Announcements and activities. (Historical News and Notices).

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 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. For more information, see the full announcement in the August 2001 issue of the Journal, or contact: Archivist, Carl Albert Center, 630 Parrington Oval, Room 101, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019; phone: [phone]; fax: [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail].

The Southern Association for Women Historians invites submissions for its annual publications prizes. To be eligible, entries must be written in English, but the competition is not restricted to works published in the U.S. The Julia Cherry Spruill Prize of $750 is awarded for the best published book in southern women's history. The Willie Lee Rose Prize of $750 is awarded for the best book in southern history authored by a woman (or women). For both of these prizes, anthologies, edited works, and all other types of historical publications are eligible. Books with a copyright date of 2001 are eligible for both the Spruill and Rose prizes. The A. Elizabeth Taylor Prize is awarded annually for the best article published during the preceding year in the field of southern women's history. Articles published between January 1 and December 31, 2001, are eligible. Editors, scholars, and authors are invited to nominate eligible articles for the prize. To nominate a publication, four copies of each entry must be mailed to the following address no later than April 1, 2002, and all entries must be clearly marked with the name of the prize competition being entered. Please mail submissions to Melissa Walker, Converse College, Department of History and Politics, 580 East Main Street, Spartanburg, S.C. 29302. If you have any questions about any of these competitions, contact the SAWH executive secretary at [phone], or by e-mail: melissa.walker@ converse.edu.