NC PH PUBLIC HISTORY NEWS

~ Volume 19, Number 4 ~ Summer 1999 ANNUAL REPORT, 1998-1999

President's Report

by Dwight Pitcaithley I want to begin my final newsletter column where I began my first, with a note of thanks to those who assisted me mightily over the past twelve months. Executive Director David G. Vanderstel and his staff provided continued administrative and logistical support throughout the year and made my work easier in many ways. Those who gra­ ciouslyagreed to serve as committee chairs, as well as committee mem­ bers, also deserve a nod of appreciation. This organization survives and thrives on the willingness of its membership to roll up their sleeves and work for its greater good. The time they spent (and spend) attending to the business of NCPH is greatly appreciated. Finally, I need to express my gratitude to Bob Spude who chaired the 1999 Program Committee and Gray Fitzsimons who chaired the Local Arrangements Committee. Without their dedication to providing you an interesting, productive and substantive annual meeting, our gathering at Lowell would have been unremarkable. Indeed, I thought our annual meeting was everything an annual meeting was supposed to be. The attendance was good, sessions were diverse, tours informative, and the food plentiful. What more could a historian want? I should also note that we get out of conferences what we put in to them. The sessions I attended were not only well conceived and presented, but the discussion in each rnoved the session topic to a different plane. Audience participation was thoughtful and plentiful. One of the more significant and lasting accomplishments of the past year about which we can all be proud concerns the subject of the en­ dowment. Plan 2000 set a goal of $200,000 by the close of the year 2000. With your assistance, the Endow­ Volume 19, Number 4 ment Committee announced that Summer 1999 we have reached the half way mark. This is a notable achievement for an A Quarterly Publication of the National organization the size of ours; all Council on Public History in cooperation with the Department of History. Indiana those who contributed should share University at Indianapolis. in this accomplishment. Participat­ ing in the endowment campaign, Michael Devine, President Alan Newell, Vice-president however, is more than a monetary Dwight Pitcaithley, Past-president contribution; it is an investment in Elizabeth Brand Monroe, the future of the National Council Secretary-Treasurer David G. Vanderstel, Executive Director .. See Annual Report page 2 ~ Annual Report continued from pg.1 shape than we think. Should you neath. His explanation, that he on Public History. A healthy en­ wish to become a supporter of was trying to relieve the pressure dowment will help us realize the this most worthwhile national of the situation, revealed just how goals of the organization, place program, contact the National complex issues of public memory ourselves on a firm economic History Day offices at (301) can get. Richmond is still work­ foundation, and provide scholar­ 314-9739 or at [email protected]. ing on the cultural implications of ships and other incentives for the I have written several times all this. Stay tuned. continued health of our organiza­ this year about the power of the I have enjoyed my year as your tion. Although we have now in­ past, clearly understood or not, to president. It has been enlighten­ vested the endowment in a drive contemporary action. The ing and rewarding. It has im­ reliable mutual fund, it continues last several weeks have witnessed pressed upon me even more than to require constant nourishment. yet again, this time in Richmond, in the past that the vibrant role of If you contributed, thank you; we Virginia, the power of the past. A public history and historians is look forward to your contribution redeveloped river front pedestrian critical to our social and intellec­ next year. If you have not con­ way sought to attract attention tual health. Public history creates tributed, don't wait until next with the unveiling of several opportunities where this society year's conference in St. Louis. dozen scenes from historic Rich­ can discuss its differences with Please contact committee chair mond. Included was a dozen or civility and contemplation, and Marianne Babal at (415) 396-7904 so portraits of prominent Rich­ places where it can accept its dif­ or [email protected] mond personalities, among them ferences without labeling one bet­ with your contribution to Robert E. Lee. During the premier ter and the other worse. Public NCPH's future. a few days before the opening, a historians strive to impart the un­ Turning to the public under­ city council member protested the derstanding that the purpose of standing of history, I had the op­ Lee portrait claiming it was offen­ the study of the past is not to portunity in June to judge the sive to Richmond's black citizens. judge one group of historical ac­ finals of National History Day at Local officials quickly removed tors good and the other bad. the University of Maryland. If the portrait, which prompted the Rather, it is to understand the you have any question about the Sons of Confederate Veterans to past in all its richness and com­ public's ability to understand protest the opening ceremonies plexity so that we can better un­ complex or layered aspects of his­ and then drape a large Confeder­ derstand the present in all its tory, I urge you to get involved ate flag over a bridge underneath richness and complexity. As we with National History Day activi­ which dignitaries were viewing move this discussion of the past ties. Every year, Dr. Cathy Corn the riverwalk from barges. To forward, let us seek to find those organizes student competitions in add a layer of complexity imag­ places where a thoughtful discus­ the categories of exhibits, papers, ined by no one, former governor sion of the past can be held, performances, and video docu­ Douglass Wilder, the first black where we as public historians can mentaries. It is an enlightening governor of Virginia, saluted the nurture that discussion for the experience to judge these compe­ flag as his barge passed under- betterment of our society. titions. Students as early as the sixth grade develop rather sophis­ The National Council For details contact ticated understandings of the past on Public History NCPH President Michael Devine promotes the application of historical and present their knowledge in American Heritage Center, scholarship outside the university Vniversity of Wyoming graphic ways. Competitions at in government, business, historical Laramie, WY 82071-3924; the district, state, and national societies, preservation organizations, archives, libraries, professional asso­ levels allow students to hone their David G. Vanderstel, ciations, and public interest groups. Executive Director NCPH presentations and include ever For change of address, Cavanaugh 327, IVPVI increasing nuanced interpre­ write VC Press, 2120 Berkeley Way, 425 University Blvd. tations and presentations. If Berkeley, CA 94720. Indianapolis, IN 46202-5140; call (317) 274-2716; these young people represent the Submissions to Public History News should be sent to David C. future of public understanding of Vanderstel, Editor, at the address or E-mail: [email protected]. the past, we are in far better on the right.

2 PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

track faculty. The task force that these positions are should broaden its focus. While filled with qualified historians the problems confronting our his­ with advanced degrees in history. tory graduate programs and the Sadly, for three decades our situation of part-timers and ad­ major professional organizations juncts present serious problems have done nothing, other than a that deserve long overdue atten­ lot of hand-wringing, over the by Michael J. Devine tion, I believe that no realistic at­ ever-shrinking market for highly It seems like a job crisis in the tempt to address these issues can qualified historians. And the history profession has existed for­ be made without a major adjust­ record of the National Council ever. It has been a fact of life at ment in the fundamental attitude on Public History has not been least since I entered graduate of the profession towards work strong as an advocate for placing school in the late 1960s. Our pro­ outside academe, or, in other historians with appropriate cre­ fessional organizations have de­ words, employment in the fields dentials in the leadership posi­ cried this sorry situation over and now recognized as public history. tions of agencies, institutions, over again, but little has been The efforts of the AHA task and organizations where an ad­ done in terms of a pro-active force will be counterproductive vanced degree in history should policy to remedy the situation. without a serious exploration at be a prerequisite. In the future, Addressing the job crisis a quarter the overall world of historians NCPH must become much more of a century ago, the president of and their work, the responsibility active as an advocate for the the OAH suggested that those of all academic historians for highest professional standards in unfortunate Ph.D. recipients who professional issues beyond the public history, both inside and could notiind a job teaching his­ classroom, and the state of the outside the academic setting. tory at a university might look history profession as a whole. Furthermore, the AHA task force, elsewhere, offered his moral sup­ There will be no solution to if it is to be successful, must port and predicted, most accu­ problems of university history work with public historians to rately, that "No miracles are likely departments until tenured univer­ address far wider professional to occur." sity-based historians teaching An­ concerns than the problems of The current employment situa­ cient Greece, Modern China, and graduate programs and the situa­ tion for graduates of history pro­ Medieval Europe realize that they tion of part-time faculty. grams appears as bleak as ever. have a vital professional interest Once again, no miracles can be However, the next twelve in what happens at the SHPO in expected. But, with some vision, months or so may offer an oppor­ the state capital, who directs the assertiveness, and a coordinated tunity to the profession that has state and local historical organiza­ approach involving the entire been by-passed several times in tions, what policies and guidelines profession, perhaps some real past years. The American His­ are adopted by the National Parks progress might be anticipated. torical Association, now directed Service and the National Archives ,.. Members continued {rompg.1 by Arnita Jones, formerly the Ex­ regarding professionalism and pro­ Members ecutive Director of the Organiza­ fessional qualifications for em­ New tion of American Historians, has ployment. The profession must 00 Melissa Grubb, Skiatook, OK within the last month created a come to an understanding that employment as a curator or man­ Patric:k Hagopian; Lal1~4::;ter, task force to address the crisis in England graduate education in the history ager of a history museum, as an o 0 Katherine Hurvvich, Catnbridge, MA departments within our nation's archivist or as a senior administra­ Jenhift:f Lawrence, ° Philadelphia, fA tor in a SHPO is real work. Fur­ universities. It will examine the 0••• GretchenD.lxenberg/Setittle,·. WA plight of adjunct faculty and part­ ther, history departments must [ouisooMalon,.Ri£"hmonur'VA timers who are increasingly being accept the fact that students in o$arahMastjMiiwaukee,Wl assigned the task of providing the graduate schools should be pre­ Mesa Public Library, Misa, AZ undergraduate and graduate in­ pared for this kind of work and W~lliam .tv\ulligan, Murray, ty struction which was previously that all professional historians James Williams, Baston,MA the realm of full-time tenure- have a stake in making certain Charles Wetzel,MadisON, HJ

