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CALL FOR PAPERS: Missouri Museums Association 2010 Annual Meeting

The Missouri Museums Association is co-sponsoring the fifty-second annual meeting of the Missouri Conference on History with the Missouri State Archives and The State Historical Society of Missouri, on April 15-16, 2010 at the Capitol Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Jefferson City.

During this meeting, MMA will have its annual meeting and elect its officers for the next year.

We invite you to propose conference sessions and papers by and for museums, archives, historical societies, and libraries for a conference track related to these institutions and their specific interests. This is our opportunity to share with other members of the Missouri historical and cultural community what is happening in our institutions.

Anyone wishing to organize a session or present a paper should submit a one-page abstract and a one-page curriculum vitae. If you wish to organize a session, please include the names of your panelists, the session chair, and a commentator, if you wish to have one.

Please submit your paper abstract or session information and curriculum vitae to:

Shelly Croteau
Secretary, Missouri Museum Association
c/o Missouri State Archives
600 W. Main St., P.O. Box 1747
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Or email it to shelly.croteau@sos.mo.gov

Prize for Best Student Paper

The Missouri Conference on History will present a $250 prize for the best student paper presented at the conference by a registered student participant. Students (undergraduate or graduate) who wish to be considered for the prize should submit an electronic version of the completed paper of between 3,000 and 4,000 words to:

Gary R. Kremer
Executive Director
The State Historical Society of Missouri
kremerg@umsystem.edu

The deadline for submission of papers for prize consideration is February 1, 2010.

Call for Papers

Closed
The deadline for submission of proposals was December 15, 2009.

Proposals for conference sessions and papers are welcome on any historical topic or era.

The conference is particularly interested in proposals for complete sessions, including panelists, chair, and commentator.

Anyone wishing to organize a session or present a paper should submit a one-page abstract and a one-page curriculum vita by e-mail to:

John Dougan
Missouri State Archivist
Office of Secretary of State
john.dougan@sos.mo.gov

The deadline for submission of proposals was December 15, 2009.