Arline Custer Memorial Award
given by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC)

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.

Eligibility

The Arline Custer Memorial Award recognizes the best books and articles
written or compiled by MARAC members and other individuals and institutions
in the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

Works under consideration include but are not limited to monographs, popular
narratives, reference works and exhibition catalogs using archival sources.

Individuals or institutions may submit up to two works published between
July 2008 and June 2009.

Evaluation

Works must be relevant to the general public as well as the archival
community.  They also should be original and well-researched using available
sources.  In addition, they should be clearly presented, well-written and
organized.  Visual materials, if used, should be appropriate to the text.

Preference will be given to works by archivists.

Award

Up to two awards may be given in each category, with a maximum value of
$200.00 for books, and $100.00 for articles.  The 2009 awards will be
announced at the Fall 2009 meeting in Jersey City, NJ.

How to submit an entry

Please send two copies of each submission with a letter of nomination to the
Chair of the Arline Custer Memorial Award Committee.  Entries must be
received by July 31, 2009:

Mary Beth Corrigan
10416 Fawcett Street, #4
Kensington, MD   20895
TEL:  202-362-6991
or send email to [log in to unmask]

http://www.lib.umd.edu/MARAC/awards/custer-sub.html

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