ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES.

The Appalachian Studies Association will hold its twenty-fifth annual conference on March 15-17, 2002, at Unicoi State Park in the mountains of north Georgia. The theme of the conference will be "Voices from the Margins--Living on the Fringe," in which participants are invited to explore the experiences of southern and central highlanders on the geographic edges of the region as well as those marginalized in other ways: Latinos, African Americans, Cherokees, women and girls, gays and lesbians, prisoners, and others. The Appalachian Studies Conference is an interdisciplinary gathering of academics and activists, writers and filmmakers, musicians, craftsmen, and artists. Proposals for submissions of all types--scholarly sessions, live performances, poetry readings, displays, film showings--are invited. Twelve copies of proposals, consisting of one-page abstracts, along with brief c.v.'s of all participants, should be mailed by September 28, 2001, to the Program Chair: Professor Patricia D. Beaver, Director, Center for Appalachian Studies, Appalachian State University, P.O. Box 32018, Boone, North Carolina 28608. E-mails and faxes cannot be accepted. For more information, contact Professor Beaver at [phone]; [e-mail]; or visit the ASA website at: www.AppalachianStudies.org.

"Imaging North Carolina: The Early Years of Photography" will be the subject of a conference at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh on November 9, 2001. The North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, Federation of Historical Societies, North Caroliniana Society, North Carolina Collection, and Museum of History are co-sponsors. The conference will feature papers on the early technology and the photographers who helped shape the visual image of the state. Presenters will be Stephen Massengill on pioneering nineteenth-century photographers, Jesse R. Lankford on early iconographic types, Jennifer Bean Bower on early photography in the Moravian communities, Bob Zeller on "The Civil War in Depth," and Jerry W. Cotten on the artistic imagery of Nace Brock and Bayard Wootten. Veteran photographer Hugh Morton will be the dinner speaker. For information, contact: Jo Ann Williford, Division of Archives and History, 4610 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699; phone: [phone]; or e-mail: [e-mail].

The University of Alabama School of Law has published a pamphlet containing a brief biography of Howell Heflin and a guide to the school's Heflin Collection. The School of Law will be happy to send a copy at no charge to anyone who requests one. Contact: Paul Pruitt, Asst. Law Librarian, Box 870383, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0383; phone [phone]; fax: [phone].

The University of North Texas's annual Teaching of History Conference is scheduled for September 22, 2001. The conference features three sessions on world history, three on United States history, and three on Texas history. The theme for this year's conference is "The World of the Family." John Mack Faragher, the Arthur Unobskey Professor of History at Yale University, will deliver the luncheon address and also present a session on families in the American westward movement. Presenters in each session will give informational lectures, make suggestions about teaching methods, and provide a bibliography of major sources. The target audience includes schoolteachers, grades 4-12, plus college and university faculty. For additional details contact Gregg Cantrell, Dept. of History, University of North Texas, P.O. Box 310650, Denton, Texas 76203-0650; e-mail: [e-mail]

Call for papers: The Douglas Southall Freeman and Southern Intellectual History Circle Conference, entitled "Virginia's Civil War and Aftermath, 1850-1900," will assemble at the University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, February 21-23, 2002. Panels may cover such topics as: pre-Civil War Virginia politics; military operations and leadership; race relations in slavery and freedom; religious developments; civilian and military morale during and after the war; issues of gender; family life; and developments in letters and education. Participants in need may anticipate some financial assistance. Graduate student participation is welcome along with senior scholars. Deadline for submission is October 15, 2001. Contact: Bertram Wyatt-Brown, Department of History, University of Florida, 4131 Turlington, P.O. Box 117320, Gainesville, Florida 32611-7320; e-mail: [e-mail].

