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Inside This Issue 3 Boston Women's Memorial 4 Raising Funds in Editing Projects in Today's Economy 11 rom 31 March to 4 April 2004 hundreds the environment into urban public history; The NCPH Bulletin Fof public and environmental historians and public and environmental history in the are expected to descend on beautiful international arena. That evening, attendees Victoria, British Columbia to take part in will be able to tour the neighboring Royal a joint meeting of the National Council on British Columbia Museum; hors d'oeuvres Public History and-the American Society and a cash bar will be available. Cost of 13 for Environmental History (ASEH). Taking attendance is $15.00, which includes NCPH Election Results place at the majestic Fairmont Empress Hotel, admission to the museum. the theme of the meeting will be "Cultural Friday morning sessions will last from 8:30 Places and Natural Spaces: Memory, History, a.m. until noon. During the afternoon, a variety and Landscape." The joint format of this of field trips will provide conference attendees meeting allows both organizations to offer with opportunities to visit gardens, maritime 14 a wide array of presentations, meetings, historical sites, Victoria's Inner Harbour, among and workshops, to welcome public and others. For those not wishing to take field trips, Endowment Update environmental historians from across North there will be four workshops focusing on careers Aquarterly publication America and the world to meet, mingle, in public history, teaching living history and of the National Council on and share ideas and research. In all, there utilizing first-person interpretation in the are more than 500 presenters and speakers classroom, suggested practices for doing history Public History in cooperation with participating in 110 sessions and four in public, and the future of historic house the Department of History, workshops over the course of five days. museums. Indiana University at Indianapolis. There are also seven field trips and a The day will conclude with several special number of social events to fill out the events. A poster session with more than 40 James Gardner, President conference schedule. presenters wilt begin at 5:30 p.m. A no-host The conference wilt open with a reception bar will be available as you stroll through the Sharon Babaian, Vice-President on Wednesday evening to honor The Public hall to meet various authors and presenters. Historian and Environmental History, NCPH's The keynote banquet, featuring a Pacific Coast­ Rebecca Conard, Post President and ASEH's journals. A plenary session, First Nations-themed banquet, will begin at Harry Klinkhamer, entitled "Public History and the Environment," 7:00s p.m. Following dinner, NCPH and ASEH Secretory-Treosu rer will follow. Regular sessions begin Thursday will present their respective awards. Concluding morning at 8:30 a.m., including such topics as the evening will be an address given by Dr. Libby David G. Vanderstel, memorials and sacred landscapes; integrating > continued on page 2 Executive Director Boston Women's Memorial: ACollaboration Between Artists, Historians, and the Public by Meredith Bergmann life-giving things, and I wanted to honor them with the most [email protected] beautiful figurative sculptures I could make. The competition also specified a work of contemporary t took centuries for the likenesses of Abigail Adams, Phillis art, yet one that would not conflict with the harmonious IWheatley, and Lucy Stone to be cast in brilliant bronze and progression of monuments, trees, and stately facades that make set upon a granite tableau under the elm and maple trees the Commonwealth Avenue Mall a 19th century landmark. of Commonwealth Avenue's mall. But it took only seconds Looking at those monuments, I realized that the symbols for yesterday for people to embrace Boston's newest landmark." remembrance, heroism and stature had to be used in a new way: That's how the Boston for women. 1 knew that to Globe began its description make this commission a work of the unveiling of the Boston of art I had to find a powerful, Women's Memorial, but clear, symbolic structure that behind those "only seconds" incorporated traditional statues was a process of community with wit. involvement that I believe was Thinking about the tension essential to the "embrace." between art of the 19th century Public art originates not as and the 21st, and about the an individual artist's impulse for changes in attitudes towards self-expression but as a request women, I came up with the for help with a group's idea of using the elements expression. Throughout the common to the monuments five years I spent working along Commonwealth Avenue on the memorial 1 had many - large bronze figures, granite Boston Women's Memorial interactions with committee pedestals, inscribed quotations members, commissioners, members of the community, scholars, - and reassembling them to remind us of the struggle for women's and descendants of two of the three figures I was commissioned liberation that is part of the message of this memorial. I would to sculpt. I always tried to understand what they saw and to literally bring the women down from their pedestals. see how their ideas could stimulate my vision. Our intense For the Memorial to work as a memorial to women in general, collaboration, first with the original assignment and then during each figure had to be both a portrait and a symbol, alive and the approvals process, gave me the opportunity to think carefully allegorical at the same time. I sculpted each woman at a different about what makes an original, coherent, public age and made each one exemplify a different creative work of art. temperament. They are young, middle-aged and elderly, In 19981 won the competition for the Boston Women's contemplative, active, and imaginative; and I supported these Memorial, which to