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2010-2011 Annual Report

Table of Contents

A Message from the OAH President ...... 5 From the OAH Executive Director ...... 7 From the OAH Executive Editor ...... 9 Report of the OAH Treasurer ...... 15 Financial Statements ...... 17 Administration ...... 21 OAH At a Glance...... 23 Membership ...... 25 Meetings and Conferences ...... 27 OAH Magazine of History ...... 29 National Park Service Collaborative Project ...... 31 Distinguished Lectureship Program ...... 33 Th e Civil War at 150 ...... 35 Advocacy ...... 37 Career Center ...... 39 Communications ...... 41 Development and Philanthropy ...... 45 Awards and Prizes ...... 51 Volunteer Leadership ...... 57 Staff ...... 71

A Message from the OAH President Alice Kessler-Harris

THE PERIOD SINCE MARCH, 2011 when I took offi ce has been one of exhilarating behind- Photo by Eileen Barroso the-scenes work on the part of board members and the Organization of American Historians’ staff , and especially Kathy Finley, our new Executive Director. We have tightened our belts, stabilized our fi nances, and in the past several months, we have begun to turn to questions of future planning and growth. Much of this work had begun under the previous presidencies of Elaine Tyler May and David Hollinger, and the organization owes much to them for their foresight and insight into the OAH.

In accord with the mandate of our strategic plan, which is now in the third year of a fi ve-year cycle, we have begun to examine the challenging question of how to imagine our membership in the future and how to reconfi gure our resources to accommodate what is likely to be a broader membership base. We are still aiming for what our plan calls “a big tent,” and to Alice Kessler-Harris achieve it requires rethinking many of the ways we function as an organization. For example, we have now begun to explore the location and content of our annual meetings to see if they can more fl exibly serve an expanded membership base. We also are considering how to better serve the needs of historians studying disability and LGBTQ issues, as well as how to accommodate historians who identify with these groups. Our Journal of American History continues to be ranked among the leading historical journals in the world. And we are taking a close look at our OAH Magazine of History to see what larger audiences it might serve.

As I write, our program for the 2012 Milwaukee meeting has just been put to bed. Planning for this program began almost a year before we held our 2011 annual meeting in Houston (which you can learn more about on page 27 in this annual report). I am delighted to note that the 2012 meeting successfully meets an array of challenges suffi cient to daunt any program committee. Th rough panels, special events, and the participation of Wisconsin activists, the meeting will highlight the political and labor-related issues that set off a political furor in Wisconsin. It will include special events for K-12 teachers, who will be encouraged to remain for the entire convention. Th e program also experiments with a variety of new formats including sessions featuring presentations by senior scholars whose papers are posted online in advance to allow for in-depth discussion. Among the plenary sessions at the convention will be one that addresses the question of how an organization like ours balances its fi duciary responsibilities against the political and social commitments of its members. We have great hopes that this convention will prove to be an enticing occasion for all our members, as well an entry point for signifi cant numbers of new members.

Among the new initiatives in which we are engaging this year is an exchange program with Chinese scholars of U.S. history. With the generous support of the Ford Foundation, planning

Organization of American Historians 5 meetings for these exchanges will take place with Chinese delegates in Milwaukee and with three OAH representatives in Shanghai at the end of May 2012. Together these meetings will produce plans for a long-term program on the model of our U.S./Japan exchanges. On another front, the OAH has enhanced its public visibility by taking a strong position against the expanding oversight of Institutional Review Boards over the arena of oral history. In a statement to the Department of Health and Human Services, which is re-evaluating the role of the IRB, we insisted that the professional ethics of historians vitiated the need for any oversight.

Our organization thrives on continuing discussion and debate among our members. I am pleased to report that this year has witnessed an enthusiastic spurt of energy on many fronts, and one that will continue to stand historians of the U.S. in good stead. ■

Alice Kessler-Harris is the president of the Organization of American Historians and the R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of History at Columbia University.

6 2010-2011 Annual Report From the OAH Executive Director Katherine M. Finley

FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS, fi scal year 2011 (July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011) was one of internal focus and change. For me, it was my fi rst full year as executive director of this most venerable organization. A year prior to my arrival, the OAH adopted a new strategic plan that was designed to help the organization widen its reach while at the same time better serve its current members. To improve the effi ciency and eff ectiveness of the organization, it was decided that an internal reorganization was necessary. As with most organizations, the OAH must do more with less.

As part of this reorganization, the OAH transferred the production, publication, advertising, and Katherine M. Finley institutional subscription sales of the Journal of American History and OAH Magazine of History to Oxford University Press. Th e OAH staff who handled these functions were assigned new duties including much needed marketing and communications, and desktop publishing and graphic design. Also, as part of the 2009 OAH Strategic Plan, we have created a new Web-based database to more adequately meet the needs of our members. Th e database is still in testing but should go live by spring of 2012. All the procedures and policies of the offi ce were examined to help expedite operations and improve service to members.

Not all of OAH’s focus during fi scal year 2011 was on internal processes and procedures. Much eff ort was spent improving the look and functionality of the OAH Web site and improving communications with members. Once completed, the new online database will be integrated into our Web site so dues renewals and conference registration will be simplifi ed. In addition to posting pertinent information on our Web site, we have instituted a monthly e-mail newsletter to members, and the OAH Executive Board approved resuming a quarterly print newsletter to carry timely articles of professional and scholarly interest to members. Th e fi rst issue of this newsletter, OAH Outlook, was mailed to members in August 2011. In December 2011, OAH Outlook received a Star Award from the Indiana Society of Association Executives (ISAE) in the best association bulletin and newsletter category. (Th e OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program was recognized as well by ISAE with a Star Award for the best non-dues revenue program for associations.)

Th e OAH Executive Board also appointed a number of task forces to study issues such as increasing membership and improving the format and content of the OAH Annual Meeting. Th ese task forces reported to the OAH Executive Board in November 2011. Th e OAH Magazine of History Task Force met during the past year and made suggestions for changes and improvements to this publication. With Oxford’s vast marketing networks, it is hoped that both the OAH Magazine and the Journal will enjoy wider distribution to a variety of new audiences.

Organization of American Historians 7 Th e OAH continues its awards and prizes program by off ering 21 diff erent awards and prizes for scholarship and teaching in the fi eld. It is OAH’s intent to recognize the best and the brightest in the profession. Th e OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program, celebrating its thirtieth anniversary, presented 99 lectures around the country in fi scal year 2011. Also, the collaborative agreement with the National Park Service (NPS) has seen the number of projects grow from 21 in the fi rst eight years of the program to 124 at the end of the current fi scal year. Th is program helps NPS improve its historical interpretation at its many sites.

2011 marked the sesquicentennial anniversary of the start of the Civil War. Th e OAH recognized this anniversary by establishing a special Civil War at 150 project and companion Web site which contains selected articles from the OAH archives, podcasts, links to Recent Scholarship Online, and other resources to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Civil War.

Increasingly, more and more OAH members are either part-time, adjunct, or contingent faculty. Th erefore the OAH board approved standards for part-time, adjunct, and contingent faculty employment. Th ese best practices recommend the fair treatment and eff ective use of non-tenure track history faculty at all levels of higher education. Moreover, there are more and more members who work in public history, especially in the academy. Th e OAH, along with a number of other organizations, supported a statement on tenure for these professionals. Even with its internal focus this year, OAH has worked with a number of organizations and focused on a number of external markets.

Financially, the OAH fi nished the year in the black. However, the recession continues to take its toll on the history profession as travel funds at universities are being curtailed. While Congress remains focused on the budget defi cit, all eyes were on funding for the Teaching American His- tory Grants and the National Park Service. Working with the National Coalition for History, the OAH has actively advocated the preservation of funding for these programs. Unfortunately, at the end of 2011, and despite our best eff orts at advocacy, funding for TAH was eliminated from the federal budget.

As we look to next year, we anticipate greater collaboration, more outreach, and increased advocacy eff orts. We appreciate your support as members, donors, colleagues, and collaborators. ■

8 2010-2011 Annual Report From the OAH Executive Editor A Report on the Journal of American History Edward T. Linenthal

I WRITE MY ANNUAL EDITOR’S REPORT1 in the early days of June 2011, in the middle of a heat wave in Bloomington, Indiana. While campus and town are quieter, however, the Journal of American History never sleeps. We are busy for many reasons: early summer always sees a deluge of manuscript submissions; books arrive every day—annually we receive approximately 3,000 from which we select about 600 to review and 1,250 to list in Recent Scholarship; our contributing editors continue their work on important sections of the JAH; our copy editors continue their painstaking work through the summer months; our director of operations and our production and administrative assistants are at the center of daily life in the offi ce and help organize my days; Edward T. Linenthal our technical support staff , responsible for both OAH offi ces in Bloomington, keep us functioning digitally, and they continue to work on our quarterly JAH podcasts and other Web projects; and our editorial assistants—graduate students at IU—are at work on a variety of important tasks. It has been my great pleasure to work with members of this extended family for the past six years. Th ey are deserving of our gratitude for their devotion to the JAH and by extension to all members of the OAH.

Our fi rst issue of the JAH with Oxford University Press (OUP) was published in March 2011. We are excited about the opportunity for the OAH to partner with OUP for publication of both the JAH and the OAH Magazine of History. Th ere are many reasons for our enthusiasm, among them the potential for worldwide marketing of both publications. Several members of the staff continue to spend signifi cant amounts of time working out the inevitable technical issues that arise in such a move.

We continue to work as part of a larger OAH team on a multiyear project, “Th e Civil War at 150.” (For more details, see http://www.oah.org/programs/civilwar.) Th emes for each year from 2011 to 2015 are: Origins, Mobilizing for War, Turning Points, Total War, and Legacies. Each year, a call for papers on those particular themes will be posted on the JAH Web site.

Published articles this past year refl ect the fact that we are receiving considerably more submissions in pre-twentieth-century U.S. history; we trust that this trend will continue. We hope readers found valuable a September 2010 project spearheaded by a former associate editor John Nieto-Phillips, “Latino History: An Interchange on Present Realities and Future Prospects,” which included ten participants and featured an “Interchange Supplement: Selected Book Reviews in La- tino History.” We continued our quarterly podcast interviews with selected JAH authors: in June

——— 1 Edward T. Linenthal, “Editor’s Annual Report, 2010-2011” Journal of American History, 98 (September 2011), 616–620. Organization of American Historians 9 2010, Terri L. Snyder, the author of “Slavery, Suicide, and Memory in North America” was featured; in September 2010, John Nieto-Phillips interviewed Virginia Sánchez Korrol, a participant in the Latino history Interchange; Associate Editor Khalil G. Muhammad spoke with Heather Ann Th ompson, the author of “Why Mass Incarceration Matters: Rethinking Crisis, Decline, and Transformation in Postwar American History,” for our December 2010 installment; and in March 2011 Associate Editor Stephen D. Andrews interviewed Rachel Louise Moran, the author of “Con- suming Relief: Food Stamps and the New Welfare of the New Deal.”

Th e June 2011 issue featured a state-of-the-fi eld essay by Beverly Gage, “Terrorism and the American Experience.” We also spoke with Professor Gage for a podcast. I want to thank John Nieto-Phillips, who served as issue editor for “Margins to Mainstream: Th e Brave New World of Borderlands History,” which appears in the September 2011 issue. I also thank Susan-Mary Grant and Jay Sexton, who were crucial to every part of the Interchange conversation, “Nationalism and Internationalism in the Era of the Civil War,” which also appears here. Th ey performed a variety of important tasks, from selecting participants to working with me on the edits of a huge amount of text.

Readers can expect a number of interesting projects to appear in the coming months. Kim Phillips-Fein has written a splendid state-of-the-fi eld essay on contemporary American conser- vatism that we will publish in December 2011, with responses from a number of colleagues. I expect to receive draft s of three state-of-the-fi eld essays on women’s history, sports history, and environmental history very soon. In anticipation of the 2012 OAH annual meeting, we will be publishing a special online Interchange conversation, “Professional Organizations and Political Engagements.” We also continue to work hard on an ambitious special issue for June 2012, “Oil in American History,” which will consist of twenty-two essays and a Web site component. I am privi- leged to work on this project with three superb consulting editors: Brian Black, Karen Merrill, and Tyler Priest. While state-of-the-fi eld essays and special-issue essays are commissioned, they still must go through a rigorous peer-review process. First draft s of essays for “Oil in American History” are read by two of us in-house, a JAH Editorial Board member, and all three contributing editors. I join the consulting editors in reading second and subsequent draft s and in asking for further evaluation, if necessary. Th ere has never been the presumption that a commissioned piece will be published in the JAH without question. Such essays, like everything else that appears in the Journal, must pass muster with readers.

I conclude the content section of my report with thanks to Richard S. Kirkendall, editor of Th e Organization of American Historians and the Writing and Teaching of American History, published in 2011 by Oxford University Press. I was honored when Dick asked me to join former JAH editors Lewis C. Perry, David Th elen, and Joanne Mey- erowitz in writing short refl ections for the book, contained in a section called “Editing the Journal.” I hope that readers fi nd these and the many other essays in the collection interesting.

I wish to thank colleagues who have served so well on the editorial board: Dee E. Andrews, Paul S. Boyer, Alison Games, and Dylan Pen- ningroth. Aft er serving as co-consulting editor for exhibitions for more than six years, we bid farewell to Benjamin Filene—whose contributions will continue through June 2012—and we also bid farewell to Pel- zer Prize Committee member John S. Schlotterbeck and Th elen Award Committee member Udo Hebel. We also had to say good-bye to several members of our own staff , whom we will greatly miss. John Nieto-Phillips returned to the Indiana University history department aft er three years as an associate editor; and aft er serving one year as an associate editor Khalil G. Muhammad left the JAH in the summer of 2011 to become the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in

10 2010-2011 Annual Report Black Culture in New York City. Kimberly M. Stanley’s last day as one of our editorial assistants Th e Journal of was in June 2011. While it is always hard to see friends and colleagues leave, it is always excit- American History Published by the Organization of American Historians ing to extend a welcome to new arrivals. Th e work of the JAH will be greatly enriched by our Vol. 97 No. 4 March 2011 incoming associate editor, Claude A. Clegg III, a professor in the IU Department of History. Claude’s most recent book, Troubled Ground: A Tale of Murder, Lynching, and Reckoning in the New South, was published in 2010 by the University of Illinois Press. We welcome Carl Suddler, who joined us as a new editorial assistant in June. Four new Editorial Board members also join us this year: Eileen Boris, Nancy Isenberg, Maurice Jackson, and Mark Silk. We also welcome Randall M. Miller to the Pelzer Prize Committee and Max Edling to the Th elen Award Com- mittee. Finally, we thank those who have off ered thoughtful evaluations of manuscripts. Th ese reports are a crucial component of the scholarly conversation between editor, author, and reader. All of you enrich the JAH greatly.

We always enjoy hearing from our colleagues. Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] or, if you wish to contact me directly, at [email protected] or by telephone at 812-855-0335.