3 IFROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK

STAFF. I would like first to recog­ Saatkamp has continued the tradi­ nize the individuals who deal with tion of strong support for NCPH by the day-to-day details of maintaining supplying the office with new Gate­ the NCPH Executive Offices. After way computers. Phillip V. Scarpino, Tina Trettin, administrative assis­ chair of the department of history, tant for 14 months, left NCPH in continues as a strong advocate for by David G. Vanderstel September 1998 to pursue an editing NCPH during the transaction of career in Chicago, Kelly Barnes School of Liberal Arts and university­ Annual Report to the Members joined the staff in November and wide business. NCPH is truly fortu­ As the National Council on Public quickly adapted to the position. nate to have this relationship with History begins its third decade of Having previously served in retail IUPUI, and I extend my appreciation existence, I am pleased to report that and customer service, Kelly has dem­ to Phil and Dean Saatkamp for their the state of the organization is excel­ onstrated great energy, enthusiasm, continued support. lent. Membership is up; finances are and creativity in handling the many FINANCES. The state of NCPH strong; and the visibility of NCPH is and diverse tasks associated with the finances is very good, and our finan­ much more apparent within the pro­ job. She immediately tackled the cial records are in good order. fession as well as the wider world. financial records and has created To ensure continued accuracy of our We have established strong relation­ more detailed monthly statements. books, the NCPH Board authorized ships with numerous organizations Kelly also maintains the NCPH last fall an audit of our records. The and institutions, and embarked upon website, responds to inquiries for staff worked with the auditors initiatives to improve public history information, and handles many during January and February. education and professional develop­ other administrative tasks. The auditor's report for fiscal year ment. NCPH has launched an en­ During the past year, graduate 1997-1998 concluded that the dowment fund that will support intern Nicole (Nikki) Meyers organization was in good shape and ongoing training opportunities, a oversaw the production of three recommended some changes in series of awards that recognize issues of the quarterly newsletter, reporting and record-keeping to achievements in the field, the future Public History News. She also contin­ comply with changes in legislation operations of the Executive Offiees, ued work on the institutional ar­ affecting not-for-profit and other initiatives adopted by the chives, which are deposited in the organizations. Board. IUPUI University Archives. In addi­ • Income. NCPH continues to NCPH also faces many challenges don, Nikki provided assistance with experience good fortunes with its in order to build upon its previous "other tasks as assigned," in the financial status. At this writing (mid successes. NCPH needs to retain a process learning the complexities of June) the organization has exceeded larger portion of its members annu­ administering a professional the projected year's revenue of ally and attract more public history organization. $52,872.00 and has expended students to the fold. It must develop Both Kelly and Nikki have been a roughly 75 percent. The annual new products that serve the mem­ pleasure to work with and have been revenue line was boosted by the bers and benefit the professional major assets to the organization. $20,594.97, the total proceeds from development of those entering the To both, I extend the organization's the 1998 meeting in Austin. Given field. In our own respective ways, appreciation for their hard work. this success, the Board approved a NCPH members must expand our IUPUI UPDATE. I am pleased transfer of $10,000 from the confer­ collaborative efforts with other pro­ to report that the School of Liberal ence proceeds to the Endowment fessional organizations, institutions Arts at Indiana University-Purdue Fund. and agencies to demonstrate the University at Indianapolis continues One key component of NCPH utility of history and the roles that its strong support of the NCPH Ex­ income - money generated by pub­ historians can play at the table. ecutive Offices, now in its ninth year lications - will obtain greater Likewise, NCPH must seek ways of of being headquartered at the univer­ attention in the coming year. Sales improving professional development sity. The dean provides office space, of our publications have declined as opportunities and being more active furniture, and funds to support the our products become more dated. in matters of history-related half-time staff. Despite last Consequently, the Publications advocacy. summer's retirement of Dean John Committee will be working in the Barlow, who had provided substan­ coming year to identify ways of tial support for NCPH since its ar­ updating current publications and rival in 1990, new SLA Dean Herman offering new items for our members.

4 • Expenses. NCPH is "on track" MEMBERSHIP. According to the list with NCPH member Paige Rob­ for its annual expenses. There were, report of Tom White, Marketing erts and I serving as co-moderators. however, a few additional or unan­ Manager for UC Press, NCPH mem­ Once we complete our listserv ticipated expenses during the past bership stood at 1,525 at the end of editor's training, H-PUBLIC will be year. As a follow-up to the re-incor­ 1998. This was an 8 percent increase online, probably towards the end of poration of NCPH in the State of from the previous year. Overall, in­ summer 1999. Indiana, the organization had to file dividual membership increased 10 NEW AWARD INITIATIVE. In De­ for a "re-determination of not-for­ percent; student memberships were cember 1998, Frank Schubert, histo­ profit status" with the Internal Rev­ up 15 percent; and institutional sub­ rian in the Joint Chiefs of Staff enue Service. We redesigned the scriptions grew by 10 percent. Office, and Gordon Olson, City His­ membership brochure to highlight This is indeed good news. NCPH, torian of Grand Rapids and former NCPH's 20th anniversary and did a however, continues to face the chal­ NCPH board member, called my large mailing to potential members. lenge of membership retention. office. Both informed me of the sud­ In an effort to build closer rela­ Slightly more den death of Michael Robinson, a tionships with other profes­ than 70 per­ long-time historian for the Army sional organizations and to cent of 1998 Corps of Engineers and the American recruit new members, NCPH members Public Works Association. They hosted receptions at the an­ renewed wished to explore the possibility of nual meeting of the American their affilia- establishing an award for public Historical Association, the tion with policy history in Robinson's Organization of American His­ NCPH in memory. After consulting with the torians, and the Oral History Asso­ 1999. White notes that that if we NCPH Executive Committee and ciation. achieve a renewal response rate of 75 receiving its approval to proceed, I A more complete year-end percent, NCPH will still need to at­ worked with Schubert to draft a pro­ financial statement will appear in tract more new individual and insti­ posal for consideration by the NCPH the fall issue of PHN. tutional members simply to achieve Awards Committee and the NCPH ENDOWMENT. I reported in last the membership number at year-end Board. The goal is to have the first year's annual report that NCPH 1998. In order to increase our mem­ award given in 2001. had roughly $45,000 towards our bership, all NCPH members should Working with the NCPH staff, endowment goal of $200,000. Since urge their colleagues and institutions Schubert coordinated the plea for that time, pledge appeals and special to join or renew their affiliation. contributions from Robinson's fundraising events at our annual And, directors of public history pro­ friends and colleagues. To date, meetings (a beer tasting reception in grams should encourage greater par­ the Robinson Fund has attracted Austin and a Southeast Asian dinner ticipation by their students by over $3,800 in contributions towards in Lowell) have brought in additional emphasizing the benefits of member­ a pledged goal of $5,000. The funds funds that have pushed the endow­ ship in NCPH. will be part of the NCPH endow­ ment over the halfway mark. Mem­ PuBLIC HISTORY LISTSERV. Last ment, and the award will be coordi­ bers of the Endowment Committee year, the NCPH Board approved a nated through the Awards are to be commended for their hard motion to affiliate our PUBLHIST Committee. work in maintaining the momentum listserv with H-NET, the large his­ UPCOMING ANNUAL MEETINGS. of this campaign. Likewise, mem­ tory listserv network headquartered During the past year, the NCPH bers and friends of NCPH who have at Michigan State University. In staff began work on plans for the contributed to the fund also deserve January 1999, I prepared our applica­ next two annual meetings. Our many thanks. (A list of contributors tion for submission to the H-NET 2000 annual gathering in St. Louis to date is included elsewhere in the Board of Editors. We received notifi­ will be a joint meeting with the Or­ newsletter.) cation of approval on 16 February ganization of American Historians. In a move to improve returns on 1999 for our new list to be called H­ NCPH is represented on the Program our long-term investments, the PUBLIC. Since that time, I have Committee by Marty Blatt, Rebecca NCPH Board also approved the worked with the technical support Conard, and Noel Stowe, and on the transfer of the endowment fund into staffs of H-NET and IUPUI's Inte­ Local Arrangements Committee by a Vanguard Wellesley Account. The grated Technology Services to coor­ Kathy Corbett. These individuals, as projected returns will allow the fund dinate the transfer of the list. There well as the NCPH staff, have been to grow at a much faster rate than in will be one significant change with ~ See Director's Desk page 6 a traditional bank savings account. H-PUBLIC. It will be a moderated

5 .. Director's Desk from pg.5 historical analysis of downtown con­ practice. Believing that history had working with OAH staff and gregations and their responses to the applications far beyond the class­ committee members to finalize the changing urban environment. In room walls, they sought ways of program and conference details. addition, I am directing a related becoming more visible and active Likewise, after the NCPH Board project entitled "Teaching the Role within the historical profession and approved the bid from Ottawa, of Religion in American History," an demonstrating the true viability of Canada, for the 2001 meeting, effort to create curriculum materials being historians in the public sector. NCPH staff have been assisting Local for secondary school students and Through their work, these profes­ Arrangements chair Sharon Babaian teachers that address the role of sionals reached out to wider audi­ to lay the groundwork for that religion in history at the national, ences in an effort to promote the meeting. Plans are already afoot to state, and local levels through the use utility of history in dealing with meet jointly with the Organization of primary documents. issues affecting us every day, thereby of American Historians in the year Several other projects and respon­ showing the true relevance of the 2002 in Washington, D. C. sibilities keep me busy in my "spare past to the present. Those who PUBLICATION UPDATE. In early time." I continue work on a biogra­ founded and have sustained the 1999, NCPH signed a contract with phy of Edmund o. Hovey, one of the public history movement have done the American Historical Association cofounders of Wabash College (1832) yeoman work in enhancing our work to collaborate on an updated version in Crawfordsville, Indiana. This is as historians, providing new fields of of the popular Careers for Students a project that has been funded by study and employment, and offering of History. In the coming months, a Clio Grant from the Indiana ways for the public to utilize and NCPH will identify authors for this Historical Society. In February, appreciate their historical past. new publication, the original of the Indiana Historical Society and To all of those individuals, past and which was written by Barbara Howe Indiana Historical Bureau appointed present, NCPH, as it enters its third and published in 1988. me historian for Marion County decade, owes much gratitude. OTHER ACTIVITIES. As you may (Indianapolis). This is an honorary I have been honored to serve as know, the NCPH Executive Offices position that will allow me to your Executive Director since August is staffed by three individuals - encourage collaboration among local 1994, nearly a quarter of the the Executive Director, the historical organizations and to Council's life span. Thank you for Administrative Assistant, and the promote history to a broader public. continuing to place your trust in Graduate Intern, all of whom are So, in many ways, I live the life of a IUPUI, the Executive Offices staff, half-time. To round out my public historian well beyond the and me; we appreciate your contin­ appointment at IUPUI, the other confines of the Executive Offices. ued support. I look forward to half of my time is spent in The Polis CONCLUSIONS: Throughout this continued service to NCPH and the Center, an interdisciplinary urban anniversary year, I regularly have public history community at large, research center devoted to the study looked back over the past couple and to the opportunities to work of Indianapolis and urban issues. As decades to examine the development with members and friends of NCPH its Senior Research Historian, I am of the National Council on Public in addressing the challenges that face involved in the "Project on Religion History. During those years, hun­ us in the new millennium. and Urban Culture," a multi-year dreds of individuals from all areas of As always, I welcome hearing project funded by a multi-million public history dedicated themselves from you. dollar grant from The Lilly to the creation and nurturing of a Best Wishes, Endowment. I am working on an new field of historical study and DGV Watch for the new For the latest information from NCPH, check out the NCPH website at Public History Discussion List www.iupui.eduj-ncph H-PUBLIC Coming Soon!!

