Event Details

End: July 31, 2018
Contact: twink@hshsl.umaryland.edu
More Info: http://www.marac.info/arline-custer-memorial-award

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 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018.

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. 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 2018 award(s) will be announced at the Fall 2018 Conference in Wilmington, DE.

Submission Instructions

Please send two copies of each submission with a letter of nomination to the Senior Co-Chair of the Arline Custer Memorial Award Committee:

 

Tara Wink

Health Sciences and Human Services Library

University of Maryland, Baltimore

601 West Lombard Street

Baltimore, MD 21201-1512

Email: twink@hshsl.umaryland.edu

 

Entries must be received by July 31, 2018