Our deepest thanks to Henry Abelove, Annmarie Adams, Ulrich Adelt, José M. Alamillo, Robert J. Alderson, Catherine Allgor, Lee J. Alston, Henrice Altink, Julius A. Amin, Carol Anderson, J. L. Anderson, Kenneth T. Andrews, R. Scott Appleby, Cindy S. Aron, Jonathan Auerbach, Th omas Augst, Allan W. Austin, Beth Bailey, Davarian L. Baldwin, Edward Balleisen, Edward E. Baptist, Raff aella Baritono, Elliott R. Barkan, Mark V. Barrow, Mia E. Bay, Douglas C. Baynton, Daniel H. Bays, Maurine H. Beasley, E. M. Beck, John M. Belohlavek, Michael Les Benedict, Katherine Benton-Cohen, Carol Berkin, Edward D. Berkowitz, Iver Bernstein, Eugene H. Berwanger, John Bezís-Selfa, Darrel E. Bigham, W. Roger Biles, Sam Binkley, Brian Birdnow, Brian C. Black, Richard J. M. Blackett, Mansel G. Blackford, Ned Blackhawk, Carlos Kevin Blanton, Kathleen M. Blee, Mary H. Blewett, Avital H. Bloch, Jack S. Blocker, Howard Bodenhorn, Lori Lyn Bogle, W. Jeff rey Bolster, Dennis K. Boman, Mary C. Brennan, Douglas Brinkley, Janice Brockley, Jamie Bronstein, Charlotte Brooks, Canter Brown, Jeff rey P. Brown, Scot Brown, Th omas J. Brown, W. Elliot Brownlee, W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Paul Buhle, Garin Burbank, Susan Burch, Trevor Bur- nard, Orville Vernon Burton, Robert Bussel, Lendol G. Calder, Charles W. Calhoun, Ardis Cameron, Duncan Andrew Campbell, Malcolm Campbell, Dominic J. Capeci, Daniel Carpenter, Lois Green Carr, Anne Elizabeth Carroll, Mina Carson, Francine Cary, Marion T. Casey, Scott E. Casper, Robert Cassanello, Edward Caudill, Douglas B. Chambers, George Chauncey, Eileen Ka-May Cheng, Emma Christopher, Robert Churchill, Emily Clark, Elizabeth Clark-Lewis, Dave A. Clary, Paul G. E. Clemens, Daniel Cobb, Bruce Cohen, Daniel A. Cohen, Lizabeth Cohen, Stephanie Cole, Steven Conn, William J. Cooper, Margaret S. Creighton, Joseph Crespino, Ste- phen E. Cresswell, Spencer Crew, Donald T. Critchlow, Ruth Crocker, Emilye Crosby, Michael E. Crutcher, Lawrence Culver, Th omas F. Curran, Pete Daniel, Roger Daniels, Stewart Davenport, Mary Kemp Davis, Joseph G. Dawson, Jared N. Day, Jennifer de Forest, Matt Delmont, Jeannine Marie DeLombard, Jennifer Delton, Sarah Deutsch, William Deverell, Gilbert C. Din, Hasia R. Diner, Darren Dochuk, L. Mara Dodge, Ronald E. Doel, Kate Dossett, Russell Duncan, Th omas R. Dunlap, Daniel Dupre, Martin Durham, Nancy Schrom Dye, Charles W. Eagles, Jonathan H. Earle, Carolyn Eastman, Mary Ebeling, Gary R. Edgerton, Douglas R. Egerton, Marc Egnal, Ellen M. Eisenberg, Sarah Elvins, Sterling Evans, Nora Faires, David Farber, Matthew Farish, Kathleen Feeley, Crystal Feimster, Fred Fejes, Michael Feldberg, Glenn Feldman, Michael Fellman, Lee Finkle, Fritz Fischer, Gerard J. Fitzgerald, Ellen Fitzpatrick, Donald L. Fixico, Maureen A. Flana- gan, Cynthia Griggs Fleming, Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Gaines M. Foster, Andrew K. Frank, V. P. Franklin, Scot French, Jack Fruchtman, Michael F. Funchion, J. Matthew Gallman, Jesús Velasco Garjales, Daniel Geary, H. Michael Gelfand, Edith Gelles, Larry R. Gerlach, Louis S. Gerteis, Paula Giddings, Paul A. Gilje, Jill K. Gill, William R. Glass, Jack Glazier, Myra C. Glenn, Jonathan A. Glickstein, David Goldfi eld, Sarah Barringer Gordon, Van Gosse, Virginia Meacham Gould, Mark A. Graber, Andrew R. Graybill, Elna C. Green, James Green, Amy S. Greenberg, Cheryl Greenberg, Marilyn Greenwald, Maurine W. Greenwald, Katherine C. Grier, Matthew J. Grow,

Organization of American Historians 11 Larry Grubbs, Anita Guerrini, Matthew Pratt Guterl, Edward F. Haas, Evan Haefeli, Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Jacob Darwin Hamblin, David E. Hamilton, Douglas Hamilton, John Craig Ham- mond, Robert L. Harris, Stanley Harrold, John Mason Hart, Mark Harvey, Brian Masaru Hayashi, M. J. Heale, Timothy J. Henderson, Glenn Hendler, Susan E. Henking, David Henry, Bernard Herman, Ellen Herman, Earl J. Hess, William L. Hewitt, Georgina Hickey, Patricia R. Hill, Peter Proal Hill, Elizabeth Cobbs Hoff man, Jesse Hoff nung-Garskof, Lawrence D. Hogan, E. Brooks Holifi eld, Daniel Horowitz, James Oliver Horton, Andrew J. Huebner, Timothy S. Huebner, Margaret Humphreys, Daniel Hurewitz, James L. Huston, Colette Hyman, Sarah Igo, Alison Isenberg, Bryan Jack, John P. Jackson, Th omas F. Jackson, Meg Jacobs, Th omas James, Kenneth R. Janken, Hasan Kwame Jeff ries, Judson L. Jeff ries, Randal Maurice Jelks, John B. Jentz, Edward P. Johanningsmeier, Robert David Johnson, Sherry Johnson, Charles O. Jones, Howard Jones, Patrick D. Jones, Susan D. Jones, William Jordan, Mitch Kachun, David Isaac Kaiser, Michael Kammen, Mark E. Kann, Alan L. Karras, Peter J. Kastor, Patricia Kelleher, Mary C. Kelly, Kevin Kenny, Stephanie Kermes, Charles R. Kesler, Jimee Dee Kille, Rebecca Klatch, S. J. Kleinberg, Ronald R. Kline, James T. Kloppenberg, Franklin W. Knight, Anne Meis Knupfer, Rui Yazawa Kohiyama, Peter Kolchin, Clayton R. Koppes, Michael J. Kramer, Paul A. Kramer, David Krasner, John D. Krugler, Kevin M. Kruse, Catherine J. Kudlick, Gary M. Laderman, Angela M. Lahr, Jane G. Landers, Ned Landsman, Clarence Lang, Estelle T. Lau, Bruce G. Laurie, Rodrigo Lazo, Erika Lee, Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo, Stuart W. Leslie, George A. Lévesque, Charles H. Lippy, James W. Loewen, Paul K. Longmore, Margaretta M. Lovell, Ralph E. Luker, William J. Mahar, Earl M. Maltz, Jane Marcellus, Cathie Martin, Michael Kenji Masatsugu, Carol Mason, Matthew Mason, Gary May, Christopher Maynard, Melani McAlister, Kathleen McCarthy, John T. McCartney, John G. McCurdy, Roderick A. McDonald, James Lee McDonough, Mark D. McGarvie, Brian D. McKnight, Robert J. McMahon, Sally A. McMurry, Timothy J. Meagher, Joanne Pope Melish, James H. Meriwether, Karen R. Merrill, Peter C. Messer, Richard E. Meyer, Peter Mickulas, Yanek Mieczkowski, Brian Craig Miller, Joseph C. Miller, Karen Miller, Kerby Miller, Steven Mintz, Mary Niall Mitchell, Brett Mizelle, Natalia Molina, Francesca Morgan, Margaret M. Mulrooney, Alice Yang Murray, Phillip E. Myers, Mark Naison, Linda Nash, William E. Nelson, Richard S. Newman, Simon P. Newman, Mae Ngai, Kim E. Nielsen, Janet Nolan, Justin Nordstrom, William Novak, Walter T. Nugent, David E. Nye, Alice O’Connor, Karen M. O’Neill, James M. O’Toole, Jeff rey O. G. Ogbar, Marilyn Ogilvie, Katherine Ott, Ted Ownby, Susan J. Pearson, Th omas R. Pegram, Richard H. Pells, Carla Gardina Pestana, Christopher Phillips, Kim Phillips-Fein, G. Kurt Piehler, Michael D. Pierson, Millery Polyné, Lisa Joy Pruitt, Brian Purnell, John W. Quist, Bruce A. Ragsdale, Elena Razlogova, Marcus Rediker, Tracy J. Revels, Chris Rhomberg, Serge Ricard, Heather Cox Richardson, Joseph T. Robertson, Greg Robinson, David W. Robson, Kenneth W. Rose, Doug Rossinow, Margaret W. Rossiter, Joshua D. Rothman, Andrew J. Rotter, Michal J. Rozbicki, Edward B. Rugemer, Edmund P. Russell, Catherine E. Rymph, Marcy S. Sacks, Lucy E. Salyer, Dominic Sandbrook, Beryl Satter, Claudio Saunt, Nathan F. Sayre, Ronald W. Schatz, John Schlotterbeck, William Michael Schmidli, Dorothee Schneider, Gregory L. Schneider, Ellen Schrecker, Nancy Lusignan Schultz, Leslie Schwalm, Beth Barton Schweiger, Dorothy Schwieder, Wilbur Scott, Daniel Scroop, George Selgin, M. N. S. Sellers, Milton C. Sernett, David E. Settje, Robert E. Shalhope, Andrew Shankman, James Roger Sharp, Colleen A. Sheehan, Melanie Shell- Weiss, Connie A. Shemo, Francis Shor, Josh Sides, Mark Silk, Jeff rey Sklansky, Richard Slotkin, Mark M. Smith, Ryan K. Smith, Suzanne E. Smith, Christina Snyder, Jason Sokol, Randy J. Sparks, Bartholomew Sparrow, Paul R. Spickard, Jason Stahl, Charles G. Steff en, Judith Stein, Robert J. Steinfeld, James B. Stewart, Timothy Stewart-Winter, Steven M. Stowe, Christopher Barry Strain, Th omas Streeter, Reginald C. Stuart, Larry E. Sullivan, Paul Shriver Sutter, Carol Lynne Tatlock, Nikki Taylor, Robert A. Taylor, Philip Teigen, Leslie W. Tentler, Samuel J. Th omas, C. Bradley Th ompson, Joseph S. Tiedemann, Stewart E. Tolnay, James W. Trent, William Tsutsui, Fred Turner, James Turner, John W. Tyler, Richard Valelly, John V. Van Cleve, William L. Van Deburg, William E. Van Vugt, Stephen Vaughn, David Vaught, Keith J. Volanto, Vernon L. Volpe, Penny M. Von Eschen, Michael Vorenberg, Grant Wacker, Steve Waksman, Christopher Waldrep, Casey Walsh, Lorena Walsh, Eric H. Walther, Kenneth Waltzer, David C. Ward, Steven Watts, Walter B. Weare, Timothy Weber, Lynn Y. Weiner, Ronald A. Wells, David Wheat, T. Stephen Whitman,

12 2010-2011 Annual Report John Wigger, H. Mark Wild, Craig Steven Wilder, Mira Wilkins, Yohuru R. Williams, Michael Willrich, Carol Wilson, Charles Reagan Wilson, Jamie Jaywann Wilson, Julie Winch, Raymond Wolters, Marie Rose Wong, Amy Louise Wood, Christine Woyshner, Robert E. Wright, David M. Wrobel, Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Donald Yacovone, Melvin Yazawa, Edward H. Yelin, David K. Yoo, Elliott Young, Rosemarie Zagarri, Robert L. Zangrando, Huang Zhaoqun, and Jonathan Zimmerman. ■

Organization of American Historians 13 14 2010-2011 Annual Report Report of the OAH Treasurer Jay Goodgold

FISCAL 20112012 MARKS AN IMPORTANT TRANSITION year for the fi nances of the OAH. While we remain fi scally prudent and are current with all of our payments and have no arrearages or debt, this year we will have several signifi cant changes to the collection of our revenues. First, the revenues from Oxford University Press will be distributed to the OAH in several lump sums. In fi scal year 2011, we recognized $125,000, and received an additional $40,000 in support of the Journal of American History, the OAH Prize Funds, and the community college program. In fi scal year 2012, we will recognize $250,000 and will receive a distribution from our portion of the profi t sharing agreement above the gross yearly payment of $350,000. Second, since we have streamlined our dues structure, we should be receiving the bulk of the payments during the fi rst half of the fi scal year rather than spread out throughout the year. Th ird, while the funds Jay Goodgold in the OAH General Fund and the Fund for American History have been steady, we will be hard pressed to rely on this source for our operational needs.

Th e result is that our cash fl ow projections on a month-by-month basis will need to be revised. Our overall yearly cash fl ow projection should remain unchanged, but due to the ‘lumpy’ nature of the revenue stream, we will see considerable variance on a month-by-month basis. On fi rst inspection this might seem alarming, but with careful management of the existing available funds, the payments to our vendors, and in particular Indiana University, should be made in a timely manner without incurring any penalties or charges. Indiana University has been very focused on receiving its payments on time and will charge us signifi cant penalties if we are past due. Th e accounting department at the OAH is currently reviewing our cash fl ow projections and should have a revised statement in the very near future.

Th e OAH ended the June 30, 2011 fi scal year on a positive note. On an operating basis, we fi n- ished with a surplus of $16,288 when the transfer of $83,128 to the Community College Fund (CCF) is excluded. Th is is essentially a non-recurring issue as the CCF winds down this fi scal year. Th ere is approximately $33,000 left in the CCF, and it will be used for the 2012 event in Springfi eld, Illinois. Should the OAH board decide it would like to continue the community college initiative, it could consider teaming up with a fi nancially stable community college program that could provide the fi nancial support while the OAH could provide the administrative and professional aspects.

One area of focus is revenue. While we have made some important changes in our revenue collection, the old model of relying on dues is precarious at best. Th ere are several initiatives underway to help us augment this area:

Organization of American Historians 15 1. A completed tally of our membership noted that we had 2,473 lapsed members from last fi s- cal year. OAH undertook a recent reclamation eff ort to these former OAH members by sending them the fi rst issue of the OAH newsletter, OAH Outlook. Th is eff ort produced a very positive response with more than 300 lapsed members renewing. We will continue to pursue these lapsed members and redouble our eff orts on membership retention. 2. Th e new policy of a sending a yearly appeal for funds (instead of two appeals a year) to the OAH members resulted in $52,000 being sent to us. Th is was higher than we had expected. 3. We are in the process of organizing a planned giving eff ort, a very important long-term eff ort. Currently, we are in a fact-fi nding mode, gathering the necessary administrative tools to aff ect a smooth and orderly process. Our goal is to have this area operational by the end of the current calendar year. Since the revenues from this area are long-term in nature, we must have a careful and thoughtful plan that will appeal to our membership. Th is venue could be an important source to help replenish our important long-term funds, including the OAH Prize Fund, the General Operating Fund and the Fund for American History. Our status as a 501(c)(3) organization can be marketed professionally to allow us to expand our fundraising activity. 4. Institutional relationships and support: Th e History Channel remains our largest annual supporter at $50,000. Our eff orts to enhance our working relationship could allow us to see this number rise over time. Our expanded role with Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (GLI), while not resulting in any direct monetary donation, could allow us to expand membership and our visibility within the broader history community. Th is remains an area of potential growth for the OAH.

Th ese initiatives, along with the new dues collection structure and the Oxford University Press relationship, should help us grow our revenue base.

As we enter our second year with Oxford, our relationship with them continues to be solid. One new area of assistance that Oxford has launched is helping associations such as the OAH expand their membership. We will be watching this area closely. Oxford indicates that, year to date, revenue projections are in line with the budget and that institutional support is improving. Th ey have also noted that an improvement in advertising and subscription should occur aft er the fi rst year of operation. Again, we will be monitoring this closely.

All the initiatives noted above do not require any additional monies and should not have any negative impact on our expenses. Th e annual meeting in Milwaukee, while a smaller regional market than Houston, should have a higher attendance due to its juxtaposition to other major academic centers in the midwest. We are also hoping to draw more K-12 interest through our expanded relationship with GLI which plans to have a regional session in Milwaukee prior to our meeting. Lastly, the hotel room rates of $159/$169 for the two hotels are signifi cantly lower than we experienced at prior annual meeting sites.

Overall, we have designed a very cautious budget. We have not budgeted any new items to cause any expense variation, and we will continue to look for additional ways to lower our costs. We continue to be in a very volatile economic environment, and we must continue to watch our membership levels as well as fi nd ways to make the annual meeting and the OAH accessible to our broad audience. ■ —November 2011

Note: Jay Goodgold was appointed treasurer of the OAH at the March 2011 OAH Executive Board Meeting. Prior to his appointment, Robert Griﬃ th served as OAH Treasurer until his sudden passing in January, 2011.

