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23-November-1998 
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    Historical Society Announces Publications Award Winners 
 
    by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-At its recent meeting, the Presbyterian Historical Society 
presented its four annual Presbyterian history-related publications awards. 
 
    William Oates Ragsdale received the Francis Makemie Award ($500) for 
the best book-length contribution to Presbyterian or Reformed history for 
his book "They Sought a Land: A Settlement in the Arkansas River Valley, 
1840-1870" (University of Arkansas Press, 1997). 
 
    The Robert Lee Stowe Award ($250) for the best published historical 
study of an American Presbyterian or Reformed congregation was given to 
First Presbyterian Church, San Anselmo, Calif., for "Our Past: A Window to 
the Future - A Centennial History of the First Presbyterian Church, San 
Anselmo, 1897-1997," edited by Walter D. Davis (First Presbyterian Church, 
1997). 
 
    A Stowe Award certificate of special commendation was presented to 
First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for "In the Heart of the 
City: A History of First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 
1847-1997," by Allen Fisher and David Hay. 
 
    Ruth Crocker received the Patricia Ann Burrus Spaulding Award ($200) 
for the best scholarly historical article pertaining to an American 
Presbyterian or Reformed woman or women for "From Widow's Mite to Widow's 
Might: The Philanthropy of Margaret Olivia Sage," published by the "Journal 
of Presbyterian History" in its "American Presbyterians" series, Winter 
1996. 
 
    The society awarded its Woodrow Wilson Award ($100) for the best 
scholarly article in American Presbyterian or Reformed history to Moses N. 
Moore Jr. for "Edward Wilmot Blyden: From Old School Presbyterian 
Missionary to `Minister of Truth,'" published by the "Journal of 
Presbyterian History," Summer 1997. 
 
    A Woodrow Wilson Award certificate of special commendation was given to 
Marthname E. Sanders III  for "A Fellowship of Concern and the Declining 
Doctrine of the Spirituality of the Church in the Presbyterian Church in 
the United States," also published by the "Journal of Presbyterian 
History," Fall 1997. 
 
    Entries being received for 1999 contest 
 
    The Presbyterian Historical Society is accepting nominations for its 
1999 awards now.  Deadline for entries is July 1, 1999.  Four copies of 
each submission must be included. 
 
    Entries must have a publication date of 1997, 1998 or 1999.  For the 
Makemie Award, books accepted for publication with a projected publication 
date of 1999 also may be submitted 
in page proofs. 
 
    Submissions should be in English. By "American Presbyterian or 
Reformed" the society means North, Central and South America and/or 
American Presbyterian/Reformed Christians on other continents.  Submissions 
for the Stowe Award are normally made by local churches. Submissions for 
the other awards are normally made by the author or publisher. 
 
    Submissions should be sent to Publications and Awards Committee, 
Presbyterian Historical Society, P.O. Box 849, 318 Georgia Terrace, 
Montreat, NC 28757.  For more information call the society at (828) 
669-7061. 

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