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PROVO, UTAH—The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University is looking for men and women who supported the World War II effort on the home front. Researchers want to find out about the effect of the war on those who remained on the farm, in the mines, or at home. Anyone with such information may call (801) 378–4048 or write to Jessie L. Embry, Oral History Program Director, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, 4069 HBLL, BYU, Provo, UT 84602.

PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE—Laurel Thatcher Ulrich became only the third member of the Church to receive a Pulitzer Prize when her book, A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard based on her diary, 1785–1812, was honored in the history division. The Pulitzer is the highest award given annually for U.S. print journalism and the arts. Twenty-five awards are given each year. Sister Ulrich, an associate professor of history at the University of New Hampshire, is a Gospel Doctrine teacher in the Portsmouth Ward, in the Exeter New Hampshire Stake.