New Orleans: a City Historically at Risk

OHIO ACADEMY OF HISTORY NEWSLETTER SPRING 2011

“Diagram showing What’s Inside: the inundated District Sauvé’s Crevasse May 3rd New Orleans: A City Historically 1849. Facsimilie of an old at Risk 1 drawing.” From Report on the Social Statistics Call for Submissions for Fall of Cities, Compiled by 2011 Newsletter 1 George E. Waring, Jr., United States. Census 2011 Spring meeting information 3 Office, Part II, 1886. Courtesy of the University News and Announcements 4 of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas Quit Dreaming: The Religious at Austin. Right is Here to Stay 5

Amendments to the Constitution to be Voted on at the Spring Meeting 7 New Orleans: Big Changes at the Ohio Historical Society! 8 A City Historically at Risk Fall Meeting Minutes 9 Over its nearly three centuries of existence, Many of the old buildings that attract tourists New Orleans has had numerous nicknames: to the French Quarter are consequently Span- Financial Report 10 “The Gateway to the Mississippi Valley,” ish, not French, in design. After the Americans “The Paris of the United States,” “America’s gained control in 1803, the disasters seemingly Distinguished Historian Most Interesting City” and the “Crescent assumed a cyclical pattern. Each spring the Award Winner 11 City.” Two more recent designations have melting snow and ice in the Midwest swelled Executive Council and Officers 12 been “The City That Care Forgot” and “The the waters of the Mississippi River and Big Easy,” an apparent creation of the 1970s. threatened to inundate the city. Each summer, Nominations for Spring 2011 Both of the latter refer to the light-hearted increasing heat brought the danger of rampant Meeting 13 reputation of the city, its renown for good disease. food, hot music, historic places and loose In 1849, for instance, a cholera epidemic living. What happens in New Orleans may ravaged the community, killing three thousand. not stay there, but it is often fun and frequently Four years later, a yellow fever outbreak Call for Submissions for pretty wild. Thoughts of New Year’s Eve on carried away more than twelve thousand souls, Fall 2011 Newsletter Bourbon Street and “earning” beads during one in every fifteen residents. Local wags joked Mardi Gras come rapidly rushing to the fore. darkly that the absence of able-bodied work- Mayor Mitch Landrieu and the New men would soon force the dead to dig their own Orleans Convention Bureau and the Chamber graves. In 1878, another yellow fever epidemic The Ohio Academy of History requests of Commerce are quick to assure tourists devastated New Orleans and much of the Mis- news and announcements from mem- that the city is still open for business, but sissippi Valley, causing 20,000 deaths. Floods bers for the Fall 2011 Ohio Academy few Americans could ignore the devastation also took their toll. In 1849, the collapse of a caused by Hurricane Katrina six years ago. No levee near Carrollton, a suburb, sent a torrent of History newsletter. We are interest- rational human being could deny that the city of water surging toward the metropolis that ed in hearing about promotions, new suffered a major wound and, for a variety of ultimately inundated 220 city blocks. For more appointments, publications, conference reasons ranging from governmental incompe- than forty days, New Orleans was underwater. presentations, grants received, prizes tence to corruption to media fatigue, recovery On any given day, one thousand boats of has proceeded slowly. New Orleans suffered various sizes plied the town’s currents. The and awards, retirements, obituaries, damage unprecedented in the history of urban New Orleans Weekly Delta deemed the flood etc. Please send your department’s America. What most observers, however, do “one of the most destructive calamities which news and announcements to Dr. Martin not realize is that devastation is no stranger ever visited our city.” Authorities made to the citizens of New Orleans. Since its the Global Ballroom downtown a refuge Wainwright at mwainwright@uakron. founding, the cataclysmic woes of fire, flood and pitched sixty tents on the Place d’Armes edu by July 15, 2011. and pestilence have befallen the Crescent City. (present-day Jackson Square), but these During the late eighteenth century, uncon- measures could not accommodate all of trolled conflagrations upon two occasions the victims. Many who found their way to destroyed large sections of the colonial town. dry ground had no shelter. In 1927 the city 1 New Orleans: A City Historically at Risk (Continued) narrowly escaped the wrath of the great flood percent of the city’s residents lacked electricity, Schiro successfully lobbied Congress to obtain that destroyed the Lower Mississippi Valley. and over 200,000 homes had no telephone specific aid for New Orleanians. The Betsy In the twentieth century, medical science service. Several low-lying areas battled Act helped residents to rebuild and paved and technology brought some relief from these flooding. In the Ninth Ward, a levee breach on the way for federal flood insurance. Philip C. calamities. Walter Reed’s discovery that the the Industrial Canal sent water crashing into a Ciaccio, Ninth Ward councilman and mosquito was the vector for yellow fever led neighborhood of mainly working-class people, the mayor’s political foe, acknowledged that to the prevention and treatment of that disease. black and white. The flooding continued into Schiro subsequently channeled municipal and In 1905 New Orleans suffered its last yellow adjacent St. Bernard Parish. Many sections federal funds into his district because the need fever epidemic. Improved sanitation and of the city resembled vast inland seas with was so great. The mayor’s effort ultimately inoculations, furthermore, spelled the end people clinging desperately to rooftops. One fostered the emergence of independent African of other horrible illnesses. In 1928 Congress observer estimated that there were 65,000 American black political organizations that passed a flood control act that provided refugees. would profoundly affect the future. Until his $325,000,000 for the construction of spillways As Mayor Victor H. Schiro and his staff death, Victor Schiro proudly accepted the title, and levees that would regulate the flow toured the city to assess damage and to the “Hurricane Mayor.” of the Mississippi River. address problems, the chief executive made Hurricane Betsy, of course, was not Medical knowledge and federal dollars, two important decisions. The first was to quell Katrina. In 1965, the damage that the city however, could not subdue the elements; crazy rumors. The mayor resolved this matter sustained was paltry in comparison to the hurricanes still vexed the Crescent City. The in an unintentionally humorous way. During devastation that Katrina wrought. In August first recorded storm befell Spanish explorers a television interview, Schiro advised citizens 2005, eighty percent of the city was under- near the mouth of the Mississippi River and not to believe any false rumors “unless they water and 500,000 residents were scattered to damaged their ships on October 23, 1527. In came from him.” His second decision was a the winds. Those who stayed behind were in 1722, four years after the founding of New more sober realization that city government dire straits. Damage to transportation routes Orleans, a hurricane destroyed the St. Louis could not cope with the crisis. The mayor and communications was unprecedented. The church, the area hospital and numerous dwell- declared, “This is the most serious thing that government, with its ponderous bureaucracy, ings, convincing many observers that the site has ever happened to us. There has been noth- became a hindrance, not an aid as it had been was unfit for the colonial capital. While ing comparable in my lifetime.” Schiro called in Vic Schiro’s time. detection and tracking of the dreaded tropical the White House. One former resident has recently pro- cyclones improved during the twentieth With the Louisiana congressional delega- claimed that the city is dead, worthy of an century, modern meteorology still provided tion’s powerful backing, the mayor convinced obituary, but the Crescent City’s demise, like no means to control them. President Lyndon B. Johnson to come to that of Mark Twain, has been greatly exag- On September 29, 1915, for example, New Orleans. LBJ at first begged off, vowing gerated. Today’s New Orleans has shared one a fierce hurricane struck New Orleans. The to send his best man. Senator Russell Long vital quality with its earlier versions. It keeps violence of the storm caused five million retorted, “We aren’t…interested in your best coming back. As the words on a makeshift dollars in damage and called into question man.” Johnson originally planned to fly into sign propped alongside a flooded building the reliability of the ten-foot levees that the city, make a speech and depart. Schiro, announced in proper Crescent City vernacu- supposedly protected the city. 275 people in however, convinced the president to visit lar, “Dawlin,’ the Big Easy will rise again.” the region died, a number that included many the Ninth Ward and view the flooded areas Amid the elements of despair, there are citizens who refused to evacuate low-lying personally. The experience moved Johnson. indications of hope. The FEMA trailers are on areas despite adequate warning of the impend- He told the diminutive Schiro, “Little Mayor, the way out. The tourist industry is rebound- ing storm. In August 1947, a storm with a this is horrible. I’ve never seen anything like ing. The number of tourists is not so great, but diameter of twenty-five miles passed directly it in my life.” LBJ promised to place federal the amount that they are spending is. Despite over the city. Adjacent Jefferson Parish was resources at the city’s disposal and stated, numerous delays, individuals have taken it under six feet of water. The runways at Moisant “all red tape [will] be cut.” On September 12, upon themselves to rebuild. It may seem odd International Airport flooded, forcing 1965, two days after the presidential visit, for a modern southern metropolis to follow the closing of the recently opened facility. Johnson sent Schiro a lengthy telegram that the principles of a nineteenth-century New Once more the levees designed to protect outlined the extent of federal aid to the city. England philosopher, but New Orleanians the Crescent City proved inadequate. Damage Much of this promised assistance was already are practicing Ralph Waldo Emerson’s self in the community approached $100 million in operational. reliance. Although there is more than a little value. Seventeen years later, officials feared Schiro coordinated cooperative efforts evidence of tremendous amounts of work that Hurricane Hilda would strike New Orleans of city, state and federal officials. The mayor still to be done, Lakeview and Broadmoor directly. Although the storm spawned three conducted weekly meetings with municipal are doing well. So are the French Quarter tornadoes that did considerable damage in department heads and representatives of all and uptown. The Superdome, once a hellish the Louisiana metropolis, the worst of the involved state and federal agencies. Each “refuge” from the storm, is again open and destruction occurred elsewhere and there were official had a specific assignment and each revamped and, in 2010, the hometown Saints no deaths. The residents of the Crescent City made a regular report. Schiro was also careful brought the NFL’s Lombardi Trophy to had dodged a bullet. The following year, to invite the municipal councilmen, the “city’s town. The streetcars run again on St. Charles their luck would change. board of directors,” to these meetings and to Avenue. The musicians’ village in the Ninth On September 9, 1965, Hurricane Betsy seek their assistance. By September 17, the Ward is taking shape. Mardi Gras and dealt the city a cruel blow. The “category three” city was dry, evacuees were returning home Bourbon Street remain vital—loud, too. storm created a night of terror and confusion. and municipal services approached normal. Katrina highlighted issues of class, race, Collapsed power poles, downed trees and When it became evident that existing crime and poverty that have unfortunately damaged buildings were everywhere. Eighty federal financial assistance was not adequate, plagued New Orleans for decades and caught