16 2010-2011 Annual Report Highlights, Organization of American Historians Financial Statements, June 30, 2011 and 2010

Th e following highlights are from the independent audit of the Organization of American Histori- ans by the accounting fi rm of Crowe Horwath, Indianapolis, Indiana. To request a complete copy of the statements of fi nancial position of the Organization of American Historians, as of June 30, 2011 and 2010, please contact the OAH offi ce.

Organization of American Historians 17 18 2010-2011 Annual Report Organization of American Historians 19 20 2010-2011 Annual Report Administration

Agreement with Oxford University Press We are in the fi rst year of our agreement with Oxford University Press. Th ere have been a number of changes that our members have seen. Access to the full run of both the Journal of American History and the OAH Magazine of History is available on the Oxford pages. Th ese are open to current members of the OAH. With this new agreement members also receive a 25 percent discount on books published by Oxford University Press. We are excited about the possibilities that Oxford brings to our members and will continue to look for more opportunities for additional benefi ts.

Production Th e staff in the publications offi ce has been diligently working with Oxford to establish new procedures for the production of our two publications, the Journal of American History and the OAH Magazine of History. Th is has taken longer than anticipated, but we now believe there is a workable schedule for everyone concerned. Beginning in January 2012, our members have seen their publications and online content arrive early. Our goal is to have in-home delivery before the second week of the month of issue.

New OAH member database We are putting the fi nal touches on the new OAH member database. In the spring of 2012 members will be able to update their member records online through the member portal. Renewal notices will be automatically populated with the most recent information that the OAH has on each member. All information of the organization—publications, meetings, business, and membership—will be found in one convenient location. Th is has been needed for a long time, and we are very excited to have this new database available to staff and members.

Information Technology at the OAH Th e Web site continues to grow with such items as new podcasts introducing an article from each issue of the Journal and the addition of new pages such as the Civil War at 150. Posting news of the profession and Clio’s Kudos for our members is an ongoing venture. We are trying out new social media and always appreciate helpful suggestions and praise as we continue to improve the public face of the OAH.

By mid-October 2011 all offi ces of the OAH will be connected to fi ber optics. Th is will substan- tially increase the speed of applications and connections that staff use daily and will have a major positive impact on productivity. Th is is an upgrade we have long been awaiting. ■

Organization of American Historians 21 22 2010-2011 Annual Report The OAH at a Glance

THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS OAH, formerly known as the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, is the largest professional society dedicated to the teaching and study of American history. Founded in 1907, the organization’s members in the U.S. and abroad include college and university professors; historians; students; precollegiate teachers; archivists, museum curators, and other public historians; and a variety of scholars employed in government and the private sector. Th e OAH publishes the Journal of American History, the OAH Magazine of History, and a quarterly newsletter, OAH Outlook. Among its various programs, OAH conducts an annual meeting each spring, and has a robust roster on its OAH Distinguished Lecturership Program.

Th e Organization of American Historians promotes excellence in the scholarship, teaching, and presentation of American history, and encourages wide discussion of historical questions and equitable treatment of all practitioners of history.

Th e year at a glance: • 7,466 individual members and 3,418 institutional subscribers • $3.4 million operating budget • 212 sessions proposed for the 2011 annual meeting; 109 selected • 265 proposals submitted for the 2012 OAH/NCPH Annual Meeting • 1,317 attended the 2011 OAH Annual Meeting in Houston • 65 book publishers were represented in the OAH Exhibit Hall • 40 committees with 260 total volunteers • Two Star Awards from the Indiana Society of Association Executives for OAH Outlook, and the OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program, for the best association newsletter and best non-dues revenue program, respectively • 99 OAH Distinguished Lectures held in 32 states and the District of Columbia • 124 OAH/NPS collaborative projects • 96,970 total visits to our Web site ■

Organization of American Historians 23 24 2010-2011 Annual Report Membership

THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS ended fi scal year 2011 with 7,466 members. Because of the small increase in membership dues in 2010, there was a modest monetary surplus, but membership numbers were 552 less than the previous year. (Please refer to page 18 of the OAH Treasurer’s Report for the audited fi nancial statement for membership dues revenues received in FY 2011.) OAH membership during Fiscal Year 2011 witnessed changes to the renewal date for members (moving from an anniversary to a universal annual date), a simplifi cation of the dues categories, and the migration to a new, online database. Th ese administrative changes allowed less time for marketing eff orts to JoinJi the thl largest t new members. Th e loss of the Teaching American History (TAH) Grant Program also con- mmembershipembership oorganizationrganization dtdliltdevoted exclusively to tributed to a decline. However, our core membership (i.e., individual members) remained the study,study teaching , constant. and presentation of American history. Eff orts to market OAH membership are planned for FY 2012 and FY 2013. To assist in these eff orts, a Membership Task Force was appointed to discuss how to better market OAH and reach more potential members. Th e OAH will develop promotional strategies around task force recommendations for marketing the OAH to various segments of the history market and to work with various organizations on joint memberships. OAH

ORGANIZATION OF Th e organization gained 1,013 new members during FY 2011, compared to 1,260 in FY American 2010. Th e membership marketing plan for January-October 2012 includes ongoing eff orts Historians to increase the number of student members and to identify other ways of attracting second- ™ ary school teachers following the loss of the TAH Grant program. www.oah.org 2011 OAH Membership Brochure In an eff ort to improve membership services, the OAH membership has undergone the following changes aft er an internal reorganization which started in late 2009. Th ese changes include:

• Establishing an annual membership year (November 1 – October 31) instead of an anniversary date year • Creating new membership categories for “bridge” and joint memberships with other organizations (to be implemented in 2011-12) • Implementing a slight membership rate increase for certain membership categories and a slight membership rate decrease for others • Instituting a new membership renewal schedule • Designing and creating a new membership brochure • Developing a membership card for members • Creating a new, online membership database

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Th e OAH membership staff continues to assist members by answering questions, providing in- structions regarding online member benefi ts and the new interactive database system, and working to create a positive experience for users. Providing exemplary customer service to existing and prospective OAH members is crucial as individuals choose their professional association for the coming year.

Increasing membership in 2012 will require an aggressive marketing plan which will be developed specifi cally for each target group selected by the Membership Director and Executive Direc- tor beginning in January 2012. Membership outreach will consist of at least a dozen campaigns using e-mail, direct mail, advertising, social media, and/or phone solicitation. Th e distribution of printed membership materials will be accomplished by OAH volunteers on the Membership Committee in communities across the U.S. If history serves as an indicator of things to come, the OAH will be successful in adjusting to the recent changes and continue to fi nd new ways of growing the organization. ■

26 2011 Annual Report Meetings and Conferences

THE OAH MEETINGS DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE for the annual meeting held each year in the spring, as well as the Community College Workshop held during the summer. Th ese meetings give American historians an opportunity to keep up to date with the profession and latest research in the fi eld, as well as network with peers.

2011 OAH Annual Meeting: An Overview More than thirteen hundred people attended the 2011 OAH Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas, Th ursday, March 17 to Sunday, March 20. Th e meeting theme was “Americans Divided and United: Multiple and Shift ing Solidarities.” Th e theme was developed by the president, David Hol- linger, and the program committee chairs, Joanne Meyerowitz and Peter Kolchin. Blocks of approximately eighteen sessions were held each day, and plenary sessions were scheduled for Th ursday and Friday. Luncheons, breakfasts, and receptions also were held. Th e exhibit hall was open Th ursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Total attendance at the 2011 meeting was 1,317. Th e exhibit hall hosted sixty-fi ve book publishers, university presses, and online services. Several universities, history departments, publishers, and organizations sponsored the meeting. Th e largest sponsors were the History Channel; Oxford University Press; Bedford/St. Martin’s; University of California, Berkeley; C-SPAN; Basic Books; CIES; and Forrest T. Jones & Company.

Th e OAH Program Committee evaluated 170 full The Exhibit Hall at the OAH Annual Meeting provides a friendly gathering place for at- session proposals and 43 single paper proposals. tendees to visit publishers and enjoy conversation and refreshments. From these submissions, the committee accepted 94 of the proposed full session proposals (72%), and 15 of the single papers (35%). Th ey solicited 29 sessions.

Sessions and events were cosponsored by the following organizations: Th e College Board, Ad- vanced Placement, the Society of Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, the Immigra- tion and Ethnic History Society, the Labor and Working-Class History Association, the Communi- ty College Humanities Association, and the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.

Organization of American Historians 27 In addition to these partner organizations, several sessions, luncheons, and other events were hosted by service committees from the OAH: the OAH Membership Committee, the OAH Com- mittee on the Status of Women in the Historical Profession, the OAH Committee on National Park Service Collaboration, the OAH Committee on Public History, the OAH Committee on Community Colleges, the OAH International Committee, and the OAH/JAAS Japan Historians Collaborative Committee.

2011 OAH Community College Workshop Th e 2011 workshop was held in Denver, Colorado, on the campus of the Community College of Denver. Th e theme for the fi rst day of the workshop was environmental history. Speakers were Patricia Limerick, Th omas Andrews, and Paul Sutter from the University of Colorado. Pedagogy sessions on geography and maps and using online resources fi nished the day.

Day two of the workshop included a walking tour of downtown Denver and a visit to the Denver Public Library. Th e group toured the extensive archive at the library and had a brief discussion with the chief archivist about ways to use archives in the community college classroom.

Th e fi nal day of the workshop focused on the Civil War in the West. Speakers were Michael Green, Col- lege of Southern Nevada, Dwight Pitcaithley, New Mexico State University, and Edward Crowther, Ad- ams State University. Cynthia Stout, an independent Participants in the 2011 Community College Workshop immerse themselves in Denver’s historian from Colorado, closed the workshop with a rich history. session on student assessment strategies.

2012 OAH Annual Meeting Th e 2012 annual meeting will be held in conjunction with the National Council on Public His- tory (NCPH) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Th e theme of the meeting is “Frontiers of Capitalism and Democracy.” Th e collaboration between the OAH and the NCPH has produced more than two hundred sessions and events. Th e meeting will also host twice the usual number of workshops, tours, and off site events. Registration opened December 16, 2011.

2012 OAH Community College Conference Th e 2012 OAH Community College Conference will be held on the campus of Lincoln Land Community College in Springfi eld, Illinois. Th e symposium will focus on Abraham Lincoln, from his time in Springfi eld and beyond. For more information, visit http://cc.oah.org/. ■

28 2010-2011 Annual Report OAH Magazine of History

ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS PUBLISHED QUARTERLY SINCE 1985 MAGAZINE OF HISTORY , each issue of the 7PMVNF /VNCFSs+VMZ OAH Magazine of History focuses on a theme in U.S. history. Ar- ticles draw upon recent scholarship, survey the historiography, and provide practical teaching strategies. Th e OAH Magazine’s goal is to enhance the teaching and presentation of U.S. history in secondary and college classrooms, as well as in public history settings. Contributors include top scholars doing cutting-edge research, award-winning classroom teachers, public intellectuals, and public historians. A subject specialist serves as consulting editor for each History of issue. Technology Edited at the OAH publications offi ce in Bloomington, Indiana, the OAH Magazine is published by the OAH in a partnership with Oxford University Press. Individual subscribers, both OAH members and non-members, as well as institutional subscribers, receive the print magazine by mail. It is also available online through Oxford University Press Journals online at http://maghis.oxfordjournals.org/ and through the OAH at http://magazine.oah.org/.

In the 2010–2011 fi scal year, the OAH published four issues of the Magazine: • History of Technology (July 2010): http://magazine.oah.org/issues/243/. From personal com- puters to canned food to the airplane, new technology changed the fabric of American life in the twentieth century. But as the contributors to this issue show us, technological change is best understood in its rich social, political, and cultural context. • Th e Cold War Revisited (October 2010): http://magazine.oah.org/issues/244/. More than twenty years aft er the fall of the Berlin Wall, historians are still rewriting the way we view the Cold War. Connections to the civil rights movement, the experiences of children in the Cold War–era, and spying are among the subjects covered in this wide-ranging survey. • Colonial America (January 2011): http://magazine.oah.org/issues/251/. One of the oldest topics in U.S. history, the story of colonial America continues to be retold in fascinating ways. Th ese authors reframe the period by focusing on the diversity of colonization—English, Span- ish, and French—and how European colonizers, Native Americans, and African Americans experienced this chapter of our common history. • Civil War at 150: Origins (April 2011): http://magazine.oah.org/issues/252/. In this issue, the fi rst in our planned series on the Civil War at 150, the authors explore the touchy issue of the

Organization of American Historians 29 war’s origins. Articles equip teachers to help students examine this topic through a variety of lenses: politics, economics, gender, slavery, and commemoration.

New OAH Magazine online marketing initiatives included: • A new OAH Magazine Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/OAHMagazine?sk=wall. • A podcast interview with historian Elizabeth Varon, one of the contributors to the April 2011 issue: http://www.oah.org/programs/civilwar/podcast/program/201104.mp3. • Promoting the mobile version of the OAH Magazine, available through Oxford University Press, which is a mobile-optimized edition of the online issue, which can be accessed from all mobile devices, iOS (iPhone and iPod Touch), Blackberry OS and Android smartphones. ■

30 2011 Annual Report National Park Service Collaborative Project

National Park Service THE PURPOSE OF THE OAHNPS COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM is to ensure U.S. Department of the Interior History Program that the history being presented to the American public in the units of the National Park Northeast Region COMMUNITY BY DESIGN: THE ROLE OF Service is in line with the latest scholarly understandings of the past. Th e program also THE OLMSTED OFFICE IN THE SUBURBANIZATION OF BROOKLINE, seeks to expand the dialogue taking place among professional historians, by exposing MASSACHUSETTS, 1880 TO 1936 academic historians to the methodologies of public history and enabling public historians to take part in a larger scholarly debate.

While the OAH was collaborating on individual projects with NPS as early as 1989, the formal relationship between the organizations began in 1994, at the height of the culture wars, when there was a growing awareness within the historical profession that academic history was not having much impact on public perceptions of the past and that public HISTORIC RESOURCE STUDY FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE historians working to present thoughtful, nuanced information about the past needed professional support as they came increasingly under fi re amid public controversy. Historic Resource Study for the Frederick Law Olmsted National Th e beauty of the OAH-NPS relationship is that it provides an infrastructure within Historic Site which to experiment and be creative in the service of historical goals. Indeed, the type of relationship enjoyed by the OAH and NPS is distinct from most of the agency’s work-for- hire precisely because it strays outside of established types of government work and off ers a benefi t both to the park service and to the wider historical profession. As stipulated by our collaborative agreement, all projects we undertake with NPS must prove a mutual benefi t for both organizations. Th at being said, our collaborative work does tend to fall into the general categories of primary research, historical synthesis, peer review, professional development, and consulting.

In the fi rst eight years of the program, the OAH and NPS completed 21 joint projects. In the subsequent nine years, since the creation of the public history manager position at the OAH, we have been involved in 103 projects. All told, as of 2011, we have collabo- rated with NPS on 124 projects, and in Fiscal Year 2011 enjoyed working on 41 active agreements.

In fi scal year 2011, we took on the following new projects:

• Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Special Resource Study • Teaching History and Civics in the Parks: Lincoln Historic Home • Review of Visitor Center Exhibit Design Package for Rosie the Riveter World War II/ Home Front National Historical Park

Organization of American Historians 31 • National Underground Railroad Annual Conferences

We concluded work on these projects:

• Cape Lookout Historic Resource Study, Phase II • Civil War Sesquicentennial Web Site Peer Review • Educational Workshops: Using Place to Teach History • Space Shuttle Columbia • Women’s Rights Administrative History

For more information about these projects, for a complete list of our current projects, and for a cumulative list of all projects completed in the OAH-NPS partnership, please visit www.oah.org. For any other questions about the OAH-NPS partnership, please contact Aidan J. Smith (aid- [email protected]), OAH Public History Manager. ■

32 2010-2011 Annual Report Distinguished Lectureship Program

FOUNDED BY OAH PRESIDENT GERDA LERNER in 1982, the OAH’s speakers bureau continues today to advance the organization’s mission of promoting excellence in the scholarship, teaching, and presentation of American history while also contributing a steady non-dues revenue stream to the organization’s general operating fund.

