BUSINESS OFFICE EDITORIAL OFFICE Arnita A. Jones, Executive Director David Thelen, Editor Organization of American Historians Journal of American History 112 North Bryan Street 1125 E. Atwater Bloomington, IN 47408-4199 Bloomington, IN 47401-3701 Phone: (812) 855-7311 Phone: (812) 855-3034 FAX: (812) 855-0696 FAX: (812) 855-9939
HISTORY
From its beginnings as a small regional group, the Organization of American Historians has grown to a large international association of approximately 9,000 members and 3,000 institutional subscribers interested in the full scope of United States history.
The Organization was founded in 1907 as the Mississippi Valley Historical Association and was headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, for nearly half a century. Originally focused on the history of the Mississippi Valley, the association evolved into the primary organization of specialists in United States history. In 1965, when the MVHA became the OAH, the office moved to Salt Lake City, and in 1970, to Bloomington, Indiana. Membership is open to anyone interested in the Organizations goals: the promotion of historical study and research in American history. The Organization of American Historians publishes the Journal of American History, the Magazine of History, the OAH Newsletter, and an Annual Meeting Program for the convention.
OAH STAFF
Arnita A. Jones, Executive Director
Sharon Caughill, Assistant for Professional Affairs
Jeanette Chafin, Business Manager
John Dichtl, Assistant Editor, OAH Newsletter
Ginger Foutz, Director of Member Services
Kara Hamm, Award and Prize Committee Coordinator,
Member Services Assistant
Monica Hendren, Service Committee Coordinator
Tamzen A. Meyer, Advertising Coordinator
Michael Regoli, Director of Publications
Sheri L. Sherrill, Convention Manager
Bradley J. Young, Assistant Editor, OAH Magazine of History
AWARDS AND PRIZES
ABC-CLIO AMERICA: HISTORY AND LIFE AWARD. A certificate and $750
given biennially to recognize and encourage scholarship in American
history in the journal literature advancing new perspectives on
accepted interpretations or previously unconsidered topics.
ERIK BARNOUW AWARD. A certificate and $500 given annually in
recognition of outstanding reporting or programming on television or
in a documentary film dealing with American history.
RAY ALLEN BILLINGTON PRIZE. A certificate, a medal, and $1,000 given
biennially to an author of a book in American frontier history.
BINKLEY-STEPHENSON AWARD. A certificate and $500 for the best
scholarly article published in the Journal of American History during
the preceding calendar year.
AVERY O. CRAVEN AWARD. A certificate and $500 given annually for the
most original book on the coming of the Civil War, the Civil War
years, or the Era of Reconstruction, with the exception of works of
purely military history.
MERLE CURTI AWARD. A certificate, medal, and $1,000 given every year
alternating between a book in American intellectual history and one in
social history published during the preceding two years.
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE ARTICLE PRIZE. A certificate and $500 subvention for
refining the articles English translation given annually for the best
article on American history published in a foreign language. Three
finalists receive $250 each toward translation of his/her article.
The winning article is published in the Journal of American History.
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE BOOK PRIZE. A certificate given annually for the
best book on American history published in a foreign language. The
winning book is translated and published by Cambridge University
Press.
HUGGINS-QUARLES AWARDS. Up to $1,000 per winner given annually to
minority graduate students at the dissertation research stage of their
Ph.D. program.
RICHARD W. LEOPOLD PRIZE. A certificate and $1,500 given biennially
to a historian connected with government for a book on foreign policy,
military affairs broadly construed, historical activities of the
federal government, or a biography in one of the foregoing areas.
LERNER-SCOTT PRIZE. A certificate and $1,000 given annually for the
best doctoral dissertation in U.S. womens history.
LOUIS PELZER MEMORIAL AWARD. A certificate, a medal, and $500 given
annually to a graduate student for the best essay in American
history. The winning essay is published in the Journal of American
History.
JAMES A. RAWLEY PRIZE. A certificate and $750 given annually to the
author of a book dealing with the history of race relations in the
United States.
ELLIOTT RUDWICK PRIZE. A certificate and $2,000 given biennially for
a book on the experience of racial and ethnic minorities in the United
States.
MARY K. BONSTEEL TACHAU PRE-COLLEGIATE TEACHING AWARD. A
certificate, $750, and a one-year OAH membership in addition to a
one-year subscription to the OAH Magazine of History given annually to
recognize the contributions made by pre-collegiate teachers to improve
history education.
FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER AWARD. A certificate, a medal, and $1,000
given annually for an authors first book on some significant phase of
American history. The winning press receives a complimentary ad for
the book in the Journal of American History.
