Proposals for individual papers or panels in all areas of history, including public history, are welcome for the 47th Annual Missouri Valley History Conference. The conference is March 4-6, 2004. Proposals, consisting of abstract(s), and one-page vitae, should be sent by October 15, 2003 to Professor Tom Buchanan, conference coordinator.

The Society for Military History will sponsor several sessions at the 2004 MVHC. Please send proposals directly to Dr. Kevin K. Carroll, Department of History, P.O. Box 872501, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-2501; email kcarroll@asu.edu.

A prize of $200 will be awarded to the best graduate student paper presented at the conference.