me was a strange idea for a memorial. Art portrayals with quotations from their works. In this way they about women usually deals with their beauty, fertility or fortitude represent a spectrum of possibilities for expression and influence in bearing and raising children, condemns women as temptresses throughout a woman's life. They are arranged in a circle so that who caused the Fall of Man, or makes them empty vessels of a kind of conversation can take place among them in our minds. Allegory. Here, three women~ Abigail Adams, Lucy Stone and Ideas like these may come in a flash, but traditional sculpture, Phillis Wheatley- had been chosen by a large group of (mostly) especially public art, can be a very slow process. I made each of women to stand for and embody all of Boston's rich feminine these sculptures at least three times. At each stage my ideas and history. Over the years the project was often referred to in print work were tested before a committee. Early on, I staged a and by all involved as a way to "remember the Ladies," in Abigail's "sculpture rehearsal" on the Mall, with three very tall women phrase. It became my job to try to create a work that would help and three large cardboard pedestals to test the scale of my design the citizens of Boston imagine for the future what we might mean in situ. I won approval for the design and my choice of quotations by "Ladies". at a series of commission meetings, where passionate discussions "Stand for and embody" implied the presence of human figures, were held on various details, such as whether Abigail Adams could and the organizing committee asked that the three women be given be portrayed without a hat. The committee also visited my studio "stature." This language seemed to mandate figurative sculptures. to see work in progress and also to see a half-size model of the These women lived, loved, and worked, so I labored to give them entire Memorial lit up with half-size light fixtures showing how real female bodies that show their history and usage. Lucy Stone it could look at night. I then spent a year working on the figures wrote, bluntly, "Woman will not always be a thing." For centuries at their full size. At each stage it became necessary to dig deeper women were their bodies- their minds and spirits were things to be into the meaning of the project.. carefully controlled. In today's free-thinking world, it seemed > continued on page 5 important to me to emphasize that women, far more than men, cannot easily escape their bodies. Those bodies are wonderful Raising Funds for Editing Proiects in Today's Economy Requires Creativity and Perseverance by Peter Engelman

ne review of The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger. Volume I: OThe Woman Rebel. 1900-1928, edited by Esther Katz, Cathy Moran Hajo and Peter Engelman (University of Illinois Press, 2003), characterized our effort as having been achieved with "monk-like dispassion. " We took it as a supreme compliment and validation of our objectivity as historical editors. It also prompted me to extend the metaphor and view our editing project like a monastery. It's not so far-fetched; there's a sense of asceticism inherent in our work - a kind of professional self-denial. And it is certainly quiet -most of the time. What is most similar, however, is the fact that we, like monks, are rather far-removed in our training and perspective from marketing strategies and capital campaigns. Yet we must raise a significant amount of money to do work that, even when it is most successful, goes largely unnoticed. To collect, select, transcribe, annotate and publish historical documents can take a very long time, well over a decade for a multi-volume edition. At the Sanger Project we work with collections amounting to over 200,000 documents, and it is a time-consuming feat just to keep track of them all. Historical editors follow specific principles and practices that cannot be compromised if the work is to be authoritative, useful, and lasting. These editions will presumably o~ly be done once if done well. It's an expensive endeavor with a limited pool of funding sources and a negligible monetary return. As editors, therefore, we spend a great deal of time raising money. Tliere is little comfort in knowing we are not alone; many if not most working in the It should be. Researchers in and outside of academia rely fields of public history and historical publishing are facing a on historical editions. A 1992 study on the use of historical similar experience. documents, initiated by the National Historical Publications and Historian Esther Katz started the Margaret Sanger Papers Records Commission (NHPRC), found substantial use of editions Project in 1987 to publish and make available the writings and by both amateur and professional researchers. Many cited their papers of the noted birth control reformer, Margaret Sanger ability to conduct more intensive and sophisticated research using (1879-1966). The project spent a number of years collecting transcribed, annotated, and indexed documents. A number of Sanger material from all over the world and working with two existing Sanger manuscript collections. We identified Is commodification next? Will mugs and t-shirts or and described each document and published a two-series, (as some have suggested) condoms with Sanger's image WI-reel microfilm edition. Currently we are near completion of the second volume of a four-volume book edition. on the wrapper soon be available to our donors? Sponsored by New York University, the Sanger Project employs Don't count on it. an editor / director and two associate editors as well as student assistants. While the University covers student wages and office space, money must be raised to meet editors' salaries and a host those surveyed opted to use editions to avoid the time and cos( of other expenses. This in not an unusual situation in the editing of traveling to a repository. At the Sanger Project we are inundated world, where the work, while valued by the historical community, with research requests. The material we have published or carries the stigma of an extra-curricular activity - somehow not mounted on our website has been used by all variety of historians, essential to the academic workplace. It often resides just outside filmmakers, medical researchers, journalists, both anti-abortion the mainstream academic community, and is seldom a funding and reproductive rights activists, and hundreds of students. priority. > continued on next page

