Return-path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from caduceus2.gmu.edu ([129.174.0.41]) by mercury1.gmu.edu (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-2.05 (built Apr 28 2005)) with ESMTP id <[log in to unmask]> for [log in to unmask]; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:03:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from cronus.gmu.edu ([129.174.0.112]) by caduceus2.gmu.edu (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-2.05 (built Apr 28 2005)) with ESMTP id <[log in to unmask]> for [log in to unmask] (ORCPT [log in to unmask]); Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:03:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from ironport1.gmu.edu (ironport1.gmu.edu [129.174.0.102]) by cronus.gmu.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id q26F3pYG012446 for <[log in to unmask]>; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:03:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from db3ehsobe002.messaging.microsoft.com (HELO db3outboundpool.messaging.microsoft.com) ([213.199.154.140]) by ironport1.gmu.edu with ESMTP; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:03:53 -0500 Received: from mail86-db3-R.bigfish.com (10.3.81.238) by DB3EHSOBE003.bigfish.com (10.3.84.23) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 14.1.225.23; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:03:53 +0000 Received: from mail86-db3 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail86-db3-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D48B6050D for <[log in to unmask]>; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:03:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail86-db3 (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail86-db3 (MessageSwitch) id 133104623071334_24828; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:03:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from DB3EHSMHS001.bigfish.com (unknown [10.3.81.233]) by mail86-db3.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B50B240057 for <[log in to unmask]>; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:03:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from CH1PRD0102HT003.prod.exchangelabs.com (157.55.61.146) by DB3EHSMHS001.bigfish.com (10.3.87.101) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.1.225.23; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:03:47 +0000 Received: from CH1PRD0102MB160.prod.exchangelabs.com ([169.254.10.226]) by CH1PRD0102HT003.prod.exchangelabs.com ([10.42.82.81]) with mapi id 14.15.0045.000; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:03:46 +0000 Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:03:46 +0000 From: Dan Gifford <[log in to unmask]> Subject: FW: Call for Papers: Postal History Symposium In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]> X-Originating-IP: [10.42.82.163] To: Cynthia A Kierner <[log in to unmask]> Message-id: <[log in to unmask]> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary=_000_83DF84C3E0692F48832151C4999996260FDE0918CH1PRD0102MB160_ Content-language: en-US Accept-Language: en-US X-Sender-IP: 213.199.154.140 Thread-topic: Call for Papers: Postal History Symposium Thread-index: Acz7pjyqdP027rBGSoSADnD1Dw619AAAzqW6 X-SENDER-REPUTATION: 4.7 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AlcCAPomVk/Vx5qMk2dsb2JhbABAAw6CN7JIAQEBAQkJCwkUBCOBfQEBAQEDEgssHyECAQgRBAEBCx0HMhQHAQEFAwEBBBMIAQwNh2UEB5sYfgEBlAaJB4olBYMNgkRjBJssjFU3gVQI X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.73,540,1325480400"; d="scan'208,217";a="183273038" X-SpamScore: -11 X-BigFish: PS-11(zz9371I552Rc85ehzz1202hzz8275dhz2dh2a8h668h839h) X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: CIP:157.55.61.146;KIP:(null);UIP:(null);IPV:NLI;H:CH1PRD0102HT003.prod.exchangelabs.com;RD:none;EFVD:NLI X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: X-OriginatorOrg: masonlive.gmu.edu References: <[log in to unmask]> Original-recipient: rfc822;[log in to unmask] --_000_83DF84C3E0692F48832151C4999996260FDE0918CH1PRD0102MB160_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cindy, I don't recall if we have any Ph.D. students working on the Civil War era, = but this is a good, close-by conference with the Smithsonian name attached = to it. You might forward to the Ph.D. listserv. I presented last year and = can answer questions if anyone is interested. ________________________________ From: Tara Murray [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 9:34 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Call for Papers: Postal History Symposium Dan, Because you presented at last year=92s Postal History Symposium, I wanted t= o make sure you got the call for papers for this year=92s symposium. I hope= you will consider submitting a paper again this year, and please pass alon= g the announcement to any colleagues or students who might be interested. Best, Tara The Seventh Annual Postal History Symposium =93Blue & Gray: Mail and the Civil War=94 November 2=964, 2012 American Philatelic Center, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania http://stamps.org/Postal-History-Symposium Sponsored by American Philatelic Society, American Philatelic Research Library, and Smit= hsonian National Postal Museum The Symposium will be held in conjunction with a philatelic exhibition host= ed by the U. S. Philatelic Classics Society (USPCS). The USPCS is a non-pro= fit, volunteer-run association of collectors that promotes