During the past fi scal year, 99 OAH Distinguished Lectures were presented in 32 states and the District of Columbia. OAH volunteer speakers engaged audiences at colleges and universities, historical societies, museums, and libraries around the country. Th ey also led numerous K-12 teacher workshops, funded by U.S. Department of Education Teach- ing American History grants, and participated in National OAH Distinguished Lecturer Matt Garcia Council for History Education state conferences and other speaks at the College of Saint Rose symposia for teachers.

Despite the economic downturn, the program generated more than $125,000 in revenue for the organization for the fourth consecutive fi scal year. In fact, in December 2011, the OAH Distin- guished Lectureship Program received a Star Award for best association non-dues revenue program from the Indiana Society of Association Executives.

The Civil War Sesquicentennial As anticipated, the program experienced increased demand for Civil War historians as the Civil War sesquicentennial began in early 2011. Sixteen OAH Distinguished Lectures on this subject were presented during FY2011 in a variety of venues, including the Idaho Council for History Education conference and the Tennessee Conference of Historians, teacher workshops in Illinois and New York, and multiple-lecture series at Southern Methodist University and Miami Univer- sity Hamilton.

New Media Selected OAH Distinguished Lectures were made available in podcast form for the fi rst time in the past year. Th e inaugural podcast lectures focus on Civil War history, and include a video recording of Steve Hahn on “Why the Civil War Mattered” and an audio recording of Stephanie McCurry on “Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South.”

Organization of American Historians 33 Th e OAH Executive Board commends and thanks the following OAH Distinguished Lecturers for giving one lecture each on the OAH’s behalf during 2010-2011:

Virginia DeJohn Anderson, Fred Anderson, David Armitage, Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Raymond O. Arsenault, Edward L. Ayers, Robert Bain, Mia Bay, Stephen Berry, Richard J. M. Blackett, Elizabeth K. Borgwardt, Terry Bouton, Kevin Boyle, Catherine A. Brekus, Edwin G. Burrows, Jon Butler, Albert Camarillo, Lizabeth Cohen, Bettye Collier-Th omas, Stephanie Coontz, Daniel Cz- itrom, Brian DeLay, Tom Dublin, Lynn Dumenil, David C. Engerman, Todd Estes, John Ferling, Leon Fink, Michael W. Flamm, Joanne B. Freeman, François Furstenberg, Matt Garcia, Linda Gordon, Elliott J. Gorn, James Green, James N. Gregory, Claudrena N. Harold, Woody Holton, Heather A. Huyck, Matthew Frye Jacobson, Caroline E. Janney, Jacqueline Jones, Jane Kamensky, Walter D. Kamphoefner, Michael Kazin, Alice Kessler-Harris, Virginia Sanchez Korrol, Robert Korstad, Alan M. Kraut, Karen Ordahl Kupperman, Patricia Nelson Limerick, Leon F. Litwack, James Marten, Elaine Tyler May, Stephanie McCurry, Danielle McGuire, Sally G. McMillen, Marla R. Miller, Kevin Mumford, Mae M. Ngai, Mary Beth Norton, Susan O’Donovan, James T. Pat- terson, Matthew Pinsker, Jack N. Rakove, Daniel T. Rodgers, Virginia Scharff , Donald Schwartz, Nina Silber, Bryant Simon, Sheila L. Skemp, Cynthia Stout, Patricia Sullivan, Jeremi Suri, Barbara L. Tischler, Robert Brent Toplin, Lara Vapnek, Frank J. Williams, Rhonda Y. Williams, and Judy Tzu-Chun Wu.

Th e OAH Executive Board off ers special thanks and commendations to the following OAH Dis- tinguished Lecturers for giving more than one OAH Lecture each during 2010-2011:

Eric Arnesen, Orville Vernon Burton, Lesley J. Gordon, Steven Hahn, Christopher W. Phillips, Eric Rauchway, Bruce J. Schulman, Th omas Alan Schwartz and Paul Finkelman, who gave three OAH Lectures during 2010-2011. ■

During the past ﬁ scal year, 99 OAH Distinguished Lectures were presented in 32 states and the District of Columbia.

34 2010-2011 Annual Report The Civil War at 150

ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS DURING THE SESQUICENTENNIAL OF THE MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (2011-2015), the Organization Volume 25, Number 2 • April 2011 of American Historians is committed to bringing the best current thinking on this complex era to a wide audience. In keeping with our mission to promote excellence in the scholarship, teaching, and presentation of all American history, we aim to explore the war from its beginnings through its aft ermath, considering a single, broad theme during each anniversary year.

In 2011, we created a Web project (http://www.oah.org/ programs/civilwar/) to gather the OAH’s diverse resources Civil War at 150: on this topic and examined the theme of the war’s origins Origins through: sponsor • Several sessions devoted to Civil War history at the 2011 annual meeting in Houston, Texas, in April, including a The April 2011 issue of the OAH Magazine of plenary chaired by Michael Holt and entitled, “Dividing a History helped launch the ﬁ rst year of the OAH’s Nation: Th e Origins of the Secession Crisis and the Civil Civil War at 150 project. War” • Th e April 2011 OAH Magazine of History, “Civil War at 150: Origins,” with consulting editor Matthew Pinsker http://magazine.oah.org/issues/252/ • Podcast conversations with Dwight Pitcaithley about presenting Civil War history in the nation’s parks, and with Elizabeth Varon about the role of women in the Civil War http://www. oah.org/programs/civilwar/podcast/ • OAH Distinguished Lectures by Steve Hahn, Stephanie McCurry, and others, available as a podcast from http://lectures.oah.org/podcast/ • “Nationalism and Internationalism in the Era of the Civil War,” a discussion in the September Journal of American History that places the war in context of nationalist developments around the world during the period http://www.oah.org/programs/civilwar/publications.html ■

Organization of American Historians 35 36 2010-2011 Annual Report Advocacy

DURING 20102011, ADVOCACY BECAME AN IMPORTANT ISSUE for the OAH as Congress became deadlocked over funding and tax issues. Th e OAH is a dues-paying, founding member of the National Coalition of History (NCH). Based in Washington, D.C., NCH is com- prised of over fi ft y dues-paying history-related organizations that provide advocacy and lobbying support for the historical and archival communities.

Since 2001, Congress has appropriated money for the Teaching American History (TAH) grants program. Th e Teaching American History Grant program was a discretionary grant program funded under Title II-C, Subpart 4 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Th e goal of the program was to support programs that raise student achievement by improving teachers’ knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of American history. Th e program supports com- petitive grants to local educational agencies. Th e purpose of these grants is to promote the teaching of traditional American history in elementary and secondary schools as a separate academic subject.

Th e largest advocate for the TAH program was Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia who unfortunately passed away on June 28, 2010. Intent on cutting expenses and not raising taxes, Congress eliminated funding for the TAH program for 2011 and then at the end of 2011, com- pletely eliminated the program. Th e OAH joined the NCH as well as a number of other history organizations in fi ghting to maintain funding for this program, but unfortunately our eff orts were not successful.

In an eff ort to preserve some federal funding of history education, OAH joined with NCH and its members in supporting an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create a “well-rounded” education fund in which school districts could use the money to fund programs in history, civics education, social studies, and eight other subject areas. Th is amendment was passed in October, 2011 but still awaits funding authorization. Advocacy eff orts in 2011-2012 will focus on funding for this legislation.

During the 2010-2011 fi scal year, the OAH, in collaboration with NCH, helped lobby to retain funding for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, and was able to obtain $5 million in funding (cut by $2 million). Historic preservation programs at the National Park Service received a small increase in funding, and the Institute for Museum and Library Services received a relatively minor cut of $500,000 to its budget.

Organization of American Historians 37 Th e OAH also works with the National Humanities Alliance in its lobbying eff orts. To further strengthen advocacy and public relations eff orts for history, an informal group of history and social studies organizations met in Washington, DC during the summer of 2011 and agreed to work together on strategies to improve the public image of history and history education.

Th e OAH joined the Citizens Litigation Group (at no charge to the OAH) to advocate for the release of the Nixon grand jury materials. A district court judge ordered that the tapes be unsealed, and these materials became available in the fall. Th e OAH also worked with the NCH in opposing encroachments on two high profi le Civil War battlefi elds – Gettysburg and the Wilderness. A ca- sino was proposed at the Gettysburg National Military Park, and the building of a Wal-Mart was proposed near Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefi elds Memorial site. In both cases, the construction plans were abandoned. ■

38 2011 Annual Report Career Center

IN JANUARY 2011, THE OAH ANNOUNCED the opening of the OAH Career Center, a new benefi t for OAH members. Individuals wishing to make professional career connections may do so by visiting http://careers.oah.org.

Th e OAH Career Center allows individuals to easily browse available jobs, or use advanced search tools to target positions by keyword, location, and other criteria. Job seekers may also place their vita and/or resume online using the OAH Career Center’s confi dential resume posting service, which allows complete control over when to release information and to which interested employers. For more information, visit http://careers.oah.org.

Th e number of resumes in the database as of June 30, 2011 was 105. During the same period, there were twenty active job seachers, six new job postings received during that time, across 42 registered employers.

During fi scal year 2011, advertised positions spanned the following categories within the historical profession: African American, Early Republic, Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Intellectual and Cultural, Latino/a, Public History and Memory, Science and Technology, Sexu- ality and Gender, and Social History.

As the OAH Career Center becomes more widely-known and utilized by the membership, we expect to see its popularity grow. ■

Organization of American Historians 39 40 2011 Annual Report Communications

THE OAH CREATED A NEW POSITION THIS YEAR—a communications and marketing specialist—to promote the OAH to its members and the public. Michael Regoli, formerly the OAH Director of Publications, now holds this position.

OAH Outlook: A Membership Newsletter OAH VOLUME 1 / NUMBER 1 / AUGUST 2011 At its spring 2011 meeting in Houston, the OAH Executive OUTLOOK Board voted to resume a quarterly print newsletter for the A membership newsletter of the American Historians membership. Th e inaugural issue of OAH Outlook: A Mem- Welcome to OAH Outlook: A Membership Newsletter of the bership Newsletter of the Organization of American Historians Organization of American Historians FROM THE OAH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR appeared in August 2011 and provided a major boost in Katherine M. Finley ear the end of his three-year tenure, proposed increasing funding so the Nthe outgoing OAH Executive Secretary organization could publish four issues of Thomas D. Clark persuaded the OAH the newsletter annually. The OAH Newsletter Executive Board that the establishment of appeared three times in 1981 and was en- communication with the members. In addition to appearing a newsletter would be “of real assistance in larged to a tabloid-sized format. The OAH 2010 OAH Election/ 19 making the Organization better known in expanded the newsletter's newspaper- and Ballot Advocacy News from/ 9 The Future /of 3 Washington, DC areas where it needs friendly acceptances.” like appearance to include opinion pieces Inside: Women’s History To that end, the OAH Executive Board and more substantive articles on issues ȱȱ OAH Newsletter 1HZVOHWWHUȱŘŖŖş moved to establish the at facing the profession. ȱřŝǰȱȱŚ in print each February, May, August, and November, back In 1996 the organization entered the its April 1973 meeting and recommended $EUDKDP/LQFROQDW )URPWKH2$+3UHVLGHQW 7ZR+XQGUHG that its content include “activities and digital age and created its first Web site. 5HÁHFWLRQVRQWKH 9HUQRQ%XUWRQ *UHDW'HSUHVVLRQ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȬ (ODLQH7\OHU0D\ ȱ ȱ Ĵ ȱȱǯȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȱ memberships of the standing committees, While the tabloid-sized newsletter con- ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ¡ȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ Ĵ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱŘŖŖşȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱŗşŘşȱȱȱ Ȭ ȱȱȱ ȱ Ĵ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱǰȱǰȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ ǯȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǯȱ ȱ Ȭ ȱȱȱ¢ǯȱȱȱ ȱ ¢ȱ Ěȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱ VJG ¢ǰȱȱȱ RGTHQTOKPHTQPVQH tinued until 2010, discussion over the ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ T[5EJQQN CPPKXGTUCT[ decisions of the Executive Board and the OGPVC ȱ ȱ ȱ 'YC'NG ȱȱȂȱǰȱ *QPQNWNW5VCT ȱ ȱ ȱ Ĵȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ Ȭ 2TGUEJQQNEJKNFTGPCV ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ GGYCTF5EJQQN&KUVTKEV Ȭ DTQP\GUVCVWGQH#DTCJCO.KPEQNPKPOCTMKPIVJGUKZVKGVJQVJG. ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱŗşřŖȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ QHVJGUVCVWG UFQPCVKQPV ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȧ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ Ĵ¢ȱ $WNNGVKP&GCP5GPUWKRJQVQITCRJGT ȱ ȱ ¢ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱęȱȱ ǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ǯȱȱ ȱ ȱ dissemination of timely information from ȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱȱŘŖŖşȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱǯȱ ǰȱ Executive Committee, changes in pro- ȱȱȱ Ȭ ȱ¡ȱ Ȭ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ /C[ ȱȱȬ ȱȱ ȱȱ Ȭ ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱĴȱȱ ȱȱǯȱȱ issues will be available as an exclusive membership benefi t ȱȱ¢ȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱȬ ȱŞǱŖŖȱǯǯȱ¢ȱȱȱ¢ȱȬ ¢ȱǯ ȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ Ȭ ȱȱ ȱǻǼǰȱȱ ǰȱȃȱȱ¢Ǳȱ ¢ȱȱ ǰȱȱ ȱ ȱǯȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ Ȃȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ cedures in the [business office] and any the OAH via pixels or print continued ¢ȱ Ȭ ȱȱ ȱȱȱĴ ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱŗşŞŖȱȱ¢ ȱĚǯȄȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱǰȱ Ȭ ǰȱȱȱŘŖŖşȱ ¡ȱȱȱŗşŘŖǰȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱŗşŖşȱ £ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱȬ Ȭ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱȱ ǯǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǻ ȱ¢ȱȱǼǰȱȱȱȱ ǰȱȱŗşśşȱȱȱę¢ȱ¢ȱǯȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȃȱ ŗşŞŗǰȱȱȱȱŗşŘşǯȱȱȱ£ ȱȱ ȱȱ Ȭ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱȱȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢¢ȱȱ ȱǰȱȱ¢ǯȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ǰȱȱ apace. By 2010 the printing of a newsletter ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ ȱȱȱǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ news which is pertinent to the member’s ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ¡ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱǻ ȱǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱŗşŘŖȱ ȱǯȱ¢ȱŘŖŖŝǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ Ȭ ȱȱȱŗşŜŘȱ ǰȱ ȱ ǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱŖǯŖŗȱȬ LQ7UDQVLWLRQ ȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȭ Şǰȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱǞŗŗǯśȱǼȱȱȱȱŜȱ 2$+1HZVOHWWHU 2$+ ȱȱȱȱŗşŘȬ 7KH SULQW HGLWLRQ RI WKH ȱ ¡Ǽǯȱȱ ȱ ȱǻȱȱȱ 2$+1HZVOHWWHU ȱ ȱŗşśşȱ seemed to be an unnecessary expense, Ȭȱ ¢ȱ ǰȱ XDU\WKH ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ relationship to this professional body.” RX KROG LQ \RXU KDQGV WKH ¿QDO ǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ %HJLQQLQJQH[W)HEU ǯȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ 1HZVOHWWHU :HDUHH[FLWHGDERXWWKHQHZSRV Ȭ ȱ ȱ < FWURQLFIRUPDWDQG ȱŘŖŖşǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ£ȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱĚȱȱȱ ȬȬ ZLOOEHH[FOXVLYHO\RQOLQH WKHPHPEHUVKLS ȱȱȱ ¢ǰȱȱǯȱȱ XQF ȱȱȱȱ VLELOLWLHVDVZHIRFXVRQDQH[SDQGHGHOHIURP2$+DQQR ȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱǯȄ ǰȱȱ¢ȱ WNQRZKRZWR ▲ ǰȱĴ WKHSRWHQWLDOHQKDQFHPHQWVWREHWWHUVHUYHFHLYHDQHPDLOPHVVDJHZHGRQR ȱȱȱȱȱ WKLVLVVXH ȱȱȱ¢ǯ ȱȱȱȱǰȱ ȱ ,I\RXGLGQRWUHDYDLODELOLW\RI %85721 since many organizations and associations ȱȱȱȱę ȱǰȱȱ WKHRQOLQH HDVHWDNHDPRPHQWDQGXSGDWH6WD\ LQ 5GG In essence, the proposed newsletter was ¢ LQJ ȱȱȱ£ȱ XHOHFWURQLFDOO\3O OHFWLQJ WKH OLQN❑ ³ ȱȱ UHDFK\R RUJ! ȱ ȱȱȱȱǱȱ \RXU HPDLO DGGUHVV ZLWK XV E\WWSZZZRDK VH ȱȱȱȱĚ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ 7RXFK ´RQRXUKRPHSDJH K