2 Ohio Academy Of History ANNUAL MEETING the attention of a national audience that would do well to look within as well as without. The hurricane, however, masked one of the 8-9 April 2011 Crescent City’s finest qualities, the great reality Denison University, Granville, Ohio that its citizens love her. Despite the woes and the problems, real though they are, New Orlea- Full Program is available on Ohio Academy website nians cannot fathom living elsewhere. Before at www.ohioacademyofhistory.org. Katrina, a Gallop poll determined that over Registration in the Atrium of Burton Morgan Building fifty percent of local citizens were “extremely satisfied” with life in the Crescent City. Few Friday April 8, 2011 other American cities could match that percent- • Executive Council Meeting, 12:00-2:00 pm (Burton-Morgan 219) age. Then, of course, what other American • Concurrent Sessions, 2:00-3:30 pm cities have gumbo, Mardi Gras, Jazzfest, the • Presidential Panel, 3:45-5:00 pm (Burton-Morgan 115) French Quarter, Lake Ponchartrain, the Garden “Content and Praxis, How Great History Teaching Can Make Great University Students” District, Bourbon Street, Antoine’s and Bren- • Dinner Break, 5:00-7:00 pm. Dinner is not included in the registration fee. nan’s, Dooky Chase and Mother’s, eighteenth- • Plenary Session, 7:00 pm. (Burton Morgan 115) century architecture, beignets, above-ground Address by Ohio Academy of History Distinguished Historian, cemeteries, streetcars, second lines and Drew Alonzo L. Hamby, Distinguished Professor of History (ret.), Ohio University Brees? As a nineteenth-century visitor once “The United States, Exceptional Nation? A Historical Inquiry” remarked, the city always seemed to be between • Reception (to follow immediately in the Atrium of Burton Morgan until 9:00 pm) a parade and a ball. In 1879, after the yellow fever epidemic, Lafcadio Hearn, a more Saturday April 9, 2011 perceptive journalist from the North, wrote • Continental Breakfast, 8:00 am (in the Atrium) of New Orleans, “Its condition is so bad that • Concurrent Session II, 9:00-10:30 am when I write about it, as I intend to do soon, • Concurrent Session III, 10:45-12:15 pm nobody will believe I am telling the truth. • Buffet Luncheon, 12:30-2:15 pm (admission by ticket only), But it is better to live here in sackcloth and Business Meeting and Presidential Address—Thomas C. Sosnowski, Kent State ashes than to own the whole state of Ohio.” University, “À la Recherche du temps perdu: A Paean to a Laudatory Past and Octogenerial Triumphs” (Welsh Hills Room, Burton Morgan Building) By Edward F. Haas • Concurrent Session IV, 2:30-3:30 pm Edward F. Haas, professor of history at Wright State University and a New Orleans Accommodations native, has written two books on the history A list of suggested hotels can be found at www.ohioacademyofhistory.org. of the Crescent City and is the co-author of Louisiana; A History. Directions to Denison BY CAR: Denison’s 900-acre hillside campus is in Granville, Ohio, just 27 miles east of Columbus, the state capital. Driving times from Cleveland and Cincinnati are approximately 2 hours 30 minutes. From the East, West and South: Take Interstate 70. Granville is 10 miles north of I-70 (Exit 126) on Ohio Route 37 West. When Route 37 turns off on the divided highway outside of Granville, continue straight ahead on Ohio Route 661 into Granville. Route 661 takes you to the center of Granville. At the traffic light, continue north on North Main Street one block to the main campus entrance. New this year: From the North: THE BOOK EXCHANGE Exit Interstate 71 at Bellville and take Ohio Route 13 south into Mt.Vernon. From there, Ohio Route 661 south will bring you the 23 miles to the North Gate entrance of Denison. Please bring one, two or three BY AIR: new or gently used books that Port Columbus International Airport is the nearest major airport. When coming from the airport the best route is to take I-670 east to I-270 north, exit at Route 161 east. Stay on 161 all the way may be of use to your fellow to Granville (note that 161 becomes highway #37 about 5 miles west of Granville). Take the scholars. Your badge is your second Granville exit, follow 661 north to the center of Granville where you reach a stoplight entrée to the Book Exchange. at Broadway and Main. Continue on North Main one block to the entrance to the campus. The Denison Campus: The OAH asks for a modest Google map with Granville and campus streets at: http://www.denison.edu/maps/index.html financial donation per book Campus map: http://www.denison.edu/admissions/denison_campus_map.pdf Parking: Visitor parking in the underground parking garage beneath the Reese-Shackelford that you wish to take home. Common (B on the map) and in the lot next to Swasey Chapel (16 on the map). Proceeds will benefit the Junior Registration: In the Atrium of the Burton-Morgan Building (10 on the map) enter from level 1 Faculty Research Award fund. on the east end of the parking garage or from the Reese-Shackelford Common.

