Arline Custer Memorial Award, 2022, US

Publish Date: Jun 11, 2022

Deadline: Jul 31, 2022

The Arline Custer Memorial Award is 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.

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.

Award
Up to three awards may be given, with a maximum value of $200.00 for books and $100.00 for articles. The 2022 award(s) may be announced at a fall 2022 MARAC business meeting or shared with MARAC members via another means.

Electronic Submission Instructions 
Please send a PDF of the entirety of the work along with a PDF of a letter of nomination to the Senior Co-Chair of the Arline Custer Memorial Award Committee:

  • Amy Lucadamo
  • College Archivist
  • Gettysburg College

For more information click "LINK TO ORIGINAL" below.

Further Official Information

Link to Original

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Disciplines

Any

Study Levels

Graduate

Postdoctoral

Postgraduate

Research

Opportunity Types

Awards

Eligible Countries

United States

Host Countries

United States