It's time (actually a little after the normal time) for my annual CALL for PAPERS for the Norlands conference, a wonderful event at which scholars and local people mingle and exchange information. As the notice indicates, people presenting papers are housed and fed by the community. A unique experience, praised by almost everyone who has participated. PLEASE SPREAD THIS NOTICE TO COLLEAGUES WHO MAY BE INTERESTED. Jerome Nadelhaft Professor Emeritus of History University of Maine CALL FOR PAPERS CALL FOR PAPERS CALL FOR PAPERS This UNIQUE conference is held at a Living History Center in central Maine. All people presenting papers are housed and dined by local supporters of the Center. Past participants have come from all parts of America and from Italy. Last year's speakers came from North Carolina, Kentucky, Minnesota, and places in between. CALL FOR PAPERS for the sixth annual conference on NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY focussing on INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES June 11-13, 1997 sponsored by The WASHBURN HUMANITIES CENTER in association with the University of Maine and the University of Southern Maine The Washburn Humanities Center welcomes the submission of papers representing a broad range of disciplines. Topics are limited only by your imagination. The Center encourages the submission of complete two or three paper sessions. The annual Washburn Humanities Conference is designed to illuminate the social, cultural, political, and economic history of northern New England, the region's impact on the nation and the nation's on the region. Previous conference themes were: (1993) WOMEN AND MEN IN THE CIVIL WAR ERA (1840-1880); (1994) PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPES; (1995) MIGRATIONS (of people, ideas, culture, crops, animals) into/out of/within northern New England; (1996) CULTURES: FOLK, POPULAR, ETHNIC, ARTISTIC, LITERARY, POLITICAL; (1997) NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY:FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS. The Conference will be held at the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, a 445 acre site containing a restored one room school house, farmer's cottage, free standing library (housing the extensive Washburn family collections), a 200 seat 1828 Universalist Church, and the 1867 Washburn mansion. Submit 250 word abstracts by January 19 (and requests for more information) either to: Billie Gammon or to Jerome Nadelhaft Washburn Humanities Center [log in to unmask] Norlands RFD 2, Box 3395 Livermore Falls, ME 04254 Phone: (207) 897-2236 Previously published material should not be submitted.