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George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
In preparation for its opening in the spring of 2013, the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum launched its social media efforts this month on Twitter and Facebook. Information on construction milestones, library features, exhibits, opening dates, and hours of operation is available via @GWBLibrary and Facebook.com/GWBLibrary. The Bush Library and Museum is the thirteenth US Presidential Library administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.
Resources for Volunteer Programs in Archives
The National Archives, in partnership with the Society of American Archivists, announces the launch of Resources for Volunteer Programs in Archives (RVPA), a free online resource that lists dozens of ongoing volunteer activities at archival facilities nationwide. RVPA also provides guidance for archival institutions that plan to revamp or launch brand-new volunteer programs. It includes volunteer management tools such as sample applications, handbooks, emergency contact forms, and job descriptions.
Office of the Historian releases FRUS, 1969-1976
The Department of State released Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969—1976, Volume XLI, Western Europe; NATO, 1969—1972. This volume is part of a subseries of volumes of the Foreign Relations series that documents the most important issues in the foreign policy of the administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford. This specific volume documents U.S. regional and bilateral relations with Western Europe from January 20, 1969 to January 20, 1973. The documentation printed in this volume highlights U.S. policy regarding European economic and political integration, U.S. participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as well as U.S. bilateral relations with Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Activism, Unity, and the Georgia State Archives
Jamil S. Zainaldin, president of the Georgia Humanities Council and secretary of the Friends of Georgia Archives and History, takes us behind the scenes at the controversy surrounding the Georgia State Archives. His article is excerpted from the November, 2012 issue of OAH Outlook. Read more >
Stanford History Education Group Launches
History Assessment Resource
The Stanford History Education Group is pleased to announce the launch of "Beyond the Bubble," a new Web site that uses the digital archive of the Library of Congress to create a new generation of History Assessments of Thinking (HAT). Each HAT focuses on the ability to interpret original sources and requires students to use knowledge in action rather than asking them to recall discrete names and dates. HATs have been extensively field-tested and come with interactive rubrics and examples of student work.
US Department of Interior Announces New Historic Landmarks
In October 2012, US Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Salazar announced the designation of 26 national historic landmarks and one national natural landmark as places that possess exceptional value and quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States. Currently there are only 2,527 designated national historic landmarks and 592 national natural landmark sites across the country that bear this national distinction.
State Releases New Volume in Foreign Relations of the United States Series
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969—1976, Volume XXXVII, Energy Crisis, 1974—1980 is part of a subseries of the Foreign Relations series that documents the most important foreign policy issues of the Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford presidential administrations. Because of the long-term nature of the 1970s energy crisis, however, this volume includes the period of the Jimmy Carter administration, covering U.S. policy from August 1974 until January 1981. The documentation in this volume focuses primarily on Ford and Carter policies aimed at mitigating the damage to the U.S. and global economy caused by rising oil prices imposed in 1973 by the OPEC cartel, and in 1978 by the perceived shortage of oil supplies resulting from the Iranian Revolution. Compiled and edited by Steven G. Galpern, the volumeis available on the Office of the Historian Web site.
Congress.gov Unveiled
The Library of Congress, in collaboration with the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives and the Government Printing Office, unveiled Congress.gov, a new public beta site for accessing free, fact-based legislative information. The new Web site features platform mobility, comprehensive information retrieval and user-friendly presentation. The Library of Congress is releasing Congress.gov as a beta site to enable a period of time for collecting user feedback and refining functionality while other content is incorporated. Other data, such as the Congressional Record, committee reports, nominations, treaties and communications, will be incorporated over time in a planned, prioritized order. The Library anticipates Congress.gov will operate as a beta site for approximately one year as this work is completed. During that time, both THOMAS and LIS will continue to operate as usual.
Request for Proposals: Coeditor of The Public Historian
The National Council on Public History (NCPH) and the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) Department of History seek proposals from academic or public history institutions for a coeditor and institutional support for The Public Historian, a journal of public history.The current editorial team includes the editor, who is a faculty member in the UCSB Department of History (with course release support), a managing editor, a graduate student assistant review editor (all on the UCSB campus), and a review editor (with course release support), who is in the Department of History at California State University Sacramento. The editorial office is advised by the journal's editorial board, which is appointed by the NCPH president in consultation with the editorial office.The start date is negotiable, although UCSB and NCPH prefer January 1, 2013. The term is similarly negotiable, but UCSB and NCPH prefer a coeditor arrangement that extends at least through much of 2013 and 2014.
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Seeks Editor
The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) is issuing a call for proposals to edit its flagship publication, Diplomatic History. The editorship will begin in August 2014 and, as stipulated in SHAFR’s by-laws, will extend for at least three but no more than five years.