Call for papers: XIIth Biannual Southern Labor Studies Conference, "The Making of the Atlantic Working Classes," Miami Beach, Florida, April 26-28, 2002. In conjunction with the programs in Atlantic Civilization, African-New World Studies, and the Center for Labor Research and Studies at Florida International University, the Southern Labor Studies Conference invites paper submissions for its biannual conference. Submissions are welcome on southern labor history, politics, and contemporary affairs, but the program committee is especially interested in papers and panels that speak to the theme of international working-class history in the Atlantic world, broadly defined. Drawing on U.S., Canadian, European, Caribbean, Latin American, or African history, this might include work on labor migration, comparative labor history, slavery and emancipation, transnational labor movements and/or international solidarity, labor and international trade and commerce, or labor and foreign policy. The keynote address will be given by Marcus Rediker, a pioneer in the field of Atlantic working-class studies. Please submit proposals for panels (2-3 papers and a commentator) or individual papers by December 15, 2001 to: Program Committee-SLSC, c/o Alex Lichtenstein, Department of History, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199; fax: [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail].

The Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center at the University of Oklahoma seeks applicants for its Visiting Scholars Program, which provides financial assistance to researchers working at the center's archives. Awards of $500 to $1000 are normally granted as reimbursement for travel and lodging. The center's holdings include the papers of many former members of Congress, such as: Robert S. Kerr, Fred Harris, and House Speaker Carl Albert of Oklahoma; Helen Gahagan Douglas and Jeffery Cohelan of California; and Neil Gallagher of New Jersey. Besides the history of Congress, congressional leadership, national and Oklahoma politics, and election campaigns, the collections also document government policy affecting agriculture, Native Americans, energy, foreign affairs, the environment, the economy, and other areas. Topics that can be studied include the Great Depression, flood control, soil conservation, and tribal affairs. At least one collection provides insight on women in American politics. Most materials date from the 1920s to the 1970s, although there is one nineteenth-century collection. The center's collections are described on the World Wide Web at http://www.ou.edu/special/albertctr/archives and in the publication entitled A Guide to the Carl Albert Center Congressional Archives (Norman, Okla., 1995) by Judy Day, et al., available at many U.S. academic libraries. Additional information can be obtained from the center.

The Visiting Scholars Program is open to any applicant. Emphasis is given to those pursuing postdoctoral research in history, political science, and other fields. Graduate students involved in research for publication, thesis, or dissertation are encouraged to apply. Interested undergraduates and lay researchers are also invited to apply. The center evaluates each research proposal based upon its merits, and funding for a variety of topics is expected. No standardized form is needed for application. Instead, a set of materials should be sent to the center, including: (1) a description of the research proposal in fewer than 1000 words; (2) a personal vita; (3) an explanation of how the center's resources will assist the researcher; (4) a budget proposal; and (5) a letter of reference from an established scholar in the discipline attesting to the significance of the research. Applications are accepted at any time. For more information, please contact: Archivist, Carl Albert Center, 630 Parrington Oval, Room 101, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019; phone: [phone]; fax: [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail].

The Georgia Historical Society awarded Michele Gillespie's Free Labor in an Unfree World: White Artisans in Slaveholding Georgia, 1789-1860 (Athens, Ga., 2000) its Malcolm and Muriel Bell Award for the best book in Georgia history published in 2000.

Professor Terry Anderson, Texas A&M University, has been named the Mary Ball Washington Chair in the Fulbright program for 2001-2002, and will be at the National University of Ireland, University College Dublin.

The Texas State Historical Association announced the following awards at its annual meeting: Gregg Cantrell, Stephen F. Austin: Empresario of Texas (New Haven, 1999), Kate Broocks Bates Award for Historical Research, for a significant piece of historical research dealing with any phase of Texas history prior to 1900, published within two years immediately preceding the year of the award; Ignacio M. Garcia, Viva Kennedy: Mexican Americans in Search of Camelot (College Station, 2000), Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for the best book on Texas history published during the calendar year; Ruthe Winegarten and Nancy Baker Jones, Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 (Austin, 2000), Liz Carpenter Award for Research in the History of Women, for the best scholarly book on the history of women and Texas published during the calendar year; and Gregg Cantrell, "Matter of Character: Stephen F. Austin and the Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas," H. Bailey Carroll Award for the best article in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly (the article appeared in the October 2000 issue).