3 News and Announcements

Bowling Green State University Luke Nichter was named the recipient of America, 1740-1840,” 2010. She pub- Retirements: the 2009-2010 Distinguished Disserta- lished “Harriet Newell’s Story: Women, BGSU would like to acknowledge the tion Award given by the Bowling Green the Evangelical Press, and the Foreign retirement of a number of valued col- State University Graduate College. His Mission Movement” in A History of leagues over the past three years, each dissertation, “Richard Nixon and Europe: the Book in America, vol. 2, ed. after decades of dedicated service. The Confrontation and Cooperation, 1969- Robert A. Gross and Mary Kelley (Univer- Department will miss our distinguished 1974,” also won the History Department’s sity of North Carolina Press, 2010) colleagues, and wishes them well in their Outstanding Dissertation and the 2009 and “Canonizing Harriet Newell: Women, future endeavors: Gary Hess, Tom Knox, Ohio Academy of History Disserta- the Evangelical Press, and the Foreign Ken Kiple, Larry Daly, Jim Forse, tion Prize. Don K. Rowney and Eugene Mission Movement in New England, Lillian Ashcraft-Eason and Don Rowney Huskey published Russian Bureaucracy 1740-1840” in Competing Kingdoms: and the State: Russian Officialdom from Women, Mission, Nation, and the Ameri- Publications, honors and other news: Alexander III to Vladimir Putin (Palgrave/ can Protestant Empire, 1812-1960, ed. Amilcar Challu was awarded the Ger- MacMillian, 2009). Barbara Reeves-Ellington, Kathryn schenkron Prize for best economic history Kish Sklar, and Connie A. Shemo (Duke dissertation on a non-US topic in 2008. He Ron Seavoy published Extinction: The University Press, 2010). She also was also published Living Standards in Latin Future of Humanity (Hancock House, awarded a Teaching American History/ American History, edited by R. Salvatore, 2010). U.S. Department of Education Grant, J. Coatsworth and A. Challú (DRCLAS- “Voices of America,” in conjunction with Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Capital University the Ohio Historical Society, Hamilton Retirements: 2010) and has been awarded a National City Schools, Lakota Local Schools, and Kay Slocum, Professor of History and Endowment for the Humanities Fellow- Mason City Schools, ongoing, $1 million. holder of the Gerhold Chair in the Human- ship (2010/11) for a project entitled “The Mary Kupiec Cayton and Stephen Norris ities. Harry Jebsen, Professor of History Political Economy of Hunger in Bourbon were awarded a National History Center/ Mexico, 1730-1820.” Publications, honors and other news: Teagle Foundation Grant, “The History Ed Danziger published Great Lakes Indian Andrew Carlson published Kossoye: A Major and Preparation for Global Citizen- Accommodation and Resistance during Village Life In Ethiopia (Red Sea Press, ship,” 2010 2010). the Early Reservation Years, 1850-1900 David M. Fahey published The Women’s (University of Michigan Press, 2009). Tom Maroukis published The Peyote Temperance Crusade in Oxford, Ohio, Beth Griech-Polelle co-edited (with Road: Religious Freedom and the Native 2010. Christina Guenther), Trajectories of American Church (University of Okla- Mary Frederickson was awarded a fel- Memory: Intergenerational Representa- homa Press, 2010). Listed in Southwest lowship, Woodrow Wilson Center United tions of the Holocaust in History and Books of the Year Best Reading 2010.” the Arts (Cambridge Scholars Publish- States Study Program, 2010. Alexander Pantsov published Rasskazy ing, 2008), and edited the anthology, Charlotte Newman Goldy is serving as o Mao Zedone (in Russian, Tales of Mao The Nuremberg War Crimes Trial and Interim Chair for the current academic year. Its Policy Consequences Today (Nomos Zedong) 2 vols., 2009 and translated Press, 2009). Clouds In the Snow: The Poems of Mao Erik N. Jensen was promoted to Associate Zedong (from Chinese to Russian), 2010. Professor. He published Body by Weimar: Ruth Herndon co-edited (with John E. Athletes, Gender and German Modernity, Murray), Children Bound to Labor: Miami University (Oxford University Press, 2010). Pauper Apprenticeship in Early America Publications, honors and other news: (Cornell University Press, 2009). Martin Johnson, Michael Carrafiello, Michael Carrafiello was promoted to Full Johanna Moyer, Robert Meckley, and Scott Martin published Devil of the Professor in 2010. George Vascik were awarded multiple Domestic Sphere: Temperance, Gender Andrew Cayton has been elected President grants, Teaching American History/U.S. and Middle Class Ideology, 1800-1860 of the Society for Historians of the Early Department of Education, “America’s (Northern Illinois University Press, 2008). American Republic, 2011-12. Journey,” “Journey to Freedom,” in Lillian Ashcraft-Eason edited Women and conjunction with Hamilton City Schools, New Africana Religions (Greenwood, Mary Kupiec Cayton has stepped down Fairfield City Schools, Princeton City 2009). as Chair of the History Department after Schools, Middletown City Schools, five years’ service. She was awarded a Gary Hess published Vietnam: Explain- ongoing, totaling about $6.4 million. Research Fellowship, Boston Athenaeum/ ing America’s Lost War (Wiley/Blackwell, Congregational Library, “‘A Divine and Kevin Osterloh was awarded a fellowship, 2008) and was named Ohio Academy of Supernatural Light’: Religious Emotion Loeb Classical Library Foundation, Har- History Distinguished Historian 2009. and the Rise of Evangelical Culture in vard University Press, “Virtuous Sons of