New Library of Congress Magazine Makes Debut
The new Library of Congress Magazine debuts this week. The bimonthly, general interest magazine features educational and entertaining content about both current and historical events. The magazine’s circulation of twelve thousand includes members of Congress and libraries and educational institutions throughout the nation and the world. The publication is also accessible free online.
Georgia Governor Pledges to Keep State Archives Open
On September 13, 2012, the Georgia secretary of state Brian Kemp announced that due to budget cuts, his office will soon reduce staff at the Georgia State Archives and will close the archives entirely on November 1, 2012. One week later, the Governor of Georgia, Nathan Deal, pledged to keep the archives open.
Georgia State University New Home of the Oral History Association
Effective January 1, 2013, the history department at Georgia State University (GSU) in Atlanta will become the new institutional home for the executive office of the Oral History Association (OHA). Dr. Clifford Kuhn, associate professor of history at GSU and a past president of OHA, will serve as the association's first full time executive director. The appointment of Dr. Kuhn as executive director will open up opportunities to develop the association's reach nationally and internationally and to expand programming in ways that advance the field of oral history.
Workshops at the National Archives
The National Archives has launched new online videos of its most popular genealogy "how to" workshops. These videos cover "hot topics" in genealogical research such as Civil War records, online resources and databases, and more. These workshops led by National Archives experts are available on the National Archives YouTube channel.
Oil and American Studies
Our friends at the Journal of American Studies have just published "Oil and American Studies," a special issue tracing the cultural life of oil from the beginning of the modern oil industry to the present. Browse the issue to explore how oil and the extractive industry have been imagined in popular fiction, public art, film, television, war propaganda, museums and educational institutions, trade periodicals, and the popular press.
Groundbreaking Survey on Part-Time and Adjunct Faculty Released
Coalition on the Academic Workforce issues "A Portrait of Part-Time Faculty Members: A Summary of Findings on Part-Time Faculty Respondents to the Coalition on the Academic Workforce Survey of Contingent Faculty Members and Instructors"
AAUP Issues Report on Academic-Industry Partnerships
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has issued its draft report, "Recommended Principles and Practices to Guide Academic-Industry Relationships." The report tackles many ethical and professional questions while defending academic freedom and the rights of faculty to control their research agendas and the fate of the intellectual property they create. After the open comment period, AAUP will revise the report to reflect the insights it has received.
NARA Awards $2.9 million for Documentary Editions and Archival Projects
Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero awarded 31 grants totaling $2.9 million for historical records projects in 18 states and the District of Columbia. The National Archives grants program is carried out through the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). Grants totaling $1.2 million went to 16 documentary editing projects to edit and publish the papers of key American figures, including Frederick Douglass, Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Martin Luther King, Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Edison, Jane Addams, and the Presidential Recordings from the Kennedy and Nixon administrations. Grants totaling $1.4 million went to 14 archival projects, including the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina; the backlog of unprocessed records at the South Dakota State Archives; the papers of California governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Vietnam War-era poster collections; the records of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission; and the Pan American World Airways records at the University of Miami. For more information, please visit www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2012/nr12-121.html.
Maggie L. Walker Documents Discovered
In February 2009 College of William and Mary students found 31 boxes of documents belonging to Maggie Lena Walker and the Independent Order of St. Luke. personal, organizational and general African American. The Independent Order had insurance, banking, a newspaper and an emporium; operated in 24 states. Since then we have 12,000 Dublin Core Metadata entries and 8,000 digital images of this privately owned collection. We are processing it using a public/scholarly model, working alongside community members who make a huge difference in our understanding of the documents which are in reasonably good condition and order. The Collection will go to the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site; the national headquarters building a few blocks away, a witness to black enterprise and resistance to apartheid remains empty For more information, please visit www.nps.gov/mawa.
National Archives at San Francisco Opens Immigration Files
The National Archives at San Francisco officially opened to the public over 40,000 case files on immigrants to the United States. These immigration files, known as "Alien Files" (commonly referred to as "A-Files"), were transferred from U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). They are among the first of millions of case files that will eventually be opened to the public. In 1940 the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), the predecessor of USCIS, started issuing Alien Registration Numbers to resident aliens in the United States. On April 1, 1944, INS began to assign these numbers to a new series of immigration case files called A-Files. A-Files are a genealogical wealth of information, containing documents such as photographs, personal correspondence, vital records, interview transcripts, and visa applications. A-Files may be viewed in person by appointment or copies may be ordered for a fee. Researchers may contact National Archives staff at AFiles.SanBruno@nara.gov to search A-Files holdings for a particular file. Beginning in June 2012, an online database will be available through the National Archives at San Francisco website. For more information, please visit www.archives.gov/pacific/san-francisco/.