▲ ȃȱęȱȱȱȱ through OAH Online Member Services. Th e August issue to be what all association or organization had opted to move exclusively online with 5GG0$< newsletters are—a way of conveying timely e-mail newsletters and expanded Web information about the organization, its sites. Moreover, given the time required f programs, and its publications. The first or writing, editing, laying out, printing, received very favorable reviews by the membership. In fact, issue, published in July 1973 was 8½" x 11" and mailing, the OAH Newsletter seemed e-mail because of spam, and due to the and only four pages in length. It included to be losing ground in providing timely increasing quantity of messages, individuals a letter to the membership from the retiring information to the membership. News are more selective regarding which e-mail executive secretary, who was “very happy could now flow more quickly and inexpen- messages they read. In the OAH’s case, that we have progressed to the stage of sively through e-mail, the OAH Web site, only one member in four takes the time the inaugural issue won a 2011 Star Award for nonprofi t as- producing this Newsletter” and pleased to and electronic newsletters. to open our monthly e-mail newsletters. have a venue for the executive secretary In practice, however, e-mail newsletters Furthermore, five different generations to speak directly to the membership. have not been as effective at reaching are represented by OAH membership, Until 1981 the OAH Newsletter was bi- their audience as expected. Research ranging from the Greatest Generation or sociation newsletters from the Indiana Society of Association annual, appearing in July and December. by the Pew Internet and American Life the “G.I. generation” (born between 1901 That year, OAH President Gerda Lerner Project showed that fewer people trust and 1924), through “Generation Z” (born as late as the 1990s), which requires the organization to reach members who are uncomfortable with digital publications Executives. as well as members who are happier to Organization of American Historians receive news through social networks. 112 N BRYAN AVE., BLOOMINGTON, IN 47401 American www.oah.org / 812.855.7311 Historians See Finley / 2 X The OAH E-News: A Monthly E-Mail to Members Each month we send via e-mail the OAH E-News, which contains timely updates from the organization as well as the profession. Th e message is sent to all current members for whom we have an e-mail address (approximately 83 percent). While each monthly e-mail is opened by approximately 1 in 3 individuals, we feel it is an important means of disseminating timely updates to the membership, and provides a meaningful point of contact with members each month. Th e 30 percent “open rate” on our messages may seem discouraging, but it is above the industry average of 20 percent for e-mail metrics in higher education.

Exhibiting at History Conferences As part of an increased eff ort to market the OAH among various constituencies, we have started exhibiting at meetings and conferences around the nation. At each meeting, we promote membership in the organization, the annual meeting, and OAH publications, as well as the OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program. To enhance our presence at these events, we made a modest investment in a pair of “banner stands” (on next page), which are portable, attractive, and promi-

Organization of American Historians 41 nently display the OAH name, logo and message. Th is past year, we have exhibited at the annual meetings of the National Council for History Education (NCHE) in Charleston, SC; the American Associa- tion for State and Local History (AASLH) in Richmond, Virginia; and the Missouri Council for History Education (MOCHE) in St. Louis, Missouri.

We have found it benefi cial to have an enhanced OAH presence in our own exhibit hall at the OAH Annual Meeting and at our community college conference. Th anks to the new publishing partnership with Oxford University Press, Oxford has helped extend our publicity reach by exhibiting at various academic and library trade shows as well.

An OAH banner stand on display at the annual meeting of Printed Materials the Missouri Council for History Education. In keeping with goals outlined in the recently adopted strategic plan, we have increased the number of print materials as both outreach mechanisms and to attract and retain members, with a careful eye to describe the benefi ts of membership for both current and prospective members. In late 2010, we designed and printed a new membership brochure which was on display at the recent OAH meeting in Houston. More than seven thousand copies were printed, and we are refreshing it for its second printing later this year.

We continue to design and mail inexpensive and attractive postcards to various groups and individuals. In an attempt to reclaim recently lapsed members, we sent a complimentary print issue of the August issue of OAH Outlook. Two weeks later we followed up with a postcard which carried the message “We miss you as an OAH member.” As of this writing, that initiative was successful in bringing back more than three hundred individuals to the OAH.

Public Relations, Outreach, and Social Media Th e OAH is making more deliberate use of Facebook and Twitter, as well as LinkedIn. In addition to a main Facebook page for the organization, we have worked with the editorial team of the OAH Magazine of History to create one devoted specifi cally to the OAH Magazine. On Facebook, we routinely post news of the organization (updates from our various programs such as awards, prizes, lectureship, podcasts, and so on, as well as quarterly announcements of new issues of our publications, upcoming meetings, and timely advocacy news impacting the profession) and we do the same on our LinkedIn account. As with URLs included in the monthly e-mail to members, each public URL is tracked for performance and interest. Th is summer we expanded our LinkedIn presence by using its new “LinkedIn Groups” feature that will allow us to reach those individuals from The OAH maintained a central presence in the exhibit hall at its 2011 annual OAH who use that platform meeting in Houston, Texas. with timely messaging.

42 2010-2011 Annual Report Twitter provides the OAH with yet another way to share short “instant messages” to individuals and groups who “follow” our account. We created our Twitter account (Th e_OAH) in July 2009 and have enjoyed a steady growth in the number of people who “follow” us. As of this writing, we have nearly 700 followers.

OAH Web Sites Th e primary OAH Web site (http://www.oah.org) received approximately 96,670 visits and 62,491 unique visitors from Janu- ary 1-September 30, 2011. (Due to online tracking codes, these numbers also include the two Web sites for the OAH Magazine of History—http://magazine.oah.org/ and the OAH Community College Conference—http://cc.oah.org/). Web site “traffi c” is split between those who fi nd us through search (48 percent), direct hits (30 percent) and referral sites (22 percent). Th e most popular content among visitors is the home page, receiving 25 percent, followed by annual meeting information (4.2 percent), membership (2.95 percent) and OAH awards and prizes (2.5 percent).

Th e Journal of American History Web site (http://www.journalofamericanhistory.org/) received approximately 86,000 visits and 65,800 unique visitors from January 1-September 30, 2011. Web site traffi c is split between search (63 percent), referring sites (18.5 percent), and direct hits (18.4 percent). As with the OAH Magazine of History, it is important to note that these fi gures do not include the content of JAH articles hosted at Oxford University Press.

Th e OAH Distinguished Lectureship Web site (http://lectures.oah.org) received approximately 27,500 visits and 22,400 unique visitors from January 1-September 30, 2011. Web site “traffi c” is split between search (72.4 percent), referring sites (18.1 percent), and direct hits (9.4 percent).

Press Releases Th e OAH Strategic Plan calls for an increase in dissemination of news of the OAH and its members to non-members via well-placed advertisements, news stories, and announcements in both Web and print publications. In addition to our eff orts to serve as an online clearinghouse for announcements on our Web site of jobs in the fi eld through the OAH Career Center (http:// careers.oah.org/), as well as grants, fellowships, meetings, calls for papers, and other news of the profession (http://www.oah.org/news/), we have worked with media outlets to disseminate news of OAH activities, its awards program, lectureship program, events, and its publications. Over the past year, press releases were sent out to media outlets regarding the statement issued by the OAH Executive Board concerning the attacks on William J. Cronon and academic freedom, and to the Houston and Denver area for the 2011 OAH Annual Meeting and the 2011 OAH Community College Workshop, respectively. Press releases were sent to more than one dozen media outlets and other groups (such as the Chronicle of Higher Education, Th e New York Times, Inside Higher Education Web site, H-Net, American Association for University Professors, etc.) announcing the release of the OAH Committee on Part-Time, Adjunct, and Contingent Employment’s Report on Standards for Part-Time, Adjunct, and Contingent Faculty. Upcoming media and press placement opportunities will take place for: the upcoming 2012 OAH Annual Meeting; the release in March 2012 of the publication, Imperiled Promise: Th e State of History in the National Park Service, coming out of OAH’s Cooperative Agreement with the National Park Service; and the July 2012 OAH Community College Conference in Springfi eld, Illinois. ■

Organization of American Historians 43 44 2010-2011 Annual Report Development and Philanthropy

THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS GRATEFULLY acknowledges the gift s and contributions of the following donors during the 2011 fi scal year (July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011).

We encourage you to consider making a fi nancial gift to the organization to support advocacy for the profession, increase its many outreach eff orts, and improve our service to historians and practitioners at all levels. Th ere are many ways to support the Organization of American Historians. For more information, please visit us online at http://www.oah. org/giving/.

Th e OAH is a 501(c)(3) nonproﬁ t organization. All gift s are tax deductible as allowed by law.

Founders Society William Chafe Jane Kamensky ($25,000 and over) William Cohan Linda Kerber History Channel Pete Daniel May Family Fund Laura Feller Gary Nash Charles and Mary Helene Fredrickson James O’Brien Beard Society Hermann Platt Paul Ortiz ($5,000 to $9,999) Michael Spector Lewis Perry Jay Goodgold P. Sterling Stuckey Susan Reverby Oxford University Press Barbara Winslow Donald Roper Paul Sperry James Wright Th e Barkley Fund Mark Tushnet Two Thousand and Mississippi Valley Centennial Club Seven Associates Club ($500 to $999) ($100 to $499) ($2,000 to $4,999) Anonymous Steven Berizzi Elaine Abelson Jon Butler Emily Bingham and Stephen Anne Aby Darlene Clark Hine Reily Larry Adelman Donald Hata Charles Booth Kristin Ahlberg Marcus Rediker Albert Camarillo Virginia Anderson Robert Tree Nancy Cott Susan Armeny Melvyn Dubofsky Charles Arning Millennial Club Ann V. Fabian Douglas Arnold ($1,000 to $1,999) Sara Gronim Annette Atkins Gordon Bakken Barton Hacker Edward Ayers Ira Berlin William Hammond Beth Bailey

Organization of American Historians 45 James Banner Christopher Daly Sharon Harley Carolyn Banulis Allen Davis Alexandra Harmon Betty Allen Barnouw Calvin Davis Michael Henry James Basker David Brion Davis Nancy Hewitt Albert Bauman Rebecca Davis Robin Higham DeAnna Beachley Peter Decker James Hilty Robert Beisner Michael Devine James Hodges Th omas Bender John Dichtl Ronald Hoff man Michael Benedict Hasia Diner Alton Hornsby Edward Bennett Robert Divine James Horton James Bergquist Jacob Dorn John Husmann Robert Berkhofer Frederick Drake Reed Hutner George Berndt Michael Dubin Th omas Jablonsky Michael Bernstein Mary Dudziak David Jacobosky Alan Berolzheimer Ann Duff y Travis Beal Jacobs Mary Berry Dean Eberly Julie Roy Jeff rey Charlene Bickford Laura Edwards Jacob Judd Alan Bickley Robin Einhorn Karl Kabelac Darrel Bigham Carroll Engelhardt Michael Kammen Victoria Bissell Brown Ena Farley Stephen Kantrowitz David Blight Roger Fechner Amalie Kass John Boles Earline Ferguson Joy Kasson W. Je ff rey Bolster John Findlay Lesley Kawaguchi Rochelle Bookspan Leon Fink Kathleen Kean Eileen Boris Katherine M. Finley Mary Kelley Elizabeth Bouvier Deborah Fitzgerald William Kenney Candice Bredbenner Th omas Fleming Elizabeth Kessel Howard Brick Marvin Fletcher Alice Kessler-Harris Jeff Broadwater Miriam Forman-Brunell Daniel Kevles John Broesamle Lee W. Formwalt Michael Klarman Charles Bryan Natalie Fousekis June Klees Bruce Bustard Barbara Franco Jonas Klein Kevin Byrne Mary Furner John Kneebone Margot Canaday Cheryl Ganz Jane Krepp Robert Carey Lloyd Gardner Rebecca Kugel Kimn Carlton-Smith Gary Gerstle Kathleen Kutolowski Mark Carnes Timothy Gilfoyle Judy Kutulas Purvis Carter Howard Gillette Catherine Lauritsen Louise Cather Glenda Gilmore Lance Lewis Joan Challinor Brent Glass Nelson Lichtenstein Th omas Charlton John Gleason William Liddle Robert Cherny Myra Glenn Kriste Lindenmeyer Cliff ord Clark Lorri Glover Katharina Linder Malcolm Clark Linda Gordon Edward Linenthal Paul Clemens Annette Gordon-Reed Leon Litwack Bruce Cohen Henry Graff James Lorence Ira Cohen Gael Graham Richard Lowitt Lizabeth Cohen Edward Gray Wesley Lybrand James Connor Sally Gregory Kohlstedt Mary Lynn Patrick Cox Joshua Guild Nancy MacLean Hamilton Cravens Paul Hager Gloria Main Alastair Crawford Carl Hallberg Rachel Maines William Cronon Ellen Hampton Nancy Malkiel Daniel Czitrom Klaus Hansen Jim Mallinson

46 2011 Annual Report Kent Mann Harry Scheiber Arthur Young Gerald Markowitz Frederick Schult Joanna Schneider Joyce Mason Evans Rima Schultz Zangrando Valerie Matsumoto Philip Schwarz Robert Zangrando Glenna Matthews Loren Schweninger Joan Zenzen Stuart Mayer John Servis Paul & Charlotte Zietlow Edith Mayo Michael Sherry Linda McKinstry Martin Sherwin Friends of the OAH Samuel McSeveney Linda Shopes (up to $99) Martin Melosi Judith Smith William Adair Merck & Co., Inc. Wilson Smith Kevin Adams Warren Metzger Raymond Smock Virginia Ahart Joanne Meyerowitz John Snetsinger Wilbert Ahern Robert Middlekauff Winton Solberg Keith Alexander Char Miller David Southern Ruth Alexander Don Miller Nicholas Spilotro Kenneth Alfers Randall Miller Darwin Stapleton Catherine Allgor Clyde Milner Susan Strasser Jill Anderson William Montgomery Margaret Strobel Zara Anishanslin Maria Montoya Marian Strobel Darlene Antezana Shirley Ann Moore Jeff rey Sturchio Vicki Arndt-Helgesen Suzanne Moranian Richard Th omas Steven Baker Regina Morantz-Sanchez George Th ornton Shelby Balik Clarence Murchison J. Mills Th ornton, III Marian Barber John Murrin Timothy Th urber Elliott Barkan Anna Nelson Barbara Tischler Robert Barrows Mae Ngai Nancy Tomes Jack Bass Roger Nichols Eckard V. Toy, Jr. Douglas Baynton Alexandra Nickliss Allen Trelease Glenn Bell Gregory Nobles William Tuttle John Belohlavek David Nord Jeff ery Underwood Stefanie Beninato Alice O’Connor Nancy Unger Frederick Binder Alan Osur Kirk Upton Robert Bliss Muhamed Pasha Daun van Ee George Bohlert Sue Patrick Diane Vecchio Brian Boland Th eda Perdue Clarence Walker Philip Bolger Gale Peterson J. Samuel Walker Roselyn Boneno Paula Petrik Daniel Walkowitz Marianne Bonner Edward Purcell Ronald Walters Paul S. Boyer Gail Radford John Waltrip James Boylan Ann Rawley Geoff rey Ward Mary Brady Gary Reichard Carl Weinberg Frank Brandon Joseph Reidy Lynn Weiner Kaye Briegel David Reimers Th omas Wessel Jack Brown Marguerite (Peggy) Renner Elliott West Leslie Brown William Reuter Timothy Westcott Andy Buckley Robert Ritchie Mervin Whealy Robert Bulkley Jo Ann Robinson James Williams Linda Burns Earl Rogers Daniel Wilson Leslie Butler Mark Rose Allan Winkler Stephanie Camp Rodney Ross Sharon Wood Julio Capo John Saff ell Harold Woodman Louis Carlat Martha Sandweiss John Yarbrough William Carrigan Jonathan Sarna Mary Yeager

