Dr. Allison Denman Holland ASDAR State Historian 61 Sherrill Road Little Rock, AR 72202-1516 adholland@ualr.edu YOUR DAR Chapter Can Make A Difference in Arkansas & American History Spotlight Exemplary Teaching & Honor an Educator with the Outstanding Teacher of American History Award • to recognize full-time 5th-12th grade teachers of American History (social studies, government, citizenship) in public, private, or parochial schools. • application deadline October 18, 2014 Honor Outstanding Community Members with the prestigious DAR History Award Medal • for an individual or group at the state, regional, or national level for study and promotion of American history advanced the understanding of America’s past Recognize Works of Nonfiction and Biography NSDAR Excellence in American History Book Award • for an original work of distinguished historical non-fiction and/or biography that adds to existing knowledge or introduces new information to earlier research Commemorate History & Identify Patriots with • Revolutionary War Markers for Soldiers, Patriots, Wives, Daughters, & Real Daughters • Tombstone Markers for members, past and present Visit http://members.dar.org/execs/histg.cfm for forms and instructions DAR Record Storage Facilities are available for safe, secure storage of records for chapters, disbanded chapters, and the ASDAR. Information on what to store, how to prepare records for storage, fees, schedules for storage, etc. located in the Record Storage Guidelines on the ASDAR members only website. ASDAR Records are collected for storage twice a year at the (1) Board of Management Meeting in August, and (2) Arkansas State DAR Conference in March. If you have records to be placed in the storage facility and need a box, or if additional records need to be added to a box already in storage, contact Junelle Mongno (junellemongno@yahoo.com). More information about storing chapter records can be found at ASDAR Forms & Documents on the state members only website (currently under State Historian forms) and on the NDSAR Members Only site.