______ad Fortunately, the National Endowment for the Humanities The constant quest for funding has also been a catalyst (NEH) and the NHPRC recognize the value of historical editing for our immersion in the Internet. The Project has recently and its lasting contribution to historical scholarship. These embarked on an Internet edition, The Public Speeches and Articles agencies supply over half of our annual budget. But that still of Margaret Sanger (1911-1959), which will take advantage of leaves us with a considerable amount of money to raise. Many technology to make these texts highly accessible. Such ventures private foundations have generously supported our work, but into new technology enable us to tap into new sources of funding. as our project has entered its second decade, it has become more Our popular web site (www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger) even includes and more difficult to approach the same foundations year after a link to a bookseller that returns us a small percentage year. Corporate funders have shown little interest in historical of sales. editions; we cannot offer them glitzy acknowledgments or product We have marketed the Project in more traditional ways as well: placement. We do not have a time-line that offers the immediate a short video, an exhibit, receptions, lectures and book signings - gratification many of them are looking for. all in an effort to raise sales of our editions, public interest in So we have had to learn to market and publicize our project Sanger and, of course, funds. Is commodification next? Will using the best resources available to us - the documents. mugs and t-shirts or (as some have suggested) condoms with Weare both blessed and cursed with the subject of our work. Sanger's image on the wrapper soon be available to our donors? Margaret Sanger remains a visible and highly controversial figure Don't count on it. today, demonized by the anti-choice right and sanctified by the The work of the historical editor in the current economic reproductive rights movement she founded. Her legacy both opens environment depends upon fund-raising ability as much as editing and closes doors. Every so often a controversy arises in the press proficiency. If we don't like it we might as well turn the work as to whether Sanger's intentions were (to simplify it) benevolent over to monks, if they can find the time between selling brandy and or evil. These flare-ups give us an opportunity to weigh in with beer and dog-training manuals and yoga videos and ... an expert opinion based on the documentary record, generating publicity for the Project. Peter Engelman is the associate editor of the Margaret Sanger We publish a newsletter three times a year to highlight these Papers at New York Uni'versiry, a writer and an archi'lJist. He is controversies, describe the resources we offer, and feature a graduate from the NYU program in Archival Management and Historical interesting articles about Sanger and the birth control movement. Editing and holds an M.A. in History and a B.A. in English. He also - It has become a successful fund-raising vehicle, attracting many attended the ],ystitute for the Editing of Historical Documents in Madison, small donations from individuals, an uncommon source of funding WI. He has 'tvritten widely on Margaret Sanger and the birth control for large editing projects. movement and writes and edits the Sanger Project's newsletter .

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When completed, one message of this memorial emerged: flowers faded they were replaced with a bouquet for Lucy and . that we must learn not to suppress ourselves. At the unveiling those flowers, too, began to roam. Members of the public have lspoke about what I'd learned from this project about ambition thus started to add their own symbolism to mine. · .and femininity, modesty and :' presentation.. I reminded Meredith Bergmann is : the audience that " ... we ...we are still at the beginning of a process a sculptor with 25 years · are still at the beginning of of fundamental change in human behavior: the liberation experience making work that .. ,a process of fundamental of women. This is not auiomatic, inevitable, or to be taken deals with complex themes in • change in human behavior: animderstandable, beautiful .. the Hberationot women. for granted .•. This mem~rialrel1iii1dsus that the human and stimulating way. Her This is not automatic, motto for her work is "to inevitable, or. to be taken for spirit craves something to do in life, to do urgentJ" graIned ..