Notes and Queries
The Ohio Museums Association (OMA), a
nonprofit statewide organization
of nature centers, zoos, art, science, history, and
natural history museums,
has located its headquarters at the Ohio
Historical Center in Columbus,
Ohio. Although separate from the Ohio
Historical Society, the OMA pro-
vides workshops, conferences, annual
meetings, and a monthly newsletter to
OHS and other organizations throughout
the state in an effort to provide ed-
ucational opportunities for staff
development and to foster up-to-date informa-
tion concerning museum techniques and
administration. For further informa-
tion contact Jeanne Ontko Suchanek,
Director, Ohio Museums Association,
1985 Velma Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211.
The Ohio Academy of History will hold
its annual spring meeting at Wit-
tenberg University on Friday and
Saturday, 15 and 16 April 1988.
The University of Toledo's Department of
History in cooperation with the
National Council on Public History and
The Forum For History and Business
will present the Mid-America Public
History Conference on April 29-30, 1988.
The conference, to be held at The
University of Toledo at SeaGate Centre (a
downtown convention facility), will
feature such topics as: "History in Public
and Private Policy Analysis,"
"Making the Past Accessible to the Public,"
and "Exploring History Where People
Live." Exhibit space will be available
at the conference center for individuals
and groups interested in displaying
public history materials. For more
information about the Mid-America Pub-
lic History Conference contact Diane F.
Britton, Department of History, The
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
43606-3390, (419) 537-2845.
The University of Cincinnati Social
History Conference will be held Octo-
ber 22, 1988. Those interested in
submitting papers should submit a one-
page typed abstract by May 16, 1988. For
further information, contact Nina
Mjagkij, Chair, Social History
Conference, Department of History, 360 Mc-
Micken Hall, Mail Location 373, University
of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
45221.
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art,
Cornell University, has put out a
call for the art works of painter,
lithographer, surveyor, and mapmaker, Hen-
ry Walton (1804-1865), and for any
information which would assist an exhibit
and catalogue in progress. Walton is
known to have gone to California and
Michigan from New York State. Any
information about Henry Walton, his
wife Jane B. Orr, or works with his
signature would be welcome. To assist the
project, please contact Leigh Rehner
Jones, Visiting Curator, 50 Balmville
Road, Newburgh, New York 12550.
John C. Fredriksen recently announced a
publication agreement with
Edwin Mellen Press regarding his
proposed reference book, The War of 1812:
An Illustrated Encyclopedia, and seeks contributions. The editor, hoping to
promote a truly comprehensive text with
an international perspective-
encompassing all military, political,
diplomatic, Native American, social, ar-
chival, and economic aspects of the
war-is particularly interested in hearing
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from Canadian and British scholars. To
contact, write to John C. Fredriksen,
7010 Jordan Avenue #5, Canoga Park, CA
91303.
At the 1987 Spring Meeting, the Ohio
Academy of History awarded its
Distinguished Service Award to Stuart
Givens of Bowling Green State Uni-
versity and Richard Smith of Ohio
Wesleyan, the Publication Award (for
best book published by an Academy member
during 1986) to Joseph H.
Lynch of The Ohio State University, and
the Teaching Award to Ronald
Lora of the University Toledo.
The Kentucky Historical Society recently
presented several important
awards for distinguished research and
writing on Kentucky history. The
Governor's Award, given every four years
for an outstanding book-length
contribution, was shared by Professor
James A. Ramage of Northern Ken-
tucky University for his 1986 Rebel
Raider: The Life of General John Hunt
Morgan, and by Professor George C. Wright of the University of
Texas for his
1985 Life Behind A Veil: Blacks in
Louisville, Kentucky, 1865-1930. The annual
Richard H. Collins Award was presented
to Professor William E. Ellis of
Eastern Kentucky University for his
article " 'The Harvest Moon Was Shin-
in' on the Streets of Shelbyville':
Southern Honor and the Death of General
Henry H. Denhardt, 1937," which
appeared in the Autumn 1986 issue of The
Register of the Kentucky Historical
Society.
The New York State Historical Society
recently announced its 1987
awards: The 1987 Kerr History Prize for
best article in New York History to
Peter Francis, Jr., for his article,
"The Beads That Did Not Buy Manhattan
Island," which appeared in the
January 1986 issue; and a joint award of the
New York State Historical Association
Manuscript Award to Elisabeth Perry
of Vanderbilt University for "Belle
Moskowitz: Feminine Politics and the Ex-
ercise of Power in the Age of Alfred E.
Smith," and to Matthew Dennis of
the University of California at
Riverside for "Cultivating a Landscape of
Peace: The Iroquois New World."
Recent publications which might be of
interest to our readers include: A
Guide to Major Manuscript Collections Accessioned and Processed by the Li-
brary of The Western Reserve
Historical Society Since 1970, compiled
by
Kermit J. Pike, published by the Western
Reserve Historical Society; The
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, compiled and edited by David D. Van
Tassel and John J. Grabowski, published
by the Indiana University Press in
association with the Case Western
Reserve University; The City of Marietta,
Ohio: 1788-1987, A Bibliography, by Robert Frank Cayton, published by the
Marietta College Dawes Memorial Library;
The Encyclopedia of American Re-
ligions, second edition supplement, by J. Gordon Melton,
published by Gale
Research Company of Detroit, Michigan;
an exhibition catalog and antholo-
gy, " . . Schools and The Means
of Education Shall Forever Be Encouraged."
A History of Education in the Old
Northwest, 1787-1880, edited by Paul
H.
Mattingly and Edward W. Stevens, Jr.,
published by the Ohio University
Library; A Guide to Manuscript
Collections of the Indiana Historical Society
and Indiana State Library, by Eric Pumroy with Paul Brockman, published
by the Indiana Historical Society; The
Industrial Belt: An Annotated Bibliog-
raphy, by Thomas J. Schlereth, published by Garland
Publishing, Inc.;
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and four works, A Biographical
Directory of the Indiana General Assembly,
Volume 1: 1816-1899, Volume 2: 1901-1984,
The Centennial History of the Indi-
ana General Assembly, 1816-1978, by Justin E. Walsh, and A Century of
Achievement: Black Hoosiers in the Indiana General
Assembly, 1881-1986, by
Alan F. January and Justin E. Walsh,
published by the Select Committee on
the Centennial History of the Indiana
General Assembly in cooperation with
the Indiana Historical Bureau.
Recent reprints include: Harry N.
Scheiber's Ohio Canal Era: A Case
Study of Government and the Economy
1820-1861 by the Ohio University/
Swallow Press; R. David Edmunds' The
Potawatomis: Keepers of the Fire by
The University of Oklahoma Press; Rose
Pesotta's Bread Upon The Waters
by the ILR Press/New York State School
of Industrial and Labor Relations
Cornell University; and three books,
Clarence W. Alvord's The Illinois Coun-
try, 1673-1818, Theodore C. Pease's The Frontier State, 1818-1848, and
Ar-
thur C. Cole's The Era of The Civil
War, 1848-1870, in the Sesquicentennial
History of Illinois series by the
University of Illinois Press.