6 INCC WASHINGTON UPDATE

some other agency or program in the librarians are often able to answer Interior budget. Gorton argued that scholars' queries only by going to the two endowments should be the stacks. The Library of Congress treated with equity so that any Professional Guild, which went on increase for NEH should have a record in 1997 opposing shelving by parallel increase in the Interior bill height at the main library buildings, by Page Putnam Miller, for NEA. An effort to have equity in recently circulated an essay titled Director of the National funding for the two endowments liThe Height-Shelving Threat to the Coordinating Committee would be a relatively new develop­ Nation's Libraries." And a June 11 for the Promotion of History ment. Prior to the 1995 setback in opinion piece in the Chronicle of Higher < [email protected]> funding, the appropriation for the Education highlighted the negative arts endowment was generally implications for research that would Senate Appropriations higher than that of the humanities. result from shelving by size and raised Subcommittee Considers Library of Congress Assessing A the question of whether the Library Increase for NEH - When the Policy Of Shelving by Height and of Congress of the future will be Senate Interior Appropriations Not Subject - For several years more like a warehouse than a library. Subcommittee met on 22 June to there has been internal discussion at Senate Recommends Level recommend the FY2000 budgets for the Library of Congress on the Funding for The Fulbright all federal agencies and programs possibility of saving money by Scholarly Exchange Program - under its jurisdiction, the subcom­ shelving books by size instead of by On 10 June the Senate Commerce, mittee singled out the endowments subject. In Congressional testimony Justice, State and Judiciary as agencies that merited increases. this spring Librarian James Billington Appropriations Subcommittee passed While support for NEH was clear, referred to the Library's strategic its appropriations bill for FY 2000, it is uncertain at this point how objective of lire-engineering our which included approximately level much of an increase the Senate will handling of access to books." Many funding for the Fulbright scholarly actually appropriate. With the inside and outside the Library are exchange program and for the 1997 imposed budget caps the wondering if this means that the American Studies Centers abroad. subcommittee had a limited amount Library will be changing its shelving Library of Congress Conference of money with which to work. policy. Reference librarians, the on Scholarship in The 21st Senator Slade Gorton (R-WA), Library of Congress unions, and Century Identifies Challenges for and Chair of the subcommittee, Congressional Research Service staff History - The recent Library of explained in his opening remarks all have expressed strong opposition Congress Conference, "Frontiers that while the marked-up bill to shelving by size at the main of the Mind in the 21st Century," included only a $1 million increase buildings. A 1997 Library of included a session dealing with for the NEH and the NEA, the Congress report from the working historical scholarship. Historian subcommittee intended this as a group on reference and research Jonathan Spence of Yale University symbolic gesture to indicate the to the task group on shelving identified seven issues that will affect Senate's support for the endow­ arrangement concluded that while where the discipline will move in the ments. This would mean a budget shelving by size may be an option next century. These were: the for NEH in FY2000 of $111.7 million. at the library's remote storage ambiguity of what is a historical The issue of funding for NEH locations, shelving of the general source; whether sources will include surfaced later in the mark-up when collections at the Capitol Hill videos and t-shirts; the fragmentation Senator Thad Cochran (R-MISS) facilities should, if possible, retain of sources with access difficulties as said that he was disappointed at the classified subject arrangement. well as overload problems; bias and the failure of the subcommittee to Some Congressional research staff closure of debate on some subjects provide an increase for the NEH. have noted that they would never that are seemingly placed off limits; After noting that NEH funding had have met deadlines if they had not the relationship with other been cut sharply in 1996 and had had been able to look at books in the disciplines; interaction with new remained flat since then and that the stacks. Subject classified shelving technologies which brings both agency now had an able, new leader not only enables a more efficient problems and possibilities; what in Bill Ferris, Cochran said that he evaluation of a collections, but it is "public history" and who does it; hoped to introduce an amendment allows for the in-depth research that and is aworld history possible. to add $10 million to the NEH is not available through on-line budget if he could find an offset from subject catalogues. Reference

7 I NCPH AWARDS

Otis L. Graham, Jr. Receives' The letter nominating Graham for friendly persuasion, and firm insis­ Annual Kelley Award the award stated best why Graham tence. Third, Otis Graham possesses deserved this year's award: "First and a distinguished record as an adminis­ Otis L. Graham, Jr., professor most importantly, Otis Graham re­ trator of a graduate program in of history at University of North shaped The Public Historian into a public history. Creating and/or Carolina, Wilmington, and former professional journal and it blossomed administering a public history pro­ editor of The Public Historian, under his direction into a journal of gram draws on a myriad of talents received NCPH's highest honor at distinction. It came to offer a place that include the details of curricular the organization's recent annual for the exchange of methodological design, nurturing community meeting in Lowell, Massachusetts. approaches important in doing his­ contact, and mentoring students." The award, named for Professor tory outside of the academy as well Graham received a framed certificate Robert Kelley of the University of as a showcase for public history­ and a $500 check at the Saturday California, Santa Barbara, is given related research and analysis. evening banquet in Lowell. to individuals, institutions, or Second Otis Graham has been a tire­ NCPH extends its thanks to Otis projects to recognize excellence less of the importance of for his years of service to the organi­ and contributions to the field of ad~ocate history in the public life of the zation and congratulates him on public history. Previous winners nation through the journal, receiving this year's Kelley Award. included Page Putnam Miller of attendance at major professional NCC , and the American Social conferences and thought his wit, History Project.

Two Entries Tied for the their position at the outset in order of presentation, should not occur G. Wesley Johnson Award to establish the limitations and within a vacuum. They are perspective of such research. creatures of the dynamics within There were many submissions She showed how the world of the historical profession, initiatives for this year's G. Wesley Johnson postmodern theory and contract set froth by funding agencies, inter­ Award, the prize given to recognize history comes together in an enlight­ nal institutional missions, concern the year's best article in The Public ening manner. In this regard, the about/sensitivity toward/under­ Historian. There were, however, two quandary of postmodern relativism standing of the baggage brought by candidates that stood out, thereby becomes pertinent when official visitors, necessity for institutional resulting in a tie. The recipients agencies involve themselves in Ab­ financial health, and civic respoosi­ of the 1998 Johnson Award were original history. Byrnes's experience bility. Carson neatly used CW as a Giselle M. Byrnes of New Zealand informed this question and allowed case study to illustrate not only the and Cary Carson of Colonial her to analyze the role of the public interconnections among these vari­ Williamsburg. Each received a check historian in finding a way for differ­ ous elements but was able to assess and framed certificate at the Satur­ ent cultures to talk to one another the impact of teaching history to the day evening banquet in Lowell. without resorting to either a babble public-both specifics and the process Byrne's article, "Jackals of the of absolute relativism or the cultural of the historians' craft. He addressed Crown: Historians and the Treaty imperialism of the past. This ex­ the issues associated with presenting Claim Process in New Zealand," in tremely thoughtful and well-in­ "controversial" history to public au­ discussing the treaty claim process formed article provided useful diences, a subject that will continue as public history, addressed many pointers for all public historians in­ to dominate discussions about of the most critical questions in volved with history in post-colonial museum interpretation and the the field today. She analyzed the societies. educational role of historical sites growing trend in "end-use" history "Colonial Williamsburg and the internationally. Given the large in both academe and public history, Practice of Interpretive Planning in number of people visiting museum, whether that end-use be directed American History Museums" by historical sites, and living history toward obtaining funding and spon­ Cary Carson, traced the evolution of institutions, Carson's discussion was sorship or whether it be in the ser­ Colonial Williamsburg's educational instructive on a variety of different vice of the courts. She broached the program, placing it within the con­ levels and should prove to be a useful difficulty of understanding wider text of interpretive planning in the article for some time to come. historical context when time and museum field as well as within the money are limited to research-spe­ context of the CWexperience. cific "facts" and recommended that Carson argued that interpretive ap­ in such cases public historians state proaches, both content and manner ~ See NCPH Awards page 9

