Elsie Burrell, known to most of the world simply as "Miss Elsie," received the East Tennessee Historical Society's Teaching Excellence Award at the 1998 ETHS Annual Meeting, May 5 in Greeneville. Miss Elsie was recognized for her leading role in interpreting Appalachian culture through the Little Greenbrier Schoolhouse in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Miss Elsie's teaching career spans 73 years, and she was instrumental in establishing the Sam Houston Schoolhouse as a national historic site, as well as launching the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont. Preliminary information about the ETHS Awards of Excellence Ceremonies is posted on the ETHS Web pages at http://www.korrnet.org/eths/ Updated information will follow. Congratulations to all winners of last night's Awards of Excellence and thanks to everyone who submitted nominations in categories open to public nomination. Sincerely, Shane S. Rhyne, Public Relations Coordinator 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.***