Announcements and activities.

The Museum and White House of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia, is pleased to announce the winners of its 2002 literary awards competitions. George C. Rable has received the 2002 Jefferson Davis Award for his book Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! (Chapel Hill, 2002). Michael Bedout Chesson and Leslie Jean Roberts are the recipients of the 2001-2002 Founders Award for editing Exile in Richmond: The Confederate Journal of Henri Garidel (Charlottesville, 2001). Created in 1970, the Museum of the Confederacy's book awards recognize outstanding contributions to the study of the Confederate period. The Jefferson Davis Award is given annually to the authors of narrative works, while the Founders Award is a biennial award given to the editors of primary source documents. Independent committees of scholars select the award winners.

The Economic and Business Historical Society announces its twenty-ninth annual conference at the Anaheim Sheraton Hotel, Anaheim, California, April 22-24, 2004. Composed of some three hundred North American and international members, the Economic and Business Historical Society (EBHS) offers participants an opportunity for continuing intellectual interchange within a modest-sized, collegial, and interdisciplinary group. In keeping with its traditions, the EBHS welcomes proposals for both individual papers and panel presentations on all aspects of business and economic history. Graduate students are invited to apply and may qualify for reduced registration fees. Both the annual membership ($25) and conference registration fees are modest. Papers presented at the conference may be submitted for publication in the society's peer-reviewed journal, Essays in Economic and Business History, edited by Michael V. Namorato of the University of Mississippi.

Proposals for individual papers should include an abstract of no more than five hundred words, a brief vita, postal and e-mail addresses, and telephone and fax numbers. Panel proposals should also suggest a title and a panel chair. Graduate students and nonacademic affiliates are welcome. Submissions imply that at least one author will register for the conference and be present at the time designated in the conference program. The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2004. Proposals may be submitted by email to [e-mail], or by mail to Ken Weiher, Chair, Department of Economics, University of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, Texas 78249-0631. Additional information regarding the conference and Society can be found on the EBHS website at www.ebhsoc.org.

The William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies in the Department of History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas welcomes applications for three research fellowships, known as the Bill and Rita Clements Research Fellowships for the Study of Southwestern America, for 2003-2004. Individuals in any field in the humanities or social sciences doing research on southwestern America are invited to apply. The fellowships are designed to provide time for senior or junior scholars to bring book-length manuscripts to completion. Fellows will be expected to spend the 2004-2005 academic year at SMU and to participate in Clements Center activities. Each fellow will receive the support of the center and access to the extraordinary holdings of the DeGolyer Library. Fellowships carry a stipend of $37,000, health benefits, a $2,000 allowance for research and travel expenses, and a publication subvention. Fellows have the option to teach one course during the two-semester duration of the fellowship for an additional stipend.

Applicants should send a copy of their vita, a description of their research project, and a sample chapter or extract (if the sample is from a dissertation, please include the introduction), and arrange to have letters of reference sent from three persons who can assess the significance of the work and the ability of the scholar to carry it out. Send applications to David Weber, Director, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Dallas Hall, Room 356, 3225 University Ave., P.O. Box 750176, Dallas, Texas 75275-0176. Applications must be received by January 12, 2004. The award will be announced on March 5, 2004. This announcement contains all the information necessary to complete the application process. If you have questions, please call [phone], or e-mail [e-mail]. The center's website is www. smu.edu/swcenter.

The Clements Center for Southwest Studies also offers research grants to applicants who live outside the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area to encourage a broader and more intensive use of the special collections at DeGolyer Library. The library consists of almost 90,000 volumes of rare and scholarly works, 350,000 photographs, and approximately 4,000 linear feet of archival materials pertaining to the trans-Mississippi West, the Spanish Borderlands, and the history of transportation, especially railroads, worldwide. The library's website is www.smu.edu/cul/degolyer. The Clements-DeGolyer Library Grant provides an opportunity to conduct scholarly research in the DeGolyer Library on any aspect of the southwestern experience. The $500-a-week grant is awarded for periods of one to four weeks to help defray the costs of travel, lodging, and research materials. In exchange, grant recipients are expected to consult with DeGolyer Library staff about available resources in their specialty area and to recommend the acquisition of additional research materials for the library's collection. Recipients might also be asked to deliver an informal lecture or seminar talk on their research topic.

Applicants should provide a project outline correlating its pertinence to the DeGolyer Library collection and the requested length of research time; a copy of their vita; and two letters of reference from persons who can assess the significance of the project and the scholarship record of the applicant. Applications are welcome throughout the year; there is no fixed deadline. Send applications to David Weber, Director, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Dallas Hall, Room 356, 3225 University Ave., P.O. Box 750176, Dallas, Texas 75275-0176. For more information please contact Andrea Boardman at [phone], or e-mail [e-mail].

The University of North Carolina Press has informed the Journal of Southern History that it has withdrawn Edward A. Pearson, ed., Designs against Charleston: The Trial Record of the Denmark Vesey Slave Conspiracy of 1822 (Chapel Hill, 1999) from publication. This action is in response to the evidence adduced by Michael P. Johnson in his article "Denmark Vesey and His Co-conspirators," William and Mary Quarterly, 3d ser., 58 (October 2001), 915-76.

For a book on David Drake ("Dave," the enslaved African American potter from Edgefield, South Carolina) to be published by W. W. Norton, any information on him, his pottery, any of the South Carolinians who held him (Harvey Drake, Abner and John Landrum, Lewis Miles), or, especially, his descendants would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Leonard Todd by e-mail at [e-mail].