4 Abraham: Judean Identity in a Hellenistic in Postwar Germany, Avinoam Patt and Wright State University World under Rome,” 2009-10. Michael Berkowitz, eds. (Wayne State Publications, honors and other news: Carla Gardina Pestana will begin a term as University Press), 2010 and “The Black Jonathan Winkler of Wright State Uni- Chair in July 2010. She published Protes- Market in History and Memory: German versity has been awarded the 2010 Paul tant Empire: Religion and the Making of Perceptions of Victimhood from 1945- Birdsall Prize in European Military and the British Atlantic World (University of 1948,” German History, Volume 28, Strategic History by the American Pennsylvania Press, 2009) and was named Issue 4, December 2010: 479-497. Historical Association for his work Guggenheim Fellow, “Atlantic Origins Bill Kerrigan was named the Arthur B. Nexus. The Birdsall Prize is awarded of Imperialism,” 2010. and Eloise Cole Distinguished Chair in “biennially for the most important work on European military or strategic his- Daniel Prior published “Travels of Mount American History and was the recipient tory since 1870 by a citizen of the United Qāf: From Legend to 42º 0’ N 79º 51’ E,” of a NEH grant for work on his project States or Canada.” Oriente Moderno 89/2 and “Sparks and focused on John Chapman and the rise of Embers of the Kirghiz Epic Tradition,” modern apple husbandry. He is currently Fabula 51/1-2, 2010. on sabbatical completing his monograph on this topic. Marguerite Shaffer won the Miami University College of Arts and Science Distinguished Education Award, 2010. Oberlin College Publications, honors and other news: Allan M. Winkler published, “To Every- Annemarie Sammartino published The thing There is a Season”: Pete Seeger Impossible Border: Germany and the and the Power of Song, New Narratives East, 1914-1922 (Cornell University in American History (Oxford University Press, 2010). Press, 2009). Leonard V. Smith appeared in a documen- Muskingum University tary about Philippe Pétain that aired on Retirements: Arte, a Franco-German cable network. In the spring of 2009, Robert Burk retired from the Department of History The Ohio State University at Muskingum. Publications, honors and other news: David Stebenne was appointed to a four- Publications, honors and other news: year term as Associate Professor of His- The department hired Amy Bosworth, tory and Law at Ohio State University last PhD, Purdue University (2008) to restore fall. He published an essay entitled “Who its offerings in Ancient and Medieval His- Really Won the Election of 1960?” His- tory. Bosworth’s research focuses on the tory News Network (HNN), November 15, representation of saints and saints’ lives 2010; presented a paper entitled “Moder- in the Carolingian period. She teaches ate Republicanism in the Postwar South, courses in Ancient History, the Crusades, 1945-1964,” at the Policy History Confer- and the Medieval Period. ence in Columbus, OH, June 4, 2010; and The department hired Karen Dunak, PhD, gave a talk entitled “The 2010 Elections Indiana University (2010). Dunak’s and Their Consequences” at Central Ohio research examines American cultural Technical College in Reynoldsburg, OH changes through weddings, focusing on on November 17, 2010. He also served as the post-1945 period. She teaches courses a commentator on national politics during on the American Dream, Youth in Modern the year on WOSU Radio’s “All Sides America and Gender and Sexuality with Ann Fisher” show. He is researching in American History. a new book, which will be a political and legal history of the USA from the 1930’s Laura Hilton became Chair of the depart- through the 1960’s, served in 2010 as a ment in fall 2010. She has recently pub- member of the OAH’s Publication Award lished two pieces focusing on Displaced Committee and was appointed to a three- Persons: “The Jewish Communities in year term on the American Historical Frankfurt and Zeilsheim in Compara- Association’s Littleton-Griswold Prize tive Perspective,” in We Are Here: New Committee. Approaches to Jewish Displaced Persons

5 QUIT DREAMING: The Religious Right is Here to Stay

As I tell my students, the rise of the Reli- dead or soon to be dead. Signs of their teach in the public schools), and support gious Right is the most significant political demise have included the televangelist for creationism and Bible reading in the phenomenon of the past forty years in the scandals of the 1980s, Pat Robertson’s public schools. United States. But no one saw it com- failed run at the presidency in 1988, the Over the past few decades the Re- ing. While evangelicals –Protestants who election and re-election of Bill Clinton, ligious Right has not gotten everything emphasize the need to be “born again,” and the emergence of “young” evangelicals it wants (see: Roe v. Wade) and in some and who place a strong emphasis on the who were not toeing the Religious Right instances it seems authority of the Bible–and their militant line (actually, this sign that the Religious to be losing the cultural battle (see: the cousins, the fundamentalists, were tradi- Right is fading pops up every few years). growing acceptance of gays and lesbians). tionally quite politically conservative, they The most recent indicator of the Religious But this does NOT mean that the Religious had not generally been politically active, Right’s alleged demise–heralded by such Right does not matter, and it certainly does expending their energies instead on saving savvy political commentators as E. J. NOT mean that it is fading away. The souls. But then came the cultural changes Dionne-was Barack Obama’s over- Religious Right is more powerful than and social disruptions of the 1960s and whelming victory in the 2008 ever, and it plays a larger role in the Re- 1970s: antiwar and civil rights protests; presidential election. publican Party than it ever has. Those with feminism and gay rights; “sex, drugs, But all of these predictions have more progressive political (and religious) and rock and roll;” and, Supreme Court been wrong. And Sarah Palin, Michelle commitments need to quit dreaming that rulings prohibiting official school prayer Bachman, and the overwhelming Re- it is otherwise. and permitting abortion. publican victories in the 2010 midterm All of this left evangelicals and elections should be the final nail in the By William Vance Trollinger, Jr. fundamentalists feeling as if they were, coffin for fantasies that the Religious William Vance Trollinger, Jr. is Associate to quote one historian, “immigrants in Right is disappearing. There are some, Professor of History in the Departments their own land.” Tapping into this alien- however, who see the emergence of the of History and Religious Studies at the ation, television evangelists and shrewd Tea Party as a challenge to the power of University of Dayton. Republican Party operatives combined evangelicals and fundamentalists in the forces in the late 1970s to mobilize these Republican Party, the argument being that alienated Protestants to “take back” Amer- the economically-focused libertarians of ica by electing “pro-family, pro-life, pro- the Tea Party will inevitably find them- Bible morality, pro-America candidates” selves in heated conflict with the social to office. Led by Jerry Falwell and his conservatives of the Religious Right. The Moral Majority, the Religious Right made problem with this analysis is that there is a substantive contribution to the election enormous overlap between the Tea Party of Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984. In and the Religious Right. As polling by the the post-Reagan years the Religious Right Public Religion Research Institute reveals, became a political powerhouse, with an half of self-identified Tea Partiers consider intricate web of local evangelical churches themselves Christian conservatives, and a and national organizations, including strong majority of Tea Partiers agree with Focus on the Family and Concerned the Religious Right on hot-button “culture Women of America. Perhaps most signifi- war” issues. Yes, there are some libertar- cant, with George W. Bush the Religious ian Tea Partiers who are at odds with the Right had one of their own as president Religious Right, but they will not prevail. of the United States for eight years. What we will get from the Tea Party/Re- In fact, over the past four decades ligious Right is both absolute devotion to the Religious Right has become the most tax cuts and (domestic) budget cuts (which reliable constituency within the Repub- are presented as issues that Jesus would lican Party, which has brought with it a support) AND demands that abortion be great deal of political influence. And yet, made illegal in all (or almost all) circum- along with their rise to political power stances, opposition to gay rights (Tea has come a continuous series of assertions Party hero and South Carolina Representa- from scholars and political commentators tive Jim DeMint of South Carolina wants that the Religious Right is dead or nearly to make it against the law for gays to

