New England Quarterly - Northeastern University
The Whitehill Prize in Early American History  

The Colonial Society of Massachusetts announces the 2008 Walter Muir Whitehill Prize in Early American History

This prize of two thousand five hundred dollars, established in memory of Walter Muir Whitehill, for many years Editor of Publications for the Colonial Society and the moving force behind the organization, will be awarded for a distinguished essay on colonial history, not previously published, with preference being given to New England subjects. The Society hopes that the prize may be awarded annually.

A committee of members of the Colonial Society will act as judges. Their decision in all cases will be final. The following members have agreed to serve as judges:

  • Bernard Bailyn, Adams University Professor and James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History, Emeritus, Harvard University;
  • Robert Middlekauff, Preston Hotchkis Professor of History, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley;
  • Edmund Sears Morgan, Sterling Professor Emeritus, History, Yale University.

By arrangement with the editors of the New England Quarterly, the Society will have the winning essay published in an appropriate issue of the journal.

Essays are now being accepted for consideration. The deadline for receiving submissions for the 2008 prize is 31 December 2008.

The Society expects to announce the winning candidate in the spring of 2009.

For further information on this prize, or to submit a manuscript for consideration, please contact:

Whitehill Prize Committe
c/o The New England Quarterly
Meserve Hall, 2nd Floor
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 02115