the OAH. Public his-
tory projects, publications, or programs
accomplished within the previous two
years and completed by January 3, 2000,
are eligible for nomination. Deadline
for submission of nominations is January
3, 2000, and must be postmarked no
later than that date. For nomination forms,
general rules, and further information,
contact Stuart D. Hobbs, c/o Ohio
Historical Society, 1982 Velma Avenue,
Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497. E-mail
<shobbs@ohiohistory.org>.
The Westbrook College Campus of the
University of New England will sponsor
an interdisciplinary conference June
15-18, 2000, with individual papers or the-
matic sessions on Women's Private
Writing/Writing Women's History. This con-
ference will highlight the rich
resources of the University of New England's Maine
Women Writers Collection. Previous
conferences have included May Sarton at 80
(1992), Sarah Orne Jewett and Her
Contemporaries (1996), and American Women
Nature Writers (1998). Founded in 1959 to honor and preserve the
writings of
Maine women achieving literary recognition,
the Maine Women Writers
Collection is the preeminent collection
of published and unpublished works by
and about Maine women writers. The
conference welcomes participation from edu-
cators of all levels, librarians,
archivists, museum professionals, and those inter-
ested in women's writing and
history. For further information write
to Dr.
Elizabeth De Wolfe either at
<edewolfe@mailbox.une.edu> or c/o the Women's
Private Writing Conference, University
of New England, Westbrook College
Campus, 716 Stevens Avenue, Portland,
Maine 04103.
The Ohio Bicentennial Commission
recently awarded Legacy Scholarships to
the following Ohio graduate students:
Steve Hartman Keiser, a doctoral student at
The Ohio State University; James A.
Comer, a doctoral student at Bowling Green
State University; Barbara Hahn, a
master's degree student at the University of
Cincinnati; and Greg Stocke, a doctoral
student at University of Akron. The Ohio
Bicentennial Legacy Scholarship program
is designed to encourage the serious
study of topics associated with Ohio's
past in a range of academic disciplines. For
further information about the Legacy
Scholarships, contact program coordinator
Jane Campbell, at (614) 752-0578 or
toll-free at 1-888-OHIO-200.
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission invites applications for
its 2000-2001 Scholars in Residence
Program and its recently inaugurated
Collaborative Residency Program. The
Scholars in Residence program provides
support for full-time research and study
in the manuscript and artifact collections
at any Commission facility, including
the State Archives, The State Museum, and
26 historic sites and museums around the
Commonwealth. The Collaborative
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Residency Program will fund original
research that relates to the interpretive mis-
sion of PHMC sites and museums and
advances a specific programmatic goal of the
host site or museum. Proposals for a
Collaborative Residency are to be filed
jointly by the interested scholar and
host institution. Both programs are open to
all who are conducting research on
Pennsylvania history, including academic
scholars, educators, writers,
filmmakers, and others. Residencies are available for
four to twelve weeks between May 1,
2000, and April 30, 2001, at the rate of
$1,200 per month. Deadline for
application is January 17, 2000. For further in-
formation and application materials,
contact: Division of History, Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum Commission, Box
1026, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17109;
(717) 787-3034;
<lshopes@phmc.state.pa.us>; or at the PHMC website
<www.phmc.state.pa.us>.
The Society for Historians of the Gilded
Age and Progressive Era (SHGAPE) is
still accepting submissions for its
biennial competition for the best published ar-
ticle dealing with any aspect of
American history between 1865 and 1917. The ar-
ticle must have appeared in journals
dated 1997 or 1998. Any graduate student or
individual with a doctorate awarded
after 1988 who has not yet published a book is
eligible to compete for a $500 award.
Individuals or journals may nominate work.
Please send three copies to: Robert E.
Weir, Chair, SHGAPE Prize Committee,
Liberal Studies Department, Bay Path
College, Longmeadow, Massachusetts
01106. Questions should be directed to
the address given or via e-mail to
Rweir@mtholyoke.edu. The deadline for
submissions is December 1, 1999.
The Rural Women's Studies Association
(RWSA) will host a conference in St.
Paul, Minnesota, June 22-25, 2000, at
the Minnesota History Center. Sponsored
by the newly-formed RWSA, and
co-sponsored by Women Historians of the
Midwest and the Minnesota Historical
Society, this meeting succeeds six previous
conferences on Rural and Farm Women in
Historical Perspective. The conference
will be held on a triennial basis by the
RWSA, which is an international associa-
tion for the advancement and promotion
of farm and rural women's/gender studies
in historical perspective. For questions
about the RWSA conference or RWSA
membership, please contact Ann McCleary
<amcclear@westga.edu> or Sarah
Warren <stwarren @
social.chass.ncsu.edu>.
The University of Missouri Press
recently announced a new series in Civil War
Studies, "Shades of Blue and Gray
for the Modern Reader," to be edited by Herman
Hattaway and Jon Wakelyn. Hoping to
appeal to Civil War buff and historian
alike, the series will include
biographies and thematic studies that deal with civil-
ians, soldiers, and political leaders.
Titles currently available include: Shades of
Blue and Gray: An Introductory
Military History of the Civil War, by
Herman
Hattaway; Eagles on Their Buttons: A
Black Infantry Regiment in the Civil War,
by Versalle F. Washington; and, Jefferson
Davis, Unconquerable Heart, by
Felicity Allen. Upcoming publications
will include: No Band of Brothers:
Problems of the Rebel High Command, by Steven E. Woodworth; and, Southern
Unionist Pamphlets and the Civil War,
edited by Jon L. Wakelyn. For
additional
information on the "Shades of Blue
and Gray for the Modern Reader" series, con-
tact Megan J. Scott c/o University of
Missouri Press, 2910 LeMone Boulevard,
Columbia, Missouri 65201 or via e-mail
<Scottme@umsystem.edu>.
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The Forest History Society recently
announced several award winners. Karl
Jacoby received the Ralph W. Hidy Award
(for the best article in Environmental
History ) for his article, "Class and Environmental History:
Lessons from 'The
War in the Adirondacks.'" Arthur H.
Fischer received the Theodore C. Blegen
Award (for best article published in a
journal other than Environmental History)
for his, "The 1932 Handshake Agreement:
Yakina Indian Treaty Rights and Forest
Service Policy in the Pacific
Northwest," which was published in the Summer
1997 issue of Western Historical
Quarterly. Michael Friedly received the F. K.
Weyerhaeuser Forest History Fellowship
which will aid his doctoral research at
Duke University on forest and
conservation history of the Silicon Valley. Les
Line, was awarded the John M. Collier
Award for Forest History Journalism for his
Audobon Magazine article, "Return of an American Classic."
Neil Maher, William
Boyd, Terence Kehoe, James E. Fickle,
and Donald R. Theoe received Alfred D.
Bell Travel Grants which enabled them to
conduct research in the library, archives,
and photographic collections of The
Forest History Society. The Forest History
Society is a nonprofit educational
institution. Founded in 1946, it advances his-
torical understanding of mankind's
interaction with the forest environment
through programs in research,
publication, service, library, and archival collec-
tions. It is affiliated with Duke
University and co-published the quarterly journal,
Environmental History, through the auspices of Duke University Press.
The forty-third Annual Missouri Valley
History Conference will be held in
Omaha, Nebraska, March 9-11, 2000. For
further information, contact: Oliver B.
Pollak, Department of History,
University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha,
Nebraska 68182. E-mail <OliverPollak
@unomaha.edu>.
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