1996 OAH COMMITTEES
EXECUTIVE BOARD OFFICERS
Michael Kammen, Cornell University, President
Past Presidents
Elected Members
BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL POLICY
NOMINATING BOARD
JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY EDITORIAL BOARD
MAGAZINE OF HISTORY ADVISORY BOARD
OAH NEWSLETTER EDITORIAL BOARD
1996 PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Ad Hoc Convention Special Events and
Publicity Committee
1997 PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Ad Hoc Convention Special Events
COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF MINORITY HISTORIANS
AND MINORITY HISTORY
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HISTORY
COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH AND ACCESS TO
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION
COMMITTEE ON TEACHING
COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE
HISTORICAL PROFESSION
AD HOC COMMITTEE ON ACCESS TO LAWYERS FILES
AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT
FOR THE HUMANITIES
AD HOC INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE
AD HOC TASK FORCE ON COMMUNITY COLLEGES
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HISTORICAL
DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTATION
OAH PARLIAMENTARIAN
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES
JOINT COMMITTEE ON HISTORIANS AND ARCHIVISTS
JOINT OAH/AHA AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL
PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION
NATIONAL ARCHIVES II USERS GROUP
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORY
AND CULTURE PLANNING COUNCIL
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OF THE HISTORY TEACHING ALLIANCE
OAH MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
ABC-CLIO AMERICA: HISTORY AND LIFE AWARD COMMITTEE
ERIK BARNOUW AWARD COMMITTEE
RAY ALLEN BILLINGTON PRIZE COMMITTEE BINKLEY-STEPHENSON AWARD COMMITTEE
AVERY O. CRAVEN AWARD COMMITTEE
1996 MERLE CURTI SOCIAL HISTORY AWARD COMMITTEE
1997 MERLE CURTI INTELLECTUAL HISTORY AWARD COMMITTEE
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE ARTICLE PRIZE COMMITTEE
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE BOOK PRIZE COMMITTEE
HUGGINS-QUARLES AWARD COMMITTEE RICHARD W. LEOPOLD PRIZE COMMITTEE
LERNER-SCOTT PRIZE COMMITTEE
LOUIS PELZER MEMORIAL AWARD COMMITTEE
JAMES A. RAWLEY PRIZE COMMITTEE
ELLIOTT RUDWICK PRIZE COMMITTEE
MARY K. BONSTEEL TACHAU PRE-COLLEGIATE TEACHING
AWARD COMMITTEE
FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER AWARD COMMITTEE MEMBERS
CONVENTION INFORMATION
More than 600 scholars are on the program for the Eighty-Ninth Annual
Meeting of the Organization of American Historians, to be held
Thursday, March 28 - Sunday, March 31, 1996. History, Memory, and
Identity is the theme for the 1996 Annual Meeting. A listing of OAH
committee meetings and activities is on page 25. A summary of the
convention schedule can be found on page 26.
HOTEL. The Palmer House Hilton (17 East Monroe Street, Chicago,
Illinois 60603; telephone 312-726-7500) will serve as OAH convention
headquarters and will house convention registration, book exhibits,
and most of the program sessions. Meeting room locations are shown on
floorplans on pages 28 and 29.
The Palmer House Hilton is Chicagos oldest and the longest
continuously operating hotel in North America. Built in 1871 by
Potter Palmer for his bride, it was destroyed just thirteen days later
in the great Chicago Fire. Thanks to quick thinking by architect John
Mills Van Osdel, who carried his construction plans to safety by
burying them under two feet of sand and damp clay, it was rebuilt and
opened again in 1873. It was the first Chicago hotel to offer
electric lights, telephones in every room, and elevators. Having
completed a multimillion dollar renovation program in the last decade,
the Palmer House continues to provide outstanding accommodations and
service. This renovation included restoration of the
turn-of-the-century artwork on the lobby ceiling, originally painted
by French muralist Louie Pierre Rigal, by artist Lido Lippi who has
been responsible for restoring masterpieces throughout Europe,
including the Sistine Chapel. The Palmer House, recently rated the
safest of all Hilton hotels, is located within Chicagos Loop business
district and right next door to the financial district. Within five
minutes guests can walk to the Art Institute, Orchestra Hall, and the
Shubert, Goodman, and Auditorium Theatres.
The Palmer House Hilton offers the following dining possibilities:
French Quarterlobby level, casual dining with Cajun specialities, open
7:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. with Sunday brunch 12:00 noon - 3:00 p.m.;
Trader Vicslower arcade, specialty restaurant featuring South Pacific
fare, open Monday-Friday for lunch 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. and for
dinner 5:00 - 11:00 p.m., Saturday for dinner only from 5:00 -11:30
p.m. and Sunday for dinner only from 4:30 - 11:00 p.m.; Palmers Coffee
Shoplower level, quick breakfast or lunch, open Monday-Friday-6:30
a.m.-2:30 p.m., Saturday-6:30 - 11:00 a.m.; Palmers Steak and Seafood
Housestreet level, open Monday-Friday for lunch from 11:30 a.m. - 2:30
p.m. and dinner from 5:00 - 11:00 p.m. and on Saturday for dinner from
5:00 - 11:00 p.m.; and Windsors Lobby Bar and Cafelobby level, open
for lunch Monday-Friday from 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. and for cocktail
service Monday-Sunday 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 a.m.
Guest rooms will be held for convention attendees until February 28,
1996. Reservation requests received at the Palmer House Hilton after
that date will be confirmed subject to availability and current hotel
rates. Special rates for the annual meeting of the OAH at the Palmer
House Hilton represent a significant savings over rack rates and are
lower than rates for the 1994 and 1995 meetings. The 1996 rates are:
single $109, $119, $129; double $132, $142, $152. A limited number of
rooms are available on a first come-first served basis at each level
for each category of room. Rooms reserved at the lowest rate of $109
are smaller than the other rooms, but, provide adequate space for
those attending the convention. To reserve your room, please use the
hotel reservation form inserted in the front of this program, call the
hotel at 312-726-7500, or call 1-800-Hiltons. Reserve your room early
to ensure that you get the lowest possible rate.
