Notes and Queries
David E. Kyvig, history professor at The
University of Akron, recently received
the Bancroft Prize for the best book in
American history published in 1996, for
his Explicit & Authentic Acts:
Amending the U.S. Constitution, 1776-1995. The
book, acclaimed as "a major
contribution to the history of American legal, consti-
tutional, and political
development," was published by the University Press of
Kansas.
The Ohio Academy of History will hold
its annual spring meeting 24-25 April
1998 at Denison University in Granville,
Ohio. For information, contact H.
Forse, Bowling Green State University,
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0220.
The Forty-first Annual Missouri Valley
History Conference will be held in
Omaha, Nebraska, March 12-14, 1998. Inquiries
may be directed to Lorraine M.
Gesick, MVHC Program Coordinator,
Department of History, University of
Nebraska at Omaha, NE 68182 or by e-mail
to lgesick@cas.unomaha.edu.
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission invites applications for
its 1998-1999 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 and museums. Residencies are
available for four to twelve consecutive
weeks between May 1, 1998, and April
30, 1999, 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 professionals, independent scholars,
graduate students, writers, fill-makers,
and others. For further information and
application materials, contact: Division
of History, Pennsylvania Historical and
Museum Commission, Box 1026,
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108. Deadline
is January 16, 1998.
The Kentucky Historical Society recently
presented its annual Richard H.
Collins Award to Professor Chad Berry of
Maryville College, Maryville,
Tennessee. Dr. Berry was honored for his
essay, "The Great White Migration,
Alcohol, and the Transplantation of
Southern Protestant Churches," which ap-
peared in the Summer 1995 issue of The
Register, the Kentucky Historical
Society's quarterly. The Collins Award
was distinguished to recognize distin-
guished research and writing in the
field of Kentucky history. For further informa-
tion, contact, Thomas H. Appleton, Jr.,
Editor, Kentucky Historical Society, P.O.
Box 1792, Frankfort, KY 4062-1792.
Robert A. Musson, M.D., has written and
published a highly informative his-
tory of beer brewing in Akron, Ohio,
entitled Brewing Beer in the Rubber City: A
history of Akron's brewing industry
from 1845 to 1997. Accompanying
Musson's well-researched text is an
amazing array of maps, photographs and illus-
trations, including collectibles such as
beer labels, advertisements, trays, and
crates. Truly "a definitive
history," Brewing Beer in the Rubber City would be of
interest to anyone interested in Akron
history as well as brewing in America. To
obtain a copy of the book, send $24.95
to Robert A. Musson, 2989 Silver Maple
Drive, Fairlawn, Ohio 44333.
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The Picton Press has published The
Federal Census of 1860 for Monroe County,
Ohio, compiled and indexed by Wilma S. Davis. This complete
verbatim tran-
script of the 1860 census for Monroe
County-first published in 1967-has been
reprinted as a joint venture between the
Monroe County Historical Society and
Picton Press. The Federal Census for
1860 is available from Picton Press, P.O.
Box 250, Rockport, Maine 04856.
The Historian's Guide to Loudoun
County, Virginia, Volume I: Colonial
Laws
of Virginia and County Court Orders,
1757-1766, by John T. Phillips, II,
has been
published by Goose Creek Productions. An
excellent resource for anyone inter-
ested in late colonial and Revolutionary
period in Virginia, The Historian's Guide
focuses on the official and private
records of the colonial Governors and the
Virginia House of Burgesses, the
surviving editions of colonial publications, the
early colonial court records of Loudoun
County, and other books and manuscripts.
New maps, original art, illustrations of
rare colonial documents, and an index ref-
erencing over 2,500 names and more than
500 geographic locations complete the
publication. To order a The
Historian's Guide write to Goose Creek Productions,
P.O. Box 776, Leesburg, Virginia 20178.
The University of Michigan Press
recently issued Old Roads of the Midwest.
Author George Cantor takes a back-roads
journey through the states of Indiana,
Michigan, and Ohio, following the roads
which before the super-highways were
trails used by Native Americans,
pioneers, and farmers and were later built-up for
the automobile. Today, many of these
roads have been designated as scenic or his-
toric routes. For additional information
about Old Roads of the Midwest, contact
The University of Michigan Press, 839
Greene Street, P.O. Box 1104, Ann Arbor,
Michigan 48106-1104.
Ohio's Last Frontiersman: Connecticut
Mariner Captain James Riley, by Joyce
L. Alig, was published by the Mercer
County Historical Society as book four of
the Passport to History Series. Best
known for his book, Narrative of the Loss of
the Brig Commerce, Captain Riley played an important role in Ohio's early
his-
tory, acting as a surveyor, legislator,
and navigator. For further information
about the publication, contact the
Mercer County Museum, Box 512, Celina, Ohio
45822.
The Concordia Historical Institute is
offering a special exhibit on the life of
Philipp Melanchthon (noted Reformer and
friend of Martin Luther) in celebration
of the 500th anniversary of his birth.
Designed to acquaint visitors with the life
and work of Philipp Melanchthon, "including his
contributions to the
Reformation and to the theology of the
Lutheran Church, the exhibit will feature
displays on the Reformation, early
Biblical humanists, Melanchthon's life and
works, and the Augsburg Confession. The
exhibit features rare books and docu-
ments from the Reformation ear,
including Melanchthon's Loci Communes and
The Augsburg Confession, and Erasmus' The
Freedom of the Will. The
Melanchthon exhibit can be seen weekdays
8:30 a.m.-noon and 1:00-4:30 p.m.
at the Concordia Historical Institute,
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri.
For those who cannot make to visit in
person a "virtual tour" of the exhibit can be
seen on the CHI web page at
http://www.chi.lcms.org. The exhibit will be on
view through January of 1998.