6 Amendments to the Constitution to be Voted on at the Spring Meeting

Junior Faculty Research Grant: election may be held by electronic ballot or Council with the power to vote, just as the Resolution: To approve the creation of a at the following annual spring meeting. The President of the Ohio Academy and the Archivist new prize, a research grant for junior faculty, winner of the special election will serve out sit ex officio on the board of the OHS. The OHS and the establishment of a new committee to the remainder of the original term. is represented by two ex-officio positions on administer the competition. After discussion involving the question of an the Academy, the OHS Webmaster and OHS Production Editor, but normally one OHS Rationale: The Junior Faculty Research Grant interim appointment, the original language of member fulfills both roles. That individual was designed in 2009 to promote scholarly the amendment was approved by the Execu- would represent the OHS as another Ex-Officio research by untenured college and univer- tive Council without objection on a unanimous Officer and exercise a vote on the Council. sity faculty in the state of Ohio. The grant is voice vote. Because the 2003 Amendment specifically intended to help defray the costs of domestic Ex-Officio Officers to Vote on or international travel necessary to conduct did not include Ex-Officios as members of research on a significant scholarly project the Executive Council: the Executive Council with the power to vote, (most likely, one yielding a scholarly article or Resolution: To revise Article IV: Section 4 a Constitutional amendment is necessary to monograph). The grant reflects the Academy’s of the Constitution to allow Ex-Officio Officers make that possible. commitment to the promotion of scholarship to have a vote on decisions of the Executive At present the total of elected officers and and encourages participation by younger fac- Council. representatives on the Executive Council is 11 ulty in the organization. Rationale: The current structure of the members. The total number of Ex-Officio Offi- Constitution indicates that only the elected cers is five. Reflecting the danger outlined in the Article VI: Section 13: members of the Council may vote. The eleven rationale behind the 2003 amendment, i.e., that The President shall appoint a Junior Faculty elected members include the President, the innumerable appointed positions might be cre- Research Grant Committee. The committee Vice-President, the Immediate Past President, ated in the future, thus outnumbering the elected shall be composed of three members who the Secretary-Treasurer, and the seven elected representatives of the Council and undermining will serve staggered three-year terms. It will Council members. Ex-Officios areappointed its representative nature, the amendment, as select the winner of the annual Junior Faculty by the President and do not have the vote. The originally presented to the Council in Octo- Research Grant competition. five non-voting Ex-Officios include the General ber 2010, represented a compromise between Article VII: Section 7: Editor and Associate Editor of the Newsletter, granting all the Ex-Officios the right to vote and At the annual spring meeting, the Academy the Editor of the Proceedings, the Archivist, continuing the present policy that allows only may award a junior faculty research grant. The and the representative of the Ohio Historical elected members the right to vote. recipient will possess a Ph.D. in history, and be Society. After much discussion, the Council members less than six years from award of that title. The Until 2003, Ex-Officio Officers traditionally decided that the compromise amendment created recipient will be an untenured faculty member had a vote on Executive Council decisions. problems that could only be addressed by allow- at an Ohio college or university and a member At a meeting of the Executive Council in ing all Ex-Officios now serving on the Council of the Ohio Academy. The recipient may be October 2002, however, the Council decided to vote, leading to the amendment as outlined a full-time (tenure-track), lecturer, adjunct or that Ex-Officio Officers should not have the here below: (The critical changes in Article IV: other non-tenure-line faculty member. If no vote. That decision was endorsed by the Council Section 4 of the Constitution are in red.) application is suitable for the award, no award at the April 2003 Meeting. The rationale for Article IV: Section 4. shall be given. the decision was the desire to avoid “crea[ting] There shall be an Executive Council consisting an imbalance of presidential power affecting The Council approved the two amendments of the President, Vice President, retiring the representative nature of the Executive unanimously. President, and Secretary Treasurer, appointed Council.” At the April 2003 Business Meeting, officers and a representative of the Ohio Filling Vacancies on an amendment to Article IV, Section 4, of Historical Society, all of whom serve ex-officio, the Executive Council: the Constitution indirectly incorporated that plus seven additional elected members, elected decision by specifically listing those whowere Resolution: To permit the filling of a vacancy for three year terms, at least two to be elected members of the Executive Council and among elected members of the Executive each year. Rotation of the elected members by not including Ex-Officio Officers on that list. Council. of the Executive Council shall ensure that each Rationale: Article IV: Section 3 of the Consti- At the Executive Council Meeting in October year there are two members from private col- tution provides a policy for filling a vacancy 2009, however, positive sentiment was leges and universities, two members from state in the position of President or Vice-President/ expressed for restoring the vote to Ex-Officio universities, one member from public history, President Elect. No policy exists in case one Officers and reasons were put forward for one member from two-year institutions and of the elected representatives to the Council doing so. Ex-Officios, it was noted, represent regional campuses, and one member who has is unable to fulfill his/her term. The proposed the various critical functions needed to carry been a social studies teacher from the 7-12 level. amendment fills that gap. out Academy business. In recognition of the The Nominating Committee shall nominate at weight of their responsibilities, the number least two persons for each elected position on Article IV: Section 8: of years of service to the Academy, and their the Executive Council. Other candidates may If a vacancy should occur during the three- importance to the effective operation of the be nominated from the floor.The appointed year term of any elected representative to the organization, the Executive Council resolved officers who serve ex-officio with the power to Executive Council, the President shall appoint to re-enfranchise Ex-Officios. vote are the General Editor and Associate Editor the runner-up nominated for the same posi- In addition, the development of a formal of the Newsletter, the Editor of the Proceedings, tion to fulfill the remainder of the term. If the relationship on outreach, membership man- and the Archivist. No member of the Executive runner-up is unable to serve, the Nominating agement, and publication between the Ohio Council may cast more than one vote. Committee will select two new candidates Historical Society and the Ohio Academy of The Executive Council unanimously approved from the same type of institution as the original History in 2009 has raised the issue of having the amendment as revised. nominees for a special election. The special a member of the OHS sit on the Executive 7 BIG CHANGES at the OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY!