The Palmer House Hilton is in full compliance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act. If you would like more information, please contact
the OAH office or check the appropriate space on your preregistration
form.
REDUCED HOTEL RATES FOR STUDENTS AND UNEMPLOYED MEMBERS. A special
hotel rate has been negotiated at the Bismarck Hotel for members of
the OAH who are undergraduate and graduate students or who are
unemployed. The Bismarck is located approximately five blocks from
the Palmer House Hilton and offers rates of $85 Single/$95 Double.
Please contact the Bismarck Hotel to reserve your room. Bismarck
Hotel, 171 W. Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601; 312-236-0123
or 1-800-643-1500.
PARKING. The Palmer House Hilton utilizes the Adams and Wabash Parking
Garage, located on the corner of Adams Street and Wabash Street, one
block from the hotel. The weekend rate (in after 4:00 p.m. Friday,
exit by 9:00 a.m. Monday) is $12.25 for 24 hours. The daily rate
(12-24 hours) is $15.25. One-way valet is $20.00 for the first 24
hours. Each additional 24 hour period is $15.25. There are no in and
out privileges. Valet Parking is one way only. Guests may pick up
their car keys at the concierge desk.
TRAVEL. The OAH is pleased to announce that Diamond Travel, a Ross &
Babcock Travel Company, will serve as the official travel agency for
the 1996 OAH Annual Meeting. The OAH has worked with Diamond Travel
in the past and is glad that the Bloomington company will be handling
travel to the 1996 Annual Meeting. Detailed information regarding
travel to the annual meeting can be found on page 117 of the Program.
For travel reservations, please use the form on page 118 or call
Diamond toll free at 800-345-1647. Diamond Travel staff members will
advise you of the most convenient flights and the lowest fares
available on all airlines. Booking through Diamond Travel will help
the OAH earn credits that reduce part of the cost of the Annual
Meeting.
GROUND TRANSPORTATION TO CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Travelers arriving at
OHare Airport have three options for travel to the Palmer House
Hilton: 1) Taxicablocated on the lower level of each terminal and
available from 6:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m., approximately 30 minutes to one
hour, depending upon traffic, $25.00; 2) Continental's Airport
Express vansapproximately 55 minutes, $14.75 one way/$25.50 roundtrip,
leaves the baggage claim area every five to ten minutes from 6:00
a.m. - 11:30 p.m.; 3) Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
trainsapproximately 35 minutes, leave OHare every 5 to 10 minutes days
and evenings and every 30 minutes from 1:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m., $1.50
one-way. The train terminal is located beneath Terminal 4. Take the
train to the Monroe and Dearborn stop, walk east two blocks to the
Palmer House Hilton.
Travelers arriving at Midway Airport may take taxicabs to the Palmer
House Hilton at a cost of $18 - $20. The trip takes about 40
minutes. Continentals Airport Express vans leave Midway every 15
minutes from 6:00 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. with a one-way cost of
$10.75/$19.00 roundtrip.
Travelers arriving by train at Union Station, 210 South Canal Street,
should plan to take a taxicab to the Palmer House Hilton. The ride
should take no more than ten to twenty minutes and cost under $5.00.
REGISTRATION. All persons attending the convention (including program
participants) are required to register. Therefore, you are urged to
use the preregistration form enclosed with this program to save money
and avoid long waiting lines. If your form is missing, please contact
the OAH office to receive another. Preregistration forms postmarked
on or before March 7, 1996, will be accepted. Forms postmarked after
March 7 will not be processed, and you will be required to pay the
regular registration rate at the meeting. Preregistration materials
will not be mailed. All registrants, except guests, will receive a
copy of the Pocket Program, which lists the locations of all sessions
and functions. Safeguard your pocket programlost or missing ones
cannot be replaced. Preregistration is nontransferable and materials
can only be picked up by the person for whom the materials were
prepared. All persons attending are urged to supply a convention
address for the locator file. Registration fees are listed below.
Guest registration is intended for use by a non-historian who would
not otherwise attend the meeting except to accompany the attendee.
Only the registered attendee may pick up registration materials.
Guests do not receive a separate pocket program.
The OAH will accept checks, money orders, or travelers checks in
U.S. currency, as well as Visa and MasterCard. No telephone or fax
registrations will be accepted.
TOURS. The Convention Publicity Committee has arranged five tours
especially for attendees at the 1996 OAH meeting. For complete
information on these tours, see pages 22 and 23 of this Program.
Please use the preregistration form inserted in the front of the
program to register for all tours. The deadline for tour registration
is February 22, 1996, which is two weeks earlier than the
preregistration deadline. This early deadline is necessary to meet
reservation deadlines determined by the tour companies. So that all
tours might be planned properly, please return your form by this
deadline.
OFF-SITE SESSIONS. There are two off-site sessions and a tour at the
Chicago Historical Society, Clark and North Streets. Descriptions can
be found on pages 81, 84, and 91. You should register for these
events using the preregistration form inserted in the front of the
program. The deadline for preregistration for these events is the
same as the preregistration deadline of March 7, 1996. Transportation
will be provided for anyone who registers for these sessions.
Directions to the Chicago Historical Society will be available in the
Pocket Program for those who are unable to register by the March 7
deadline.
FREE ADMISSION TO THE CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The Chicago
Historical Society has graciously offered free admission to any person
registered for the OAH annual meeting. Your badge is your proof of
registration.