•This fuemorlal move, to, teach, and to reminds us that the human passionatell and· self~forgetfully. delight. " Her success as · spirit craves something to do .' " a creator of public art stems ")n life, to dourg~ritly. passionately, and self-forgetfully:" from her ability to make free. imaginative use of the forms and . My faVOrite phot~ of the unveiling ceremony doesn't show sYmoolsoftraditionaI sculpture to address, without simplification, the s.culptu~~ they are covered by people. and each pe~son is, . thc complex eoncemS ofmodeJnlife. Her workhasbeen shown eitheHouchiIlg the sculptures or pointing at something. When in gaileries, museums and parks and is in many c:orporate and ,:lviSited the.memorial a week afterthe unveiling I s~w that a i~stitutional collections. Her most reeentpubliccommission' was .",Jargebouquet of flowers had been placed' at Abigail's feet. The for the Boston Women's Memorial. Shei;~esinNew York aty .;.):It!xt dayj someone had broken off two red carnations and stuck with her husbarid and son. under Lucy;s fingers aIldbehind Philiis' >.:,then:i:; . ear~ Whentho~. will be selected from the group of state finalists. For more details on the Teacher of the Year program, visit: http://www.gilderlehrman. org/awards.html. For additional information on the Preserve America initiative, by Bruce Craig, Executive Director go to: http://www.PreserveAmerica.gov. [email protected] Smithsonian History Museum Exhibition to Focus on Military Preserve America Grant Program to Include History Component History - On 22 January 2004, officials of the Smithsonian - On 15 January 2004, Mrs. Laura Bush announced that a portion National Museum of American History (NMAH) announced of the president's proposed budget for FY 2005 will include $10 plans to open a $19 million permanent exhibit called "The Price million in "Preserve America" grants to assist communities in of Freedom" by Veterans Day 2004 (11 November). The 18,200- preserving their cultural and natural resources. The grants will square-foot exhibit will explore the topic of the nation's military seek to assist states, Indian tribes, and communities that can history, beginning with the French and Indian War in the 1750s demonstrate sustainable uses of their historic and cultural sites and culminating with the conflict in Afghanistan and the as well as foster economic and educational opportunities related Iraq war. to heritage tourism. The exhibition will use some 700 military-related artifacts "Preserve America" is a White House initiative designed in (including a military jeep and a helicopter) that will help tell cooperation with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the story of how Americans fought to establish the nation's the US Department of the Interior, and the US Department of independence, determined the nation's borders, shaped its values, Commerce. Hill insiders report that the proposed $10 million and defined its role in world affairs. Interactive stations, video earmark for the initiative will not include any "new monies," presentations, and first-person accounts will be integrated into rather, the funds will be made available "from existing programs." the interpretive narrative that, according to museum officials, As part of the "Preserve America" initiative announcement, will go beyond a mere survey of battles but instead will "examine Mrs. Bush discussed two related education efforts that will also wars as both social and military events." To that end, the be launched to enhance the teaching of history in classrooms. exhibition will analyze the relationship between wars and American First, in partnership with The History Channel's "Save Our political leadership, social values, technological innovation, and History" program, the administtation will support the creation personal sacrifice. According to NMAH director Brent Glass, the of a history education manual that will provide teachers with exhibition's goal is to "give visitors a comprehensive and memorable lesson plans and ideas on how to get students involved with the overview of America's military experience and the central role it preservation of historical sites in their communities. Second, in has played in our national life." partnership with The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American The exhibit will serve as the anchor for a newly renovated History, the administration will honor outstanding teachers of Military History Hall and is the first phase of a three-pronged American history with a new "'Preserve America' History Teacher renovation of the museum. The exhibit will be funded largely of the Year" award. State winners will receive $1,000 and a core from an $80 million gift to the museum by businessman archive of history materials for their school. The national winner Kenneth Behring.

ABOUT OUR MEMBERS on the new, OI~.-line encyclopedia of New Zealand for the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. She was a history lecturer Barbara Franco, who most recently served as the Executive at the University of Auckland from 1975 to 1983 and received Director of the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., has the University's Distinguished Alumni Award in 1997. Orange been appointed Director of the Pennsylvania Historical and has published widely on aspects of the Treaty of Waitangi, Museum Commission. including The Treaty ofWaitangi (1987), The Story of a Treaty (1989), and An LUustrated History of the Treaty ofWaitangi Claudia Orange has been appointed as Te Papa's Director of (1990). History and Pacific Cultures. Dr. Orange is a highly regarded historian with a distinguished career in this field. She has Robert Weible, formerly of the Division of History of the Pennsylvania most recently been the General EditorCli the Dictionary of Historical and Museum Commission, is the new Acting Director New Zealand Biography, a position she has held since 1990. of the Bureau of Archives and History, Pennsylvania Historical Dr. Orange was also Acting Chief Historian at the Department and Museum Commission. of Intemal Affairs from 1997 to 2000, and has·~orked - CAREERS IN HISTORY WORKSHOP atthe NATIONAL COUNCI L ON PUBLIC HISTORY JOINT MEETING WITH THE AMERICAN SOCIElY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY

Here is an opportunity to meet with public history professionals. Participants will learn about what they do and how they got to where they are. Perspectives include museums, historic preservation, archives, and work with historical agencies. The workshop will include an exercise on resumes and the hiring process. There will be limited on-site registration with preferences going to those who register for the conference in advance.