8 ~ NCPH Awards continued from page 8 California State University Fullerton NCPH Presents the First New Inaugural Student Project and the Eastern California Museum, Professional Award Award Given testified to Wehrey's ability to use Douglas Dodd, an architectural Jane C. Wehrey, a graduate of her academic training and interest in historian in Bakersfield, California, California State University Fullerton, the topic to transform community received NCPH's first New Profes­ received the first annual Student oral history interviews into valuable sional Award. This new prize recog­ Project Award given by NCPH for and compelling historical resources nizes new public historians working her public history project, "Voices for a diverse audience. in the discipline and provides a travel From This Long Brown Land: Oral Wehrey received a $500 travel grant to attend the annual NCPH Recollections of Owens Valley Lives award during the presidential conference. Dodd, a Ph.D. candidate and Manzanar Pasts." The prize luncheon at the Lowell annual at the University of California, Santa committee selected her oral history meeting. A brief article about her Barbara, works for the California project from many entries as the experience working on the project, Department of Transportation one that best represented the type as well as her reactions to the annual where he surveys and records of student work NCPH seeks to en­ meeting, appears below. historical resources within the area courage and reward. They concluded of projected transportation projects. that the project materials and the Previous to this position, he served enthusiastic letters of support from as assistant book editor for the cooperating institutions, The Public Historian. ICREATING AN ORAL HISTORY by Jane Wehrey livelihoods. On Lowell's streets, The project's second portion is a more recent past was visible, too, intended for an academic audience; "Historians and Their Publics", the of new waves of immigration from it dissects the public section and ex­ theme of the 21 st Annual NCPH Southeast Asia and an influx of plains its methods and theoretical Conference, was eloquently and sim­ cutting-edge technologies now filling underpinnings. It includes a review ply illuminated by historians David the city's historic mill buildings. of Owens Valley historiography Thelen and Roy Rosenzweig when As the recipient of the first NCPH and postulates how this body of they challenged the standing-room Student Project Award, I was in­ literature has shaped memory and only crowd at their plenary to "trust trigued both by the practice of public historical consciousness among the your audience." Throughout the four­ history in Lowell and by the ongoing Valley's residents. Issues applicable day meeting, public history profes­ debate the issue of audience inspired to the audience/ historian dynamic sionals and students from the U.s., within the meeting rooms. Each, it are addressed as well: the meaning Canada and Australia grappled with seemed, was relevant to the project I of historical experience in individual the concerns and shared the pleasures had submitted to receive this honor. and public life, the themes of the of the historian/audience connection. "Voices From This Long Brown Land: "New West" historiography and their Who, they asked, are these intended Oral Recollections of Owens Valley applicability to the Owens Valley, receptors of the public history pro­ Lives and Manzanar Pasts" was the and the function of Place cess? What do they think about the culminating experience of my MA in shaping a personal historical past, and how do they experience program in Public History at Califor­ identity. A methodology includes history? How do they affect the nia State University, Fullerton. It, criteria for selecting interviews, public historian's efforts to find like the conference itself, is a project choices in editing, and the rationales consensus and be faithful to accuracy in two parts; the first devoted to prac­ of compiling and annotating. in transmitting the past through tice, the second to theory, historiogra­ From this isolated "long brown public forums? phy, and method. The "public" land," as author Mary Austin in 1903 Discussions about these "public" section is an anthology of nine oral so eloquently described the Owens questions spilled out of the conference interviews culled from among nearly Valley, a contested legacy has rever­ rooms and into the nearby historic 400 hours of tape and raw transcripts berated throughout the West and the sites, waterways and eateries in the archives of the Eastern Califor­ nation. For nearly a century, it has of Lowell. Public historians became nia Museum in the Owens Valley. symbolized the social, political, and audiences as they experienced the These interviews, which I then edited environmental dilemmas of large-scale clamor of century-old looms still and framed with suitable introduc­ water transfers in arid regions. Here producing tea towels and contem­ tory and contextual material, form too, is Manzanar, a former Paiute plated infrastructures of water and the core of the project. power as the lifeblood of cities and ~ See Oral History pg.10 9 ~ Oral History continued from pg. 9 settlement and prosperous orchard been {I·tted together in a community. of personal memory and individual community now known throughout I would ask for stories, for the voice connections to past events. Likewise, the world for the internment camp of memory over the land. in the creation of introductions and hastily erected there to guard and [Barry Lopez, "Mapping the Real annotations, I have endeavored not house Japanese Americans removed Geography", Harpers Magazine, so much to inform and interpret as from the West coast during World November 1989: 19-21] to suggest context and stimulate War II. A National Historic Site since reflection and curiosity about the na­ In their interviews, these "local 1993, Manzanar has become a place of ture of historical experience. companions" of the Owens Valley remembrance and commemoration, Despite its genesis as raw and often speak to their friends and neighbors­ charged with the formidable task of unformed local oral history efforts, and to a larger audience as well. Their interpreting the stain of the intern­ and though its intended purpose is, lives intersect with the well­ ment experience to a public often in part, as a model for local historical documented conflicts for which the divided in its assessment of it and agencies, "Voices" reaches far beyond valley is known, but they tell also of increasingly wary of views of history its local community roots and seeks at odds with individual personal being a Native American there, and of to connect the local with the regional, the early railroads, the decades of experience. the personal with the collective, and Western filmmaking, a fledgling ski The conception, development, and the minutiae of individual experience industry, a still-viable cattle business, execution of "Voices From This Long with broad historiographic contexts. and the evolution of pioneer society. Brown Land" rests on the premise It is a project that demonstrates how, These remembrances offer a more that the audience is a participant, like Lowell itself, threads of place, multicultural, complex, and accessible along with the nine oral history experience, and memory bring narra­ perspective on the valley's pasts narrators, in a dialogue about the tor, audience, and historian into multi-layered pasts of the Valley. than has previously been published; a common search for meaning together, they place the sharply Envisioning this dialogue, I was from the past. polarized and often politicized inspired by geographer Barry Lopez In conclusion, I would like to ex­ versions of these pasts into a broader, who reflected in his essay, "Mapping press my appreciation to a most sup­ more ambiguous context. the Real Geography": portive and enthusiastic" audience" of I have viewed my role as a historian If I were now to visit another country, public historians, the members of the for this project as one of fat:ilitator NCPH Student Project Award Com­ I would ask my local companion, before I and mediator of the projects envi­ saw any museum or7ibrary, any factory mittee -Katherine Corbett, Cynthia sioned dialogue. Through the editing. Brandimarte, Robert Carriker, and or fabled town, to. walk me in the country processes, the haze of trivia and of his or her youth, to tell me the names of Howard Miller - who reviewed the nostalgia present in much oral history submissions for this award. things and how/traditionally, they have is eliminated to reveal the essence INATIONAL PARK SERVICE The National Park Service (NPS) chemically contaminated cultural inventory and identify Native recently announced the award of materials in museum collections; American human remains and $2,166,035 to assist museums, Indian a project to develop a comprehensive cultural items in their collections and tribes, Native Hawaiian organ­ series of land maps that delineate to consult with culturally affiliated izations, and Alaska Native villages the traditional homelands and Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages and corporations with implemen­ hunting territories of the Lakota and corporations, and Native tation of the Native American Indians; as well as numerous tribal Hawaiian organizations regarding Graves Protection and Repatriation consultation visits to museums. repatriation. Section 10 of the Act Act (NAGPRA). The award was NPS received 77 applications authorizes the Secretary of the divided among 38 projects. from 52 Indian tribes, Alaska Native Interior to award grants to Projects to be undertaken villages and corporations, and Native implement provisions of the Act. by grant recipients include: the Hawaiian organizations, and 20 Additional information regarding repatriation of the remains of nearly museums for a total request of these awards may be obtained from 2,000 individuals to the Pueblo approximately $4.4 million. Dr. Francis P. McManamon, Chief, of Jemez; a project to document The Native American Graves Archaeology and Ethnography Program, ancestral Wichita human remains Protection and Repatriation Act National Park Service, 1849 C Street, using anthropological methods; (NAGPRA), enacted in 1990, requires NW, NC340, Washington, D.C 20240. a statewide conference to discuss museums and federal agencies to

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Zealand. This change in focus led Historical Publications Branch of the him to examine rural towns and New Zealand Department of Internal towns on the frontier, broadly Affairs; and membership on the defined. That led in turn to path­ committee making awards in Oral breaking work in the comparative History in connection with the histories of urban frontiers. His Australian Sesquicentennial gift to most recent book, History in Urban New Zealand, 1991-1994. Hamer David Allan Hamer, who died Districts: the Historic Districts of the was instrumental in organizing a unexpectedly in Wellington, New United States (Ohio State University senior Fulbright grant in 1997 for a Zealand on 16 May 1999, was born Press) was published last year. public historian from the US to help in Auckland, New Zealand in 1938. Hamer was very active in design a public history M.A. program He was awarded a B.A. and M.A. professional organizations and at Victoria. Hamer spent a good deal with first class honours in History public history undertakings. He of time helping to facilitate that from Auckland University, and a was a Fellow of the Royal Historical initial public history course offering, D. Phil. from Oxford University in Society, an editorial advisor to both and participated in a session on 1965. He taught at the University the New Zealand Journal of History public history programs at the of Lancaster, the University of and The Journal of Urban History. December 1997 meeting of the Auckland, and Victoria University He served on the Board of Directors New Zealand Historical Association. of Wellington. At Victoria, Hamer of the Urban History Association Both as a scholar and as a public served additionally as chair of the from 1993 to 1997. Most recently, historian, Hamer worked to link Department of History (1984-6; he chaired the Robert Kelley Award historical theory and public practice 1997-); Dean of Arts (1988-91); Committee for NCPH in 1999 and in order to make more sophisticated and Assistant Vice-Chancellor for gave a paper at the 1998 Austin the practice of history and heritage Academic Affairs (1991-1994). meeting. His public history work management for a broader public. The author of ten books and many included being a member of the Those of us who worked with him articles and speeches, Hamer's Board of the New Zealand Historic have lost a valuable friend and interests developed from British Places Trust; a member of the colleague, but the field of public Liberal politics to politics in New Advisory Committee of the history has lost a thoughtful and deeply engaged supporter.