INFORMAL SESSIONS AND OTHER MEETINGS. The OAH program will use nearly
all the meeting space in the Palmer House Hilton during the morning
and afternoon session periods. Groups who wish to hold informal
sessions, committee meetings, meal functions, reunions, etc., should
select times that will not conflict with sessions. Limited space
might also be available during the noon hours. For information on
scheduling these activities contact Sheri L. Sherrill, Convention
Manager, Organization of American Historians, 112 North Bryan Street,
Bloomington, IN 47408-4199; 812-855-9853. If requested, functions
open to the public may be listed in the Pocket Program, distributed to
all registrants at the Annual Meeting.
MEAL FUNCTIONS. Since we must provide the hotel with advance
guarantees for all catered functions, we urge you to order all of your
meal tickets on the preregistration form. If your form is missing,
contact the OAH office for a replacement. Persons who try to purchase
tickets the day of an event might be disappointed. The cost of each
ticket includes the required 17% gratuity and 9.75% sales tax.
Reserved tickets will be held at the preregistration desk; you may
pick them up only during the hours that the registration counters are
open (see page 26 for schedule). The 1996 OAH Presidential Banquet
will be held Friday, March 29, at 7:00 p.m. (cash bar 6:00 - 7:00
p.m.). The following require tickets:
Friday, March 29
Saturday, March 30
MEMBERSHIP. Attendance at the sessions and exhibits is not limited to
OAH or members; however, membership is encouraged and applications
will be accepted at the registration counters. For your convenience,
an OAH membership application can be found on pages 120-121 of this
Program. OAH members receive the OAH Newsletter, the Annual Meeting
Program, and either the Journal of American History or the OAH
Magazine of History.
FOCUS ON TEACHING DAY. Sessions on the 1996 program specifically
related to the teaching of American history at the middle and high
school levels are part of the Thirteenth Annual Focus on Teaching
Day. Focus on Teaching Day sessions are planned for Saturday, and
Focus on Teaching Day registration includes attendance at OAH sessions
on that day. For information contact: Monica Hendren, Focus on
Teaching Day Liaison, Organization of American Historians, 112 North
Bryan Street, Bloomington, IN 47408-4199; 812-855-7311.
CHILD CARE. The OAH has received information from American Childcare,
Inc., 445 E. Ohio St., Suite 306, Chicago, Illinois 60611;
312-644-7300. They are licensed, bonded, insured, and have been in
business since 1974. The cost may vary, but, current prices are
$11.50 per hour for one child, with a four hour minimum and $5 per day
transportation charge. Please call them directly to make arrangements
for child care. The OAH can assume no responsibility for any
arrangements.
PARTICIPANT PAPERS. Copies of some of the participant papers will be
sold in the convention registration area for $2.00 each.
SESSIONS AVAILABLE ON TAPE. Some sessions will be recorded and
cassette tapes will be available for purchase at the annual meeting
and through the OAH Newsletter following the Annual Meeting. A list
of sessions available on tape will be included in the Pocket Program
and on-site at the annual meeting.
Professional Opportunities for American
historians
In the past, the Organization of American Historians has provided a
job registry at its annual meeting for employers seeking to fill a
position and for OAH registrants seeking employment. This year we
are offering something different: the Professional Opportunities
Program which became effective August 15, 1995, and is available
throughout the year. As you might have read in recent issues of the
OAH Newsletter, employers now have the option of listing positions
directly on the OAH World Wide Web site above. Applicants can access
these listings at their discretion and contact employers directly in
order to arrange interviews. Employer representative name, mailing
address, phone number, fax number, and email address are included
whenever available.
There are no forms for applicants to fill out prior to the convention,
and
there will be no information/position packets mailed from the OAH
office to employers or applicants prior to the 1996 meeting in
Chicago. Although the new Internet service replaces the job registry
at our annual meeting, the OAH will continue to provide interview
space during the convention.
Employers wishing to reserve interview space must fill out the form on
page 119 and return it to the OAH office with payment no later than
March 21, 1996. Space is limited. Assignment of interview rooms will
be made based on date of postmark. Confirmations, including the
location of your interview suite, will be emailed or faxed to the
employer contact person prior to the meeting.
All questions regarding appropriate procedures for using our new
on-line system, should be directed to Ginger Foutz: 812-855-9851, or
ginger@oah.indiana.edu.
OAH GUIDELINES FOR INTERVIEWING. The OAH discourages interview
activities in hotel bedrooms. If an interviewer feels it is necessary
to use a facility outside the Job Registry, the OAH strongly advises
that a parlor rather than a sleeping room be used and that a third
person always be present in the room with the candidate. Interviewers
using such facilities bear sole responsibility for establishing an
appropriate, professional atmosphere and should take special care to
ensure that all interviews are conducted courteously and in a proper
and professional manner.
OAH TOURS
The Convention Publicity Committee has arranged several tours
especially for attendees at the 1996 OAH meeting. All tours will
leave from and return to the convention hotel, the Palmer House
Hilton, 17 East Monroe Street.
Please use the preregistration form inserted in the front of the
Program to register for these tours. Space is limited and
reservations will be made on a first-come-first-served basis. Advance
purchase of tour tickets must be postmarked by February 22, 1996,
which is two weeks earlier than the preregistration deadline. This
early deadline is necessary to meet reservation deadlines determined
by the tour companies.
