Editor's Corner

Abstract

On behalf of the Business History Review and the Newcomen Society in North America, we are pleased to announce the winners of the 1972 Newcomen Awards in Business History. The awards are given annually for articles published in the Business History Review and are voted on by our Editorial Advisory Board. Criteria for selection of the winning articles include: originality, value, breadth, and interest of contribution; quality of research materials and method; and quality of presentation. Winner of the $250 First Prize is Burton Kaufman, Associate Professor of History at Louisiana State University in New Orleans, for his article, "The Organizational Dimension of United States Economic Foreign Policy, 1900-1920," which appeared in our Spring, 1972 issue. Winner of the $100 Special Award is Lloyd J. Mercer, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, for his article, "Taxpayers or Investors: Who Paid for the Land-Grant Railroads?," which appeared in our Autumn, 1972 issue.