In the last issue this magazine commenced regular and intensive coverage ot conservation and historic preservation, signifying our deep concern for the widely endangered physical heritage of America. This month we are pleased to announce that this concern is to he backed up by a group of awards, totalling $50,000, to be given by the American Heritage Society, the organization launched last July to bring together our two scholarly and founding groups, our history-publishing operations, and the readers whose interest supports us.

The Society speaks for history and for preservation in a time of violent change. Its publishing arm has long provided important financial support for the work of our two sponsors, the American Association for State and Local History and the Society of American Historians. Now, to broaden its activity in this vital field, the Society will divide $50,000 this spring in grants to twelve local, nonprofit groups who are active in conservation and preservation.

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