Tour tickets will be inserted into your badge holder and available at
the convention registration area at the Palmer House Hilton. OAH
reserves the right to cancel any tour that has not met the minimum
number of participants required. Should this occur, complete refunds
will be made following the meeting.
THURSDAY, MARCH 28
T1 - Chicago Blues Bar Pub Crawl, 9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m., $30 per
person. Since Muddy Waters left Mississippi for Chicago, the city has been the
capitol of the modern blues scene. Join historian and blues fan
Harold Platt on a bus tour to sample the best of Chicago blues at
three of the citys liveliest clubs: Blues Etcetera, Blues Chicago, and
Buddy Guys Legends. The tour is timed to catch three shows, and the
price includes all cover charges as well as bus fare. The bus will
stop at the Palmer House on the way to the last club, Buddy Guys
Legends, for those who wish to retire early.
FRIDAY, MARCH 29
T2 - Chicagos Neighborhoods: Past, Present, and Future, 9:00 - 11:00
a.m., $12 per person
Chicago is a city of neighborhoods. Behind the glittering facade of
lakefront high-rises, the real city stretches to the Prairie. The
Chicago River divides the city into three parts: North, West, and
South Sides. The North Side is the most prosperous and most racially
and ethnically integrated; to some it represents the future of the
city. The West Side is quite depressed, home mainly to
African-American and Latino minorities; it is the citys present. The
South Side represents the past of heavy industries and classic ethnic
neighborhoods. This pattern of development is not a natural
phenomenon like the river, however. Explore the impact of public
policy on the development of Chicagos neighborhoods with Chicago
historian, Edward R. Kantowicz, on a bus tour that loops through the
three sides of the city.
FRIDAY, MARCH 29
T3 - Frank Lloyd Wright and the Suburban Ideal, 12:30 - 4:30 p.m., $24
per person
This guided bus tour takes you through the gritty West Side of Chicago
to Oak Park, where one of Americas most important architects, Frank
Lloyd Wright, developed his revolutionary concepts about the ideal
living space. Designing for his neighbors, Wright left an unmatched
material legacy to this suburb. An interpreter from the Frank Lloyd
Wright Home and Studio Foundation will guide you through Wrights home
and studio and on a walk through Oak Park to view the largest
concentration of buildings he designed.
SATURDAY, MARCH 30
T4 - Early Skyscrapers: Chicagos Classic Architecture,
9:30 - 11:30 a.m., $10 per person
Downtown Chicago, where the skyscraper developed as the symbol of the
city, is a veritable museum of American architecture. Take a walking
tour with a Chicago Architecture Foundation docent to explore the
beginnings of the Chicago School of Architecture and the development
of Chicagos skyscrapers from 1880 to 1940. The Art Deco Chicago Board
of Trade Building, Adler and Sullivans masterpiece; the Auditorium
Building; and the Rookery, a national historic landmark, are included
on the walk. The tour begins at the Chicago Architecture Foundations
Center, at 224 South Michigan Avenue, only two blocks from the Palmer
House Hilton.
T5 - Modern and Beyond: Chicagos Architecture since World War II,
1:00 - 3:00 p.m., $10 per person
Chicago remains in the forefront of trends in architecture, because
its corporations and government bodies continue to embrace the latest
styles. Take a walking tour with a Chicago Architecture Foundation
docent to explore the impact of technological changes on building
design and construction and the rich contrasts of the International,
Modern, and Post-Modern movements. The tour includes examples of the
minimalism Mies van de Rohe and the eclecticism of the post-moderns,
the stainless steel-clad Inland Steel Building, and the bold James
R. Thompson (State of Illinois) Center. The tour begins at the
Chicago Architecture Foundations Center, at 224 South Michigan Avenue,
only two blocks from the Palmer House Hilton.
Linda K. Kerber, University of Iowa, President-Elect
Gale Peterson, The Cincinnati Historical Society, Treasurer
Arnita A. Jones, Executive Director
David Thelen, Editor, Journal of American History
Lawrence W. Levine, George Mason University
Eric Foner, Columbia University
Gary B. Nash, University of California, Los Angeles
William H. Chafe, Duke University (April 1996)
Emily S. Rosenberg, Macalester College (April 1996)
Joan Shelley Rubin, University of Rochester (April 1996)
Jack P. Greene, Johns Hopkins University (April 1997)
Jacquelyn Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (April 1997)
Joe W. Trotter, Carnegie Mellon University (April 1997)
Thomas Bender, New York University (April 1998)
Paul S. Boyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison (April 1998)
Vicki L. Ruiz, Arizona State University (April 1998)
Michael Kammen, President, Chair
Linda K. Kerber, President-Elect
Gary B. Nash, Past President
Gale Peterson, Treasurer, ex officio
Arnita A. Jones, Executive Director, ex officio
David Thelen, Editor, Journal of American History, ex officio
William H. Chafe, Outgoing Chair (April 1996)
Jacquelyn Hall, Incoming Chair (April 1997)
Paul S. Boyer (April 1998)
