Sample Organization Entry Omohundro Institute of Early American History And Culture P.O. Box 8781, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8781. Ronald Hoffman Research Facilities and Educational Programs A. Collections and Libraries. Except for a limited microfilm collection, chiefly of early American newspapers, the institute does not maintain a research collection. The staff will assist visiting scholars in using materials in the libraries of the College of William and Mary and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. The institute also cooperates with the Department of History, College of William and Mary, in a program leading to the MA and PhD degrees in history with an apprenticeship in scholarly editing.
Participants receive their editorial training by working with the institute's publications staff.
Address admissions inquiries to the Director of Graduate Studies, Dept. of History, College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187. The institute produces an average of four books per year in the early American field, usually in cooperation with the University of North Carolina Press. Authors of first books will be particularly interested in the Jamestown Prize or other institute publication opportunities. For further information, write to the editor of publications. The institute publishes the William and Mary Quarterly , a journal devoted to scholarly articles and reviews in the early American field.