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14 Katherine T. Corbett, (elected 1997) David Neufeld (elected 1999) Linda Shopes (1997-1999) 263 N. Gorham Rd. Parks Canada Penn. Historical and Museum Commission Gorham, ME 04038 #205 300 Main Street Third and North Streets e-mail: [email protected] Whitehorse, Yukon YIA 2B5 Box 1026 CANADA Harrisburg, PA 17108-1026 Rose Diaz (elected 1997) (867)667-3913 (717)772-3257 Center for Southwest Research e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 THE PUBLIC HISTORIAN Sherrill Brown Wells (1997-1999) (505) 255-6811, Fax 277-6019 Shelley Bookspan - Editor 1509 Woodacre Drive e-mail: [email protected] Department of History McLean, VA 22101-2538 University of California (703)241-0335, Fax: same Laura Feller (elected 1998) Santa Barbara, CA 93106 National Park Service (805)893-3667, Fax 893-7522 AWARDS COMMITTEE NRHE 2280 e-mail: [email protected] Katherine T. Corbett, chair (1997-) 1849 C Street NW 263 N. Gorham Rd. Washington, DC 20002 Lindsey Reed - Managing Editor Gorham, ME 04038 (202)343-9528, Fax 343-1244 Department of History e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: laura [email protected] University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106 Beth M. Boland (appointed 1996) Barbara Franco (elected 1998) (805)893-3667, Fax 893-7522 National Registry of Historic Places Historical Society of Washington, DC e-mail: lreed@descartes. ucs b. ed u National Park Service 1307 New Hampshire Ave., NW 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20036 EDITORIAL BOARD Rrn NC 400 (202)785-2068, Fax 887-5785 David Glassberg (1997-1999) Washington, DC 20240 e-mail: [email protected] Department of History (202)343-9545, Fax 343-1836 University of Massachusetts e-mail: beth [email protected] Andrew Gulliford (elected 1999) Amherst, MA 01003 Dept. of History (413)545-4252 Eileen M. Eagan (appointed 1998) P.O. Box 23 e-mail: [email protected] Department of History Middle Tennessee State University University of Southern Maine Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Barbara J. Howe (1997-1999) P.O. Box 9300 (615)898-2544, Fax 898-5538 Department of History Portland, ME 04104-9300 e-mail: [email protected] P.O. Box 6303 (207)780-5320 x 5058 e-mail: [email protected] West Virginia University e-mail: [email protected] Morgantown, WV 26506-6303 Victoria Harden (elected 1999) (304)293-2421, ext. 5227, Fax 293-6858 Fritz Hamer (appointed 1998) 4503 Avamere St. e-mail: [email protected] South Carolina State Museum Bethesda, MD 20814-3930 P.O. Box 100107 (301 )496-6610 Patricia Mooney-Melvin (1997-1999) Columbia, SC 29202 e-mail: [email protected] Department of History (803)737-4942 Loyola University of Chicago 6525 North Sheridan Road Howard S. Miller (appointed 1999) Chicago, IL 60626 205 Kern Ave. (773)508-2238, Fax 508-2153 Morro ,Bay, CA 93442 e-mail: [email protected] (805)772-5790, Fax 772-6088 e-mail: [email protected]

15 Patricia Mooney-Melvin Hugh Davidson (appointed 1998) University of Baltimore (appointed 1999) Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept. 1420 North Charles Street Department of History 115 Commercial Street, NE Baltimore, MD 21201-5779 Loyola University of Chicago Salem, OR 97310-1001 (410)837-5340, Fax 837-5336 6525 North Sheridan Road (503)378-6508 e-mail: [email protected] Chicago, IL 60626 (773)508-2238, Fax 508-2153 Robert Hadlow (appointed 1996) Theodore Karamanski e-mail: [email protected] Senior Environmental Coordinator Department of History Oregon Dept. of Transportation Loyola University of Chicago Anne Valk (appointed 1999) 123 Flanders Street NW 6525 North Sheridan Road Box 1454 Historical Studies Portland, OR 97209-4037 Chicago, IL 60626 Southern Illinois University (503)731-8239, Fax 731-8259 (773)508-2684, Fax 508-2153 Edwardsville, IL 62026 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]

CONSULTANTS WORKING Marilyn Nickels (appointed 1995) Andrew Gulliford (appointed 1999) GROUP COMMITTEE Bureau of Land Management Department of History Jason Gart, (chair, 1998) 1849 C. Street NW (204 LS) P.O. Box 23 Public History Center Washington, DC 20240 Middle Tennessee State University 1006 West Main St., Suite. 308 (202)452-0330, Fax 452-7701 Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Mesa, AZ 85201 e-mail: [email protected] (615)898-2544, Fax 898-5538 (602)962-9786 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Bruce Noble (appointed 1996) e-mail: [email protected] Harpers Ferry National Historic Park Christopher Clarke-Hazlett P.O. Box 65 John Krugler (appointed 1997) (appointed 1999) Harpers Ferry, WV 25425 Department of History 110 Greystone Lane #9 (304)535-6158, Fax 535-6244 Marquette University Rochester, NY 14618 e-mail: [email protected] Milwaukee, WI 53233 (716)473-4025 (414)288-7056 e-mail: [email protected] CURRICULUM AND TRAINING e-mail: [email protected] Jon Hunner, chair (appointed 1998) Additional appointments forthcoming Dept. of History ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE CULTURAL RESOURCES New Mexico State University Marianne Babal, chair (1998-present) MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Las Cruces, NM 88003 History Department (505)646-2490, Fax 646-8148 Bruce Craig, chair (appointed 1999) Mac 0101-026 e-mail: [email protected] Supervisory Historian Wells Fargo Bank Gettysburg NMP San Francisco, CA 94163 Cindy Brandimarte (appointed 1998) 97 Taneytown Road (415)396-7904, Fax 391-8644 Department of History Gettysburg, PA 17325-2804 e-mail: [email protected] (717)334-3777 ext. 14 Southwest Texas State University San Marcos, TX 78666 e-mail: bruce [email protected] Rebecca Conard (appointed 1996) (512)245-2064 Department of History e-mail: [email protected] or Christopher Clarke-Hazlett Dept. of History [email protected] (appointed 1999) Room 0223, Building PH 110 Greystone Lane #9 Middle Tennessee State University Jessica Elfenbein (appointed 1996) Rochester, NY 14618 Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Legal, Ethical & Historical Studies Div. (716)473-4025 (615)898-2536 Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] 16 Barbara Franco (appointed 1999) Noel Stowe (appointed 1995) David Glassberg (appointed 1999) Historical Society of Washington, DC Department of History Department of History 1307 New Hampshire Ave., NW Arizona State University University of Massachusetts Washington, DC 20036 Tempe, AZ 85287-2501 Amherst, MA 01003 (202) 785-2068, Fax 887-5785 (602)965-5779; Fax 965-0310 (413)544-4252 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]

Martha Norkunas (appointed 1998) David Vanderstel, ex-officio Dwight Pitcaithley (appointed 1999) 12401 Adelphi Ct. 327 Cavanaugh Hall- IUPUI National Park Service Austin, TX 78727-5301 425 University Blvd. P.O. Box 37127 e-mail: [email protected] Indiana polis, IN 46202-5140 Washington, DC 20013-7127 (317)274-2718, Fax 274-2347 (202)343-8167, Fax 343-1244 Virginia Stewart (appointed 1999) e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]

FINANCE COMMITTEE HISTORY AND THE NATIONAL PARKS LONG RANGE PLANNING Elizabeth Brand Monroe, chair COLLABORATION COMMITTEE (ad COMMITTEE (appointed 1996) hoc) Dwight Pitcaithley, chair Department of History Robert Weible, chair (re-appointed 1999) National Park Service 529 Cavanaugh Hall- IUPUI Pennsylvania Historical and Museum PO Box 37127 425 University Blvd. Commission Washington, DC 20013-7127 Indianapolis, IN 46202-5140 - Box 1026 (202)343-8167, Fax 343-1244 (317)278-2255, Fax 274-2347 Harrisburg, PA 17108-1026 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] (717) 783-9867 Jeffrey Brown (appointed 1999) Timothy Crimmins (appointed 1999) Bruce Craig (appointed 1999) Department of History Office of Associate Provosts Supervisory Historian Box3H 1016 One Park Place Building Gettysburg NMP New Mexico State University Georgia State University 97 Taneytown Road Las Cruces, NM 88003 Atlanta, GA 30303 Gettysburg, PA 17325=2804 (505)646-2003, Fax 6096 (404)651-2575, Fax 651-1233 (717)334-3777 ext. 14 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: bruce [email protected] Heather Huyck (appointed 1997) Alan Newell, ex officio Laura Feller (appointed 1999) National Park Service Historical Research Associates, Inc National Park Service Office of Strategic Planning P.O. Box 7086 1849 C Street NW P.O. Box 25287, WASO-STP Missoula, MT 59807-7086 Washington, DC 20002 Denver, CO 80225-0287 (406)721-1958, Fax 721-1964 (202)343-9528, Fax 343-1244 (303)987-6770, Fax 987-6765 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: laura [email protected] e-mail: Heather_ [email protected]

Patrick O'Bannon (appointed 1999) Larry Gall (appointed 1999) Philip V. Scarpino Kise, Franks & Straws, Inc. 215 Highland Ave. (appointed 1999) 219 N. Broad St., 9th Floor Arlington, MA 02476-7847 530 Cavanaugh Hall- IUPUI Philadelphia, PA 19107 (617)643-2014 425 University Blvd. (215)790-1050, Fax 561-1554 Indianapolis, IN 46202-5140 e-mail: [email protected] (317) 274-5983 e-mail: [email protected]

17 MEMBERSHIP COMMITIEE NOMINATING COMMITIEE Beth Boland (appointed 1996) James Gardner, chair (appt. 1997) Lisa Mighetto (elected 1997) National Register of Historic Places 4000 Massachusetts Ave. NW 228 Historical Research Associates Interagency Resources Division Washington, DC 20016-5108 119 Pine Street, Suite 207 National Park Service, WASO (202)363-3420, Fax 785-3948 Seattle, WA 98101 P.O. Box 37127 e-mail: [email protected] (206)343-0226, Fax 343-0249 Washington, DC 20013-7127 e-mail: [email protected] (202)343-9545, Fax 343-1836 Jannelle Warren-Findley e-mail: [email protected] (appointed 1999) James Gardner (elected 1997) Department of History 4000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Christopher Clarke-Hazlett Room SS 204 #228 (appointed 1999) Arizona State University Washington, DC 20016-5108 110 Greystone Lane #9 Tempe, AZ 85287-2501 (202)363-3420, Fax 785-3948 Rochester, NY (602)965-5264, Fax 756-2916 e-mail: [email protected] (716)473-4025 e-mail: jannelle.warren­ e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Anne Millbrooke (elected 1999) (907)443-2201 ext. 231 Rick Ewig (appointed 1999) Laura Feller (appointed 1999) e-mail: [email protected] National Park Service Lynn Getz (appointed 1999) 1849 C Street NW Martha Norkunas (elected 1998) Washington, DC 20002 12401 Adelphi Ct. Cathy Gorn (appointed 1998) (202)343-9528, Fax 343-1244 Austin, TX 78727-5301 Executive Director e-mail: laura [email protected] (512)495-4533, Fax 495-4575 National History Day e-mail: 0121 Caroline Hall Victoria Harden (appointed 1999) m. [email protected] University of Maryland 4503 Avamere St. College Park, MD 20742 Bethesda, MD 20814-3930 Lindsey Reed (elected 1998) (301)314-9739, Fax 314-9767 (301)496-6610 Department of History e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106 PUBLIC RELATIONS AND Connie Schulz (appointed 1999) (805)893-3667, Fax 893-7522 PROMOTIONS COMMITIEE Department of History e-mail: [email protected] Appointments pending University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 PRE-COLLEGIATE EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS AND ELECTRONIC (803)777-4854 COMMITIEE COMMUNICATIONS COMMITIEE e-mail: [email protected] or James Percoco, chair Roger D. Launius, co-chair [email protected] (appointed 1998) (appointed 1998) West Springfield High School NASA Amy Wilson (appointed 1999) 6100 Rolling Road History Office 407 Laurentian Place Springfield, VA 22152 Washington, DC 20546 Apt. #1 (703 )451-6403 (202)358-0383 Elmira, NY 46250-3900 e-mail: [email protected] (317)576-9835