Information Security Oversight Report
On May 29, 2012 the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) released its Report to the President for fiscal year (FY) 2011. The report profiles data on the government-wide security classification program during FY2011. Among its declassification highlights, the report states that under automatic, systematic, and discretionary declassification review, federal agencies reviewed 52,760,524 pages and declassified 26,720,121 pages of historically valuable records. This report is the 32nd Annual Report to the President issued by ISOO. The first Report, covering FY 1979, was transmitted to President Carter in April of 1980. For more information, please visit www.archives.gov/isoo/reports.
A Subway Exhibit on the Japanese Internment
Richard Oba of the Tanforan Assembly Center Memorial Committee convinced the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to mount an exhibit of Dorothea Lange's photos of the Japanese internment in WWII, in a subway station. Approximately forty photographs were displayed during the month of May 2012, in the San Bruno (San Francisco) station, which was built on the spot where a temporary internment camp for imprisoned Japanese Americans was located (known as the Tanforan camp). This is one of the places that Dorothea Lange photographed extensively. Historian and OAH member Linda Gordon, New York University, had published these photographs for the first time in Impounded (W.W. Norton, 2007), and discussed them in her Dorothea Lange biography (W.W. Norton, 2009) and she helped curate the exhibit. Meanwhile, a photojournalist from the Sacramento Bee, Paul Kitagaki Jr., had been using Lange's photographs to locate and photograph camp veterans. Upon discovering Lange's photos, Kitagaki "wanted to find out the rest of the story: how the internment had changed the lives of people who had lost their homes, businesses and sometimes their families." Some of the individuals in Lange's photographs were just children in the camps, which were framed together with Kitagaki's portraits of them as they are today. The photographs were beautifully mounted, framed, and displayed in the airy, sparkling clean BART station. The opening was held on April 28, 2012, on the seventieth anniversary of the first "shipment" of prisoners to the camp. An opening reception attracted about 250 people. Each camp veteran was given a red carnation to wear. There were refreshments, including Japanese sweets, and beautiful weather. Congresswoman Jackie Speier spoke, offering a formal apology for the internment. Several camp veterans read poetry.
Using Archives: A Guide to Effective Research
The Society of American Archivists recently published Using Archives: A Guide to Effective Research, a free online resource that gives valuable advice to first-time archives users. In this guide, Laura Schmidt (Archivist at The Marion E. Wade Center, Wheaton College) provides insightful tips on how to locate archives that have appropriate materials specific to users' research; how to effectively use tools such as finding aids, catalogs, and databases; and how to plan a visit to an archives, among other topics. For more information, please visit www2.archivists.org/usingarchives.
Foreign Relations of the United States Series Now Available as an E-Book
The Office of the Historian at the U.S. Department of State has announced the release of its Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series in a new e-book format that is readable on popular electronic devices such as the Amazon Kindle and Apple iPad. The e-book edition combines many of the benefits of print and web publications in a new form that is portable and extremely convenient. For more information, please visit history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/ebooks.
National Park Service Awards State and Tribal Historic Preservation Grants
Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Salazar recently announced $46.9 million in historic preservation grants to the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Territories, and three independent Pacific island nations. The Secretary also announced $8.4 million in grants to 131 American Indian tribes to support Tribal Historic Preservation Offices under the National Historic Preservation Act. The $46 million in grants will enable the states to preserve and protect historic sites without expending tax dollars. The Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) is supported by revenue from federal oil leases on the Outer Continental Shelf. The National Park Service administers the fund and uses the majority of appropriated funds to distribute matching grants to State and Tribal Historic Preservation Officers. For more information, please visit nps.gov/history/hps/hpg/index.htm.
National History Day Receives National Humanities Medal
On February 10, 2012, President Barack Obama announced winners of the 2011 National Humanities Medal, awarded for outstanding achievements in history, literature, education, philosophy, and musicology. National History Day, an academic program for elementary and secondary school students, was among this year’s recipients. Each year more than half a million students from across the country compete in National History Day, conducting research and producing Web sites, papers, performances, and documentaries to tell the human story. For more information, please visit www.neh.gov/whoweare/nationalmedals.html.
JFK Library Releases Final Recordings
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum announced that it has declassified and made available the final 45 hours of White House recordings that were secretly taped during President John F. Kennedy’s time in office.
