Notes and Queries
The Ohio Academy of History Fall Meeting
will be held at the Toledo Museum of
Art on Friday, October 6, 2000. The
Executive Council will meet at 3:00 p.m., and
a reception will take place at 5:30 p.m.
For further information, contact Richard
Spall, Ohio Wesleyan University,
Department of History, Delaware, Ohio, 43015;
e-mail <RFSPALL@cc.owu.edu>.
Northwest Ohio Quarterly, a peer-reviewed history journal founded in 1929 and
published by the Lucas County/Maumee
Valley Historical Society in conjunction
with Bowling Green State University, is
looking for articles that focus directly or
indirectly on the history and culture of
northwest Ohio. Submissions may include
monographs on historical figures,
subjects or events, as well as oral histories,
personal reminiscences, and interviews.
Also, essays on Great Lakes maritime
history (that include Lake Erie) are
encouraged. Although the journal is designed to
be primarily about northwest Ohio and
its nineteen counties, articles pertaining to
northeast Indiana, southern Michigan,
and broader Ohio history will be considered.
Submissions from amateur and
professional historians, professors, and graduate
students are encouraged. Authors are
asked to submit three double-spaced copies of
their manuscripts, which should not
exceed twenty pages (excluding footnotes).
Notes should be double-spaced at the end
of the manuscript and be in accordance
with the Chicago Manual of Style. When
a manuscript is accepted for publication,
the author(s) will be asked to supply a
2 1/2" disk (preferably Microsoft Word 6.0)
with final revisions. Inquiries and
submissions should be directed to: Ann Bowers,
Editor, Northwest Ohio Quarterly, Center
for Archival Collections, BGSU, Jerome
Library, Bowling Green, OH, 43403-0175;
phone (419) 372-2411; e-mail address
<abowers @bgnet.bgsu.edu>.
November 4-6, 1999, the district
archivists of The Lutheran Church-Missouri
Synod and the archivist-historians of
the Lutheran Women's Missionary League met
to plan a manual to assist new district
archivists and others to carry out their
responsibilities. Some fifty
participants from across the United States and Canada
took part in the 25th biennial
Conference on Archives and History sponsored by the
Concordia Historical Institute. Workshop
sessions at the conference discussed
potential contents of a manual that will
cover the concept and philosophy of
archives, administrative structure,
policies and procedures and promotional
activities. Material from the
discussions will be compiled into a manual. For more
information, contact Concordia
Historical Institute, 801 DeMun Ave., St. Louis, MO
63105; phone (314) 505-7900; e-mail
<chi@chi.lcms.org>.
The following five members of the
University of Akron History Department will
retire in May 2000: J. Wayne Baker,
Keith L. Bryant, Barbara Evans Clements,
Jerome Mushkat, and Daniel Nelson. Since
1998, the Akron History Department has
hired four new colleagues: Rula J.
Abisaab (Yale 1996); Lesley J. Gordon (Georgia
1995); Michael Levin (Yale 1997); and
Tracey J. Boisseau (SUNY-Binghamton
1998). The Akron History Department now
sponsors two annual lectures. In
November 1999, the George Knepper
Lecture brought to campus Linda Kerber,
noted historian of American women and
former Organization of American
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Historians president. The annual Sally
A. Miller Lecture featured William H.
McNeill, emeritus professor at the
University of Chicago, in 1999, and Robert
Darnton, distinguished professor of
history at Princeton in March 2000.
Carlton Books released Visual History
of the Twentieth Century, edited by Terry
Burrows, in November 1999. The book
provides a year-by-year analysis of this
century, including more than 1,000
images. For more information about this
publication, contact Tracey Shifflett at
the National Book Network, 4720 Boston
Way, Lanham, MD, 20706; phone (301)
459-3366, ext. 5507. Or, visit the NBN Web
site at <www.nbnbooks.com>.
Ohio History wishes to announce that Associate Editor Laura Russell
recently
transferred to TIMELINE, the Ohio
Historical Society's popular magazine, where she
will assume the position of Editorial
Assistant. Replacing her on Ohio History's
staff is Patricia Walsh, who will be the
journal's Editorial Assistant. All future
correspondence should be directed to Ms.
Walsh.
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 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.
E-mail address <ohiohistory@ohiohistory.org>.
Production deadlines dictate that
all dated materials (contests, meetings,
requests for papers) be in our office five
months prior to publication.