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