Notes and Queries
Jonathan Stealey, an adjunct assistant
professor of art at The University of
Findlay, has been named to the
Bicentennial Planning Committee of the Lewis and
Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc.
The Foundation, based in Washington,
D.C., encompasses a wide spectrum of
government officials, historians, and en-
thusiasts dedicated to preserving
national interest in the historical worth of the
nation's best-documented exploration of
the American west. Commissioned by
President Jefferson to find a commercial
overland route to the Pacific Ocean,
Captains Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark made their journey during the years
1803-06, and kept exacting journals of
their travels. Professor Stealey, in a pro-
ject entitled "We Proceeded On: Going
Back," has begun a photographic re-survey
of the entire 8,000 miles of the
original expedition. Traveling from Camp Wood,
near the mouth of the Missouri River in
Illinois, to the Pacific Ocean and back,
Stealey is attempting to photograph each
site along the trail at the same time of
year in which Lewis and Clark traveled
there. The resulting photographs will ap-
pear in a traveling exhibition, a
coffee-table publication, and in a children's book
about the Lewis and Clark expedition.
The University of Oklahoma Libraries'
Western History Collections, in cooper-
ation with the Oklahoma Historical
Society, has completed filming the Cherokee
Nation Papers. The National Endowment
for the Humanities provided funding for
the microfilm project. This collection
contains approximately 100 linear feet of
official records and publications of the
Cherokee Nation and the personal papers
of four leading Cherokee Indian
families. The inclusive dates of the materials are
1830-1907. The papers are arranged into
two record groups and forty-five sub-
groups. The official records document
Indian removal from the southeaster U.S.;
the formation and operation of the
Cherokee government in Indian Territory; the
formation and growth of Cherokee Nation
institutions such as schools, newspa-
pers, courts, health facilities, and law
enforcement agencies; Cherokee Indian rela-
tions with the U.S. government; and
Cherokee Indian involvement in the Civil
War and Reconstruction. The personal
papers include those of Cherokee leaders
James Madison Bell, Stand Waite, John
Rollin Ridge, and Elias C. Boudinot.
Also prominent among this record group
is the correspondence of Sarah Bell
Watie which offers a woman's perspective
on Indian Territory events of the late
19th century. There are 68 rolls of
microfilm to the set. Roll One is a detailed
finding aid, including an index, to the
collection. The microfilm, either as a com-
plete set or in individual rolls, is available
for purchase or for use on interlibrary
loan. For further information, contact
the Curator, Western History Collections,
University of Oklahoma Library, Room
452, Monnet Hall, Norman, Oklahoma
73019.
Two interesting local histories have
recently been published in Ohio. Vernon
J. Miller's Historical Album of
Charm, Ohio, was issued by Charm Publishing.
The 278-page book documents the history
of a small village in southeastern
Holmes County, and features over 200
photographs and illustrations. To order
Miller's Historical Album of Charm,
Ohio, contact: Charm Publishing, Vernon J.
Miller, 4755 County Rd. 19, Millersburg,
Ohio 44654. Clayton W. Miller re-
cently authored History of Benton,
1810-1995. Filled with biographical sketches
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of Benton's characters, a comprehensive
record of business activity, and dozens of
church and school-related writings and
photographs, the book was released at the
1995 annual Benton community
get-together. For further information about
Miller's History of Benton write
to the author at 6336 C.R. 207, Benton,
Millersburg, Ohio 44654.
Louis Filler's Vanguards and
Followers: Youth in the American Tradition has
been reissued with a new introduction
and afterward by the author. Examining the
question, "What is the tradition
connecting Randolph Bourne with Abbie
Hoffman, Adah Menken with Joan Baez, or
Vachel Lindsay with Bob Dylan?,"
Filler shows that youth movements were a
part of American society almost from
its beginning. Vanguards and
Followers is available through Transaction
Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
08903.
The New York State Historical
Association recently announced several prizes.
The 1995 Kerr History Prize went to Lee
Livney, of Historic Hudson Valley in
Tarrytown, New York, for his article,
"Let Us Now Praise Self-Made Men: A
Reexamination of the Hilton-Seligman
Affair," which appeared in the January
1994 issue of New York History. The
Kerr Prize Honorable Mention went to
"Pugilists and Politicians in
Antebellum New York: The Life and Times of Tom
Hyer," by Peter Gammie, Librarian
for Technical Services at the Bard Graduate
Center for Studies in the Decorative
Arts, in New York City. Andrea Friedman, of
Merrill College, received the Honorable
Mention in the 1995 New York State
Historical Association Manuscript Award
for her monograph, "Prurient Interests:
Anti-Obscenity Campaigns in New York
City, 1909-1945." Finally, Alan Taylor,
of the University of California at
Davis, received the 1995 New York State
Historical Association Manuscript Award
for his monograph, "William Cooper's
Town: Power and Persuasion on the
Frontier of the Early American Republic."
Taylor's manuscript will be published by
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. All of these New
York State Historical Association prizes
carried cash awards. For further informa-
tion, write to Lake Road, P.O. Box 800,
Cooperstown, New York 13326.
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