FriQC1Y, 2 April, 2004. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

For more informqtion, contqct )qy M. Price, workshop coordinator, at 316-978-7792 or bye-mailing to [email protected]. For more in(ormqtion on the NePHIASEH foint qnnuql meeting, go to www.ncph.org. orientation, we have an interesting opportunity to share perceptions and understandings of history, particularly those shaped by their pre-collegiate exposure to history. I have found that many students view history as simply the by David G. Vanderstel memorization of names and dates with maybe a little "context" [email protected] and "cause and effect" tossed in. Rarely do they see the applicability or relevance of history in contemporary society. Several history-related items in the news caught my attention When they make that comment, 1 describe those early 20th in recent months, so pardon me while I have an "Andy Rooney century historians who took a more progressive or applied view of moment." history and argued that knowing how we got to this place in time Once again, there were protests over the display of the "Enola might help us address the challenges that we face in contemporary Gay," now residing in its new home, the Air and Space Museum society. We also discuss the work of contemporary historians II at Dulles Airport. Japanese survivors objected to the absence who work "in the public's interest," especially those working of any historical interpretation about the bombing of the event; on environmental policy, Native American/ First Nations issues, the museum's director replied that the museum deals solely historic preservation, and historical interpretation at local, state, with "technical aspects," thereby dismissing any element of and national parks, monuments, museums, and other historic sites. historical interpretation of the aircraft. The students then begin to see the relevance and importance of A colleague informed me that "historian" is not a valid job the past to the present - indeed, one of those light bulb moments classification in the new database in which federal government for which all instructors wait! contractors must register to receive payment. "Editor" and Students also seem to be getting a better handle on multiple "sociologist" are indeed recognized, but not "historian." While perspectives in history. In attempting to get at the "truth" there are historians working throughout the government, why about the past, they are interested in learning about the "other aren't historians recognized as consultants? side of the story." They are curious about the conflicts and In the continuing debate over the war in Iraq, we continue differing viewpoints that have shaped events and realize that to hear references from the Administration about "revisionists" such complexity and multiple layers make the past that much who are seeking to rewrite the "real story" of the war-as if to more interesting. say that there is only one side to "history" and that history does Consequently, I see my students developing a stronger not include multiple perspectives. Sounds like yet another failure appreciation for the historian and recognizing the need for to comprehend what history really is and how it is done. the public to have greater faith in the words and works of the And, then the thing that really bothers me is the bombardment professional historian. They acknowledge that just as we turn of emails from the great electronic source of all knowledge. I am our pets over to professional veterinarians and our autos to amazed at how many people actually believe the stuff they find expert mechanics, the public should rely upon the professional from obscure sites on the Web and then disseminate so-called historian for insights into the past. "truth" to all those in their address books without taking the time I'm pleased that my students are learning to be more critical to verify the source or examine its context. "I had a real history about the past by asking probing questions about the reliability lesson," said one writer (whose forwarded message contained of sources and seeking the multiple voices from the past. On the numerous historical errors). "But, 1 found it on the Internet, other hand, I am concerned about those who do not want to face so it must be true!" (1 could make a career out of debunking the the complexity and depth of history and who choose instead to myths and falsehoods that seem to proliferate faster than rabbits!) live in some sort of "history fantasyland," populated by individuals Despite these disappointments, maybe there is hope! of mythological proportions and unreal events. I should probably ••• just delete those emails, shake my head, and acknowledge that I probably won't be able to change those individuals' minds anyway The arrival of January meant a new group of students in my "The Nature of History" class. The course, originally designed to and focus my energies on those students who are beginning to introduce non-history majors to the study and practice of history, realize the value of history. Maybe by demonstrating the usefulness has been a requirement for our museum studies certificate students of history and the importance of historical perspective in contemporary society, I'll be able to help nurture a small group of individuals since that program's inception. Last year, it became a requirement who will value history in their own lives. I hope that each one for all secondary education social studies majors. So, I have seen of us, through our own areas of work, will able to affect the enrollment jump from about one dozen students to nearly thirty be lives of our respective publics and assist in cultivating a deeper students each semester. One of the fascinating aspects of the class has proved to be the appreciation and understanding of history. In doing so, imagine the impact that we historians will have in shaping the future mix of the students' backgrounds, interests, and degree programs. perceptions and uses of history-as well as enhancing our As such, they come to the study of history from different angles. reputations as professionals. And since 1 conduct the class with a heavy public history

