Editors' Notes JAMES J. HILL PAPERS The James Jerome Hill Reference Library in St. Paul, Minnesota, has opened the papers of James J. Hill (1838-1916), architect of the Great Northern Railroad. The Hill Papers chronicle his interests in transportation, colonization and settlement, agricul- ture, mining, lumber, general business and economic trends, the use of natural resources, immigration, Indian-White relations, art, philanthropy, and other topics of interest to scholars concerned with the historical experience of the Upper Midwest, the Pacific Northwest, the New York financial community, and Western Canada. The collection spans the years 1856-1916 and includes his involvement in the construction and operation of the Great Northern and the Canadian Pacific railroads, the Northern Securities Case, and detailed documentation of his domestic finances. Hill's letterpress books currently are closed, but will be available when they have been microfilmed. A three-roll, microfilmed index to the James J. Hill Papers is available through Interlibrary Loan. For further information, write to the Library, Fourth and Market Streets, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102. NEW PUBLICATIONS AND SERIES New York State Archives announces a new publication, Guide to Records in the New York State Archives. This volume is the first systematic guide to the historical records of New York State government and it represents the commitment of the State Archives to preserve and describe the State's historically valuable records and to make them available to government officials, scholars, and the general public. For more information on this publication, please contact: Larry J. Hackman, State Archivist, State Education Department, Room 10A46, Cultural Education Center, Albany, New York 12230. The Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi has assumed editorial responsibilities for Perspectives on the American South: An Annual Review of Society, Politics, and Culture. Volumes 1 and 2 of the annual were co-edited by John Shelton Reed and Merle Black at the University of North Carolina. Scheduled for publication in the summer of 1983, Volume 3 will be co-edited by James C. Cobb and Charles R. Wilson. The editors are soliciting papers from scholars in the social sciences and the humanities. Perspectives on the American South is an interdisciplinary effort to produce articles that are scholarly and at the same time intelligible to a lay audience. Its focus is upon the social-cultural study of the South. The editors hope to explore the distinctiveness and the diversity of southern life, particularly in the twentieth century. They welcome all submissions, but are especially interested in comparative studies of the South and other societies, examinations of southern ethnic and cultural groups, and studies of the relationship of the region's culture to its social setting. Articles should deal with the substantive content of regional culture, rather than with methodology. Send inquiries and manuscripts to the editors, Center for the Study of Southern Culture, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677. State University of New York Press announces a new publication series, "Interna- tional Political Economy and Development," to deal with the changing political economic character of the world and especially the place and prospects of the Third World. It is hoped that the series will help define the field by: (1) redefining the terms in which such traditional fields as trade, aid, international capital flows, industrialization, 700 Editors' Notes 701 rural development, and state policy have been studied; (2) contributing to scholarship on questions that have only recently begun to receive the attention they deserve. This second category includes topics such as: women as active subjects in the Third World; the use of comparative history for development studies; the possibility of a theory of Third-World social formation, with particular emphasis on the state; technology, social relations, and productivity, in rural and urban settings; rural-urban relations, including terms of trade and worker-peasant politics. Inquiries about the series should be submitted to Dr. Robert A. Mandel, Editor, SUNY Press, State University Plaza, Albany, New York 12246. FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES The Columbia University Society of Fellows in the Humanities, with grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the William R. Kenan Trust, will appoint a number of post-doctoral fellows in the humanities for the academic year 1983-1984. Fellows newly appointed for 1983-1984 must have received the Ph.D. between January 1, 1981 and July 1, 1983. Stipend is $19,000, one half for independent research and one half for teaching in the undergraduate program in general education. Additional funds are available in support of such needs as research materials and typing. Application forms can be obtained by writing to the Director, Society of Fellows in the Humanities, Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University, 70-74 Morningside Drive, New York, New York 10027. Deadline for receipt of completed application forms is November 5, 1982. The Columbia Society of Fellows in the Humanities, with a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, also will appoint two Senior Fellows in the Humanities for the academic year 1983-1984. Awards will be made to scholars of particular accomplish- ment and promise who have held the doctorate and who have been teaching as full-time faculty for at least five years but have not yet received tenure, and who have at least one significant publication to their credit. Preference will be given to candidates qualified for promotion to tenure but for whom a tenured position does not currently exist. Senior Fellows for 1983-1984 will receive a stipend of $23,500 plus regular faculty benefits. Additional funds are available in support of such needs as research materials and typing. Senior Fellows will teach half time in courses determined in consultation with the appropriate departments