Arline Custer Memorial Award
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.
Awards
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 marybeth818@comcast.net
Other MARAC awards
Online publications such as virtual exhibitions, web sites or web pages devoted to the promotion and use of archival materials should be submitted to the C. Herbert Finch Award.
Archival finding aids, including guides should be submitted to the MARAC Finding Aids Award Committee.
Award Winners
The Arline Custer Memorial Award recognizes the best books, articles, and exhibition catalogues published by MARAC members and other individuals and institutions in the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Viginia, and West Virginia.
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
1996 |
1995 |
1994 |
1993 |
1992 |
1991 |
1990 |
1989 |
1988 |
1987 |
1986 |
1985 |
1984 |
1983 |
1982 |
1981 |
1980 |
1979
2008
Book Award Winner:
New York City Municipal Archives. New York Rises: Photographs by Eugene de Salignac. New York: Aperture, 2007.
Article Award Winner:
Randy L. Goss, "The 'Art and Mystery' of Delaware's Apprentice Indentures" in Delaware History.
[Back to Awards]
2007
Book Award Winner:
Thomas C. Battle and Donna M. Wells (editors). Legacy: Treasures of Black History. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2006
[Back to Awards]
2006
Book Award Winner:
Menzi L. Behrnd-Klodt and Peter J. Wosh (editors). Privacy and Confidentiality Perspectives: Archivists & Archival Records. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2005.
Article Award Winner:
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library. "Unseen Hands: Women Printers, Binders and Book Designers," by Rebecca Warren Davidson, 2005. [Exhibition catalog.]
[Back to Awards]
2005
Book Award Winner:
John M. Delaney. Of maps and men: in pursuit of a Northwest Passage : an exhibition of maps, books, artwork, and photographs : Leonard L. Milberg Gallery, Harvey S. Firestone Library, Princeton University, 4 April-26 September 2004. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Library.
Article Award Winner:
David A. Pfeiffer, "Bridging the Mississippi: The Railroads and Steamboats Clash at the Rock Island Bridge," in Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration (Summer, 2004).
[Back to Awards]
2004
Book Award Winner: Bruce I.
Ambacher, editor. Thirty Years of Electronic Records.
Scarecrow Press.
Article Award Winner: E.
Richard McKinstry. "From the Archives: Archives, Diplomatics,
and French Watercolor Art: A Detectives Journey."
Winterthur Portfolio: A Journal of Material Culture,
Vol. 37.
[Back to Awards]
2003
Book Award Winner: Arthur H.
Aufses and Barbara Niss. This House of Noble Deeds: The
Mount Sinai Hospital, 1952-2002. New York: NYU Press, 2002.
Article Award Winner:
Joseph-James Ahern. "Ross Gunn and the Naval Research
Laboratory's Research into Nuclear Propulsion, 1939-1946." In
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological
Sciences, Vol. 33, part 2 (2003).
[Back to Awards]
2002
Book Award Winner: William C.
Allen. History of the United States Capitol: A Chronicle
of Design, Construction and Politics. Washington, DC: US
Government Printing Office, 2001.
Article Award Winner: Robert
W. Schoeberlein. "The Beginning of Mental Health Care Reform
in Maryland, 1908-1910." Maryland Historical Magazine,
Volume 96, no. 4 (Winter 2001), pp. 439-474.
Honorable Mention: Milton M.
Klein, ed. The Empire State: A History of New York.
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2001.
New York Archives, Volume 1, Number 1
through Volume 2, Number One. Albany: New York State Archives
and Archives Partnership Trust, 2001-2002.
[Back to Awards]
2001
Book Award Winner: Anthony S.
Pitch. The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of
1814. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1988.
Award given for first paperback edition, c 2000.
Article Award Winner: Gary D.
Saretzky. "She Worked Her Head Off: Edwin and Louise Rosskam
and the Golden Age of Documentary Photography Books." The
Photo Review, Volume 23, no. 3 (Summer 2000); and
"Documenting Diversity: Edwin Rosskam and the Photo Book,
1940-1941." The Photo Review, Volume 23, no. 4 (Fall
2000).
Article Award Honorable
Mention: Walter B. Hill. "Living with the Hydra: The
Documentation of Slavery and the Slave Trade in Federal
Records." Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and
Records Administration, Volume 32, no. 4 (Winter 2000).
[Back to Awards]
2000
Book Award Winner: Reed
Massengill. Becoming American Express: 150 Years of
Reinvention and Customer Service. New York: American
Express, 1999.
Book Award Honorable Mention:
Debra E. Bernhardt and Rachel Bernstein. Ordinary People,
Extraordinary Lives: A Pictorial History of Working People in
New York City. New York: New York University Press, 2000.