Organization of American Historians 47 Rosemary Carroll Richard Houston Robert Morrow Derek Catsam Stanley Howe Linda Morse William Childs Th omas Howe Roberta Moudry Alana Erickson Coble Elizabeth Jameson Catherine Munson Peter Coclanis Hillary Jenks Natalie Naylor Sol Cohen Melinda Marie Jette Bruce Nelson Blanche Cook Andrew Jewett Lois Nettleship Frank Costigliola David Jones David Nichols John Crum Jacqueline Jones Michelle Nickerson Prudence Cumberbatch Jennifer Jones Monica Niznik Gerald Danzer Moon-Ho Jung Lisa Norling Elizabeth Davies Ayumu Kaneko James Oberly Th omas Davis Kohei Kawashima Shannon O’Connor Sabrina Dawson Michael Kazin George Oliver Cornelia Dayton Gloria Keawe Robert Olson Jean-Paul DeGuzman M. Ruth Kelly Patrick O’Neill Ted Demura-Devore Th omas Kiff meyer Julia Ott Amy Denton Catherine Kleiner Katherine Ott Tracey Deutsch Susan Klepp Elaine Pascu Gregory Dorr William Koelsch Pamela Pennock Ellen DuBois Jeff rey Kolnick Peter Petersen Th omas Dupont Lori Kuechler Jon Peterson De Witt Dykes V. A. Lapomarda Kimberley Phillips David Ekbladh John Lemza John Piper Ann Ereline Rosarius Roy Leonardi Edward Pluth David Farber Alan Lessoff Louis Pyster Elise Fillpot James Lindgren Emily Rader Robert Forrant Robert Long Edgar Raines Jere Fox Barbara Loomis Samuel Regalado Andrea Friedman Malinda Lowery Mary Renda Michael Gauger Frederick Luebke John Reynolds Mark Genera Michael Lundy Donald A. Ritchie Karen Gerlich Jonathan Lurie Edward Roach Alexander Gigante Mark Lytle Michael Robinson John Gogliettino Stephen Maizlish Joseph Rodriguez James Gormly Sarah Malino David Rogers Cheryl Greenberg Frank Mann Donald Rogers David Gutierrez Robert Markman Howard Romanek Barbara Hahn Carol Marsh F. Duane Rose Patricia Hall Melani McAlister Joshua Rothman Rick Halpern Laurene McClain Jane Rothstein Kara Hamm Matthew McClure Fath Ruffi ns Joyce Hanson Robert McColley Joseph Ryan Jerry Harder Veronica McComb John Salmond Margaret Harris John McCusker John Sauer William Harshaw Dennis McDaniel Ronald Schaff er Paul Harvey Michael McGiff ert Evelyn Schlatter Laurence Hauptman Robert McGlone Eric Schneider Elizabeth Haven Hawley David McMillen Constance Schulz David Healy Cyd McMullen Jonathan Scott Libra Hilde Denise Meringolo Richard Sellars Rebecca Hill R. Joseph Meyer Andrew Sharp Elizabeth Hohl Jacqueline Moore Terry Shoptaugh Brian Horrigan Th omas Morris David Shriver

48 2011 Annual Report Kathryn Silva Banks 2011 OAH Annual Society for History in the Stanley Skalski Meeting Sponsors Federal Government Michael Smuksta Adam Matthew Education Southern Association for James Somerville Basic Books, a member of Women Historians Sethuraman Srinivasan the Perseus Books Group University of Alabama Judith Stanley Baylor University Department of American John Steiger Department of History Studies Chris Stenft enagel Bedford/St. Martin’s University of Alabama Christina Stern Th e Bill Lane Center for the College of Arts and Marcia Steward American West Sciences Cynthia Stout at Stanford University University of Alabama Rolf Swensen Business History Conference Department of History Danielle Swiontek C-SPAN University of California, Marcia Synnott Th e City College of New Berkeley David Sysma York University of Delaware Anthony Tantillo Columbia University Department of History Yumi Terada Department of History University of Houston Jean Terepka Criminal Research Press Center for Public History William Th omas Department of History, University of Houston John Th ompson Texas Christian University Department of History James Th umm Department of History, University of Illinois Press Wayne Th urman University of Texas at Austin University of Massachusetts Ann Todd Global Studies Program, Press Michele Toole C.T. Bauer College of University of Massachusetts Linda Tulloss Business, University of Public History Program I. Bruce Turner Houston Th e University of Michigan Neal Tyler Harvard University Department of History Marie Tyler-McGraw Department of History University of Minnesota Melvin Urofsky Haverford College Department of History Lara Vapnek Department of History University of Nevada, Pershing Vartanian History Channel Las Vegas Alden Vaughan Indiana University University of North John Vlad Department of History Carolina, Chapel Hill Roy Vu Indiana University Latino Department of History David Walker Studies Program University of North Texas Melissa Walker Institute of International University of South Carolina James Walsh Education, Council for Department of History John Welckle International Exchange University of Toronto Press Robert Wesser of Scholars - Journals Jean Westfall Johns Hopkins University Western Historical Quarterly Laura Westhoff Department of History William P. Clements Robert Weyeneth Forrest T. Jones & Company Department of History, Chris Wigert Kendall/Hunt Publishing Southern Methodist Stephanie Wolf Company University Leon Wolfe Th e Kent State University Carl Stephen Wolfe II Press 2011 Community Laura Wood Oral History Association College Workshop David Wrobel Oxford University Press Sponsors Bertram Wyatt-Brown Princeton University Press Bedford/St. Martin’s Leila Zenderland Public History Program, History Channel American University Merck & Co., Inc. Rice University Department Foundation of History Constance B. Schulz Organization of American Historians 49 OAH Distinguished Caroline E. Janney Lectures Jacqueline Jones Jane Kamensky Th e following individuals Walter D. Kamphoefner have contributed to the Michael Kazin OAH their honoraria for Alice Kessler-Harris lectures given during the Virginia Sanchez Korrol 2011 fi scal year. Robert Korstad Alan M. Kraut Fred Anderson Karen Ordahl Kupperman Virginia DeJohn Anderson Patricia Nelson Limerick David Armitage Leon F. Litwack Erica Armstrong Dunbar James Marten Eric Arnesen Elaine Tyler May Raymond O. Arsenault Stephanie McCurry Edward L. Ayers Danielle McGuire Robert Bain Sally G. McMillen Mia Bay Marla R. Miller Stephen Berry Kevin Mumford Richard J. M. Blackett Mae M. Ngai Elizabeth K. Borgwardt Mary Beth Norton Terry Bouton Susan O’Donovan Kevin Boyle James T. Patterson Catherine A. Brekus Christopher W. Phillips Edwin G. Burrows Matthew Pinsker Orville Vernon Burton Jack N. Rakove Jon Butler Eric Rauchway Albert Camarillo Daniel T. Rodgers Lizabeth Cohen Virginia Scharff Bettye Collier-Th omas Bruce J. Schulman Stephanie Coontz Th omas Alan Schwartz Daniel Czitrom Donald Schwartz Brian DeLay Nina Silber Tom Dublin Bryant Simon Lynn Dumenil Sheila L. Skemp David C. Engerman Cynthia Stout Todd Estes Patricia Sullivan John Ferling Jeremi Suri Leon Fink Barbara L. Tischler Paul Finkelman Robert Brent Toplin Michael W. Flamm Lara Vapnek Joanne B. Freeman Rhonda Y. Williams François Furstenberg Frank J. Williams Matt Garcia Judy Tzu-Chun Wu Lesley J. Gordon Linda Gordon Elliott J. Gorn James Green James N. Gregory Steven Hahn Claudrena N. Harold Woody Holton Heather A. Huyck Matthew Frye Jacobson 50 2011 Annual Report Awards and Prizes

IN 2011, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ALICE KESSLERHARRIS and Jane Kamensky, detailed guidelines were created to assist award committees as they conduct their work. In addition to describing the committee’s purpose, listing important dates and policies, the guidelines include duties of committee chairs, describe general information, and provide additional committee-specifi c information. Th ese documents are updated as needed based upon suggestions from committees and Executive Board decisions.

Th e deadline for award committees to make decisions on winners is February 1 of the year in which the award is given. Communication is done mostly by e-mail, but committees may fi nd it necessary to hold a conference call to make their fi nal decision.

When committee reports are received, the OAH offi ce notifi es the winner (and publisher for book awards). Th e awards are presented to winners at the annual meeting, and certifi cates for publishers are distributed in the exhibit hall. For those unable to attend, the OAH offi ce sends the award by mail aft er the meeting.

Th e committee’s description of the winning work appears in the Awards Ceremony and Presiden- tial Address Booklet.

As winners are contacted, they are also asked for a list of places/individuals they would like to receive a press release regarding their award.

Award announcements are updated for each year’s competition and can be found, along with a list of winners, at: http://www.oah.org/awards/

Beginning in 2011, committee chair reports are now linked to each award committee’s page in the OAH Committee Guide, so members can see from year to year such information as how many applications were received, how the committee conducted its work, and any special concerns or suggestions the committee may have had. Any items contained in these reports that the Executive Board needs to discuss will be brought to their attention at the spring meeting.

Eighteen awards totaling $12,200 were given in 2011:

• Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award—one award, non-monetary • Friend of History Award—one award, non-monetary • Frederick Jackson Turner Award—one award of $1,000

Organization of American Historians 51 • Merle Curti Award—two awards of $500 each • Ray Allen Billington Prize—one award of $1,000 • Avery O. Craven Award—one award of $200 • James A. Rawley Prize—one award of $1,000 • Willi Paul Adams Award—one award of $1,000 • Ellis W. Hawley Prize—one award of $500 • Liberty Legacy Foundation Award—one award of $800 • Lawrence W. Levine Award—one award of $1,000 • Darlene Clark Hine Award—one award of $1,000 • Lerner-Scott Prize—one award of $500 • Louis Pelzer Memorial Award—one award of $500 • Binkley-Stephenson Award—one award of $500 • David Th elen Award—one award of $500 (this was actually the 2010 award but not presented until 2011) • Huggins-Quarles Award—one award of $1,200 • Erik Barnouw Award—one award of $500

Th e Tachau Teacher of the Year Award Committee chose not to make an award this year.

Th ree OAH-IEHS John Higham Travel Grants of $500 each were presented in 2011 from funds raised by IEHS when the grants were established.

An additional $800 was spent toward cost of translation for the David Th elen Award.

Also, OAH was awarded $30,000 from the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission to fund the Japanese Residency Program for fi scal year 2011. Two OAH members were selected to receive residencies.

52 2011 Annual Report 2011 OAH AWARD AND PRIZE WINNERS

THE ROY ROSENZWEIG DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD is given to an individual or individuals whose contributions have significantly enriched our understanding of and appreciation for American history.

Robert Griffi th (1940-2011), American University

THE OAH FRIEND OF HISTORY AWARD recognizes an individual, who is not a professional historian, or an institution or organization, for outstanding support for the pursuit of historical research, for the public presentation of history, or for the work of the OAH. Th is year the OAH Executive Board recognizes an individual.

Jay S. Goodgold, Independent Investor

THE FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER AWARD is given annually for an author’s fi rst book dealing with some signifi cant phase of American history.

Danielle L. McGuire, Wayne State University, At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance—a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power (Alfred A. Knopf)

Honorable Mention: Mark Brilliant, University of California, Berkeley, Th e Color of Amer- ica Has Changed: How Racial Diversity Shaped Civil Rights Reform in California, 1941- 1978 (Oxford University Press)

Honorable Mention: Robert Perkinson, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Texas Tough: Th e Rise of America’s Prison Empire (Metropolitan Books)

Honorable Mention: Christina Snyder, Indiana University, Slavery in Indian Country: Th e Changing Face of Captivity in Early America (Harvard University Press)

THE MERLE CURTI AWARD is given each for the best book published in American social or American intellectual history.

Jeff erson Cowie, Cornell University, Stayin’ Alive: Th e 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class (Th e New Press)

Stephanie McCurry, University of Pennsylvania, Confederate Reckoning: Power and Poli- tics in the Civil War South (Harvard University Press)

THE BIENNIAL RAY ALLEN BILLINGTON PRIZE is awarded for the best book in American frontier history, defi ned broadly so as to include the pioneer periods of all geographical areas and comparisons between American frontiers and others.

Louise Pubols, Oakland Museum of California, Th e Father of All: Th e de la Guerra Family, Power, and Patriarchy in Mexican California (University of California Press/Th e Hunting- ton Library)

Organization of American Historians 53 THE ANNUAL AVERY O. CRAVEN AWARD recognizes the most original book on the coming of the Civil War, the Civil War years, or the era of Reconstruction, with the exception of works of purely military history.

Stephanie McCurry, University of Pennsylvania, Confederate Reckoning: Power and Poli- tics in the Civil War South (Harvard University Press)

Honorable Mention: Ronald E. Butchart, University of Georgia, Schooling the Freed People: Teaching, Learning, and the Struggle for Black Freedom, 1861-1876 (University of North Carolina Press)

Honorable Mention: Kate Masur, Northwestern University, An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle over Equality in Washington, D.C. (University of North Carolina Press)

THE JAMES A. RAWLEY PRIZE is awarded annually for a book dealing with the history of race relations in the United States.

Daniel Martinez HoSang, University of Oregon, Racial Propositions: Ballot Initiatives and the Making of Postwar California (University of California Press)

THE WILLI PAUL ADAMS AWARD is awarded every two years for the best book on Ameri- can history published in a foreign language.

Paul Schor, Université Paris Diderot, Counting and Classifying: A History of American Censuses (Éditions de l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales)

THE ELLIS W. HAWLEY PRIZE annually recognizes the best book-length historical study of the political economy, politics, or institutions of the United States, in its domestic or international aff airs, from the Civil War to the present.

Nick Cullather, Indiana University, Th e Hungry World: America’s Cold War Battle Against Poverty in Asia (Harvard University Press)

Honorable Mention: Samuel Zipp, Brown University, Manhattan Projects: Th e Rise and Fall of Urban Renewal in Cold War New York (Oxford University Press)

THE LIBERTY LEGACY FOUNDATION AWARD is awarded annually for the best book on any aspect of the struggle for civil rights in the United States, from the nation’s founding to the present.

Chad L. Williams, Hamilton College, Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Sol- diers in the World War I Era (University of North Carolina Press)

THE ANNUAL LAWRENCE W. LEVINE AWARD recognizes the best book in American cultural history.

Heather Murray, University of Ottawa, Not in this Family: Gays and the Meaning of Kin- ship in Postwar North America (University of Pennsylvania Press)

54 2011 Annual Report THE DARLENE CLARK HINE AWARD annually recognizes the best book in African Ameri- can women’s and gender history.

Bettye Collier-Th omas, Temple University, Jesus, Jobs, and Justice: African American Women and Religion (Alfred A. Knopf)

Honorable Mention: Cheryl D. Hicks, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Talk With You Like a Woman: African American Women, Justice, and Reform in New York, 1890-1935 (University of North Carolina Press)

THE ANNUAL LERNERSCOTT PRIZE is given for the best doctoral dissertation in U.S. women’s history.

Sarah Haley, Princeton University (Spring 2011)/University of California, Los Angeles (Fall 2011), “Engendering Captivity: Black Women and Convict Labor in Georgia, 1865- 1938” (Yale University)

THE LOUIS PELZER MEMORIAL AWARD is given annually for the best essay in American history by a graduate student.

Christine M. DeLucia, Yale University. “Th e Memory Frontier: Uncommon Pursuits of Past and Place in the Northeast aft er King Philip’s War (1675-78)”

THE BINKLEYSTEPHENSON AWARD recognizes the best scholarly article published in the Journal of American History during the preceding calendar year.

Bernhard Rieger, University College London. “From People’s Car to New Beetle: Th e Transatlantic Journeys of the Volkswagen Beetle” (June 2010)

THE DAVID THELEN AWARD is awarded every two years for the best article in American history published in a foreign language.

Tity de Vries, University of Groningen. “Th e 1967 CIA Scandal—Catalyst in a Transform- ing Relationship Between State and People”

THE HUGGINSQUARLES AWARD recognizes graduate students of color at the dissertation research stage of their Ph.D. program.