Nixon Grand Jury Records Now Online
In May 1975, the Watergate Special Prosecution team found it necessary to question former President Richard M. Nixon in connection with various ongoing investigations at the time. The following month, Nixon was questioned by and his testimony was given to the third Watergate Grand Jury. Through the efforts of the Public Citizen Litigation Group, on behalf of the OAH and others, these records are now online.
Secretary of Education Stresses History in “the Age of Accountability”
At the annual meeting of the National Council for Social Studies this month, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan addressed the importance of history in elementary and secondary curricula. Duncan asserted that to “boost student achievement, history should not be eliminated but expanded.” We invite you to read a transcript of Secretary Duncan's remarks, “A Well-Rounded Curriculum in the Age of Accountability.” For more information, please visit www.ed.gov/news/speeches/well-rounded-curriculum-age-accountability.
Release of Presidential Memorandum on Managing Government Records
President Barack Obama issued a memorandum on November 28, 2011 to the heads of all federal executive departments and agencies on managing government records. This memorandum marks the start of an executive branch-wide effort to reform records management policies and practices. The memorandum requires each agency to report to the Archivist of the United States, David S. Ferriero, the name of a senior agency official who will supervise an agency-wide evaluation of its records management programs. These evaluations are to focus on electronic records, including email and social media, as well as those programs that may be deploying or developing cloud-based services. For more information, please visit www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/11/28/presidential-memorandum-managing-government-records.
National Archives Launches New FOIA Dispute Tracking System
The National Archives Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Ombudsman launched a new online case management system on November 28, 2012 to manage the requests for assistance that FOIA requesters and agencies bring to OGIS. This tool will both streamline OGIS’s work and increase transparency of its operations. For more information, please visit ogis.archives.gov/.
NARA Debuts National History Day Web Site
The National Archives is pleased to announce a special Web site highlighting activities and documents related to the 2012 National History Day (NHD) theme, “Revolution, Reaction, and Reform in History.” Visit http://www.DocsTeach.org/home/national-history-day for sample documents, suggested topics, and special activities available for the 2012 NHD competition. For more on National History Day, visit: http://www.nhd.org/.
Educational Testing Service Seeks AP Readers
The Educational Testing Service seeks teaching professionals to serve as readers for its annual Advanced Placement (AP) examinations in world history, U.S. history, government and politics. The ETS invites interested individuals to visit http://apcentral.collegeboard.org/read for more information and eligibility requirements on the AP Exam Readers Program.
Updated Online Resources for Teaching American History Grants
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement has updated many resources on the Teaching American History Web site. In addition to new and updated resources, the new page also includes a list of current TAH project websites. For more information, please visit www2.ed.gov/programs/teachinghistory/resources.html.
History Programs Face Major Cuts in FY2011 Federal Budget
On April 12, the House Appropriations Committee released a list of proposed cuts in federal programs for the remainder of the government’s 2011 fiscal year that ends on September 30. For more information, please visit historycoalition.org/2011/04/13/history-programs-face-major-cuts-in-fy-11-federal-budget/.
NARA Tightens Security to Prevent Thefts, Mutilation
Over the years, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has faced many physical and environmental threats to its holdings including fire, water, insects, and mold. We have been open about these risks and forthcoming about our efforts to combat them. However, there’s another risk to our collection. Read more >
American History TV on C-SPAN3
Every weekend on C-SPAN3 American History TV, watch 48 hours about people and events that help document the American story. For schedule and programming information visit: For more information, please visit c-span.org/history.
Direct an NEH Summer Program in 2012
Since 1967, the National Endowment for the Humanities has funded residential summer programs for college and university faculty and, since 1982, K-12 teachers. These include two- to five-week Summer Seminars and Institutes and one-week Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops. The application deadline is March 1, 2011. For information on NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes and for application materials, visit: For more information, please visit www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/seminars.html.
Pi Lambda Theta Joins PDK International Family of Associations
PDK International, a membership association for educators, announced today the acquisition of Pi Lambda Theta (PLT), a national honor society of educators. This acquisition completes the PDK International family of associations, which includes PDK, Pi Lambda Theta, and the Future Educators Association®. Read more >
Contingent History Faculty Survey
The OAH encourages all non-tenure track history instructors, adjuncts, teaching assistants, and postdoctoral fellows to participate in a national survey by the Coalition on the Academic Workforce. The survey aims to develop a detailed picture of how contingent historians and other teaching professionals are compensated and treated nationwide. Read more >
The New-York Historical Society Launches Slavery Collection
The New-York Historical Society announces the launch of its online portal to nearly twelve thousand pages of source materials documenting the history of slavery in the United States, the Atlantic slave trade, and the abolitionist movement. The collections include account books and ship manifests documenting the financial aspects of the slave trade, legal papers such as birth certificates and deeds of manumission, and political works and polemics. The site also provides access to the archives of abolitionist organizations such as the New-York Manumission Society and the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, as well as the records of the African Free School, which document the education of free blacks in early nineteenth-century New York. For more information, please visit www.nyhistory.org/slaverycollections.