18 Paige Roberts, co-chair Lorne McWatters 2001 PROGRAM COMMITTEE­ (appointed 1998) Department of History OTTAWA Executive Director Middle Tennessee State University Rebecca Conard, co-chair Immigrant City Archives Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Department of History 6 Essex Street (615)898-5805 Middle Tennessee State University Lawrence, MA 10840 e-mail: [email protected] Murfreesboro, TN 37132 (603)427-0034 (615) 898-2536 e-mail: [email protected] Bruce Noble (appointed 1997) e-mail: [email protected] Harpers Ferry National Marty Blatt (appointed 1999) Historical Park David Neufeld, co-chair National Park Service P.O. Box 65 Parks Canada Boston National Historical Park Harpers Ferry, WV 25425 #205300 Main Street Charlestown Navy Yard (304)535-6158, Fax 535-6244 Whitehorse, Yukon YIA 2B5 Boston, MA 02129 e-mail: [email protected] CANADA (617)242-5648, Fax 241-8650 (867)667-3913 e-mail: marty_ [email protected] ROBERT KELLEY MEMORIAL e-mail: [email protected] AWARD COMMITTEE Beth Boland Appointments pending Robert Carriker National Register of Historic Places History & Geography National Park Service 2001 LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS P.O. Box 4253 P.O. Box 37127 COMMITTEE - OTTAWA Lafayette, LA 70504-2287 Washington, DC 20013-7127 Sharon Babaian, chair (202)343-9545, Fax 343-1836 National Musuem of Science & Paula Hamilton e-mail: beth_ [email protected] Technology P.O. Box 9724, Ottawa Terminal Robert Weible Shelley Bookspan, ex-officio Ottawa, Ontario K1G 5A2 Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Editor, The Public Historian CANADA Commission Department of History (613)991-3029,990-3636 P.O. Box 1026 University of California Harrisburg, PA 17108 Santa Barbara, CA 93106 William Beahen (717) 783-9867 e-mail: [email protected] Royal Canadian Mounted Police 1200 Vanier Parkway Otis L. Graham, Jr. Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R2 Department of History CANADA University of North Carolina­ (613)993-8370; Fax 993-0216 Wilmington Wilmington, North Carolina, 28403 Gweneth Claughton (910)962-3307, Fax 962-7011 e-mail: [email protected] David Neufeld Louella McCarthy Parks Canada (appointed 1997) #205 300 Main Street University of South Wales Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2B5 Sydney, Australia CANADA e-mail: [email protected] (867)667-3913 e-mail: [email protected]

19 IFIEID SERVICE OFFICES AND PUBLIC HISTORY

by Andrew Verhoff The programs of the Local History textile. It is less easy to explain or Office and OAHSM are intended for inculcate the habits of mind that "What's the right way to move a amateur local historians, whether lead to subtle and enlightening inter­ twenty-ton canal boat overland?" paid staff members of local historical pretations of a community's history, "How do you start a historical soci­ organizations or volunteers, and for which professional historians learned ety?" "Where should we look for professionally-trained local historians how to do in graduate school. grant money?" Except for the first who, mainly, are the paid directors The Local History Office serves question, the Local History Office of or curators of local historical socie­ professionally trained local historians the Ohio Historical Society (OHS) ties. The amateurs have no profes­ in much the same way as it helps helps local historians with inquiries sional training in public history or amateurs. As with their amateur similar to these every day. The office, any of its sub-disciplines (historical colleagues, the professionally trained which is a department in OHS's agency administration, museum local historians use the Local History Society Relations Division, is one studies, historic preservation, archi­ Office to continue their education. of twenty-two field services offices val administration, etc.) although Workshops in fundraising and grant around the nation operated by state they may be paid employees of local writing are usually filled by an even historical societies for the benefit of historical organizations. More often number of amateurs and profes­ local historical organizations. Since it than not, amateurs are volunteers. sionals, as is the case with panel ses­ was established in 1981, the office's They have an abiding interest in sions on state proficiency testing, mission has been to assist Ohio's their community's history and enjoy budgeting and financial manage­ approximate 600 local historical spending free time setting up dis­ ment, and non-profit governance. organizations in their efforts to plays in the local museum, collecting The Local History Office also pro­ collect, preserve, and interpret their artifacts, writing books and pam­ vides a network of professional con­ communities' pasts. The Local phlets about local historical topics, tacts for professionally trained local History Office's functions are man­ leading walking tours, or giving talks historians and administrators. dated by the Ohio Revised Code and to classes at area schools and before Often, the director or curator of the they work closely with the board of civic organizations. local historical society, with his/her its statewide partner organization, Although these local historians are MA in hand, is the lone history the Ohio Association of Historical amateurs, they want professional professional in a community. Societies and Museums (OAHSM) to results and call on the Local History Field service offices not only provide administer its programs. Office for help. The consultants who information, but also collegiality, Field service offices are resources execute field service..programs gener­ fellowship, and information about for the citizens of their states. ally have graduate degrees in or have job openings. According to its mandate in Ohio's done graduate work in history, mu­ As long as there are local histori­ Revised Code, the Ohio Historical seum studies, archival admini­ cal organizations, the staffs of field Society "shall encourage and pro­ stration, and/or historic preser­ service offices will never want for mote the organization and develop­ vation. Consultants also have work work. The increasing popularity of ment of county and local historical experience in the field. Drawing on heritage tourism, for example, and societies" and "provide advisory and their experience, consultants trans­ the need for local historical societies technical assistance to local societies late their training into practices that to be accountable to the publics they for the preservation and restoration encourage amateurs to follow profes­ serve demand that these groups meet of historic and archaeological sites." sional standards. professional standards without al­ OHS's Local History Office and Providing technical assistance and ways having the benefit of profes­ OAHSM fulfill these requirements resources make up a large part of sionally-trained staff. The services through a variety of programs. Like what many field service consultants provided by field service offices, such most field service offices, the Local do and, in the case of Ohio, the Local as the Ohio Historical Society's Local History Office and OAHSM publish History Office and OAHSM have History Office, help bridge the gap a newsletter for local historians (The been successful at raising the level between professionally trained histo­ Local Historian), offer workshops in of technical proficiency at amateur­ rians, museum curators, archivists, areas of historical agency administra­ administered local historical organi­ and historic preservationists on one tion ("Brass Tacks Workshops"), zations. Raising standards of side and amateur local historians on sponsor annual meetings of local historical interpretation, however, the other. historians, provide on-site con­ has been more of a challenge. It is -Andrew Verhoff, a graduate of the sulting services, and answers ques­ easy to convince an organization to IUPUI Public History Program, is a His­ tions and makes referrals over the pull the shades in its house museum torical Agency Consultant in the Local phone. when a consultant can show the History Office of the Ohio Historical Society effects of ultraviolet light on a 20 ICOMMITTEE ANNUAl REPORTS