David Vigilante, Chair, Magazine of History Advisory Board (December
1996)
Mitch Yamasaki, Chair, Committee on Teaching (December 1996)
Michael Kammen, President, ex officio
Linda K. Kerber, President-Elect, ex officio
Arnita A. Jones, Executive Director, ex officio
Susan Armitage, Washington State University, Chair (May 1996)
Ron Formisano, University of Florida (May 1996)
John Kuo Wei Tchen, Queens College, CUNY (May 1996)
Nancy Hewitt, Duke University (May 1997)
James O. Horton, George Washington University (May 1997)
Albert L. Hurtado, Arizona State University (May 1997)
Kenneth T. Jackson, Columbia University (May 1997)
Alan Brinkley, Columbia University (April 1996)
Nancy Hewitt, Duke University (April 1996)
David W. Blight, Amherst College (April 1997)
Linda Gordon, University of Wisconsin-Madison (April 1997)
Michael H. Hunt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (April
1997)
Norma Basch, Rutgers University-Newark Campus (April 1998)
Robert A. Gross, College of William and Mary (April 1998)
Daniel T. Rodgers, Princeton University (April 1998)
Arnita A. Jones, Executive Director, ex officio
One appointment pending
Christine Compston, History Teaching Alliance/National History
Education
Network, ex officio
Jack P. Greene, Executive Board Liaison (April 1997)
Karen Harris, Highland Park High School (December 1998)
Kathleen C. Kean, Nicolet High School (December 1996)
Bryan LeBeau, Creighton University (December 1998)
John Pyne, West Milford Township Public Schools (December 1997)
Sandra F. VanBurkleo, Wayne State University (December 1996)
David Vigilante, San Diego City Schools, Chair (December 1997)
Mitch Yamasaki, Chair, Committee on Teaching, ex officio (December
1996)
Douglas Greenberg, Chicago Historical Society
Alice Kessler-Harris, Rutgers University
John Patrick, ERIC Clearinghouse, Indiana University
One appointment pending
Richard Allan Baker, United States Senate
Lizabeth Cohen, New York University
Michael J. Hogan, The Ohio State University, Co-Chair
Mary Kelley, Dartmouth College, Co-Chair
Victor Leviatin, WISE Services
Nell Irvin Painter, Princeton University
Charles Royster, Louisiana State University
Vicki L. Ruiz, Arizona State University
Richard White, University of Washington
Susan Hirsch, Loyola University of Chicago, Co-Chair
Suellen Hoy, University of Notre Dame
Mary Ann Johnson, Jane Addamss Hull-House Museum
Dominic A. Pacyga, Columbia College
Harold Platt, Loyola University of Chicago, Co-Chair
George H. Roeder Jr., School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Brian Balogh, University of Virginia
Michele H. Bogart, SUNY at Stony Brook
Jon Butler, Yale University
Ramsn A. Gutiirrez, University of California, San Diego, Co-Chair
Evelynn M. Hammonds, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joanne Meyerowitz, University of Cincinnati
Mary P. Ryan, University of California, Berkeley, Co-Chair
Allen Steinberg, University of Iowa
and Publicity Committee
Thomas Frye, Oakland Museum, Co-Chair
Paul Groth, University of California, Berkeley, Co-Chair
Remaining appointments pending
Paul S. Boyer, Incoming Executive Board Liaison (April 1998)
Earl Lewis, University of Michigan, (December 1996)
Douglas Monroy, Colorado College, Chair (December 1997)
Barbara Posadas, Northern Illinois University (December 1999)
Emily S. Rosenberg, Outgoing Executive Board Liaison (April 1996)
Arvarh E. Strickland, University of Missouri-Columbia (December 1998)
R. David Edmunds, Indiana University Bloomington
Barbara Franco, The Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
Michael Frisch, SUNY-Buffalo
Joan M. Jensen, New Mexico State University
Gary B. Nash, University of California, Los Angeles, Chair
Constance B. Schulz, Chair, Committee on Public History (December 1996)
Mary Maples Dunn, Schlesinger Library on the History of Women,
Radcliffe College (December 1999)
Hugh D. Graham, Vanderbilt University (December 1998)
Ronald J. Grele, Columbia University (December 1996)
Joan Shelley Rubin, Outgoing Executive Board Liaison (April 1996)
Vicki L. Ruiz, Incoming Executive Board Liaison (April 1998)
Constance B. Schulz, University of South Carolina, Chair (December
1997)
Thomas Bender, Incoming Executive Board Liaison (April 1998)
William H. Chafe, Outgoing Executive Board Liaison (April 1996)
Kathleen Conzen, University of Chicago (December 1999)
Gregory S. Hunter, Long Island University (December 1996)
Gerda W. Ray, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Chair (December 1997)
Jane Rosenberg, National Endowment for the Humanities (December 1998)
Gary W. Reichard, California State University, Long Beach (December
1998)
George Stevens, Dutchess Community College (December 1996)
Joe W. Trotter, Executive Board Liaison (April 1997)
Mitch Yamasaki, Chaminade University of Honolulu, Chair (December
1997)
One appointment pending
Jacquelyn Hall, Executive Board Liaison (April 1997)
Emma Lapsansky, Haverford College, Chair (December 1997)
Lisa McGirr, Columbia University (December 1996)
Rita Roberts, Scripps College (December 1998)
One appointment pending
Paul Finkelman, University of Miami
N.E.H. Hull, Rutgers University-Camden Campus, Chair
Stanley N. Katz, American Council of Learned Societies
Gerda W. Ray, Chair, Committee on Research and Access to Historical
