Series honors Native American scholar

he Department of History will recognize the work of Professor Emeritus Mary Young by naming its annual lecture series after her. The first of the Mary E. Young Alumni Lectures will feature David Noble, professor of history at York University in Toronto, at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, in the Gamble Room of Rush Rhees Library. The event is free an open to the public.

Widely regarded as an authority in her field, Young began researching Native Americans and land allotments as a doctoral student at Cornell University in the '50s. Her article, "The Creek Frauds: A Study in Conscience and Corruption," appeared in the Mississippi Valley Historical Review in 1955 and won the prestigious Pelzer Award. Her 1961 book, Redskins, Ruffleshirts, and Rednecks, has been described as one of the pioneering works in the field of Native American history.

Young was recruited to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in the history department at the University as a full professor in 1973, after an 18-year tenure at Ohio State University. She led the committee that established the Women's Studies Program at Rochester and has been a member of the University's Gender and Society Group.

The author of numerous articles and book chapters, Young is currently working on a book titled The American Republic and the Cherokee Nation. v For more information on the lecture series, contact the Department of History, x5-2052.

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