At the 1998 Annual Meeting of the Membership on May 5, the East Tennessee Historical Society presented Awards of Excellence in several categories. Most notably, the Ramsey Award for Lifetime Achievement, was presented to Virginia Whisman Niceley for her lifelong contributions on behalf of East Tennessee history at the Ramsey House Plantation. Awards were presented in the following categories: 1. Ramsey Award for Lifetime Achievement 2. The McClung Award (presented to the author of the best article published in the Journal of East Tennessee History) 3. Award of Distinction 4. Teaching Excellence Award 5. History in the Media 6. Distinguished Service Award 7. Research Excellence Award 8. ETHS Volunteer Service Award 9. ETHS Museum Volunteer Service Award 10. ETHS Affiliate Society of the Year Award (a new award given in 1998 for the first time) Preliminary information about the award winners (with updated information to follow) can be found on the ETHS web pages at http://www.korrnet.org/eths/ Congratulations to all 1998 winners and thanks to everyone who submitted nominations in the categories open to public nomination. Sincerely, Shane S. Rhyne, Public Relations Coodinator East Tennessee Historical Society P.O. Box 1629, Knoxville TN 37901-1629 [email protected] http://www.korrnet.org/eths/ ***Please note ETHS cannot respond to online requests for research assistance at this time. For a listing of professional researchers in this area, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to ETHS at the address in the signature above.***