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and a one-page resume of the universities; and other museums and historic sites participant. The summary interested parties. that interpret this period, should specify the major Heritage Matters is published and announcements of digital The Maryland Historical Society primary and secondary sources twice annually and is available projects are welcome, as well invites applications for its Lord used in the research. Proposals on-line. Readers are encouraged as more customary history Baltimore Research Fellowships. should be for formal, footnoted to submit articles, information essays. For more details The Society offers four papers. The deadline for proposals on publications and projects, contact the editor: Professor fellowships each year designed is 26 March 2004. The Conference conference announcements, Alan Lessoff, Department to promote scholarship in takes place in Springfield, IL, and other notices. Submitted of History, lIIinois State Maryland history and culture 28-29 October 2004. Send material should be no more University, Campus Box through research in its library proposals to: Thomas F. than 600 words and should 4420, Normal, IL 61790- and museum collections. Schwartz, State Historian, include the author's name and 4420; email: [email protected]; Applications will be welcomed Illinois Historic Preservation affiliation. Submitters are or the Associate Editor for from independent scholars, Agency, 1 Old State Capitol encouraged to include color Public History: Professor graduate students, or university Plaza, Springfield, IL 62701- or black and white photographs Karen Cox, History faculty in any discipline 1507; phone 217-782-2118; or slides to accompany their Department, University of appropriate to its collections. fax 217-785-7937; e-mail: information (Electronic images North Carolina-Charlotte, While the fellowships are [email protected]; are welcome. 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The newsletter NW, (2251), Washington, in partnership with the Maryland 2004 to 31 May 2005. addresses historic preservation DC 20240, e-mail: Historical Society, is pleased Applications must be postmarked and cultural resources activities [email protected], fax: to announce the 150th by 1 April 2004. For more as they pertain to diverse 202371.2422. Deadline for Anniversary Speaker Series, information, go to http://www. communities. It informs submissions is 1 April 2004. a year-long program focusing mdhs.org/fellowship.html. preservation professionals To read past issues of Heritage on the USS Constellation, about what is taking place in Matters, visit the website at the Civil War Navy, and diverse communities, and offers http://www.cr.nps.gov/crdi other topics of 19th-century these communities information and click on "publications." maritime interest. From slave about programs and resources • • • trade interdiction, to maritime from which they may benefit. The Journlll of the Gilded Age archeology, to the experience Proposals for individual papers With a circulation of nearly lind Progressive Erll invites of the African-American sailor, or panels on any aspect of two thousand, Heritage Matters manuscripts on any aspect of to the rations of 19th-century lIlinois' history, culture, politics, has a broad readership around public history in the United sailors and officers, this geography, literature, and the nation. The audience States between roughly 1870 program, presented by some archaeology are requested for includes National Park Service and 1920. Published by the of the nation's preeminent the Conference on Illinois History. and other Federal, State, and Society for Historians of the authorities on their respective The Conference welcomes local cultural resource Gilded Age and Progressive subjects, offers a wide range submissions from professional management staff; private Era, this is the only journal of topics for all those interested and avocational historians, sector partners in the historic specifically devoted to this in our nation's maritime and graduate students, and those preservation and cultural decisive period in formative naval history. All presentations engaged in the study of Illinois resource management fields; period for regions and localities will take place in the Maryland history at libraries, historic professors and students at throughout the United States. Historical Society's France sites, museums, and historical HBCUs, Hispanic-Serving lIIustrated essays and essays on Merrick Han, 201 West Societies. Each proposal should Institutions, Tribal Colleges, material culture, preservation Monument Street, on the include a summary of the topic and other colleges and and the built environment, third Thursday of each i t~ 11 month, with the program educators, researchers and the will have the opportunity reproductive endocrinology _ commencing at 7:00 pm. general public. to contribute to the site by the study of hormones involved The project seamlessly weaves anonymously relating their in reproduction ~ and explains Some upcoming events include: together photo collections from own experiences with the the radioimmunoassay's -15 April 2004 ~ "The Slave Trade twelve distinct organizations home pregnancy test. usefulness both for early Confronted: Captain Bell's from across King County into The home pregnancy test pregnancy detection and for Voyage," presented by Dr. C. one comprehensive, searchable works by identifying the monitoring tumors in certain Herbert Gilliland, professor of database. Each group maintains presence of the "pregnancy types of cancer. Included in English at the United States its own digital collection, yet hormone," human chorionic the on-line exhibit is a glossary Naval Academy all are virtually combined at gonadotropin (hCG), in urine. of scientific terms. www.kcsnapshots.org. Funding Research that led to a NIH is working with the -ll June 2004 ~ "A Navy in for this project came from the sensitive, accurate test for Center for History and New Transition: From Sail to federal government's Institute hCG was done by scientists Media (CHNM) at George Steam; Wood toIron,"presented of Museum and Library Services in the Reproductive Research Mason University in Virginia by Dr. Craig Symonds, professor in the form of a 2001 National Branch of the National to collect visitors' experiences of Naval History at the United Leadership Grant. Software to Institute of Child Health with the home pregnancy test. States Naval Academy organize and post the images on and Human Development Personal narratives submitted the web came from local (NICHD) at NIH. The will become part of the web - 15 July 2004 ~ "The Ci vil War at company DiMeMa, licensed to exhibit includes excerpts site exhibit, and all responses Sea," presented by Mark Hayes the University of Washington. from interviews with the two will be permanently archived of the Naval Historical Center, Groups taking part in the principal scientists whose work for