study of the sta= mps and postal history of the United States until 1894. Panels will be interspersed with opportunities to view award-winning exhibi= tions of stamps and postal history and use the collection of the American P= hilatelic Research Library. There will be a reception and a keynote address= on one evening. Located 15 miles from State College, Pennsylvania, the American Philatelic = Center is home to the 35,000-member American Philatelic Society, the larges= t stamp collecting organization in the nation, and the American Philatelic = Research Library (APRL), dedicated to supporting and advancing postal and p= hilatelic scholarship. Call for Papers The symposium seeks papers that will address any aspect of the mail and pos= t office related to the Civil War. The topic is not limited to just soldier= =92s mail or to the years of armed conflict. Papers may consider the politi= cal, economic, social, or cultural, as well as military aspects of the mail= . Possible themes range from the role of the mail in the debate over slaver= y beginning with the 1835 burning of abolitionist mail in the Charleston, S= outh Carolina Post Office through the reestablishment of postal service in = the South during reconstruction. Papers on the mail and post office during = this conflict are welcome from Union, Confederate, Border States, the west,= and even foreign viewpoints. Proposals for symposium papers may be submitt= ed either as individual papers or in panels. Proceedings of the Symposium will be considered for publication by the Smit= hsonian Institution Press. Deadline for proposals =97 June 1, 2012 Proposals should be no more than one page and be accompanied by a one-page = curriculum vita with contact information (e-mail, phone, and address). Please e-mail complete proposals to [log in to unmask]<mailto:symposium@s= tamps.org>. Notification of accepted papers will be issued in mid-July. Conference co-chairs are Thomas Lera, Tara Murray, and David L. Straight. Tara Murray Director of Information Services/Librarian American Philatelic Research Library 100 Match Factory Place Bellefonte, PA 16823 (814) 933-3803 x246 www.stamplibrary.org<http://www.stamplibrary.org/> --_000_83DF84C3E0692F48832151C4999996260FDE0918CH1PRD0102MB160_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html dir=3D"ltr"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> <style>=0A= <!--=0A= p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal=0A= {margin:0in;=0A= margin-bottom:.0001pt;=0A= font-size:12.0pt;=0A= font-family:"Times New Roman"}=0A= p.MsoEnvelopeAddress, li.MsoEnvelopeAddress, div.MsoEnvelopeAddress=0A= {margin-top:0in;=0A= margin-right:0in;=0A= margin-bottom:0in;=0A= margin-left:2.0in;=0A= margin-bottom:.0001pt;=0A= font-size:12.0pt;=0A= font-family:"Times New Roman"}=0A= a:link, span.MsoHyperlink=0A= {color:blue;=0A= text-decoration:underline}=0A= a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed=0A= {color:blue;=0A= text-decoration:underline}=0A= span.EmailStyle18=0A= {font-family:Arial}=0A= @page Section1=0A= {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in}=0A= -->=0A= </style><style id=3D"owaParaStyle" type=3D"text/css">P {margin-top:0;margin= -bottom:0;}</style> </head> <body ocsi=3D"0" fpstyle=3D"1" lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"blue"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: = 10pt;">Cindy,<br> I don't recall if we have any Ph.D. students working on the Civil War era, = but this is a good, close-by conference with the Smithsonian name attached = to it. You might forward to the Ph.D. listserv. I presented last year= and can answer questions if anyone is interested. <br> <div style=3D"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:= 16px;"> <hr tabindex=3D"-1"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr;" id=3D"divRpF463681"><font color=3D"#000000" = face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><b>From:</b> Tara Murray [[log in to unmask]]<br= > <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 06, 2012 9:34 AM<br> <b>To:</b> [log in to unmask]<br> <b>Subject:</b> Call for Papers: Postal History Symposium<br> </font><br> </div> <div></div> <div> <div class=3D"Section1"> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Dan,</span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Because you presented at last year=92s Pos= tal History Symposium, I wanted to make sure you got the call for papers fo= r this year=92s symposium. I hope you will consider submitting a paper again this year, and please pass along the announcement= to any colleagues or students who might be interested.</span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Best,</span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Tara</span></font> <font face=3D"Aria= l" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span><= /font></p> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: center;" align=3D"center"><b><f= ont face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: = Arial; font-weight: bold;">The Seventh Annual Postal History Symposium</spa= n></font></b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: center;" align=3D"center"><b><f= ont face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: = Arial; font-weight: bold;">=93Blue & Gray: Mail and the Civil War=94</s= pan></font></b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: center;" align=3D"center"><b><f= ont face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: = Arial; font-weight: bold;">November 2=964, 2012</span></font></b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: center;" align=3D"center"><b><f= ont face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: = Arial; font-weight: bold;">American Philatelic Center, Bellefonte, Pennsylv= ania</span></font></b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: center;" align=3D"center"><b><f= ont face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: = Arial; font-weight: bold;"><a href=3D"http://stamps.org/Postal-History-Symp= osium" target=3D"_blank">http://stamps.org/Postal-History-Symposium</a></sp= an></font></b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: center;" align=3D"center"><font= face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Ari= al;"> </span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: center;" align=3D"center"><font= face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Ari= al;">Sponsored by</span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: center;" align=3D"center"><font= face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Ari= al;">American Philatelic Society, American Philatelic Research Library, and= Smithsonian National Postal Museum</span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The Symposium will be held in conjunction = with a philatelic exhibition hosted by the U. S. Philatelic Classics Societ= y (USPCS). The USPCS is a non-profit, volunteer-run association of collectors that promotes study of the stamps and postal his= tory of the United States until 1894. </span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Panels will be interspersed with opportuni= ties to view award-winning exhibitions of stamps and postal history and use= the collection of the American Philatelic Research Library. There will be a reception and a keynote address on one e= vening. </span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Located 15 miles from State College, Penns= ylvania, the American Philatelic Center is home to the 35,000-member Americ= an Philatelic Society, the largest stamp collecting organization in the nation, and the American Philatelic Researc= h Library (APRL), dedicated to supporting and advancing postal and philatel= ic scholarship.</span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"fo= nt-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Call for Papers </span></font></b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The symposium seeks papers that will addre= ss any aspect of the mail and post office related to the Civil War. The top= ic is not limited to just soldier=92s mail or to the years of armed conflict. Papers may consider the political, econ= omic, social, or cultural, as well as military aspects of the mail. Possibl= e themes range from the role of the mail in the debate over slavery beginni= ng with the 1835 burning of abolitionist mail in the Charleston, South Carolina Post Office through the reestablish= ment of postal service in the South during reconstruction. Papers on the ma= il and post office during this conflict are welcome from Union, Confederate= , Border States, the west, and even foreign viewpoints. Proposals for symposium papers may be submitted either= as individual papers or in panels. </span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><i><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D= "font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic= ;">Proceedings of the Symposium will be considered for publication by the S= mithsonian Institution Press.</span></font></i></b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><i><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D= "font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic= ;">Deadline for proposals =97 June 1, 2012</span></font></i></b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Proposals should be no more than one page = and be accompanied by a one-page curriculum vita with contact information (= e-mail, phone, and address).</span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Please e-mail complete proposals to <a href=3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]" target=3D"_blank">[log in to unmask] org</a>. </span> </font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Notification of accepted papers will be is= sued in mid-July.</span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Conference co-chairs are Thomas Lera, Tara= Murray, and David L. Straight.</span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Tara Murray</span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Director of Information Services/Librarian= </span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">American Philatelic Research Library</span= ></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">100 Match Factory Place</span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Bellefonte, PA 16823</span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">(814) 933-3803 x246</span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span styl= e=3D"font-size: 12pt;"><a href=3D"http://www.stamplibrary.org/" target=3D"_= blank"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font= -family: Arial;">www.stamplibrary.org</span></font></a></span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span styl= e=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html> --_000_83DF84C3E0692F48832151C4999996260FDE0918CH1PRD0102MB160_--