given by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC)
DEADLINE: July 31, 2013
Arline Custer Memorial Award
Presented by the MARAC Arline Custer Memorial Award Committee, this award
honors
the memory of Arline Custer (1909-1975), MARAC member and editor of the
National
Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections.
Eligibility
The Arline Custer Memorial Award recognizes the best books and articles
written
or compiled by individuals and institutions in the MARAC region – 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 2012 and
June 2013.
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, with a maximum value of $200.00 for books and
$100.00 for articles. The 2013 awards will be announced at the Fall 2011
Conference in
Philadelphia, PA.
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:
Molly Tighe
Arline Custer Award
Mattress Factory Museum
500 Sampsonia Way
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Email: molly@mattress.org
Entries must be received by July 31, 2013
For additional information about this award and a list of previous award
winners, see the Arline Custer Memorial Award site:
http://www.marac.info/arline-