at Columbia. Appointments as Senior Fellows in the Society will normally be renewed for a second year, with the possibility of a third year in particular cases. Candidates must be nominated by the chairmen of their departments or of an appropriate interdepartmental committee, either at Columbia or at their present institution. Applications from individuals will not be considered. Nominations must be accompanied by a complete curriculum vitae, including a list of publications, papers read, as well as work in progress, and a statement from the candidate of his/her scholarly project and goals. It should also indicate the number of years of full-time instruction. In addition to the letter of nomination, the candidate must request at least two further letters of support from senior colleagues in his/her field who are familiar with his/her scholarly work. The nominating chairman's letter of endorsement should assess the candidate's qualities as a scholar and teacher; it should also describe his/her actual situation in the department, addressing such issues as: the prospects of a tenure opening for which the candidate would be eligible; whether or not the department has voted for promotion to tenure; the basis for the department's nomination of the candidate to the Society of Fellows (i.e., vote of the executive or other committee, chairman's or dean's decision). The chairman's letter of endorsement and all supporting materials should be sent to: The Director, Society of Fellows in the Humanities, 702 Editors' Notes Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University, 70-74 Morningside Drive, New York, New York 10027. Deadline: Nominations and supporting materials must be received no later than November 5, 1982. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, located in Washington, D.C., seeks outstanding project proposals representing diverse scholarly interests and approaches from individuals throughout the world. The Center's residential fellowships are awarded in two rather broad programs—History, Culture, and Society and Ameri- can Society and Politics—and four more focused international categories: the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, the Latin American Program, the East Asia Program, and the International Security Studies Program. For academic participants, eligibility is limited to the postdoctoral level; for participants from other backgrounds, equivalent maturity and professional maturity are expected. Fellows devote their full time to research and writing. The length of a fellowship can vary from four months to a year. Within certain limits, the Center seeks to enable each fellow to meet his or her earned income during the preceding year. Deadline for receipt of applications is October 1, with decisions by mid-February. Appointments normally cannot begin before the following September. For information and application materials contact The Wilson Center, Smithsonian Institution Building, Room 321, Washington, D.C. 20560. Tele- phone (202) 357-2841. Villa I Tatti: The Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies at Villa I Tatti will award upward often stipendiary fellowships for independent study on any aspect of the Italian Renaissance for the academic year 1983-1984. I Tatti offers fellowships for scholars of any nationality, normally post-doctoral and in the earlier stages of their careers. Fellows must be free to devote full time to study. Fellowships run from July 1, 1983 to June 30, 1984. Applicants should send their curriculum vitae and a description of their projects to the Director, Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, Via di Vincigliata 26, 50135 Florence, Italy, before November 1, 1982, and duplicates to Professor Walter Kaiser, 401 Boylston Hall, Harvard Universi- ty, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, U.S.A. Candidates should ask three senior scholars familiar with their work to send confidential letters of recommendation to the Director by the same date with duplicates to Professor Kaiser. I Tatti also offers a limited number of non-stipendiary fellowships for scholars working in Florence on Renaissance subjects with support from other sources. Non- stipendiary Fellows should have the same qualifications and will have the same privileges as those whose stipends are derived from I Tatti funds. Scholars interested in these fellowships should apply as described above by November 1, 1982. CALL FOR PAPERS "History Today: The State of the Discipline" is the theme for the Thirteenth Biennial History Conference to be held on April 15, 1983, at Kutztown State College, Kutztown, Pennsylvania. The conference committee invites proposals for papers on a wide range of relevant topics, including historiography, methodology, public history, and innovative teaching techniques, from any specialized field within the discipline. Please submit titles and abstracts for proposed papers by November 1, 1982, to Professor Allida S. McKinley, Department of History, Kutztown State College, Kutztown, Pennsylvania 19530. ETHNICITY AND LABOR SYMPOSIUM The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has announced a symposium on "Ethnicity and Labor in the Anthracite Region" to be held on October 1 and 2, 1982 Editors' Notes 703 in the Scranton Anthracite Museum. The program includes papers on "Family, Class and Ethnicity in a Mining Town," "Immigrant Fraternal Life," "The Entrepreneur and Ethnicity," "Corporate Attitudes toward Labor Organization," "Sociology of the Coal and Iron Police," "Role of Women in Anthracite Strikes," "Coal in the Post World War II Era," "Family, Culture and Labor Protest," "Responses to the Lattimer Massacre," and the "Responses to the 1902 Anthracite Strike." The symposium will feature a special evening program of anthracite ballads and early mining films. The symposium is funded in part by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities. For information on the program and a registration form, write Director, Anthracite Museum Complex, R.D. # 1 , Bald Mountain Road, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18504.