future students and Washington, DC project include: Black Heritage led to the development of the scholars. Visitors to the web Society of Washington State, test, Judith Vaitukaitis, M.D., site therefore have a unique - 19 August 2004 ~ "The Misery Inc.; Eastside Heritage Center; and Glenn Braunstein, M.D. opportunity to add their own Station: Fighting the Slave Maple Valley Historical Society; The web site introduces voices to the history of the Trade," presented by Ed Bearss, Northwest Railway Museum; visitors to the science of pregnancy test. Historian Emeritus of the Puget Sound Maritime National Park Service Historical Society; Rainier Valley Historical Society; - 16 September 2004 ~ "CSS Renton Historical Museum; Hunley: Recovered and Shoreline Historical Museum; Raised," presented by Mark White River Valley Museum; NC The National Council on Public History Ragan, historian at The and Wing Luke Asian Museum. promotes the application of historical Hunley Project. • •• PH scholarship outside the university in An on-line exhibit, sponsored government, business, historical societies, preservation by the Office of National Institutes organizations, archives, libraries, professional associations, of Health History, marking the and public interest groups. 25th anniversary of the For details contact NCPH President James Gardner, commercial introduction of After two years of work, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, the home pregnancy test is twelve Seattle and King County P.O. Box 37012, MRC 664, Washington, DC 20013-7012; now available on the World heritage organizations led by (202) 357-1835; E-mail [email protected]; or David G. Wide Web at: the Museum of History and Industry Vanderstel, NCPH Executive Director, Cavanaugh 327, http://www.history.nih.gov (MOHAI) and the University IUPUI, 425 University Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202-5140; /exhibits/thinblueline. The of Washington Libraries has (17) 274-2716; E-mail: ncph@iupuLedu. exhibit includes a historical launched a new website that timeline of pregnancy testing, For change of address, write UC Press, 2000 Center St., provides unparalleled access portrayals of the pregnancy Suite 303, Berkeley, CA 94704-1223. to 12,000 historical images of test in popular culture, and people, places and events in scientific background on Submissions to Public History News should be sent to King County, Washington. the research that led to the DavidG. Vanderstel, Editor, at the address above. The site, www.kcsnapshots.org, development of the test. is now available to students, Visitors to the on-line exhibit NCPH ELECTION RESULTS The NCPH Executive Offices are pleased to announce the results of the recent NCPH She has co-authored several local histories, including Louisville elections. New officers and board members will assume their duties at the end of (Images of America Series for Arcadia Publishing, 2001) and Riverside: The Restoration of a Way of Life (1998) and contributed the upcoming NCPH annual meeting in Victoria. to the Encyclopedia of Louisville. Neary, who joined NCPH as a graduate student in the Loyola University Chicago Public Robert Weible has been elected Vice President of NCPH. For History program, has served on the NCPH Consultants, many years, Weible was chief of the Division of History with the Finance, and Cultural Resources Management committees. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission until recently Donald L. Stevens, Jr. is the Senior Historian and Co-Leader of being appointed acting director of the Bureau of Archives and the History Program in the Midwest Region of the National Park History, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Service. In this position, he is involved with supporting cultural He also currently serves as the project director of two Teaching resources management and interpretive programs in parks in American History Grants. Previously, Weible was the historian at a thirteen-state area through coordinating, performing, and Lowell National Historical Park in Massachusetts during the park's managing history research, assisting with Section 106 compliance, formative years (1979-1989). He has written on industrialization and participating in cultural resources management planning. and the history of Lowell, including The World of the Industrial The work is done in collaboration with a wide range of Revolution: Comparatit'e and International Aspects of Industrialization professionals, such as archeologists, ethnographers, historical and edited The Continuing Revolution: A History of Lowel/, architects and landscape architects, museum specialists, and more. Massachusetts and several volumes of Essays from the Lowell Stevens joined the National Park Service in 1987 after completing Conference on Industrial History. Weible has been an active his Ph.D. in applied history and social sciences at Carnegie Mellon member of NCPH since 1980, serving on the Nominating University. Since 1999, he has served on the editorial bQard of Committee, three Program Committees, a Local Arrangements The Public Historian. He is co-founder (with Ted Karamanski Committee, the History in the National Parks Committee, and of Loyola University Chicago) of the Great Lakes Public History the Johnson Prize Committee. He has also made presentations Workshop, which NCPH has co-sponsored with the National at many NCPH conferences and written a number of reviews and Park Service and the Public History Program of Loyola University. articles for The Public Historian. Weible has worked with various Individuals elected to fill two slots on the Nominating professional organizations, including OAH, AHA, AASLH, and Committee include Patricia Mooney-Melvin and Constance Schulz. the Pennsylvania Historical Association. Pat Mooney-Melvin has been involved in the Public History Those elected to fill three board positions include Emily Program at Loyola University Chicago since 1989, serving as Greenwald, Donna Neary, and Donald L. Stevens, Jr. director of the program between 1990 and 2001. Previous to Emily Greenwald is a historian with Historical Research that, Mooney-Melvin helped to establish and then directed the Associates, Inc., in Missoula, Montana, where she is doing Public History Program at the University of Arkansas at Little research and writing in Native American history for use in Rock (1981-1989). She has been a curator in the History Division litigation. She first worked as a public historian after college, of the Ohio Historical Society and a guest curator for exhibits at doing historical