National Archives Takes Leading Role on Declassification
David S. Ferriero discusses President Obama’s mission for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Read more >
ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invites applications for the sixth annual competition for the ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships. This program, through the generous assistance of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, supports digitally based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. The projects of successful applicants will help advance digital humanistic scholarship by broadening understanding of its nature and exemplifying the robust infrastructure necessary for creating such works. For more information, please visit www.acls.org/programs/digital/.
National Council on Public History: Call for 2011 Award Nominations
Each year the National Council on Public History offers more than $6,500 in awards recognizing excellence in the diverse ways public historians apply their skills to the world around us. Book prize submissions are due November 1, 2010; those for outstanding public history project, new professionals, excellence in consulting, and student project and travel awards are due by December 1, 2010. Submissions are also requested by December 1 for the Michael C. Robinson Prize for Historical Analysis, rewarding historical studies that contribute directly to the formation of public policy. Nominate a colleague or yourself. For more information, please visit ncph.org/cms/awards/.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Residencies
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a unit of the New York Public Library’s Research Libraries, announces its Scholars-in-Residence Program for the 2011—2012 academic year. The Fellowship Program encompasses projects in African, Afro-American, and Afro-Caribbean history and culture, with an emphasis on African diasporan studies and biography, social history and African American culture. Application deadline is December 1, 2010. For more information, please visit www.nypl.org/locations/tid/64/node/131.
The Filson Historical Society Fellowships
The Filson Historical Society in Louisville, Kentucky, invites applications for fellowships to support internships and research in the Filson’s collections. The mission of the Filson Historical Society, founded in 1884, is to collect, preserve, and communicate the significant stories of Kentucky and the Ohio Valley history and culture. The Filson anticipates that successful applicants receiving fellowships will publicize the results of their research in Ohio Valley History, the peer-reviewed journal published jointly by the Filson and the Cincinnati Museum Center. Applications must be received by October 15, 2010. For more information, please visit www.filsonhistorical.org/fellowships.html.
Omohundro Institute—NEH Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture (OIEAHC) offers a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in any area of early American studies, to begin July 1, 2011. A principal criterion for selection is that the candidate’s dissertation or other manuscript have significant potential as a distinguished, book-length contribution to scholarship. A substantial portion of the work must be submitted with the application. Applications must be postmarked by November 1, 2010. More information may be obtained by contacting: Omohundro Institute-NEH Postdoctoral Fellowship, OIEAHC, P.O. Box 8781, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8781; e-mail: ieahc1@wm.edu.
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture (OIEAHC) invites applications for a one-year Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in any area of early American studies, to begin July 1, 2011. The award carries a year’s support to revise the applicant’s first book manuscript and the Institute’s commitment to publish the resulting study. Applications must be postmarked by November 1, 2010. More information may be obtained by contacting: Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, OIEAHC, P.O. Box 8781, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8781; email: ieahc1@wm.edu.
Call for Papers: Southern Labor Studies Conference
To coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Southern Labor Archives at Georgia State University, the 15th Southern Labor Studies Conference proposes to turn a similar self-critical gaze on the materials labor historians rely on to produce the field of labor history. Read more >
Call for Papers: Popular Music Histories
The International Association for the Study of Popular Music welcomes proposals concerning all facets of popular music in the United States. and abroad, but especially encourage submissions that address the themes: canonical histories; alternative histories; archival approaches; historical methods; and local histories. The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2010. Read more >
Call for Papers: Heidelberg Center for American Studies 8th Annual Spring Academy Conference
The eighth Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) Spring Academy on American History, Culture, and Politics will be held from March 21—25, 2011. The HCA invites applications for this annual one-week conference that provides twenty international Ph.D. students with the opportunity to present and discuss their Ph.D. projects. Read more >
2011 SHFG Powell Prize
The John Wesley Powell Prize alternates annually in recognizing excellence in the fields of historic preservation and historical displays. In 2011 the prize will be awarded to either an individual or to principal collaborators for a single major historical display project completed in 2009 or 2010. The award for historical display is given for any form of interpretive historical presentation including, but not limited to, museum exhibits, historical films, CDs, Web-sites, or multimedia displays. Read more >
Call for Papers on the Intellectual History of Black Women
The Black Women’s Intellectual and Cultural History Collective (BWICH) is seeking paper submissions for a broad-ranging conference on black women’s contributions to black thought, political mobilization, creative work, and gender theory. Read more >
National Coalition for History
The OAH supports the National Coalition for History, which provides leadership in history-related advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill. Visit the National Coalition for History to read this week’s “Washington Update.” Read more >
Call for Proposals—Key Moments in Human Spaceflight
The NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum invite proposals for presentations to be held at its joint symposium, “1961/1981: Key Moments in Human Spaceflight,” at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on April 26–27, 2011. Proposals may address any area of human spaceflight history related to the theme. Submissions are due by October 15, 2010. For more information, please visit history.nasa.gov.
