Ohio Valley History Submissions
Ohio Valley History is a quarterly journal committed to publishing the best scholarship on the history and culture of the Ohio Valley and the Upper South from the 16th through the 21st centuries. The journal is a collaboration of The Filson Historical Society, the Cincinnati Museum Center, and the University of Cincinnati. It is one of the nation's largest regional journals with over 3,000 subscribers.
This brief guide for authors and abbreviated style manual is intended for use by contributors to OVH.
For the most part, we follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition or above. Where options exist in the Chicago Manual of Style, we indicate OVH's preferred use. We suggest that authors refer to previous issues of OVH to get a sense of our format and style.
To facilitate our policy of anonymous manuscript review, the author's name and address (both postal and email) should appear only on a separate title page. Be sure that the title also appears on the first page of text.
Please send one paper copy of the manuscript by postal mail to:
A. Glenn Crothers, Editor
Ohio Valley History
Department of History
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292-0001
or
Mark Lause, Editor
Ohio Valley History
Department of History
P.O. Box 210373
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0373
In addition, authors should submit their manuscripts electronically, saved in Microsoft WORD, via CD-ROM or email attachment (preferred) to crothers@filsonhistorical.org or lausma@ucmail.uc.edu. The preferred manuscript length is 20 to 25 pages (6,000 to 7,500 words), exclusive of endnotes. Research notes and review essays are approximately half the length of articles. Please use New Times Roman, 12-point font, and double-space text and notes, with notes placed at the end of the manuscript text. OVH uses omnibus endnotes (one note per paragraph). On a separate cover page include the author's name, institutional affiliation, and contact information (postal address, phone number, and email address). Only the article title should appear on the first page of the article.
Please include a working postal address, with telephone, fax, and email information for home or office.
Web sites: Cincinnati Museum Center; or www.artsci.uc.edu/history/resources/index.html.
