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Final Call for Submissions for MARAC Custer Award
- Subject: Final Call for Submissions for MARAC Custer Award
- From: "danna c. bell-russel" <dbell@LOC.GOV>
- Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 16:42:06 -0400
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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 July 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.