Shannen Dee Williams, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, “Subversive Habits: Black Nuns and the Struggle to Desegregate Catholic America aft er World War I”

THE TACHAU TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD is given annually for contributions made by precollegiate teachers to improve history education.

Th e Tachau committee did not to make an award this year.

Organization of American Historians 55 THE ERIK BARNOUW AWARD is given annually for outstanding reporting or programming on network or cable television, or in documentary fi lm, concerned with American history, the study of American history, and/or the promotion of history.

Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, Kovno Communications, Th e Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

THE OAHJAAS SHORTTERM RESIDENCIES. Th e OAH and the Japanese Association of American Studies (JAAS), with the generous support of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission, select two U.S. historians to spend two weeks at Japanese universities giving lectures, seminars, advising students and researchers interested in the American past, and joining in the collegiality of the host institution. Th e OAH-JAAS Short-Term Residencies are part of an exchange program that also brings Japanese graduate students to the OAH Annual Meeting.

Deborah Dash Moore, University of Michigan Th e University of Kitakyushu, American Jewish history

Catherine Ceniza Choy, University of California, Berkeley Hitotsubashi University, history of race and gender

THE ANNUAL OAH/IMMIGRATION AND ETHNIC HISTORY SOCIETY JOHN HIGHAM TRAVEL GRANTS are awarded to graduate students to help defray the costs of at- tending the OAH/IEHS Annual Meeting

Mimi Cowan, Boston College, “Immigrants, Nativists, and the Making of Nineteenth Century Chicago”

Joseph S. Moore, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, “Irish Radicals, Southern Conservatives: Slavery, Religious Liberty, and the Presbyterian Fringe in the Atlantic World, 1637-1877”

William Sturkey, Ohio State University, “Freedom’s Journals: Freedom School Student Activism and Leadership through Newspaper Production” ■

56 2011 Annual Report Volunteer Leadership

OAH EXECUTIVE BOARD Oﬃ cers David A. Hollinger, University of California, Berkeley, President (term as president ended March 2011) Alice Kessler-Harris, Columbia University, President-Elect (term as president began March 2011) Albert M. Camarillo, Stanford University, Vice President (term as president-elect began March 2011) Robert Griffi th, American University, Treasurer (passed away January 2011) Jay S. Goodgold, Independent Investor, Treasurer (term as treasurer began January 2011) Katherine M. Finley, Executive Director, OAH Edward T. Linenthal, Executive Editor, OAH/Editor, Journal of American History Past Presidents Pete Daniel, Independent Scholar David A. Hollinger, University of California, Berkeley (term as past president began March 2011) Elaine Tyler May, University of Minnesota Elected Members Jon Butler, Yale University Elizabeth Clark-Lewis, Howard University (term began March 2011) * William Cronon, University of Wisconsin-Madison Doris Dwyer, Western Nevada College Ramón A. Gutiérrez, University of Chicago Jane Kamensky, Brandeis University Mary Kelley, University of Michigan Peter Kolchin, University of Delaware (term began March 2011) Michele Mitchell, New York University (term began March 2011) * Th eda Perdue, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gary W. Reichard, California State University, Long Beach * Martha A. Sandweiss, Princeton University Ex Oﬃ cio Member Jay S. Goodgold, Cochair, Leadership Advisory Council, Independent Investor (term as Treasurer began January 2011) William H. Chafe, Cochair, Leadership Advisory Council, Duke University (term began January 2011)

______Asterisk [*] indicates term ended in spring, 2011

Organization of American Historians 57 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE David A. Hollinger, President, Chair (term as president and chair ended and term as past president began March 2011) Alice Kessler-Harris, President-Elect (term as president and chair began March 2011) Albert M. Camarillo, Vice President (term as president-elect began March 2011) Robert Griffi th, Treasurer (passed away January 2011) Jay S. Goodgold, Treasurer (term began January 2011) *Elaine Tyler May, Immediate Past President Katherine M. Finley, Executive Director, OAH, ex oﬃ cio Edward T. Linenthal, Executive Editor, OAH/Editor, Journal of American History, ex oﬃ cio

FINANCE COMMITTEE David A. Hollinger, President, Chair (term as president and chair ended and term as past president began March 2011) Alice Kessler-Harris, President-Elect (term as president and chair began March 2011) *Elaine Tyler May, Immediate Past President (term as immediate past president ended March 2011) Robert Griffi th, Treasurer, ex offi cio (passed away January 2011) Katherine M. Finley, Executive Director, OAH, ex offi cio Edward T. Linenthal, Executive Editor, OAH/Editor, Journal of American History, ex offi cio Jay S. Goodgold, Cochair, Leadership Advisory Council, ex offi cio (term as Treasurer began January 2011) William H. Chafe, Cochair, Leadership Advisory Council, ex offi cio (term began January 2011)

2011 TREASURER SEARCH COMMITTEE Jane Kamensky, Brandeis University, Chair Jon Butler, Yale University

OAH PARLIAMENTARIAN Jonathan Lurie, Rutgers University, Newark

LEADERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL William H. Chafe, Duke University, Cochair Jay S. Goodgold, Independent Investor, Cochair (term as Treasurer began January 2011) Ira Berlin, University of Maryland, College Park Alan Hermesch, Alan Hermesch Public Relations, LLC *David A. Hollinger, University of California, Berkeley, ex oﬃ cio Alice Kessler-Harris, Columbia University, ex oﬃ cio (term began March 2011) Mark E. Mitchell, Th e Mitchell Archives Victor Navasky, Th e Nation (Publisher Emeritus) and Th e Columbia Journalism Review (Chairman) Paul S. Sperry, Sperry, Mitchell & Company, Inc. Jeff rey L. Sturchio, Senior Partner, RabinMartin *Geoff rey C. Ward, Independent Scholar Barbara Winslow, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York Paul Martin Wolff , Williams & Connolly, LLP

NOMINATING BOARD Rosemary Kolks Ennis, Sycamore High School (OH), Chair (term as chair ended April 2011) Lynn Dumenil, Occidental College (term as chair began May 2011) George Chauncey, Yale University *Spencer R. Crew, George Mason University Linda Gordon, New York University (term began May 2011) Kathleen S. Kutolowski, Th e College at Brockport, SUNY

58 2011 Annual Report *Nancy MacLean, Duke University Elaine Tyler May, University of Minnesota, Second Past President, ex oﬃ cio Bruce A. Ragsdale, Federal Judicial Center (term began May 2011) Peggy Renner, Glendale Community College *Daryl Michael Scott, Howard University Th omas J. Sugrue, University of Pennsylvania David Waldstreicher, Temple University (term began May 2011)

JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY EDITORIAL BOARD *Dee E. Andrews, California State University, East Bay Raymond Arsenault, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg Eileen Boris, University of California, Santa Barbara (term began May 2011) *Paul S. Boyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison Ann Fabian, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Andrea Friedman, Washington University in St. Louis *Alison Games, Georgetown University Matthew J. Garcia, Arizona State University Kristin Hoganson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Nancy Isenberg, Louisiana State University (term began May 2011) Maurice Jackson, Georgetown University (term began May 2011) Karen J. Leong, Arizona State University Tiya Miles, University of Michigan *Dylan Penningroth, Northwestern University/American Bar Foundation Jonathan M. Schoenwald, Rocky Hill School (RI) Mark Silk, Trinity College (term began May 2011)

OAH MAGAZINE OF HISTORY EDITORIAL BOARD Th omas Andrews, University of Colorado at Boulder (term began May 2011) Keith Berry, Hillsborough Community College Kevin Byrne, Gustavus Adolphus College (emeritus) *Billie Jean Clemens, Swain County High School (NC) Kimberly Gilmore, History Channel Cathy Gorn, National History Day Heather Huyck, National Collaborative for Women=s History Sites (term began May 2011) Lisa Kapp, Saint Ann=s School Rita G. Koman, Independent Scholar (2008-2011) Bruce A. Lesh, Franklin High School (MD) (term began May 2011) *Laura Westhoff , University of Missouri-St. Louis *Linda Sargent Wood, Northern Arizona University

OAH COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES *Matthew J. Garcia, Brown University, Chair Waldo E. Martin Jr., University of California, Berkeley (term as chair began May 2011) *Ron Briley, Sandia Preparatory School Kathleen Neils Conzen, University of Chicago Th avolia Glymph, Duke University (term began May 2011) *Brian Horrigan, Minnesota Historical Society *Laurene Wu McClain, City College of San Francisco Nina Silber, Boston University Sherry Smith, Southern Methodist University (term began May 2011) Gregory E. Smoak, University of Utah (term began May 2011) Th omas Th urston, Yale University (term began May 2011) Julian E. Zelizer, Princeton University

Organization of American Historians 59 COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY COLLEGES Andrés Tijerina, Austin Community College, Chair (term as chair ended April 2011) DeAnna E. Beachley, College of Southern Nevada (term as chair began May 2011) *Amy J. Kinsel, Shoreline Community College David A. Berry, Community College Humanities Association, ex oﬃ cio *Jennifer Helton, Independent Scholar June Klees, Bay College Alexandra M. Nickliss, City College of San Francisco Mark Roehrs, Lincoln Land Community College James Ross-Nazzal, Houston Community College (term began May 2011) Christina M. Stern, SUNY-Rockland Community College (term began May 2011)

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE Victor R. Greene, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Emeritus, Chair (term as chair ended April 2011) G. Kurt Piehler, Florida State University (term as chair began May 2011) Beth Bailey, Temple University (term began May 2011) Don DeBats, Flinders University (Australia) (term began May 2011) Edward T. Linenthal, Executive Editor, OAH/Editor, Journal of American History, ex oﬃ cio *William C. Pratt, University of Nebraska-Omaha Georg Schild, University of Tübingen Yuka Tsuchiya, Ehime University Germany Residency Committee (subcommittee of International Committee) Victor Greene, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Emeritus, Chair Beth Bailey, Temple University G. Kurt Piehler, Florida State University Georg Schild, University of Tübingen

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Stephen Kneeshaw, College of the Ozarks, Chair (term as chair ended May 2011) Cary D. Wintz, Texas Southern University, Chair (term as chair began June 2011) Northeast Region Amilcar Shabazz, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Chair, Northeast Region Mary Bogin, Onondaga Community College Christopher Brick, Brown University Cecelia Bucki, Fairfi eld University Gary Donato, Mass Bay Community College Melanie Gustafson, University of Vermont Leigh H. Hallett, Director, Newport Cultural Center Rebecca R. Noel, Plymouth State University Axel R. Schäfer, Keele University (United Kingdom) Naoko Shibusawa, Brown University Michael Spear, Kingsborough Community College Margaret Susan Th ompson, Syracuse University Mid-Atlantic Region William D. Carrigan, Rowan University, Chair, Mid-Atlantic Region Andrew B. Arnold, Kutztown University Joan C. Browning, Independent Scholar (2000-2011) Elizabeth Kelly Gray, Towson University Walter Greason, Ursinus College Elizabeth A. Kessel, Anne Arundel Community College (2009-2011) John T. Kneebone, Virginia Commonwealth University

60 2011 Annual Report Laurie Lahey, George Washington University Adam Rothman, Georgetown University David Suisman, University of Delaware Southern Region Cary D. Wintz, Texas Southern University, Chair, Southern Region Raymond Arsenault, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg Stephen Davis, Lonestar College, Kingwood *Robert Korstad, Duke University Th omas C. Mackey, University of Louisville Stephen H. Norwood, University of Oklahoma Sarah Potter, University of Memphis Fernando Purcell, Pontifi cia Universidad Católica de Chile Joshua Rothman, University of Alabama Janet Schmelzer, Tarleton State University Charles Vincent, Southern University and A & M College Jeannie Whayne, University of Arkansas *Kyle F. Zelner, University of Southern Mississippi Midwest Region Stephen Kneeshaw, College of the Ozarks, Chair, Midwest Region Melodie J. Andrews, Minnesota State University, Mankato Edward Carroll, Heartland Community College Eric Franco, Edgewood College Glennon Graham, Columbia College Chicago Richard L. Hughes, Illinois State University Charles Lauritsen, Des Moines Area Community College-West Campus Christopher C. Lovett, Emporia State University Robert MacDougall, University of Western Ontario Steve Messer, Taylor University Andrea Mott, North Dakota State University Mark R. Scherer, University of Nebraska at Omaha David Silkenat, North Dakota State University Donald C. Simmons Jr., Dakota Wesleyan University Nikki M. Taylor, University of Cincinnati Frank Towers, University of Calgary Western Region Cheryl A. Wells, University of Wyoming, Chair, Western Region Katherine G. Aiken, University of Idaho *Matthew Basso, University of Utah (term ended April 2011) Mina J. Carson, Oregon State University Sarah E. Cornell, University of New Mexico *Wade Davies, University of Montana Th omas Gaskin, Everett Community College Christina Gold, El Camino College Cecilia Gowdy-Wygant, Front Range Community College Michael Green, College of Southern Nevada John W. Heaton, University of Alaska, Fairbanks *Jill A. Horohoe, Arizona State University Greta de Jong, University of Nevada, Reno Curtis Martin, Modesto Junior College Fusako ASako@ Ogata, Tezukayama University Richard C. Rath, University of Hawai=i at Mnoa Jane Wolford, Chabot College Linda Sargent Wood, Northern Arizona University

Organization of American Historians 61 COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINO/A, ASIAN AMERICAN, AND NATIVE AMERICAN ALANA HISTORIANS AND ALANA HISTORIES Lydia R. Otero, University of Arizona, Chair (term as chair ended April 2011) Adrienne Petty, Th e City College of New York, CUNY (term as chair began May 2011) Michael D. Innis-Jiménez, University of Alabama Laurene Wu McClain, City College of San Francisco (term began May 2011) Jessica Millward, University of California, Irvine *Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, Indiana University

COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARK SERVICE COLLABORATION *Frederick E. Hoxie, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chair Jon E. Taylor, University of Central Missouri (term as chair began May 2011) Laura J. Feller, Independent Historian *Louis P. Hutchins, National Park Service, ex offi cio Olivia Mahoney, Chicago History Museum (term began May 2011) Todd Moye, University of North Texas Julia Sandy-Bailey, Shepherd University, ex offi cio (term began May 2011) Robert K. Sutton, National Park Service, ex offi cio Anne Mitchell Whisnant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

COMMITTEE ON PARTTIME, ADJUNCT, AND CONTINGENT EMPLOYMENT Donald W. Rogers, Central Connecticut State University and Houstatonic Community College, Chair Stephanie Gilmore, Dickinson College (2010-2011) Donn Hall, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, Bloomington Campus Elizabeth Hohl, Fairfi eld University Arlene Lazarowitz, California State University, Long Beach John P. Lloyd, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (term began March 2011) Howard Smead, University of Maryland, College Park

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HISTORY Louis P. Hutchins, National Park Service, Chair (term as chair ended April 2011) Julia Sandy-Bailey, Shepherd University (term as chair began May 2011) *Kathleen Franz, American University David H. Glassberg, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (term began May 2011) Anthea M. Hartig, National Trust for Historic Preservation Matthew A. Wasniewski, Offi ce of History and Preservation, U.S. House of Representatives

COMMITTEE ON TEACHING Gideon Sanders, McKinley Technology High School, Chair (2008-2011) Carole N. DeVito, Th e Dwight-Englewood School (NJ) (term as chair began January 2011) Bob Bain, University of Michigan Keith Berry, Hillsborough Community College Ron Briley, Sandia Preparatory School (term began May 2011) Mark Brilliant, University of California, Berkeley (term began May 2011) Kevin Byrne, Gustavus Adolphus College (emeritus) (2009-2011) Don Falls, University of South Florida (term began May 2011) Lois Nettleship, Fullerton College (emeritus)

62 2011 Annual Report COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE HISTORICAL PROFESSION Constance B. Schulz, University of South Carolina (emeritus), Chair (term as chair ended May 2011) Betty A. Dessants, Shippensburg University (term as chair began May 2011) David Chang, University of Minnesota Dayo F. Gore, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (term began May 2011) *Elizabeth Higginbotham, University of Delaware Susan Lee Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Madison (term began May 2011) *Emma Lapsansky-Werner, Haverford College