Call for Papers—Libraries and the Cultural Record
Libraries and the Cultural Record, a peer–reviewed journal of history published by the University of Texas Press, invites submissions for a special issue devoted to exploring historical perspectives on state library agencies in the United States. Contributors are encouraged to consider the topic in diverse ways. Read more >
NEH Teaching Development Fellowships
The National Endowment for the Humanities will award Teaching Development Fellowships to support college and university teachers pursuing research aimed specifically at improving existing undergraduate courses. The application deadline is September 30, 2010. For more information, please visit www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/TD_Fellowships.html.
Roger Williams University—Call for Papers
Roger Williams University is seeking papers for its third conference on religion and the state. Researchers are invited to submit from any academic fields, especially, though not exclusively, from history, political science, literature, and religious studies. The conference, entitled “Religion and the State in the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe and America,” will be held April 13, 2011, at the university. The deadline for submission is October 1, 2010. Read more >
Pennsylvania History: A Call for Civil War Papers
Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, is seeking paper submissions for a 2011 special issue on the Civil War and Reconstruction in Pennsylvania and the mid-Atlantic region. Papers concentrating on Pennsylvania history as well as papers on the broader Mid-Atlantic region are encouraged. Read more >
Vernacular Architecture Forum: Call for Papers
The Vernacular Architecture Forum invites paper proposals for its 2011 annual meeting in Falmouth, Jamaica. Papers should address vernacular and everyday buildings, sites, or cultural landscapes worldwide. Submissions on all vernacular topics are welcome, but papers that explore topics related to the conference theme of heritage tourism are encouraged. The deadline for paper proposals is September 13, 2010. Read more >
Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Now Available
The Newberry Library is pleased to announce the completion and release of its Digital Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Web-site, publications.newberry.org/ahcbp. The Atlas will assist researchers find accurate and comphrensive county data from 1634 through 2000. Read more >
NEH Grant Opportunity Deadline September 15
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is offering grants of up to $25,000 for faculty to develop a new undergraduate course that fosters intellectual community through the study of an enduring question. The application deadline is September 15, 2010. For more information, please visit www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/EnduringQuestions.html.
The Underground Railroad on the Western Frontier
The fourth annual National Underground Railroad Conference will be held in Topeka, Kansas from July 28–31, 2010. The four-day conference, entitled “Battleground for Freedom: The Underground Railroad on the Western Frontier,” will include renowned speakers, educational workshops, panel discussions, an exhibit hall, a film screening, and tours of local museums and historic sites. Read more >
Library of Congress Seeks Applicants For Kluge Fellowships
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is accepting applications for Kluge Fellowships that offer post-doctoral scholars an opportunity to conduct humanistic and social-science research in the Library’s large and varied collections. The fellowships are awarded for periods of up to 11 months at a stipend of $4,200 per month. Applications must be postmarked by Thursday, July 15, 2010. Read more >
Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center Visiting Scholars Program
The Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center at the University of Oklahoma seeks applicants for its Visiting Scholars Program, which provides grants of $500 to $1000 to researchers working at the center’s archives. Awards of $500–$1000 are normally granted as reimbursement for travel and lodging. Read more >
AHA Equity Award
The AHA has established two equity awards to be given annually: one for individuals and another for academic units. The award can be conferred for new initiatives and institutions that have achieved excellence in recruiting and retaining underrepresented racial and ethnic groups into the historic profession. Read more >
Symposium on Executive Records in the 21st Century on May 20-21, 2010 in Albany, NY
The New York State Archives Partnership Trust and the Albany Law School’s Government Law Center have joined forces on a two-day event focused on the need for effective record keeping by elected government executives. Read more >
Underground Railroad Conference, July 28–31, 2010
The 2010 National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program Conference will be held July 28–31 at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Topeka, Kansas. “Battleground for Freedom: The Underground Railroad on the Western Frontier,” will explore how the underground railroad influenced the national and territorial struggle to bring Kansas into the Union—whether slave or free. For more conference and registration information, visit http://lanetrail.com/ugr/.