Awards Committee meetings. For this year's meeting in history students to learn. The other Katherine T. Corbett, chair Lowell, the cwe organized a work­ project is a visible presence at the The committee oversaw the shop, "Contracting for Historical annual conference. The committee selection of recipients for two new Services: The Case of the Army organized again this year the NCPH awards-the Student Project Corps of Engineers,'" and a session, "Careers in Public History" session Award and the New Professional "Consulting Public Historians Look with a visit to the Lowell National Travel Award. It also accepted a Ahead." Historic Park and discussions by proposal from Frank Schubert, The second initiative introduced National Park Service historians historian in the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the 1998-1999 year was the about their work. The committee office, to establish a memorial award "Consultants' Corner" column for also organized two poster sessions in honor of Michael C. Robinson, Public History News. Designed to and a student mentoring program. a historian and public affairs officer highlight professional accomplish­ for the Corps of Engineers who ments among contract historians, Electronic died in late 1998. contract firms, and other independ­ Communications ent researchers, the quarterly column The committee also explored the Committee possibility of making an award at reports news of contract awards, Paige Roberts, chair National History Day. At the ongoing projects, and contract report The principal work for the suggestion of Beth Boland, the publications. past year has involved laying the committee recommended that Presently, the cwe is working groundwork for the transfer of NCPH pursue instead the develop­ towards a number of new goals for NCPH's discussion list PUBLHIST ment of one or more technical the 1999-2000 year. The cwe is to the H-NET community. The leaflets on the practice of history, exploring the viability of updating H-NET Board of Editors approved which would be made available to and re-releasing the 1988 Directory of our application in February 1999 students working on History Day Historical Consultants, introducing for the creation of H-PUBLIC. This entries. Those who have worked professional liability insurance for new list will go online later in the with History Day believe this is a NCPH members, and developing a summer of 1999 after co-moderators much needed resource and one that certification process for practicing Paige Roberts and David Vanderstel would have greater publicity value public historians and public history complete their training as listserv for NCPH than a single annual programs. Most importantly, the editors. award. cwe must continue to look for new The committee continues to ways and new value-added deliver­ debate a proposal for an annual abIes to increase membership of Endowment Committee NCPH award for the best contri­ consultants and consulting firms. Marianne Babal, chair bution to scholarship that can be The committee continued to work demonstrated to have made an Cultural Resources towards its goal of $200,000 in the impact on the public's understanding Mangement Committee endowment fund by 2000. At the of history. David Harvey, chair Lowell meeting this past April, the committee sponsored a fundraiser at No report Consultant's a local Southeast Asian restaurant, with a target of raising $2,000 from Working Group Curriculum and that event. Final results will be Jason Gart, chair Training Committee posted in the fall newsletter. The 1998-1999 year marked an Jon Hunner, chair Since the endowment fund is well important change point for the The Curriculum and Training beyond the "kick-off" stage, we are Consultants' Working eroup Committee has made progress with now developing a long-term (CWe). Charged with promoting two projects. Committee member operational strategy. The committee the interests of NCPH members Cindy Brandimarte is soliciting will become more of a strategic who provide historical services as articles for Public History News to planning body; advising the board consultants or contractors, the cwe illustrate issues in curriculum on the future direction of the witnessed increased awareness and development including new faculty endowment and developing a participation as a result of several hires to augment existing programs, lopg-range fundraising plan. To new initiatives. a model "introduction to public achieve this end, the committee The cwe sponsored sessions and history" course, and what non­ recommended that the board workshops for the NCPH annual academic professionals want public consider the following actions: 21 • Make the currently ad-hoc programs, personnel exchanges, peer pected and the number of new mem­ Endowment Committee a standing review initiatives, and more. bers is down from last year, but we committee of NCPH. (approved) The committee also supported a intend a more aggressive membership • Expand the committee byap­ session at the Lowell meeting: "His­ drive for the fall, including both gen­ pointment of at least two additional tory by Design: Landscape and His­ eral and targeted mailings. The latter members. (approved) tory at Gettysburg National Military will include special promotions to • One member of the Board of Park and Manassas National Battle­ minority public historians and Cana­ Director's should sit on the commit­ field Park," proposed by Bruce Craig. dian public historians, in anticipation tee, ideally as chair. (approved) Committee members John of the 2001 meeting in Ottawa. • The committee should develop Patterson and Robert Weible pro­ Recruitment of new members is guidelines for submission and consid­ posed a residential training program only a part of our agenda; we are also eration of projects, publications, loosely modeled on the summer concerned with retaining our current services or activities proposed for teacher institutes that NEH currently members. As in years past our efforts endowment funding. sponsors. NCPH and NPS would have focused on both annual mem­ • Develop a long-range plan be the primary sponsors of this bership renewal mailings and mail­ for the endowment, including a program. The committee will ings to individuals who had not fundraising campaign plan. continue to work towards finalizing renewed, which have included letters • The committee should advise plans for a program in the summer asking them to explain why they and report on the financial state of of 2000 or 2001. have dropped their memberships. the fund, track pledged and collected We are also interested in the possibil­ revenue for the endowment fund, Long Range Planning ity of convening a small focus group and recommend yearly spending Committee of former members to explore our limits based on a percentage of the strengths and weaknesses as a Jannelle Warren-Findley, chair principal and interest in the membership organization. The principal work this past year endowment fund. Finally, we are developing a new dealt with drafting a position descrip­ member profile form that we plan to tion for the NCPH Executive Direc­ include in the fall renewal mailing. Finance Committee torate. Heather Huyck and Jannelle The goal is to gain a better sense of Elizabeth Brand Monroe, chair Warren-Findley worked with Presi­ who our members are, where they The state of the organization's dent Pitcaithley, Executive Director work, and what their interests are, finances is good. During the last David Vanderstel, IUPUI History all of which will assist in providing year, outside auditors conducted an Department chair Philip Scarpino, better service to the members. audit of the NCPH financial records and the NCPH Board to complete While mid-year numbers are down and found them to be in good shape. this task. The Board approved the from this time last year, we ended A detailed year-end financial document at its April meeting. report will appear in the fall issue. 1998 with 1,570 members/subscrib­ ers, compared to 1,453 at the end of Membership Committee History and the National 1997, an increase of 8 percent. James Gardner, chair While we have not seen the rapid Parks Collaboration During the year, the committee growth that the leadership sought in Committee worked closely with Tom White, 1995, we have grown at a rate that Robert Weible, chair Marketing Manager of the Journals exceeds that of nearly every other Committee member Jeff Brown Division, University of California organization in the discipline. reviewed a draft Memorandum of Press, and David Vanderstel, Execu­ Understanding between the National tive Director, NCPH, to expand the Nominating Committee organization's membership base. We Park Service and the National Coun­ Lisa Mighetto, chair mailed out over 6,500 newly designed cil on Public History. After Brown's The Nominating Committee's brochures and letters to a target list, review last fall, the Committee sub­ charge in 1998 was to secure ten can­ which included Environmental His­ mitted the document to NPS and is didates for five positions-two for tory, the Society for Historical Ar­ currently awaiting a response. If President Elect; six for the Board; and chaeology, subscribers to CRM, and adopted, it would facilitate projects two for the Nominating Committee. the directors of public history gradu­ or activities individually authorized Members of the committee secured ate programs. The response rate to by separate Cooperative Agreements. suggestions from past NCPH officers, those mailings was lower than ex- Projects might include public history lists of previous candidates, and

22 names of those individuals who had We also explored the possibility of cations advisable in the future? I expressed interest in serving NCPH. co-hosting a conference with the Na­ A paper publication is quickly out I After agreeing upon a slate, the com­ tional Council for History Education, of date as programs change, and mittee forwarded the names to the of which I am a member of the Board a web site publication ought to I Executive Offices, which conducted of Trustees. This would help to give be considered. I the election in early 1999. NCPH a wider profile among history With regards to proposed publica­ During discussions among the teachers nationwide. tions, we recommend a "reader" of I committee, the following suggestions articles from The Public Historian and emerged for consideration. (1) It Public Relations and a pamphlet series on professional might be worthwhile for NCPH to Promotions Committee topics of great interest on which consider selecting a single candidate little or nothing is in print. No chair for this committee. for President (as some history organi­ Finally, there seems to be no No report submitted. zations do), rather than running two justification for having separate people. There are many good candi­ Publications and Electronic dates that run for President, and Publications Committee Communications Committees, given someone has to lose. We want to Otis 1. Graham, Jr., chair the emerging technology in publish­ select someone who can provide In thinking about NCPH publica­ ing and communication, and there­ strong leadership and vision, and tions and their future, it is important fore suggest that they be merged. we don't want people to get to remind ourselves that scholarly [ED. NOTE: The NCPH Board discouraged. publishing is in a time of rapid and approved this recommendation at (2) Another suggestion was that unpredictable transition. Electronic its April meeting.] if there are multiple open positions communications is changing the me: dia by which scholars communicate (there were three Board positions Robert Kelley Memorial open in 1999, for example), then to the public and each other, and at a NCPH could have an open ballot, dizzying pace. NCPH's task in the Award Committee (1999) allowing members to vote on all can­ area of current and future publica­ David Hamer, chair didates and naming the top three as tions should be seen as a dual one, The 1998-1999 Robert L. Kelley winners, rather than pairing people. deciding what needs to be published Memorial Award Committee con­ Some committee members felt that for members and the larger market, sisted of Page Putnam Miller of the this approach would be fairer than and deciding which media to use. National Coordinating Committee the current approach of pairing The value of our scholarly journal for the Promotion of History; people (which does not necessarily The Public Historian seems beyond Marie Tyler-McGraw of the National result in the three people with the argument. However, to ensure that Park Service; and Roy Rosenzweig, most votes winning). The committee the journal continues to be what George Mason University; with and the Executive Director welcome NCPH members want it to be and myself as chair. thoughts and comments on this evolves with changing times, we sug­ Deadline for nominations was matter. gest an open, "member commentary" 1 January 1999. The committee session on TPH at the annual meet­ received seven nominations, three Pre-Collegiate Education ing. Likewise, the need for the more than the previous year. It organization's newsletter Public His­ selected Otis L. Graham, Jr., as the Committee tory News also seems an essential 1999 award recipient. Otis Graham James Percoco, chair means of carrying professional news has combined a distinguished career The committee worked during the and articles on matters of profes­ as a scholar with important contribu­ year to boost membership in NCPH sional concern, President and tions to the public history movement among secondary level teachers. In Director's messages, and the like. in the United States. Otis, as editor particular, we promoted the Lowell NCPH's other occasional publica­ of The Public Historian from 1989 to meeting to numerous teacher groups tions appear most useful to those 1997, played a major role in making in the New England region. We also considering public history graduate it the highly respected journal that planned two sessions on Saturday work, to history departments offer­ it now is. morning that would appeal to teach­ ing public history programs, and ers; the Local Arrangements Com­ other professionals. But, as many of mittee handled a special mailing to these items have shrinking shelf life, invite interested educators. the question remains, are print publi-

23 1999 Local Arrangements to design the conference booklet, • Banquet speaker Howard Zinn, Committee and secured financial assistance from author of A People's History of the Lowell NHP to cover mailing costs. United States, told how his social Gray Fitzsimons, chair, with They also coordinated publicity activism has informed his sense of assistance from Martin Blatt locally and regionally. The Lowell history. The Local Arrangements Commit­ Festival Foundation handled the • The Endowment fundraiser tee dealt with many issues relating to financial administration for the dinner at Lowell's popular and tasty the program. Members handled ar­ conference. Southeast Asian Restaurant netted rangements with the conference ho­ Over four hundred people a profit of nearly $1500. tel· coordinated tours to Boston, Old attended the meeting between Village, and other sites; St~rbridge 29 April and 2 May 1999. Highlights arranged special events such as an 1999 Program Committee of the meeting included: opening reception at the Tsongas Robert Spude, chair • NPS Chief Historian Dwight Industrial History Center. The 21 st annual NCPH conference Pitcaithley's incisive presidential ad­ Beside the scenes, the committee program included 35 sessions, dress, which critiqued how the secured $2,100 from the Lowell 2 plenaries, 5 workshops, the presi­ National Park Service Civil War sites Cultural Council to subsidize local dential talk and keynote address. 164 deal with the critical issue of slavery. teachers, historians, and scholars to participants gave presentations or • Plenary speakers Roy attend the conference. They also served as panelists, chairs, or com­ Rosenzweig and David Thelen, obtained a grant from the mentators. The program contained a co-authors of The Presence of the Past, Massachusetts Foundation for the wide range of topics, including tools spoke to the issue of how American Humanities to help subsidize the and techniques, new approaches or understand and use the past. Saturday plenary session. In addition, media, and sessions that present the committee arranged with controversial issues or projects. Media Mill Design I CONSULTANT'S CORNER

