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Markers: Annual Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies. Markers publishes definitive illustrated articles on cemetery and gravemarker topics as well as an extensive annual international bibliography of recent scholarship. (FREE to all members). Note: Members as of June 2009 receive one copy of volume XXVI with their membership. New members who joined after publication of Markers XXVI will receive Markers XXVII as their first issue, to be shipped when it is published in 2010. The AGS Quarterly: Bulletin of the Association for Gravestone Studies contains feature articles and regular columns on conservation, epitaphs, and international gravestone studies. (FREE to all members). The AGS monthly e-Newsletter is sent to AGS Members as a membership benefit. The e-newsletter features short articles, sales, upcoming events, queries, and links to other gravestone and cemetery related websites. (FREE to all members). A Graveyard Preservation Primer. This is the very best source in print for finding information on cemetery preservation. Oriented primarily to non-professionals, you will find here understandable instruction in step-by-step fashion on how to preserve and restore a graveyard. Cemetery Tour Guides. Six different regions are covered. The guides were designed to supplement cemetery tours given at previous AGS Conferences. Markers: Annual Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies In partnership with the University of Massachusetts–Amherst Special Collections Library, the Association for Gravestone Studies now has all past copies of Markers available on their website for viewing and downloading free. To access Markers, and all our archives transferred to date, click here. If a hard copy original edition is preferred contact the AGS office at (413) 772-0836 or info@gravestonestudies.org or order via our secure online store here. Member price is $9.00 each or non-members $20.00 (shipping and handling extra). Please note: Markers I-VI, VIII, XI, and XXI are out of print. Markers XXI is available only on CD as a PDF file. $6.00 for members, $7.00 for non-members, includes shipping and handling. *Markers published to date:* Markers I (1980)/ Markers II (1982)/ Markers III (1984)/ Markers IV (1987)/ Markers V (1988)/ Markers VI (1989)/ Markers VII (1990)/ Markers VIII (1991)/ Markers IX (1992)/ Markers X (1993)/ Markers XI (1994)/ Markers XII (1995)/ Markers XIII (1996)/ Markers XIV (1997)/ Markers XV (1998)/ Markers XVI (1999)/ Markers XVII (2000)/ Markers XVIII (2001)/ Markers XIX (2002)/ Markers XX (2003)/ Markers XXI (2004) available on CD only/ Markers XXII (2005)/ Markers XXIII (2006)/ Markers XXIV (2007)/Markers XXV (2008)/Markers XXVI (2009) For a Subject Index to volumes I through XXII click here. **Markers XXVI is our current issue A Tribute to James Slater by June Hadden Hobbs (4 pages) Headstones, Hatchments, and Heraldry, 1650-1850 by Laurel K. Gabel (44 pages) Home at Last: Mortuary Commemoration in Virginian Slave Cemeteries by Lynn Rainville (30 pages) Westall Decoration Day, a Poem by Joyce Compton Brown (4 pages) The Tombstones of the English East India Company Cemetery in Macao: A Linguistic Analysis by John P. O'Regan (32 pages) Folk Beliefs, Mystics, and the Superstitions in Ashkenazi and Karaite Tombstone Inscriptions from Ukraine** by Michael Nozonovsky (28 pages) The Year's Work in Cemetery and Gravestone Studies: An International Bibliography by Richard E. Meyer Paper; 182 pages. You Pay Only: $10.00 members, $20.00 others. Wt. 11.1 oz. For information about manuscript submissions click below: Markers Notes For Contributors Markers Style Guide AGS Quarterly Winter 2010 Table of Contents It's Time Our Cemeteries' Most Notorious Denizens Gave Something Back by Shannon Nolte Labors of Love: A Look at Mount Richmond, Staten Island's Historic Jewish Cemetery by Jeanne Swadosh Celebrating the Dead: A Living Heritage Château Dufresne Museum, Montreal, 25 March-30 August 2009 by Bruce Elliott Documentation of Folk Gravemarker Tools by Anne Chance The First AGS Chapter Ian Brown and Joshua Segal Conservation Talk by Michael Trinkley Book Reviews ~ Your Letters ~ Obituary for Helen Sclair ~ AGS Announcements *Writing for the Quarterly* AGS Quarterly Editorial Board seeks feature articles from members. Send your submissions to the AGS office in care of the AGS Quarterly Editorial Board. Some Guidelines: Images should be sharp high-definition prints or on CD We often must crop photos so they can appear vertically or horizontally. Please provide as much extra space around the item you're photographing as you can The suggested length for feature articles is about 2,500 words Book reviews are also encouraged. To suggest a book for review or to ask about reviewing a book, write to the AGS office, or e-mail: info@gravestonestudies.org. *Copyright Requirements* "The right of one author to quote another has long been recognized by copyright law, provided that the quotation is only a small portion of the original and that credit is given. " "One paragraph from a book or long article is certainly fair use, but one from a three-paragraph article would not be. In the latter case, reword to avoid outright copying and give credit to the source." (From The Copyright Handbook, State University of New York at Albany (Sept. 1987), p. 6. *Advertising Rates for Quarterly* (per issue): Business Card - $30 1/4 Page - $50 1/2 Page - $90 Full Page - $160** Send image file on cd or email and camera-ready copy with payment to: Association for Gravestone Studies Quarterly Publications Coordinator Greenfield Corporate Center 101 Munson Street - Suite 108 Greenfield, MA 01301 Any questions: call 413-772-0836 or info@gravestonestudies.org Back issues of the AGS monthly e-Newsletter We're working to add all of our back issues. Please check back. 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