Opportunity for OAH members to join the Ohio It’s an exciting time here at the Ohio Historical Society. Historical Society We are in the midst of reinventing our museum space in order to allow our visitors The OAH Executive Council and the a closer connection to our unique collections. The first phase of the new collections Ohio Historical Society would like learning center will open this summer, featuring three thematic areas: archaeology, to announce a new affiliate member- military history, and historic preservation. ship program for the members of The archaeology portion will include a spectacular array of objects and an the Ohio Academy of History. interactive earthworks display. The military section will explore stories of military conflicts from Ohio statehood through today. The area will feature the Civil War battle OAH members will be offered flags of Ohio regiments and the stories of the units and men who rallied beneath the the opportunity to join the Ohio flags; a large section of open storage where the visitor can walk among collections Historical Society for a discounted related to Ohio’s military heritage; and a travelling exhibit The American Soldier: rate. The OAH member rate is $50 A Photographic Tribute from the Civil War to the War in Iraq. The historic preservation for an individual membership that exhibits will explore types of architecture found in Ohio; steps you can take to preserve includes: your own home; and how preservation of historic buildings and sites throughout Ohio ● Subscription to OHS’s award- contributes to the state’s story. winning TIMELINE magazine As part of our reinvention, we are revamping our main entrance. Beginning in February, 2011, visitors and staff will enter the building through the second-floor ● Free admission for one year to Plaza Level in order for construction crews to totally re-create our ground-level main all Ohio Historical Society sites entrance. We are enlarging the lobby, relocating and updating the Ohio History Store, ● Subscription to Echoes. Get creating a reception desk, and providing gathering space for school tours. Most im- behind-the-scenes looks portantly, the new entrance will provide more direct access to the exhibit floor for all at OHS events, exhibits, patrons. Look for an improved entrance experience in July! educational programs, collec As researchers, I know that Academy members will be glad to hear that, beginning tions acquisitions, research, in July, 2010, we have restored research hours in the Archives/Library, which is now and historic preservation efforts open Thursday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. You can with this member newsletter. access the collections catalog at www.ohiohistory.org/occ; or contact our Reference staff at 614-297-2510 or [email protected]. They will be happy to help you! ● 10% shopping discount on most purchases at Ohio History By Betsy Hedler Stores and our online store Betsy Hedler is a Project Curator for Teacher Professional Development at the Ohio Historical Society. She has served as the Society’s liaison to the Ohio Academy of ● 10% discount on facility rentals History since October, 2010. ● Free or reduced admission to most OHS events and programs ● Discount benefits with Western Reserve Historical Society The membership period for this OHS membership will be the same as an individual’s OAH membership. As your membership becomes due, you will see the option to join ● Discount benefits with The OHS with your renewal notice. If you have any questions about this membership Dawes Arboretum in Newark please contact Betsy Hedler, [email protected]; or the Ohio Historical Society ● Discount benefits with The membership office [email protected] , 1-800-686-1545. Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati ● Membership in the national “Time Travelers” program ● Two membership cards ● Vote in annual Board of Trustees election

