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Hello ARLIS, Please consider nominating a work for the Arline Custer Memorial Award described below. Best regards, Molly Tighe Arline Custer Memorial Award Senior Co-Chair **************************** Arline Custer Memorial Award 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: [log in to unmask] 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-custer-memorial-award ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~