Printed Publications PUBLICATIONS Two Task Force Reports Available Dr. Wilson has released two reports of the Task Force on NARA Responsibilities for Federal Records and Related Documentations. The first report examines the authorities given by law to the National Archives with respect to defining what are Federal records and managing their creation and maintenance in Federal agencies, and makes recommendations for improvements in the law and its implementation. The second report published in March 1988 examines the administration of Presidential records both during a President's term of office and in the period after the President leaves office according to authorities given by law to the National Archives. The report describes the consultative role undertaken by NARA in past administrations (before the present law took effect), as well as in the current administration. Both reports are free and available while the supply lasts from the Office of External Affairs, National Archives, Washington, D.C. 20408. 1988 Media Resource Catalog Supplement The 1988 Media Resource Catalog Supplement distributed by the National Audiovisual Center contains more than 400 audiovisual titles recently produced by the U.S. government. The catalog provides media users with a convenient tool for finding current audiovisuals suitable for classrooms, training programs, libraries, and other educational/training settings. (This free catalog supplements the Center's 1986 Media Resource Catalog.) Call (301) 763-1896 for further information, or write National Audiovisual Center, Orders Section, 8700 Edgeworth Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743-3701. Microfilm Publications Microfilm publications are issued by the National Archives to make holdings more widely available for research. Microfilm can be purchased for $20 per roll from Publication Services (NEPS), National Archives and Records Adminsitration, Washington, D.C. 20408. Make checks payable to National Archives Trust Fund Board (NEPS). Letters Received by the Department of Justice From the State (M1356, 7 rolls.) General Records of the of Alabama, 1871-1884. Department of Justice. (RG 60%) Hopkins and William D. Grover. Introduction by Michael E. Letters Received by the Department of Justice From the State (M1418, 5 rolls.) General Records of the of Arkansas 1871-1884. Department of Justice. (RG 60.) Introduction by Jestine M. Turner. of Kentucky 1871-1884. Letters Received by the Department of Justice From the State (M1362, 2 rolls.) General Records of the Introduction by Michael E. Department of Justice. (RG 60.) Hopkins and Cynthia G. Fox. "Other Individuals and Organizations" File of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. (M1402, 39 rolls.) Records of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. (RG 272.) Introduction by Marion M. Johnson. Papers Relating to the Administration of the U.S. Patent Office During the Superintendency of William Thornton, 1802-1828: A Guide to Accompany Federal Documentary Military Edition No. 1. (5 rolls.) Introduction by C. M. Harris and Daniel Preston, of the Papers of William Thornton, a documentary editing project endorsed by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Brazil 1945-1949 Decimal File 832. General Records of the Department of State. Introduction by Milton Gustafson. (M1492, 48 rolls.) (RG 59.) GRANTS The Harry S. Truman Library Institute has recently awarded grants to M. J. R. Ashurst-Bulloch, London School of Economics; Diane M. Ayotte, University of Missouri-St. Louis; Kristin Bailey, Carnegie-Mellon University; Debra Beil, Texas A&M University; Gunter Bischof, Harvard University; Roger Buckley, International University of Japan; Thomas Buckley, University of Tulsa; Richard D. Byrne, University of Iowa; Andrea Cantadori, University of Florence; John Chay, Pembroke State University; Peter F. Coogan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; John Gillingham, University of Missouri-St. Louis; James A. Gross, Cornell University; Stephen W. Haycox, University of Alaska; Mary Ann Heiss, Ohio University; P.J. Kamath, University of Bombay; Judith F. Kornberg, University of Connecticut; Joseph Lee, University College, Cork; Karen Parsons, University of Missouri-Columbia; Thomas Schwartz, Harvard University; Anita Ider Singh, St. Anthony's College, Oxford University; David L. Stebenne, Columbia University; Sergiu Verona, Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, Smithsonian; Richard Weitz, Harvard University; and Lanxin Xiang, Johns Hopkins University. Grants Grants for research at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library are awarded annually by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation. range in size from $300 to $1,500 and are designed to help defray living, travel, and related expenses incurred while conducting research at the Johnson Library. Applications must be received by the Foundation each year by August 31. The awards are announced by mid-October of each year, and the grants must be used by August of the next year. For additional information and applications, write to the Executive Director, Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, Texas 78705. On May 4 the John F. Kennedy Library announced the establishment of the Marjorie Kovler Research Fellowship, the Library's first named fellowship. The fellowship will provide financial assistance to scholars undertaking research at the library. Applications for the Fellowship will be reviewed by the Kennedy Library Academic Advisory Committee. Selection of Kovler Fellows will be made by the Board of Directors of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation after receiving recommendations from the Advisory Committee. For further information about the fellowship write: The Director, John F. Kennedy Library, Columbia Point, Boston, MA 02125. The Kennedy Library is now accepting applications for the 1988 Fenn Award for Political Leadership. The award carries a $750 stipend and is presented annually to a young elected official in Massachusetts in recognition of effective political leadership in addressing or resolving a public policy issue or need. |