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Request for Custer Award Submissions



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Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference Arline Custer Memorial Award
Call for Submissions

This award honors the memory of Arline Custer (1909-1975), MARAC member
and editor of the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, and
is presented by the MARAC Arline Custer Memorial Award Committee.

The award recognizes the best books, monographs, exhibition catalogues, and
articles published by MARAC members and other individuals and
institutions in Washington, DC, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Material submitted must
appeal to the
general public as well as the archival community and submissions are
evaluated based on relevancy both to the archival community and
the general public, originality and quality of scholarship, style of writing,
presentation, and layout.

Recent winners include the paperback edition of "The Burning of
Washington: The British Invasion of 1814," by Anthony S. Pitch, "She
Worked Her Head Off: Edwin and Louise Rosskam and the Golden Age of
Documentary Photography Books." and "Documenting Diversity: Edwin
Rosskam and the Photo Book, 1940-1941," by Gary D. Saretzky, both
published in The Photo Review, Becoming American Express: 150 Years of
Reinvention and Customer Service, by Reed Massengill, Becoming Visible:
An Illustrated History of Lesbian and Gay Life in Twentieth-Century
America, by Molly McGarry and Fred Wasserman and New York University and
the City: An Illustrated History, by Thomas J. Frusciano and Marilyn H.
Pettit.

Individuals or institutions may submit up to two works which were
published between July 1, 2001, and June 30, 2002. Submissions must be
received not later than August 31, 2002.

Up to two awards may be given, with a maximum value of $200.00 for books
or monographs, and $100 for articles. The 2002 Arline Custer Award
winner(s) will be announced at the Fall Business Meeting, October 19-21,
2000 in Poughkeepsie, New York.

Please send two copies of each submission to: Danna Bell-Russel, 1303
Ballard Street, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Questions? Please call Danna
at 202-707-4159, or send email to dbell@loc.gov.

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