[Back to Awards]
1999
Molly McGarry and Fred Wasserman. Becoming
Visible: An Illustrated History of Lesbian and Gay Life in
Twentieth-Century America. New York: Penguin Studio,
1998.
[Back to Awards]
1998
First Prize: Thomas J.
Frusciano and Marilyn Pettit. New York University and the
City: An Illustrated History. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers
University Press, 1997.
Second Prize: Sandra Gioia
Treadway and Edward D.C. Campbell, Jr., eds. The Common
Wealth: Treasures from the Collections of the Library of
Virginia. Richmond: The Library of Virginia, 1997.
Honorable Mention: L. Rebecca
Johnson Melvin. Self Works: Diaries, Scrapbooks, and Other
Autobiographical Effects. Newark: University of Delaware
Library, 1997.
[Back to Awards]
1997
Linda A. Ries, ed. Pennsylvania History:
Special Issue: History of Photography in Pennsylvania.
Volume 64, no. 2 (Spring 1997).
[Back to Awards]
1996
Leslie Hanson Kopp, ed. Dance Archives: A
Practical Manual for Documenting and Preserving the Ephemeral
Art. Lee, MA: Preserve, 1995.
James P. Quigel, ed. Journal of Rutgers
University Libraries: Consumerism, Labor Unions, and the
Pursuit of the American Dream. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers
University Press, 1995.
[Back to Awards]
1995
Marie Allen. The Food Stamp Records
Project: Final Report. Washington, DC: Intergovernmental
Cooperative Appraisal Program, 1995.
[Back to Awards]
1994
Debra Newman Ham. The African-American
Mosaic. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1993.
Richard Cox. "The Record It Is Evolving."
Records and Retrieval Report, Volume 10, no.3 (March 1994).
[Back to Awards]
1993
William Allen. The Dome: An Architectural
History of the U.S. Capitol. Washington, DC: US
Government Printing Office, 1992.
National Archives and Records Administration
and Social Issues Resource Series, Inc. The United States
at War: 1944. Washington, DC: National Archives and
Records Administration and Boca Raton, FL: Social Issues
Resources Series, Inc., 1992.
Library of Congress. Acquisitions:
Manuscript Division 1991. Washington, DC: Library of
Congress, 1992.
[Back to Awards]
1992
Thomas Wilsted and William Nolte. Managing
Archival and Manuscript Repositories. Washington, DC:
Senate Historical Office.
[Back to Awards]
1991
Arva Michelson. Expert Systems Technology
and Its Implications for Archives. National Archives
Technical Information Paper No. 9, Washington, DC: Archival
Research and Evaluation Staff, National Archives and Records
Administration, March 1991.
New York State Archives. Archives &
You: The Benefits of Historical Records. Albany:
University of State of New York, the State Education
Department State Archives and Records Administration,
1990.
Kenneth W. Rose. The Availability of
Foundation Records: A Guide for Researchers. North
Tarrytown, NY: Rockefeller Archive Center, 1990.
[Back to Awards]
1990
David Bearman. Archival Methods.
Pittsburgh: Archives and Museum Informatics, 1989.
[Back to Awards]
1989
James Gregory Bradsher. Managing Archives
and Archival Institutions. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, 1988.
New York State Archives. Strengthening New
York's Historical Records Program: A Self-Study Guide.
Albany: New York State Education Department, 1989.
[Back to Awards]
1988
New York State Archives. Our Memory at
Risk: Preserving New York's Unique Research Resource.
Albany: New York State Education Department, 1988.
[Back to Awards]
1987
Frederick Stielow. The Management of Oral
History Sound Archives. Stamford: Greenwood Publishing, 1986.
[Back to Awards]
1986
[No information available.]
[Back to Awards]
1985
Jacqueline Goggin. "That We Shall Truly
Deserve the Title of Profession: The Training and Education
of Archivists, 1930-1960." American Archivist, Volume
47, no.3 (Summer 1984).
[Back to Awards]
1984
Roland Baumann. "Samuel Hazard: Editor and
Archivist for the Keystone State." Pennsylvania Magazine
of History and Biography, Volume 107, no. 2 (April 1983).
Virginia Purdy. "Archivaphobia: Its Causes and
Cure." Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and
Records Administration, Volume 15, no. 2 (Summer 1983).
[Back to Awards]
1983
Roland Baumann, ed. A Manual of Archival
Techniques. Harrisburg: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1982.
[Back to Awards]
1982
Leonard Rapport. "No Grandfather Clause:
Reappraising Accessioned Records." American Archivist,
Volume 44, no. 2 (Spring 1981).
[Back to Awards]
1981
No award given.
[Back to Awards]
1980
No award given.
[Back to Awards]
1979
Richard Cox. "The Origins of Archival
Development in Maryland, 1634-1934." Unpublished MA thesis,
University of Maryland, 1978.
[Back to Awards]
|