research for a law firm representing the Minnesota The Old State House (Arkansas) and the College of Wooster Chippewa in a suit against the US. She received her Ph.D. in (Ohio) and served as project director or consultant for various history, specializing in Native American and environmental projects in museums, historical societies, archives, and history, from Yale University and subsequently taught for eight elementary Imiddle schools. Over the years, Mooney-Melvin has years at Bowdoin College and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. held several positions with NCPH, including President, Secretary, She is the author of Reconfiguring the Reservation: The Nez Perces. Board member, committee chair, and committee member. the }icarilla Apaches, and the Dawes Act (New Mexico, 2002). Connie Schulz has been co-director or director of the Public Donna M. Neary is president of Donna M. Neary, Inc., a historical History Program at the University of South Carolina for the past consulting firm in Louisville, Kentucky. Neary began her business 18 years. She has written frequently on the importance of public in 2000, following seven years as Administrator of the Jefferson history education, most recently in Gardner and LaPaglia's Public County historic preservation and archives office in Louisville. History: Essays from the Field, and edited and contributed an essay Among her clients are Louisville Stoneware; the Kentucky Derby to the joint NCPHI AHA pamphlet, Careers for Students of History. Museum; Jerry Bruckheimer Productions, Inc., and the Lexington, Schulz has been a member of NCPH since 1985, serving on the KY Convention and Visitors Bureau. She has years of experience Board of Directors and the Membership Committee and in public history, working for government, non-profit entities, and participating in the annual meetings. for private individuals and corporations. Neary has collaborated According to the NCPH Bylaws, Vice President Sharon Babaian on history and archaeology educational programs, taught courses will assume the presidency of the organization at the end of the on local history and historic preservation topics for Bellarmine > continued on next page University, and served on historic preservation commissions. NCPH ELEGION RESULTS (onlinuedfrompage 13 upcoming annual meeting. Babaia!1 has been a historian with Her publications include Radio Communication in Canada: An the Canada Science and Technology Museum since 1988, Historical and Technological Survey (1992) and The Most Benevolent researching and writing reports on the history of various Machine: An Historical Assessment of Cycles in Canada (1998). She technologies in Canada. Prior to this position, she worked as a has been very active in NCPH since joining in 1993, serving on the researcher and writer for Alberta Culture at both the Reynolds­ Membership Committee, Program Committee for the 1996 Seattle Alberta Museum and the Historic Sites Service. Babaian received conference, Local Arrangements chair for the 2001 Ottawa meeting, her B.A. and M.A. in history from the University of Manitoba and and as Secretary-Treasurer. her Master's in Public Administration from Queen's University.

ENDOWMENT UPDATE

he NCPH Endowment Campaign continues to make steady NCPH thanks the following contributors to the endowment Tprogress towards the goal of raising $90,000 over the next since 1 December 2003: three years in order to receive $30,000 in matching funds from A & P Historical Resources Donna M. Neary the National Endowment for the Humanities. During the end Marianne Babal Bruce Noble Jr. of the year campaign, members and friends of NCPH contributed Robert G. Barrows Ellen Nore over $7,000 to the effort. To date, NCPH has raised approximately Beth Boland Martha Norkunas $16,000 towards this year's goal of $30,000. This critical goal J.D. Bowers Alan M. Paterson must be reached by the end of June 2004. Bruce Bustard Gale E. Peterson Andrew J. Butrica Lindsey Reed NCPH established its endowment over ten years ago, intending Emily P. Conrad Debra Ann Reid the fund to ensure the future stability of the organization. Kathy Corbett Vivien Rose Over the years, the endowment has supported the annual Michael Devine Philip V. Scarpino awards program and provided support for professional John R. Dichtl Constance B. Schulz development workshops. But, the NCPH Board envisions Laura Feller Susan M. Stacy more for the endowment, hence the need to "grow" the fund. Nancy Fetterman Ivan Steen Flume Creek Jeffrey Stine The Endowment will: Historical Services Brit Allan Storey • enable NCPH to move towards supporting a full-time Lee Formwalt Noel J. Stowe Executive Directorate James B. Gardner T. Reed Underhill, Jr. Murney Gerlach Jannelle Warren-Findley • expand the awards program to recognize contributions Francis R. Gilmore Robert Weible to and achievements in public history Otis Graham, Jr. Joan Zenzen Andrew Gulliford • provide professional development opportunities Alison K. Hoagland For more information on how you for practicing historians and career guidance assistance Pamela Holtman can help NCPH reach its goals for students Barbara Howe for the NEH Challenge Grant, Rebecca M. Johnson contact the NCPH Executive • expand the NCPH publications program JRP Historical Offices at 317.274.2716 or Consulting Services email: ncph@iupuLedu • establish new outreach activities and continuing education Erin K. Kelley programs to promote the study and practice of public history David Kyvig You may send your gifts Harry Klinkhamer and pledges to: • provide research support for curriculum-based public history Nobuko Krych NCPH Executive Offices programs and projects Priscilla J. McMillan 425 University Boulevard Randall M. Miller Cavanaugh 327 • support other special projects and initiatives. Gregory Mobley Indianapolis, IN 46202 Morgan Angel All gifts are tax-deductible. & Associates The National Council on Public History NC invites you to participate in the exciting PH and diverse world of public history. .IIPu ...... BLIc HISTORY. N What is public history? Iil'TorvF[ EWS ::?_STr<.rvG~/J> 0.... 1<0 • • I\UG~"\AI N COAfA.lJThtfNT • Engages the public in history and enhances their TOCUL1trRE AND understanding of the value and uses of history in society • Utilizes historical skills and analysis to address contemporary issues • Makes professional historians aware of their responsibilities to serve diverse audiences • Works to improve the teaching and presentation of history at all levels and in assorted forms

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