SGA Publications: Provenance

Information for Contributors

David B. Gracy Award

A two-hundred dollar prize will be presented annually to the author of the best article in Provenance. Named after David B. Gracy II, founder and first editor of Georgia Archive (the precursor of Provenance), the award began in 1990 with volume VIII. It is judged by members of Provenance's editorial board.

Editorial Policy

Manuscripts and related correspondence should be addressed to Reagan Grimsley, Columbus State University, Simon Schwob Memorial Library, Columbus State University, 4225 University Avenue, Columbus, GA, 31907; Tel: 706-568-2247; Email: grimsley_reagan at colstate dot edu. 

Review materials and related correspondence should be sent to Reviews Editor, Randall Gooden, Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Rd., Morrow, GA 30260; Tel: 678-364-3835 Email: randallgooden at clayton dot edu.

An editorial board appraises submitted manuscripts in terms of appropriateness, scholarly worth, and clarity of writing. The editorial staff appraises submissions for Fresh Focus in terms set forth in the section description.

Accepted manuscripts will be edited in the above terms and to conform to the University of Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition.

Contributors submit manuscripts with the understanding that they have not been submitted simultaneously for publication to any other journal. Only manuscripts that have not been previously published will be accepted, and authors must agree not to publish elsewhere, without explicit written permission, a paper submitted to and accepted by Provenance.

Two complimentary copies of Provenance will be provided to the author; reviewers receive two tear-sheets.

Letters to the editor that include pertinent and constructive comments or criticisms of articles or reviews recently published by Provenance are welcome. Ordinarily, such letters should not exceed 300 words.

Manuscript Requirements

Manuscripts should be submitted as a Word document or as an unformatted ASCII-preferred document. Notes should be unembedded endnotes, not footnotes. 

Text, references, and endnotes should conform to copyright regulations and to accepted scholarly standards. This is the author’s responsibility. Provenance uses The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, and Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language, 3d edition (G. & C. Merriam, Co.) as its standards for style, spelling, and punctuation. 

Use of terms which have special meaning for archivists, manuscripts curators, and records managers should conform to the definitions in Lewis J. Bellardo and Lynn Lady Bellardo, compilers, A Glossary for Archivists, Manuscripts Curators, and Records Managers (Chicago: SAA, 1992). Copies of this glossary may be purchased from the Society of American Archivists, 527 S. Wells Street, 5th Floor, Chicago, IL 60607.