Postal system history prize
The United States Postal Service sponsors two annual prizes for
scholarly
works on the history of the American postal system. Given the
enormous
scope of its operations and its im****tance as a federal agency, the
post office
has played a major role in American business, politics, journalism,
labor, popular
culture, and social reform. Submissions dealing with these and other
aspects
of the postal system are welcome. Though works must be historical in
character, they can draw on the methods of disciplines other than
historye.g.,
geography, cultural studies, literature, communications, or
economics.
Comparative or international studies are eligible if the American
postal system
is central to the discussion.
Conference papers, theses, dissertations, or published works by
students are
eligible for a $1,000 award; published works by faculty members,
public
historians, and independent scholars are eligible for a $2,000 award.
The
deadline is Dec. 1, 2007. For further details, see the web site for
the Rita
Lloyd Moroney Awards, http://www.usps.com/postalhistory/moroney.htm
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