Documentation, ex officio (December 1996)
Rayman L. Solomon, Northwestern University
Michael Frisch, SUNY-Buffalo, Chair
Arnita A. Jones, OAH Executive Director
Page Putnam Miller, National Coordinating Committee for the
Promotion of History
David Thelen, Editor, Journal of American History
Bertram Wyatt-Brown, University of Florida
Alfred F. Young, Newberry Library
Jamil S. Zainaldin, Federation of State Humanities Councils
William H. Chafe, Duke University, Chair
Stanley N. Katz, American Council of Learned Societies
Maeva Marcus, Documentary History of the Supreme Court
Thomas G. Paterson, University of Connecticut
David Thelen, Editor, Journal of American History
Nadine Ishitani Hata, El Camino Community College, Chair
Elizabeth A. Kessel, Anne Arundel Community College
Lawrence W. Levine, George Mason University
Myron Marty, Drake University
John M. McLeod, Miami-Dade Community College
George Stevens, Dutchess Community College
Charles A. Zappia, San Diego Mesa College
Michael J. Hogan, The Ohio State University, OAH Representative
Gordon Morris Bakken, California State University, Fullerton
Jane S. De Hart, University of California, Santa Barbara, OAH Delegate
to the ACLS (December 1999)
Arnita A. Jones, OAH Executive Director, Member, ACLS Conference
of Administrative Officers
Organization of American Historians Representatives
Candace Falk, The Emma Goldman Papers, University of California,
Berkeley (December 1996)
Gerda W. Ray, University of Missouri-St. Louis (December 1997)
Arnita A. Jones, OAH Executive Director, ex officio
Organization of American Historians Representatives
Ira Berlin, University of Maryland at College Park, Chair
Charlene N. Bickford, The George Washington University
Edwin C. Bridges, Alabama Department of Archives & History
Robin D.G. Kelley, New York University, ex officio
Gerda W. Ray, Chair, Committee on Research & Access to Historical
Documentation, ex officio (December 1997)
American Historical Association Representatives
Nelson Lichtenstein, University of Virginia
Constance B. Schulz, University of South Carolina
John Williams, Appalachian State University, ex officio
Jannelle Warren-Findley, Arizona State University, OAH Representative
Robin D.G. Kelley, New York University, OAH Representative
Diane F. Britton, The University of Toledo, OAH Representative
Christine Compston, History Teaching Alliance/National History
Education
Network, Director
Terrie L. Epstein, University of Michigan (June 1997)
Douglas Greenberg, Chicago Historical Society (June 1996)
Arnita A. Jones, OAH Executive Director, ex officio
(-) denotes outgoing committee member (incoming appointments pending)
Chair Daniel Levine, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
Alabama Douglas Wertsch, Athens State College
Alaska (-)John S. Whitehead, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Arizona (-)Brooks D. Simpson, Arizona State University
Arkansas Stephen F. Strausberg, University of Arkansas,Fayetteville
California Joan R. Gundersen, California State University, San
Marcos
(-)Glenna Matthews, University of California, Berkeley
(-)Edwin J. Perkins, University of Southern California
Colorado Mark T. Gilderhus, Colorado State University
Connecticut Cecelia F. Bucki, Fairfield University
Delaware (-)Guy Alchon, University of Delaware
D.C. (-)Sarah Larson, The Historical Society of
Washington, DC
Florida (-)Jack C. Lane, Rollins College
Georgia (-)John M. Matthews, Georgia State University
Guam, P.R., V.I. Marilyn F. Krigger, University of the Virgin
Islands
Hawaii (-)Mitch Yamasaki, Chaminade University of Honolulu
Idaho W. R. Swagerty, University of Idaho
Illinois Russell Lewis, Chicago Historical Society
Jeffrey Mirel, Northern Illinois University
Indiana Robert G. Barrows, Indiana University-Purdue University
at Indianapolis
Iowa (-)Robert F. Martin, University of Northern Iowa
Kansas Ann Schofield, University of Kansas
Kentucky Thomas C. Mackey, University of Louisville
Louisiana Maxine F. Taylor, Northwestern State University of
Louisiana
Maryland Robyn Muncy, University of Maryland at College Park
Massachusetts Donald M. Jacobs, Northwestern University
Neal Salisbury, Smith College
Michigan Elizabeth Faue, Wayne State University
Minnesota Annette Atkins, Saint Johns University
Mississippi John F. Marszalek, Mississippi State University
Missouri Stephen Kneeshaw, College of the Ozarks
Montana Billy G. Smith, Montana State University
Nebraska Dennis N. Mihelich, Creighton University
Nevada Joanne L. Goodwin, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
New Hampshire (-)Lucy E. Salyer, University of New Hampshire
New Jersey William J. Gilmore-Lehne, Richard Stockton College
New Mexico Elizabeth Jameson, University of New Mexico
New York Charles Pete Banner-Haley, Colgate University
Manfred Jonas, Union College
Barbara Winslow, Hunter College, CUNY
North Carolina David Goldfield, University of North Carolina at
Charlotte
North Dakota Bethany Andreasen, Minot State University
Ohio Edward F. Haas, Wright State University
Oklahoma David W. Levy, University of Oklahoma
Oregon Peter Buckingham, Linfield College
Pennsylvania Donald B. Hoffman, Allentown, PA
Margaret Marsh, Temple University
Rhode Island Susan Smulyan, Brown University