The Consultants' Working Group The exhibit will include artifacts Carraro Cactus Garden. History - (CWG) is dedicated to promoting the from businesses, organizations, International is also presently interests of NCPH members who provide museums, and private collectors. preparing a comprehensive product historical services as consult-ants or con­ Hal Rothman, principal of Hal K. history on Photodynamic Therapy tractors. The CWG wishes to highlight Rothman & Associates, was awarded for Ci-T ec UK Ltd. in England. professional accomplish-ments among a contract by the National Park Kathryn L. McKay, consulting contract historians, contract firms, and Service to provide a park administra­ historian with Tracks of the Past in other independent researchers. Forward tive history, phase II, of Golden Gate Montana, is currently preparing news of finished projects, contract Recreation Area in San Francisco. baseline research on the mining History Associates Inc. in communities of Virginia City and awards, contract report publications, Maryland was included in an 18 Nevada City, Montana, for the Mon­ ongoing oral history projects, or anything February 1999 article in The New tana Heritage Commission. McKay else that might be of interest to practicing York Times. The newspaper examined is also preparing an administrative historians. E-mail items to jason Gar( the use of professional historians in history of Lake Roosevelt National Chair, Consultants/ Working Group researching American business ties to Recreation Area in eastern at [email protected]. Please be sure to German corporations during the Washington for the National include your full name and address. Second World War. Rodney Carlisle, Park Service. HAl co-founder, has completed Melissa Keane has joined the Donna M. Neary is the consult­ Shaping the Invisible: Development of staff of SWCA, Inc., Environmental ing historian to the Kentucky Derby the Advanced Enclosed Mast/Sensor Consultants in Tucson, Arizona. Museum in Louisville, KY for an ex­ System, 1993-1998, an analytical Keane a former staff historian with hibit titled "Derby City 125." The study of a new Navy radar mast. Dame~ & Moore in Phoenix, will nine-month exhibit, beginning Jason Gart, principal historian serve as the Director of Tucson 19 April 1999, will celebrate the of History International, Inc. in Cultural Resources. 125th anniversary of the Kentucky Arizona, has been contracted by the Derby, the longest running consecu­ city of Phoenix to prepare a context tive sport event in U.S. history. study of the T ovrea Castle and 24 jBULLETIN

ANNOUNCEMENTS women graduate students of history uninterrupted research, reading and • The Historic Preservation at a U.S. institution, must be A.B.D. collegial discussion at AAS, which Services Annual Report FY 1998 is status by the time of application, houses the world's preeminent and now available. To obtain a copy or and may specialize in any field (for most accessible collection of other publication of the Heritage the Ida B. Wells Award the applicant American printed materials before Preservation Services Division must be working on an historical the twentieth-century. For more contact Bradley Finfrock at project). Applicants must submit information contact James David bradley [email protected] three copies of the application, three Moran at (508)363-1131. copies of a Curriculum Vitae, three • The Newberry Library's copies of a statement describing the CALL FOR PAPERS Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for proposed dissertation (three pages, • The 31 st Annual Algonquian the History of Cartography is single-spaced), the signature (on the Conference is requesting papers pleased to announce the thirteenth application) of a representative of relating to Algonquian-speaking series of its Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., the applicant's History Department peoples including but not limited to Lectures in the History of verifying that the qualifying exams language, history, art, archaeology, Cartography, "Narratives & Maps: have been passed or A.B.D. status ethnography, and anthropology. Historical Studies in Cartographic has been achieved, a self-addressed Papers may be delivered in English or Storytelling." The lectures will be stamped envelope, a self-addressed, French. The conference will be held held from Thursday evening through stamped postcard, with the 28-31 October 1999 in Lafayette, Saturday afternoon, 28-30 October statement "Your CCWH/Berkshire Indiana. Contributors should sned 1999 at the Newberry Library, 60 W. graduate student award application titles and one page abstracts, by Walton Street, Chicago. "Narrative has been revived." Application September 1, 1999, to Nicholas L. and Maps" will explore the materials must be received by Clark, Executive Director, The connections between maps and 13 September 1999, the winner Museums at Prophetstown, Inc., language at a point where the links will be announced on 15 November 22 N. Second St., Lafayette, Indiana are most apparent - where maps 1999 . To request an a pplica tion 47901. For more information call have been historically employed in contact Professor Gina Hames, (765)423-4617 or e-mail the telling of stories, both fictional Awards Committee, Department of [email protected]. and non-fictional. The lectures are History, Pacific Lutheran University, free and open to the public, but Tacoma, WA, 98447; e-mail: • The Bureau of Reclamation's please register in advance by [email protected]. Advisory Committee for contacting The Newberry Library or Symposium 2002 solicits proposals phone Kristen Block at (312) 255- • The American Antiquarian for papers on topics related to 3659 or [email protected]. Society offers fellowships for the history of the Bureau of historical research by creative and Reclamation. This symposium will AWARDS, performing artists. The AAS is address issues related to reclama­ now accepting applications for FELLOWSHIPS, tion's one hundred year history. fellowships for historical research Papers will be required by GRANTS,AND by creative and performing artists, 1 July 2001, for distribution INTERNSHIPS writers, filmmakers and journalists. to participants in the symposium • The Coordinating Council for The program is designed to enhance and revised papers will be due the ways in which history is Women in History and The 1 September 2002, and will be Berkshire Conference on Women communicated to the American published. Paper requirements Historians are pleased to announce people. The deadline for submission include use of the Journal ofAmerican the ninth annual competition for of applications is 4 October 1999. History style guide, hard copy of two $500 graduate student awards Fellowships will be provided to paper, a diskette in WordPerfect or to assist in the completion of people whose research objectives are Word, approximately 20-30 pages dissertation work. The awards are to produce works dealing with pre­ double spaced, 12 point times roman, designed to support either a crucial twentieth century American history 1-inch margins on all sides. Submit stage of research for the final year designed for the general public rather proposals to the chair of the of writing. The be eligible for the than for the academic/educational coplmittee, Brit Storey, P.O. Box CCWH/Berkshire and CCWH/Ida B. communities. The fellowships will 25007, Denver, Colorado, 80225. Wells Awards applicants must be allow recipients to conduct L 25 • The British Association for proposals will be considered. American Studies Conference Panels and papers may deal with EXHIBITS for 2000 will be hosted by the subjects in any field or any time • The Library of Virginia Department of American Studies period of history, including, but has launched the Virginia in at the University of Wales Swansea not limited to, historiography, Maps projects. This project consists from 6-9 April 2000. Send proposals methodology, pedagogy, public of three major interpretive to Dr. Michael A. McDonnell, history, and research reports. components: an illustrated atlas, Department of American Studies, Proposals are to include: Title of a major exhibition and a two-day University of Wales Swansea, panel, abstract for panel, abstractor scholarly symposium. The first SA2 8PP, UK. each paper (one typed, double-space component will be on Friday and page per paper), full names of Saturday, April 23-24, 1999. The • Conference of Rural participants (including moderator second component, the exhibition, Women's Studies Association will and commentator) institutional will run form April 23 through be held at the Minnesota History affiliations (if any), and addresses December 15, 1999. The third Center, St. Paul, Minnesota, 22-25 (V.S. mail and email), and phone component, a definitive atlas, will June 2000. The RWSA invites numbers for all participants. be available in the fall of 1999. For proposals for individual papers, Also, historians willing to serve as more information about any of the presentation, sessions, and moderators and commentators elements of the Virginia in Maps workshops for the conference. should forward their names to the project, please contact Jan Hatcock, The conference is on Rural and Farm Program Chair with an indication Public Relations coordinator at the Women in Historical Perspective. of their special area of interests. Library of Virginia, (804)692-3592 The Program Committee welcomes Proposals are due no later than proposals from an interdisciplinary 1 November 1999 to: INTERNET perspective exploring all aspects of Dr. Julieanne Phillips; OAH Program the lives of rural women and the Chair; Baldwin-Wallace College; • The Institute of Cultural Landscape Studies of the Arnold historical interpretation of those 275 Eastland Road; Berea, Ohio Arboretum of Harvard University lives. Potential presenters should 44017-2088. - submit 4 copies of a one-page announces its new website: http:// www.icls.harvard.edu. For further abstract and brief vitae, including • Organizers of the liThe Veteran information contact Phyllis phone, e..mail, and fax number to and American Society" conference Andersen, Director Institutes for Susan S. Rugh at the Department of announce the call for paper Cultural Landscape Studies, The History, 332 KMB, Brigham Young proposals. The conference, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, University, Provo, Utah 84602; scheduled for 12-13 November in Jamaica Plain, Massachussetts 02130. (801)378-2742 or e-mail at: Knoxville, Tennessee, will examine [email protected]. Proposals the changing relationship of veterans are due by 15 October 1999. with American society, from the • The Library of Congress Revolutionary War to the Persian National Digital Library Program and the Manuscript Division • The Ohio Academy of Gulf. Proposals from a variety of announce the first release of the History Annual Meeting, to be disciplinary and historical Thomas Jefferson Papers at the hosted by Otterbein College in perspectives are welcome. For Library of Congress on the American Westerville, Ohio, will be held 28-29 details, contact G. Kurt Piehler, Memory Collections website. The April 2000. The Ohio Academy of Center for the Study of War and papers consist of 27,000 items History Program Committee invites Society, 220 Hoskins Library, representing the largest collection you to submit proposals for panels V niversity of Tennessee, Knoxville, of original Jefferson documents in and papers for its annual meeting. Tennessee 37996-0411; e-mail: We welcome proposals from all [email protected]. the world. The web address is: historians, whatever the nature of http://memory.loc.gov/ammem mtjhtml. their employment and whatever their filed of specialization. One need not be a member of the Ohio Academy of History to submit a proposal for this annual statewide conference. Proposals for entire sessions are encouraged, single paper 26 FUTURE MEETINGS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HISTORY

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April 18-22, 2001 Ottawa) Canada

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