8 Fall Meeting Minutes

Date: 29 October 2010 council reached a consensus on extending already in. She indicated that more senior Location: Ohio State University-Marion the deadline to 15 November, as one-time scholars and more full panels were Present: Jacob Dorn, Tom Sosnowski, extension. Council approved this motion. desired. Dorn noted that it was imperative David G. Hogan, Jonathan Winkler, to hold to the 1 February deadline on 8. Junior Faculty Research Grant Mark Tebeau, Marsha Robinson, getting the program out. report: Dorn, for Barbara Ramusack, Timothy Connell, Christie Weininger- reported that applications were expected. 17. Public History Committee: Raber, Korcaighe Hale, James O’Donnell, discussion had already occurred during the Martin Wainwright, Molly Wood, Betsy 9. Publication Award Committee: public history award committee report. Hedler (Ohio Historical Society), Megan Dorn, for TJ Boisseau, reported that Wood (Ohio Historical Society), Vladi- nominations had been received. 18. Standards Committee: mir Steffel, Betsy MacLean, and William Connell reported that the committee had 10. Public History Award Committee: Jenkins. begun to consider proposals made to it, Christine Weininger-Raber reported that and would continue to deliberate. the committee was having discussions Meeting called to order at 3:08 PM. about how to effect a merger of the prize 19. Book Exhibit: committee with the similar public history Hogan was not present. The idea of a Reports liaison committee. The committee will book exchange at the annual meeting was 1. President: take on the prize work, though at this point discussed. The proposed idea was that ev- Dorn noted that the minutes for the spring there were no nominations. Dorn added eryone who attended the conference would meeting had been accepted electronically the importance of trying to work through be invited to bring a book to donate to by the council without objection already. the confusions inherent in the specifica- the Academy to sell. The collected books tions of the Public History Award. Dorn, would be sold at a special location during 2. Secretary/Treasurer: MacLean and others discussed the need the conference. The proceeds of the sale The academy has approximately $7,045 to rectify language over the web and print would go to the Academy. The program in cash (with several pending expenses), versions of the Constitution explaining committee would be required to explain $10,425 in the Junior Faculty Research the two committees and expectations. this to attendees in advance. Fund certificate of deposit, and $14,440 The versions will be checked, and the in the endowment. 20. Returning to the Standards editorial update of the web version will Committee: The council discussed the 3. Vice President: be made. substance of a memo by John Jordan Vice President Tom Sosnowski had 11. Teaching Award Committee: regarding Continuing Education Units nothing to report There was no report. and the larger responsibility of the 4. Archivist: Standards Committee. General discussion 12. Conference Committee (Spring): Betsy MacLean reiterated her work on ensued over what role the Ohio Academy Dorn, for Donald Schilling, reported that the new handbook, stressed the work on could or should play in developing a the planning for the conference the amendments to the OAH Constitution, better professional development system, was underway. and noted her desire to have the position with some members noting the question- of historian filled. 13. Local Arrangements (Fall) able practice of some universities in hav- Committee: No report, except to note that ing teachers or school systems pay large 5. Dissertation Award Committee: the meeting will be on 14 October 2011 sums for graduate credits without graduate Dorn reported for Christine Anderson that at the University of Dayton. level work. Dorn suggested that the issue there were already three submissions, be returned to the Standards Committee with more expected. 14. Membership Committee: for further consideration, together with Sosnowski noted that the committee still 6. Distinguished Historian Award recommendations on how to implement needs to be organized. Committee: Dorn reported that nomina- CEUs at the spring meeting with regular- tions were arriving. 15. Nominating Committee: ity, and a report at the Spring Meeting Bill Jenkins reported that the committee on the questions raised here. 7. Distinguished Service Award had received some nominations. It wanted Committee: Steffel reported that there had 21. Newsletter: to encourage more nominations. General been no nominations received yet. Marsha Martin Wainwright and Molly Wood ex- discussion ensued. There were not yet two Robinson suggested making a two-week plained that there had been problems with nominations for each office. The sense of extension for the call for nominations. newsgathering, production and distribu- the Council was that the secretary/trea- Discussion ensued. Some members tion. Wood moved that a change be made surer did not need to stand for reelection noted that their department chairs had not to remove one of the two associate editors. though it was technically an elected office. shared the call for nominations with their She also moved that discussions occur departments. Some stressed the impor- 16. Program Committee: between Wainwright, Wood and Megan tance of sticking to deadlines, and that the Robinson reported progress. Announce- Wood (Ohio Historical Society) on a reor- academy did not need to give the award ments had gone out through the H-Net ganization of the editorial staff, revision every year. After further discussion, the list servs, and 24 applications were of the production timetable and realloca- 9 Fall Meeting Minutes (Continued) tion of the responsibilities. The council with the peer review of the papers. He also approved these motions. Dorn indicated identified the need for an editorial staff to that the recommendations on reorganization assist the editor. Action on this would need would be circulated to the council to begin in the near term. by email. Dorn wished to note for the record how Business Items much he appreciated the efforts of all 23. Junior Faculty Research Grant: involved. Winkler presented draft language for Megan Wood advised the council on a a set of two constitutional amendments development in the relationship with the to allow the creation of a new prize Ohio Historical Society. Previously she (the grant) and the establishment of a new had been the sole liaison from the OHS, committee to administer the competition. with responsibilities for the website, After discussion, the council approved the newsletter and general liaison work. the resolution. The amendments would She introduced Elizabeth Hedler, Ph.D., go to the general membership for approval project curator with the Ohio Historical at the spring meeting. Society, in the area of education and outreach. Hedler would take on the respon- 24. Constitutional amendment for filling sibilities of newsletter and website work. vacancies on the executive council: Wood would now handle matters relating Dorn presented draft language for a new to standards and public history. constitutional amendment to permit the filling of a vacancy among elected 22. Proceedings: members of the Executive Council. Steffel explained the state of the The rationale offered was that Article IV: Proceedings publication. He noted that a Section 3 provides a policy for a vacancy new editor would be necessary in the near in the position of president or vice-presi- future. The current editor would not leave dent/ president elect. No policy exists until the new one was found and brought in case one of the elected representatives up to speed. Steffel also provided that he to the council is unable to fulfill the term. needs advice on individuals who can help The proposed amendment fills that gap. After discussion comparing the proposed Ohio Academy of History Financial Report amendment (having the runner up take up the position) with an interim appointment December 31, 2010 and related issues, the council approved the resolution. The amendment would go CHECKING ACCOUNT to the general membership for approval Check Register Balance as of 30 Sept 2010: $7,046.68 at the spring meeting. Debits 25. Constitutional Amendment Fall Meeting expenses $468.95 on voting by council members: Dorn presented a third amendment to Credits the constitution for consideration by Fall renewals and meeting registration fees: $970.00 the membership. He stated that he believes Check Register Balance as of 31 December 2010: $7,547.73 strongly that ex officio members of the Council should be granted the right OTHER ACCOUNTS to vote. Not all on council believe so. Jr. Faculty Research fund (CD) $10,449.56 The current structure of the constitution (additional gifts of $570 to be added at the next deposit opportunity) only allows elected members of the council to vote. The amendment offered ENDOWMENT here represented a compromise between PNC 22013145472 (6/30/2011) $ 4,754.95 those who wished to change the system PNC 22013145474 (1/5/2012) $ 4,868.36 and those who did not. PNC 22013145473 (6/30/2012) $ 4,815.73 General discussion about the merits and TOTAL $14,439.04 problems of the resolution ensued. Discus- sion continued on how many additional (additional gifts of $100 to be added at the next deposit opportunity) votes this entailed. Various commentators noted that in the abstract it was not clear how to stop someone from creating 10 innumerable appointed positions if the president or a determined minority wished to do so. The council agreed to amend the original proposed amendment to address the concerns raised in the discussion. The council unanimously approved the revised resolution. The amendment would go to the general membership Distinguished Historian Award Winner for approval at the spring meeting. 26. Draft seal: Dorn presented six draft seals received Alonzo Hamby will receive the Distinguished from the graphic designer. He wished the council to consider these and then Historian award at the Ohio Academy of reach a decision on the final choice History’s spring meeting. He will deliver a talk by electronic discussion. 27. OHS Affiliate Membership: entitled: “The United States: Exceptional Nation? Megan Wood presented four possible tiers A Historical Inquiry” of joint membership between the Ohio Historical Society and the Ohio Academy. After discussion, Wood and others Distinguished Professor of History at Ohio University identified a likely preference for options and a member of its faculty since 1965, Alonzo L. Hamby is where OAH members would either purchase a discounted membership in widely acclaimed as a leading student of U.S. political history the OHS for $50 (a $15 discount) or a full from the 1930s to the 1980s. His special focus is the Presidency price membership ($60) with $10 returning to the Ohio Academy. Steffel asked if there and a liberalism which fractured with FDR’s death and the were similar shared memberships with Cold War’s onset, producing rival historiographies. Identified other organizations in the state. Wood with and, indeed, a prime creator of the school aligned with answered that there were, but that the Ohio Academy was the first group that they were the views of the Vital Center and Americans for Democratic actively developing this with after the Action, Hamby’s work, arguably, is the most compelling various site partners (local historical groups that operate individual historical sites). statement of their importance. His books include Beyond the General discussion ensued, and Dorn New Deal: Harry S. Truman and American Liberalism (1973), indicated that it would be best to continue Liberalism and its Challengers: FDR to Reagan (1985), Man discussing this issue electronically. of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman (1995)-hailed as 28. Constitutional Amendment Rationales: Dorn returned to an issue raised by the definitive biography-and For the Survival of Democracy: MacLean earlier, that it was an important Franklin Roosevelt and the World Crisis of the 1930s (2004). idea to append clear rationales for the various constitutional amendments made His life of FDR, now nearing completion, offers a revisionist over the years so that future generations portrait. Reviewers of his work-whether in historical journals, might understand why the changes were leading newspapers, or general interest periodicals-repeatedly made the way that they were. Council members moved and seconded, and have underscored his writing, praising a deft blending of unanimously approved MacLean proposal exhaustive original research, jargon-free prose, narrative and to undertake this work. analytical skills, and measured judgments. In short, Hamby’s 29. Adjournment: work is accessible, crafted for and valued by both fellow Dorn noted that while there was work that remained to be done, the time for historians and a larger public. the meeting had ended.

The meeting concluded at 5:30 PM.