South Carolina Edmund L. Drago, The College of Charleston
South Dakota Nicole Etcheson, University of South Dakota
Tennessee Thomas A. Schwartz, Vanderbilt University
Texas David E. Narrett, The University of Texas at
Arlington
Utah L. Ray Gunn, University of Utah
Vermont Barbara Bellows, Middlebury College
Virginia (-)Edward L. Ayers, University of Virginia
Washington E. Wayne Carp, Pacific Lutheran University
West Virginia Elizabeth Fones-Wolf, West Virginia University
Wisconsin Robert Gough, University of WisconsinEau Claire
Wyoming Thomas Wilsted, University of Wyoming
Canada Bruce C. Daniels, University of Winnipeg
Michael Fellman, Simon Fraser University
Foreign Countries Susan-Mary C. Grant, The University of
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Barry D. Karl, University of Chicago, Chair (April 1997)
Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Cornell University (April 1997)
Sarah Deutsch, Clark University (April 1997)
Peter Quimby, ABC-Clio, Inc. (ex officio)
Randolph Roth, Ohio State University (April 1997)
Gwendolyn Wright, Columbia University (April 1997)
Steven J. Ross, University of Southern California, Chair (April 1997)
James L. Baughman, University of Wisconsin-Madison (April 1998)
Stephen Brier, Center for Media and Learning, Hunter College/CUNY
(April 1996)
Robert V. Remini, University of Notre Dame, Chair (April 1997)
Harry W. Fritz, University of Montana (April 1997)
Altina Waller, University of Connecticut, Storrs (April 1997)
Carla Gardina Pestana, The Ohio State University, Chair (April 1997)
Sally McMurry, Pennsylvania State University (April 1998)
William M. Tuttle, Jr., University of Kansas (April 1996)
William W. Freehling, University of Kentucky, Chair (April 1996)
Jane Turner Censer, George Mason University (April 1996)
Gaines M. Foster, Louisiana State University (April 1996)
Susan M. Hartmann, The Ohio State University, Chair (April 1996)
David R. Roediger, University of Minnesota (April 1996)
Jules Tygiel, San Francisco State University (April 1996)
Alan Trachtenberg, Yale University, Chair (April 1997)
Charles Capper, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (April
1997)
Helena M. Wall, Pomona College (April 1997)
David Thelen, Journal of American History, Chair (ex officio)
V.P. Franklin, Drexel University (April 1996)
Dirk Hoerder, Universitdt Bremen, Germany (April 1997)
Alice Kessler-Harris, Rutgers University (April 1998)
Arnaldo Testi, University of Pisa, Italy (April 1999)
Leila J. Rupp, The Ohio State University, Chair (April 1999)
Elise Marienstras, Universiti Paris VII-Denis Diderot, France (April
1997)
Kathryn Kish Sklar, State University of New York, Binghamton (April
1997)
Frank Smith, Cambridge University Press (ex officio)
Josefina Zoraida Vazquez, El Colegio de Mexico (April 1996)
(Committee on the Status of Minority Historians and Minority History)
Douglas Monroy, Colorado College, Chair (December 1997)
Paul S. Boyer, Incoming Executive Board Liaison (April 1998)
Earl Lewis, University of Michigan, (December 1996)
Barbara Posadas, Northern Illinois University (December 1999)
Emily S. Rosenberg, Outgoing Executive Board Liaison (April 1996)
Arvarh E. Strickland, University of Missouri-Columbia (December 1998)
Warren F. Kimball, Rutgers University, Chair (April 1996)
Michael J. Hogan, The Ohio State University (April 1996)
William Z. Slany, United States Department of State (April 1996)
Karen Halttunen, University of California, Chair (April 1996)
Jeanne Boydston, University of Wisconsin (April 1996)
Faye E. Dudden, Union College (April 1996)
David Thelen, Journal of American History, Chair (ex officio)
Adrienne Hood, University of Toronto (April 1996)
Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, Smith College (April 2000)
Frederick E. Hoxie, The Newberry Library (April 1999)
Barbara Melosh, George Mason University (April 1998)
Douglas Monroy, Colorado College, Chair (April 1997)
Ira Berlin, University of Maryland, College Park (April 1996)
Edward Countryman, Southern Methodist University (April 1998)
Roger Daniels, University of Cincinnati, Chair (April 1997)
Ileen A. DeVault, Cornell University (April 1997)
Philip J. Schwarz, Virginia Commonwealth University (April 1997)
James F. Adomanis, Maryland Center for the Study of History and Civic
Education, Chair (April 1996)
Mark Lytle, Bard College (April 1997)
Doris M. Meadows, Wilson Magnet High School, Rochester, New York
(April 1997)
Gary B. Nash, University of California, Los Angeles, Chair (April
1996)
John Bodnar, Indiana University Bloomington (April 1996)
Evelyn Hu-DeHart, University of Colorado at Boulder (April 1996)
Preregistration Fee
(postmarked on or Registration Fee
before March 7, 1996) (on-site)
OAH Member $55 $65
OAH Member-Student $20 $25
OAH Member-Unemployed $20 $25
Non-member $75 $85
Guest $10 $15
Phi Alpha Theta Luncheon $ 28.00
Society of Historians of the Gilded
Age and Progressive Era $ 28.00
Urban History Association Luncheon $ 25.00
OAH Presidential Banquet $ 45.00
Oral History Association Breakfast $ 18.00
Women in the Historical Profession Breakfast $ 18.00
Agricultural History Society Luncheon $ 28.00
Council of Chairs Luncheon $ 28.00
Focus on Teaching Day Luncheon $ 28.00
Society for Historians of American Foreign
Relations Luncheon $28.00