“Sixty-five Years of Bearing Witness: Our Commitment to Human Rights”
The Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education Center at Brookdale Community College will host “Sixty-five Years of Bearing Witness: Our Commitment to Human Rights” on May 12, 2010. Read more >
International Conference on the History of Freemasonry
Call for papers: The Third International Conference on the History of Freemasonry. Read more >
Call for Papers: New Directions in Long Beach Studies
Papers are invited for the first annual Long Beach Community Studies Conference to be held September 11, 2010 at the Historical Society of Long Beach, California. Read more >
AASLH announces Public History Workshops
American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) announces three upcoming public history workshops. Expand your knowledge of collections management, explore new digital technologies, or learn best practices for maintaining historic textiles. For more information, please visit aaslh.org/workshops_000%28New%29.htm.
Seminar for Historical Administration
The Seminar for Historical Administration is an intensive three-week program that provides the tools, ideas, and connections that allow history professionals to become effective leaders and managers of history organizations. Read more >
Request for Faculty Field-Building and Student-Training Proposals
The Social Science Research Council seeks proposals from pairs of tenured faculty in graduate training programs of US universities to design and lead dissertation proposal workshops for graduate students within emerging or revitalizing interdisciplinary fields of the humanities and/or social sciences. Applications must be submitted by October 1, 2010. Read more >
AAUP report on the status of the profession released
No Refuge: The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2009–2010 has been released by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). An authoritative source of data on faculty salaries and compensation for decades, the report lists average salary by faculty rank and gender at more than 1,200 colleges and universities and provides an important perspective on the economic challenges facing higher education. Read more >
Partnership-in-Scholarship Grants for African American Historic Places
Partnership-in-Scholarship grants of up to $5000 for collaboration between scholars and African American historic places Read more >
Monetary awards for Missouri history dissertations and theses
The Lewis E. Atherton prizes recognize outstanding dissertations and theses on Missouri history or biography. The winning dissertation receives $1000; the winning thesis receives $500. Deadline for nominations is June 30, 2010. Read more >
Scholars-in-Residence program through the Institute for Advanced Study
The School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study invites applications for its scholars-in-residence program. Scholars in economics, political science, law, psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, philosophy, literary criticism, literature, and linguistics are welcome to apply to focus on the 2011–2012 theme, Moralities. Read more >
Submission deadline extended for the JAH special issue: “Borderlands”
The deadline for paper submissions to the “Borderlands” special issue of the Journal of American History has been extended to September 10, 2010. Read more >
Call for Papers: Conference on Slavery and the University
Slavery and the University: Histories and Legacies is an international conference that will be held at Emory University in February, 2011. Prospective presenters are invited to submit panel and paper proposals by April 26, 2010. Read more >
Free online access to an online resource
Alexander Street Press celebrates Women’s History Month with free access to the online resources of Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600–2000. Read more >
$1,000 for best student essay
The winning submission for the 2010 Michigan Historical Review Student Essay Prize will be published in the spring 2001 issue of the Review and its author will receive $1,000.00. Read more >
$1,000 for the best U.S. naval history article
The Rear Admiral Ernest M. Eller Prize in Naval History is awarded to the best article on U.S. naval history published in a scholarly journal in 2009. The $1,000 award is given to heighten awareness of naval history and to encourage other scholars to research and write articles on innovative topics within the discipline. Nomination deadline is June 1, 2010. Read more >
$10,000 predoctoral fellowship in U.S. naval history
The Naval History and Heritage Command is offering the Rear Admiral John D. Hayes Predoctoral Fellowship in U.S. naval history for the academic year 2010–2011. The $10,000 fellowship will provide financial and scholarly aid for dissertation research and writing. The supported dissertations should significantly enhance knowledge of U.S. naval history. Application deadline is March 31, 2010. Read more >
$2,500 research grant in U.S. naval history
The Naval History and Heritage Command is offering two research grants (of up to $2,500) for research in U. S. naval history. The grants are intended to help defray the costs of travel, living expenses, and document duplication related to the research or writing processes for books or articles. Application deadline is March 31, 2010. Read more >
$1,000 for the best U.S. naval history article
The Rear Admiral Ernest M. Eller Prize in Naval History is awarded to the best article on U.S. naval history published in a scholarly journal in 2009. The $1,000 award is given to heighten awareness of naval history and to encourage other scholars to research and write articles on innovative topics within the discipline. Nomination deadline is June 1, 2010. Read more >
NEH Fellowships Available for 2011-2012
The National Endowment for the Humanities offers annual fellowships for faculty and independent scholars to pursue research projects in the humanities. Projects should entail advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. The awards support six to twelve months of full-time work and carry a stipend of $4,200 per month. The 2010 application deadline is May 4. For a detailed program description, application guidelines, and contact information, please visit http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships.html.