11 Executive Council and Officers/Committee Members

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND Associate Editor, Molly Wood, Bradley Keefer, Kent State University- OFFICERS Wittenberg University Ashtabula [email protected] [email protected] Senior Officers (Elected) Production Editor, Betsy Hedler, David Stebenne, Ohio State University President, Jacob Dorn, Ohio Historical Society [email protected] Wright State University [email protected] [email protected], Public History Award Committee [email protected] ACADEMY PRIZE COMMITTEES Christine Weininger Raber, Vice-President/President Elect, Wood County Historical Society, Tom Sosnowski, Kent State University Dissertation Award Committee Chairperson [email protected] Christine Anderson, Wright State [email protected] Immediate Past-President, University, Chairperson Donna DeBlasio, Youngstown State David G. Hogan, Heidelberg University [email protected], University [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Secretary-Treasurer, Kevin Kern, Matt Young, Marietta College Steven Conn, Ohio State University University of Akron [email protected], [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Janet Rozick, Toledo Metro Parks Michael Carrafiello, Council Members (Elected) [email protected] Miami University-Hamilton Kevin Grace, University of Cincinnati Jonathan Winkler [email protected] Archives Wright State University, 2011 [email protected] [email protected] Distinguished Historian Award Committee Mark Tebeau, Cleveland State Teaching Award Committee University, 2012 Jacob H. Dorn, Wright State University- David Hogan, Heidelberg University [email protected], ex-officio, Chairperson Chairperson [email protected] [email protected], [email protected] [email protected] Marsha Robinson Arthur DeMatteo, Glennville State Otterbein University, 2012 David Hogan, Heidelberg University College-West Virginia [email protected] ex-officio [email protected] [email protected] Timothy Connell, Laurel School, David Staley, OSU Harvey Goldberg Cleveland, 2012 Marsha Robinson, Otterbein University Center for Excellence in Teaching [email protected] ex-officio [email protected] [email protected] Christie Weininger-Raber, Wood County Perry Bush, Bluffton University Historical Society, 2013 Distinguished Service Award [email protected] [email protected] Committee Beth Ann Griech-Polelle, 11 Korcaighe Hale, Ohio University- Vladimir Steffel, Ohio State University- Bowling Green University Zanesville, 2013 Marion, Chairperson [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] James O’Donnell , Ronald Lora, University of Toledo STANDING COMMITTEES Marietta College, 2013 [email protected], Conference Committee: April 2011 [email protected] [email protected] Donald Schilling, Dennison Ex-Officio (Appointed) Sarah Fatherly, Otterbein University University, Chairperson Editor of Proceedings, Vladimir Steffel, [email protected] [email protected] Ohio State University, Marion Junior Faculty Research Fund Jacob Dorn, Wright State University, [email protected] Committee ex-officio Webmaster, Betsy Hedler, Barbara Ramusack, University [email protected], Ohio Historical Society of Cincinnati, Chairperson [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Thomas Sosnowski, Kent State Archivist, Betsy MacLean, University-Stark, ex-officio Otterbein College Andrew Cayton, Miami University [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Marsha Robinson, Otterbein College, Constance Bouchard, University of Akron Newsletter Editorial Board ex-officio [email protected] [email protected] General Editor, Martin Wainwright, University of Akron Publication Award Committee Kevin Kern, University of Akron, [email protected] TJ Boisseau, University of Akron, ex-officio Chairperson [email protected] [email protected] 12 Executive Council and Officers/Committee Members (Continued)

Membership Committee John B. Weaver, Sinclair Community Standards Committee Thomas Sosnowski, Kent State College John Jordan, Worthington Kilbourne High University-Stark,Chairperson, ex-officio [email protected] School, Chairperson [email protected] Program Committee [email protected] David Hogan, Heidelberg University Marsha Robinson, Otterbein College, Timothy Connell, Laurel School, ex-officio Chairperson Cleveland [email protected] [email protected] [email protected], Jacob Dorn, Wright State University [email protected] Jonathan Winkler, Wright State ex-officio Joseph Watras, University of Dayton University [email protected], [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Hal Friedman, Henry Ford Community Korcaighe Hale, Ohio University- Larry Wilcox, University of Toledo College Zanesville [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Kate Rousmaniere, Miami University Pamela Sayre, Henry Ford Community William Vance Trollinger, Ohio [email protected] College University of Dayton [email protected] Tammy Proctor, Wittenberg University [email protected] [email protected] Noeleen McIlvenna, Wright State Roberto Padilla, University of Toledo University Mary Ann Heiss, Kent State University [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Tom Sosnowski, Kent State Scott Martin, Bowling Green University-Stark Nominating Committee State University [email protected] William Jenkins, Youngstown State [email protected] University,Chairperson Jacob Dorn, Wright State University [email protected] [email protected], Shelley Baranowski, University of Akron [email protected] [email protected]

Nominations for Spring 2011 Meeting Executive Council: Public (Harvard, 2008), winner of several prizes. Vice-President University Winkler received his PhD from Yale Univer- Molly M. Wood is Associate Professor of sity (2004) and his BA from Ohio University’s Beth A. Griech-Polelle earned her MA and History at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Honors Tutorial College (1997). Active in the Ohio. She received her BA in history from PhD at Rutgers, the State University of New Society for Historians of American Foreign Jersey in 1999. She is the author of Bishop the University of Virginia, MA in history Relations and the Society for Military History from the University of Richmond and PhD von Galen: German Catholicism and National as well as the Ohio Academy, he is an editor- Socialism (Yale University Press, 2002). in history from the University of South at-large for H-diplo. His current book project Carolina. She has been at Wittenberg since She is the editor of The Nuremberg Trials is an analysis of United States government and Their Policy Consequences Today 1999, where she teaches courses in modern coordination of commercial and military U.S history, U.S. diplomatic history, women’s (Nomos Verlag, 2008) and is the co-editor communications networks to meet trans- of Trajectories of Memory: Intergenerational history, Latin America and world history. forming strategic interests across the entire Recent publications include “’Commanding Representations of the Holocaust in History 20th century. In 2010-2011 he holds a Junior and the Arts (Cambridge Scholars Press, Beauty’ and ‘Gentle Charm’: American Women Faculty Research Fellowship in International and Gender in the Early Twentieth Century 2008). She has also authored several articles Security from the Smith Richardson Foundation. in journals and edited volumes. She has been Foreign Service” in Diplomatic History 31:3 teaching at Bowling Green State University Secretary-Treasurer (June 2007) and “Diplomatic Wives: The Politics of Domesticity and ‘the Social Game’ since 2000 and is currently Associate Professor Kevin Kern is Assistant Professor of History in the U.S. Foreign Service, 1905-1941” in of Modern European History where she also at the University of Akron. He received his Journal of Women’s History 17:2 (June 2005). serves as Undergraduate Advisor to History BA in History and Anthropology and an MA The latter article was chosen for inclusion in majors and minors. Her specialties include in Anthropology from Kent State University. The Best American History Essays, 2007 modern German history, European women’s He also holds an MA and a PhD in History published by the Organization of American history, and Holocaust and Genocide studies. from Bowling Green State University. Before Historians. From 2007 to 2010 she served as Jonathan Reed Winkler is Associate coming to Akron, he taught at the University chair of the history department at Wittenberg. Professor of History at Wright State University of Findlay, Bowling Green, and the University She has been a member of the Ohio Academy in Dayton, Ohio. He is a historian of U.S. of Toledo. He specializes in Ohio history and since 1999. She served as OAH Local Arrange- diplomatic, military and naval history, and late nineteenth/early twentieth century U.S. ments Chair in 2004, chaired the OAH disserta- international affairs in the modern era. He is social and intellectual history, and is co-founder tion committee in 2007 and served on the OAH the author of Nexus: Strategic Communications and Managing Editor of the Northeast Ohio Executive Council from 2007-2010. Currently and American Security in World War I Journal of History. she is Associate Editor of the OAH newsletter. 13