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Announcements I he l' ilson Historical Society The Filson Civil War Field Institute Battle for the"Gibraltar Of'Ihe Confederacy": llie Vicksburg Campaign Led by Kent Masterson Brown April 1214 , 2007 11, c Filson Histc,rical Society presents the fourth Civil War Field Institute, a series t!at explores the history of the Civil War at historic sites in our region. Join us in Vicksburg,Mississippi, during the last week of the Natchcz Spring Pilgrimage! We will make stops that follow General Ulysses S. Grant's Filson Fellowships & Internships Deadline: February 15,2007 1lic Filson Historical Society,Louisville, Kentucky,invites applications for fellowships and internships. Applications must be received by February 15,2007. Detailed iliformitic,n about fellowships, internships and application procedures Call be found on The Filson' s website:www. filsonhistorical org/ fellowships.html. Information about ' Ilie Filson' s research collections can be found on the online catalog. Ihe Mison anticipates that fellows will publish the result of their research in Obio Valley History,a peerreviewed iournal published jointly by The Illson, the Cincinnati Museum Center and the Universitv of Cincinnati. campaign to seize Vicksburg. You will discover that the sites on the battlefields at Vicksburg and those overlooking the Mississippi River are breathtaking. Fcir more information,please contact Tlie lilson at ( 502)6355083 or visit our website at www.filsonhistorical.org. It will be a seminar you will never forget. Q.liestions regarding the fellowships and internship program should be directed to Dr. A. Glenn Crothers, 1) irector of Research for Ihe lilson Institute: crothers@ filsonhistorical.org. Organized May 15, 1884,tlle mission of 711e Filson Historical Society is to collect, preserve and tell the significant stories of Kentucky and the Ohio Valley history and culture. Ihe Filson is headquartered in the I'' crguson Mansion in Old Louisville and houses a library,a museum and special collections department. WINTER 2006 89 ANNOUNCEMENTS 2006 Pulitzer Prize Winner to Speak in Citiciniiati L), vid Oshinsky,who won the 2006 Oshinsk\· as their Tenth Distinguished Pulitzer Prize for I-listcirv,will speak at Historian. lhe event on April 26 will Cine21111·. IIi liu. cuill begin wirh a receptimi and dinner. Center on " Ililtrsll: lv, Ftillowing his lecnire, Dr.Oshins@ \ vill sign . cipies of his book. Tickets for the Oshinsky won the prize recepticin,dinner and lecture will cost 560. fi, r his 2005 book. Poho· Adiinissic, n to the lectltre on]\' is $ 15. 7hs L i An American Story,the ; basis tor his talk iii David A I. Oshins»· is # corge I. ittlefield Pr· kind with regard toauthorship, tol, ic,chron, ilogical period,i, r metli,) dc, logy.lhe practitioners vi:, tlkir submissio11s deterininc what we publish. Authors mus guar. intee in writing thar the work i. original, that it has not been previouh·published,and thar it is nor under consider. icion fur publicati„„ elsewhere in ani' form. Should a in.inuseriprbc accepted for pUblication.the alithor will hc askeil tc,firt, vide u computer disk,,le . irly hibcled with the name i,f hc auth(, r. 1917. , ind s. ived in A li,· ros,ift \ 41(, rd. We do n,) r h., ve the capacity ki tr.ins|, tte alicrn, i,fihe journal in which the j, uhlished article appears. 2 ...