Historians of the Twentieth Century United States (UK) Third Annual Conference
The Historians of the Twentieth Century United States (HOTCUS) will hold its Third Annual Conference at the Marcus Cunliffe Centre for the Study of the American South at the University of Sussex in Brighton, England, July 1-3, 2010. Nancy MacLean, of Northwestern University, will deliver the keynote address: “‘To Make Democracy Safe for the World’: The Southern U.S. Sources for the Global Push for Privatization”. Registration is now open. Read more >
$500 for the best article in the history of education
The History of Education Society awards a prize of $500 biennially for the best article in the history of education. The next award will be presented at the fall 2010 meeting of the History of Education Society. Articles (no book chapters) published in journals during 2008 and 2009 are eligible. Self-nominations are welcome. Read more >
“New Perspectives on Legal Pluralism”
The 2010 Symposium on Comparative Early Modern Legal History, entitled “New Perspectives on Legal Pluralism,” will be held on April 23, 2010, from 9:00am to 5:00pm at the Newberry Library. Attendance is free and open to the public, but participants and attendees should preregister by contacting the Center for Renaissance Studies at renaissance@newberry.org. Read more >
Cultural Resources Diversity Internship Program: Summer 2010
The Cultural Resources Diversity Internship Program (CRDIP) is seeking 12 diverse undergraduate and/or graduate students for paid internships in history, historic preservation, archeology, architecture, museum studies, ethnic studies, and other related fields. The student application deadline is March 1, 2010. Read more >
Call for Papers—Ab Initio: Law In Early America
The Legal History Consortium and the McNeil Center for Early American Studies together with the American Society for Legal History, the University of Michigan Law School and the University of Minnesota Law School, will sponsor a conference focusing on the legal history and historiography of North America to 1820. Paper proposals should be submitted by February 15, 2010. Read more >
Civil War Fellowships at Boston Athenaeum and MHS
The application deadline for the Suzanne and Caleb Loring Fellowship for 2010–2011 is February 15, 2010. The Boston Athenaeum and the Massachusetts Historical Society will offer one Loring Fellowship on the Civil War, its Origins, and Consequences for four weeks of research at each institution. The fellowship will provide a stipend of $4,000 for a total of eight weeks of research. For information on the Suzanne and Caleb Loring Fellowship—as well as on other fellowship competitions at the Massachusetts Historical Society—please see our website: www.masshist.org/fellowships.
Indiana Association of Historians Annual Meeting
The thirtieth annual meeting of the Indiana Association of Historians (IAH) will take place on February 26 and 27, 2010, at Anderson University’s Flagship Enterprise Center in Anderson, Indiana. Read more >
Gilder Lehrman Announces 2010 Summer Seminars
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, a nonprofit organization supporting the study and love of American history through a wide range of programs and resources, holds a series of Summer Seminars in American History for Teachers. The application deadline is February 15, 2010. The Gilder Lehrman Institute also partners with schools on Teaching American History (TAH) Grants, offering TAH Grant services to school districts. For more information, please visit www.gilderlehrman.org/education/seminar_course_offerings.php.
Summer Seminar in the History of the Book
The American Antiquarian Society announces its 2010 Summer Seminar in the History of the Book, “The Global American South and Early American Print Culture.” The seminar will be held Monday, June 14 through Friday, June 18, 2010. Application deadline is March 12, 2010. For more information, please visit www.americanantiquarian.org/summersem.htm.
National Humanities Alliance 2010 Annual Meeting and Advocacy Day
The National Humanities Alliance 2010 Annual Meeting and Advocacy Day will be held Tuesday, March 9, 2010, Washington, DC. For more information, please visit www.nhalliance.org/events/2010-am-had/.
Georgia Historical Society presents Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball
The Georgia Historical Society presents “Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball,” featuring a lecture by Scott Simon, host of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Saturday, on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 6:00 p.m. For more information, please visit www.georgiahistory.com.
Wall Street Journal—Historian 5th Best Job
The Wall Street Journal has released its 2010 list of “Best and Worst Jobs,” compiled by CareerCast.com using the following five criteria: environment, income, employment outlook, physical demands, and stress. This year “historian” ranks 5th—up 2 positions from 2009. For more information, please visit online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/st_BESTJOBS2010_20100105.html.
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