2011 PROGRAM COMMITTEE Peter Kolchin, University of Delaware, Cochair Joanne Meyerowitz, Yale University, Cochair Manfred Berg, Universität Heidelberg Holly Brewer, North Carolina State University Hasia R. Diner, New York University David G. Gutiérrez, University of California, San Diego (liaison to Annual Meeting Resource Committee) Martha S. Jones, University of Michigan Moon-Ho Jung, University of Washington Paul Kramer, Vanderbilt University Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Yale University

2011 ANNUAL MEETING LOCAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE John B. Boles, Rice University, Chair Carlos Kevin Blanton, Texas A & M University Kathleen A. Brosnan, University of Houston Alexander X. Byrd, Rice University David L. Davis, Lone Star College-North Harris David G. Gutiérrez, University of California, San Diego (liaison from the Program Committee) Patrick J. Kelly, University of Texas at San Antonio J. Kent McGaughy, Houston Community College Northwest-Katy Campus Martin V. Melosi, University of Houston Cary D. Wintz, Texas Southern University Nancy Zey, Sam Houston State University

2012 OAH/NCPH PROGRAM COMMITTEE Nancy MacLean, Duke University, OAH Cochair Kathleen Franz, American University, NCPH Cochair From the OAH Brian DeLay, University of California, Berkeley Gary Gerstle, Vanderbilt University Paul Harvey, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Jennifer L. Morgan, New York University Samuel K. Roberts, Columbia University Naoko Shibusawa, Brown University Zaragosa Vargas, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Shane White, University of Sydney From the NCPH Cathy Gudis, University of California, Riverside (term began February 2011) Deborah L. Mack, Principal, Deborah Mack Museum Consulting (2010-2011) Carlene E. Stephens, National Museum of American History Marsha Weisiger, University of Oregon Emily Weisner Th ompson, National Park Service

Organization of American Historians 63 2012 OAH/NCPH ANNUAL MEETING LOCAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE From the OAH Margo Anderson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Cochair Steve Meyer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Cochair James Marten, Marquette University Robert Samuel Smith, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee From the NCPH Jasmine Alinder, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Michael A. Gordon, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (emeritus) Kathleen C. Kean, Nicolet High School John D. Krugler, Marquette University

2013 PROGRAM COMMITTEE Th omas A. Guglielmo, George Washington University, Cochair (liaison to the Annual Meeting Local Resource Committee) Erika Lee, University of Minnesota, Cochair Matthew Countryman, University of Michigan Donald Fixico, Arizona State University David Igler, University of California, Irvine Kelly Lytle Hernández, University of California, Los Angeles Joe W. Trotter, Carnegie Mellon University Kariann Akemi Yokota, Yale University

2013 ANNUAL MEETING LOCAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE Carol Lynn McKibben, Stanford University, Chair Th omas A. Guglielmo, George Washington University (liaison from the Program Committee) Marianne Babal, Wells Fargo Historical Services Mark Brilliant, University of California, Berkeley Isabel M. Barraza, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Clayborne Carson, Stanford University Pedro Castillo, University of California, Santa Cruz Robert W. Cherny, San Francisco State University James Rawls, Diablo Valley College Jennie Emire Rodriguez, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Eddie Wong, Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation

AD HOC COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM Kevin K. Gaines, University of Michigan, Chair Raymond Arsenault, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg Sara M. Evans, University of Minnesota

AD HOC COMMITTEE ON ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS Patrick Allitt, Emory University James D. Anderson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Alexandra (Sasha) Harmon, University of Washington Kathleen Neils Conzen, University of Chicago Sandra Gioia Treadway, Th e Library of Virginia

64 2011 Annual Report AD HOC OAHJAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR AMERICAN STUDIES JAPAN HISTORIANS' COLLABORATIVE COMMITTEE Andrea Geiger, Simon Fraser University, Chair (OAH) Satoshi Nakano, Hitotsubashi University, Chair (JAAS) *Juri Abe, Rikkyo University *Christopher Jespersen, North Georgia College and State University Kohei Kawashima, Musashi University Kim E. Nielsen, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Sayuri Guthrie Shimizu, Michigan State University Th omas J. Sugrue, University of Pennsylvania Mari Yoshihara, University of Hawai=i at Mnoa (term began May 2011)

OAH DELEGATES, LIAISONS, AND REPRESENTATIVES TO OTHER COUNCILS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation Laura A. Belmonte, Oklahoma State University AHA/NASA Fellowship in Aerospace History Committee Jennifer Ross-Nazzal, NASA Johnson Space Center History Offi ce American Council of Learned Societies Sarah Deutsch, Duke University National Council for History Education Eric R. Smith, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy National Historical Publications and Records Commission Julie Saville, University of Chicago National Museum of Afro-American History and Culture Planning Council Kenneth W. Goings, Ohio State University (term ended January 2011)

WILLI PAUL ADAMS AWARD COMMITTEE *Anne L. Foster, Indiana State University, Chair Charles J. McClain, University of California, Berkeley (term began May 2011) *Manfred Berg, Universität Heidelberg Nancy L. Green, L=École des hautes études en sciences sociales (term began May 2011) *Kristin Hoganson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Masako Iino, Tsuda College (term began May 2011) Jörg Nagler, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena Mae M. Ngai, Columbia University (term began May 2011) *Nelson Ouellet, Université de Moncton

ERIK BARNOUW AWARD COMMITTEE Gerald E. Shenk, California State University, Monterey Bay, Chair (term as chair ended April 2011) Vivian Bruce Conger, Ithaca College (term as chair began May 2011) *Elspeth H. Brown, University of Toronto Desirée J. Garcia, Arizona State University (term began May 2011)

RAY ALLEN BILLINGTON PRIZE COMMITTEE *Kathleen DuVal, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chair Michael J. Lansing, Augsburg College (term as chair began May 2011) Matthew Klingle, Bowdoin College (term began May 2011) *David Rich Lewis, Utah State University *Pablo Mitchell, Oberlin College Colleen O=Neill, Utah State University (term began May 2011)

Organization of American Historians 65 BINKLEYSTEPHENSON AWARD COMMITTEE Randal L. Hall, Rice University, Chair (term as chair ended April 2011) Raymond Arsenault, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg (term as chair began May 2011) Gail Radford, SUNY-Buff alo (term began May 2011) *Claire Strom, Rollins College

AVERY O. CRAVEN AWARD COMMITTEE *Tera W. Hunter, Princeton University, Chair Edward B. Rugemer, Yale University (term as chair began May 2011) C. Wyatt Evans, Drew University (term began May 2011) *Anthony E. Kaye, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Chandra Manning, Georgetown University (term began May 2011) *Hannah Rosen, University of Michigan

MERLE CURTI AWARD COMMITTEE *Penny Von Eschen, University of Michigan, Chair Linda Gordon, New York University (term as chair began May 2011) *Margo Anderson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee *Mary Kupiec Cayton, Miami University Pekka Hämäläinen, University of California, Santa Barbara (term began May 2011) *Kevin M. Kruse, Princeton University *Bruce Kuklick, University of Pennsylvania Scott R. Nelson, College of William & Mary (term began May 2011) Seth Rockman, Brown University (term began May 2011) Martha A. Sandweiss, Princeton University (term began May 2011) Amy Dru Stanley, University of Chicago (term began May 2011)

ROY ROSENZWEIG DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD COMMITTEE *Th eda Perdue, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chair Pete Daniel, Independent Scholar (term as member ended April 2011; term as chair began May 2011) *William Cronon, University of Wisconsin-Madison Doris Dwyer, Western Nevada College (term began May 2011) James Grossman, American Historical Association (Th e Newberry Library during period of committee service) (term ended July 2010) Ramón A. Gutiérrez, University of Chicago (term began May 2011) Mary Kelley, University of Michigan (term began May 2011)

ELLIS W. HAWLEY PRIZE COMMITTEE *Bryant Simon, Temple University, Chair Meg Jacobs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (term as chair began May 2011) Alison Isenberg, Princeton University (term began May 2011) *Jennifer Klein, Yale University Matthew D. Lassiter, University of Michigan (term began May 2011) Doug Rossinow, Metropolitan State University (term began May 2011) Bruce J. Schulman, Boston University (term began May 2011) *Martin Summers, Boston College

OAHIEHS JOHN HIGHAM TRAVEL GRANTS *Elliott Barkan, California State University, San Bernardino (emeritus), Chair Lon Kurashige, University of Southern California (term as chair began May 2011) Dominic A. Pacyga, Columbia College Chicago Andrew K. Sandoval-Strausz, University of New Mexico (term began May 2011)

66 2011 Annual Report DARLENE CLARK HINE AWARD COMMITTEE *Elizabeth Hayes Turner, University of North Texas, Chair Mia Bay, Rutgers University (term as chair began May 2011) Martha S. Jones, University of Michigan (term began May 2011) Lisa Levenstein, University of North Carolina, Greensboro (term began May 2011) *Jennifer L. Morgan, New York University *LeeAnn Whites, University of Missouri

HUGGINSQUARLES AWARD COMMITTEE Adrienne Petty, Th e City College of New York, CUNY, Chair (term as chair ended April 2011) Michael D. Innis-Jiménez, University of Alabama (term as chair began May 2011) Laurene Wu McClain, City College of San Francisco (term began May 2011) Jessica Millward, University of California, Irvine *Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, Indiana University Lydia R. Otero, University of Arizona

RICHARD W. LEOPOLD PRIZE COMMITTEE Darlene Richardson, U.S. Department of Veterans Aff airs, Chair Brenda Gayle Plummer, University of Wisconsin-Madison Timothy P. Townsend, Lincoln Home National Historic Site

LERNERSCOTT PRIZE COMMITTEE *Natalia Molina, University of California, San Diego, Chair Catherine Allgor, University of California, Riverside (term as chair began May 2011) Nancy Bercaw, National Museum of American History (term began May 2011) Lisa G. Materson, University of California, Davis (term began May 2011) *Susan S. Rugh, Brigham Young University *Jacqueline S. Wilkie, Luther College

LAWRENCE W. LEVINE AWARD COMMITTEE *David Steigerwald, Ohio State University, Chair Ann Fabian, Rutgers University-New Brunswick (term as chair began May 2011) Casey Nelson Blake, Columbia University (term began May 2011) *Brooke L. Blower, Boston University Kathleen Brown, University of Pennsylvania (term began May 2011) *Jonathan M. Bryant, Georgia Southern University Susan A. Glenn, University of Washington (term began May 2011) Kimberley L. Phillips, Brooklyn College-CUNY (term began May 2011) *William S. Pretzer, National Museum of African American History and Culture *Shirley Teresa Wajda, Connecticut Humanities Council

LIBERTY LEGACY FOUNDATION AWARD COMMITTEE *Scott Kurashige, University of Michigan, Chair Shirley Ann Moore, California State University, Sacramento (term as chair began May 2011) *Leslie M. Alexander, Ohio State University Th omas A. Guglielmo, George Washington University (term began May 2011) *Keith A. Mayes, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Robert A. Pratt, University of Georgia (term began May 2011)

Organization of American Historians 67 LOUIS PELZER MEMORIAL AWARD COMMITTEE Edward T. Linenthal, Executive Editor, OAH/Editor, Journal of American History, Chair, ex oﬃ cio John M. Belohlavek, University of South Florida Margaret S. Creighton, Bates College Jennifer Guglielmo, Smith College Randall M. Miller, Saint Joseph=s University (term began May 2011) *John T. Schlotterbeck, DePauw University

JAMES A. RAWLEY PRIZE COMMITTEE Nelson Lichtenstein, University of California, Santa Barbara, Chair (term as chair ended April 2011) José M. Alamillo, California State University Channel Islands (term as chair began May 2011) Lisbeth Haas, University of California, Santa Cruz (term began May 2011) *Karin A. Shapiro, Duke University

MARY K. BONSTEEL TACHAU TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD COMMITTEE *Frederick W. Jordan, Woodberry Forest School, Chair Andrea Sachs, St. Paul Academy and Summit School (term as chair began May 2011) *Michael Flamm, Ohio Wesleyan University Daniel Katz, National Labor College (term began May 2011) Lisa L. Ossian, Des Moines Area Community College (term began May 2011)

DAVID THELEN AWARD COMMITTEE Edward T. Linenthal, Executive Editor, OAH/Editor, Journal of American History, Chair, ex oﬃ cio Kate Delaney, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Max M. Edling, Loughborough University *Udo Hebel, Universität Regensburg Hans Krabbendam, Roosevelt Study Center Larisa M. Troitskaia, Center for North American Studies, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences

FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER AWARD COMMITTEE *Elaine Tyler May, University of Minnesota, Chair David A. Hollinger, University of California, Berkeley (term as chair began May 2011) *Th omas G. Andrews, University of Colorado Denver Charlotte Brooks, Baruch College (term began May 2011) *Leslie Brown, Williams College Bethany Moreton, University of Georgia (term began May 2011)

68 2011 Annual Report FOUNDERS, PRESIDENTS, TREASURERS, AND EDITORS

Founders Carl F. Wittke (1940-1941) William S. Bell Arthur C. Cole (1941-1942) Montana Historical & Misc. Library Charles H. Ambler (1942-1943) Edgar R. Harlan Th eodore C. Blegen (1943-1944) Historical Department of Iowa William C. Binkley (1944-1946) George W. Martin Herbert A. Kellar (1946-1947) Kansas State Historical Society Ralph P. Bieber (1947-1948) Clarence S. Paine Dwight L. Dumond (1948-1949) Nebraska State Historical Society Carl C. Rister (1949-1950) Francis A. Sampson Elmer Ellis (1950-1951) State Historical Society of Missouri Merle E. Curti (1951-1952) Benjamin F. Shambaugh James L. Sellers (1952-1953) State Historical Society of Iowa Fred A. Shannon (1953-1954) Warren Upham Walter P. Webb (1954-1955) Minnesota Historical Society Edward C. Kirkland (1955-1956) Th omas D. Clark (1956-1957) Presidents Wendell H. Stephenson (1957-1958) Francis A. Sampson (1907) William T. Hutchinson (1958-1959) Th omas M. Owen (1907-1908) Frederick Merk (1959-1960) Clarence W. Alvord (1908-1909) Fletcher M. Green (1960-1961) Orin G. Libby (1909-1910) Paul W. Gates (1961-1962) Benjamin F. Shambaugh (1910-1911) Ray A. Billington (1962-1963) Andrew C. McLaughlin (1911-1912) Avery O. Craven (1963-1964) Reuben G. Th waites (1912-1913) John W. Caughey (1964-1965) James A. James (1913-1914) George E. Mowry (1965-1966) Isaac J. Cox (1914-1915) Th omas C. Cochran (1966-1967) Dunbar Rowland (1915-1916) Th omas A. Bailey (1967-1968) Frederic L. Paxson (1916-1917) C. Vann Woodward (1968-1969) St. George L. Sioussat (1917-1918) Merrill Jensen (1969-1970) Harlow Lindley (1918-1919) David M. Potter (1970-1971) Milo M. Quaife (1919-1920) Edmund S. Morgan (1971-1972) Chauncey S. Boucher (1920-1921) T. Harry Williams (1972-1973) William E. Connelley (1921-1922) John Higham (1973-1974) Solon J. Buck (1922-1923) John Hope Franklin (1974-1975) Eugene C. Barker (1923-1924) Frank Freidel (1975-1976) Frank H. Hodder (1924-1925) Richard W. Leopold (1976-1977) James A. Woodburn (1925-1926) Kenneth M. Stampp (1977-1978) Otto L. Schmidt (1926-1927) Eugene D. Genovese (1978-1979) Joseph Schafer (1927-1928) Carl N. Degler (1979-1980) Charles W. Ramsdell (1928-1929) William A. Williams (1980-1981) Homer C. Hockett (1929-1930) Gerda Lerner (1981-1982) Louise P. Kellogg (1930-1931) Allan G. Bogue (1982-1983) Beverley W. Bond, Jr. (1931-1932) Anne Firor Scott (1983-1984) John D. Hicks (1932-1933) Arthur S. Link (1984-1985) Jonas Viles (1933-1934) William E. Leuchtenburg (1985-1986) Lester B. Shippee (1934-1935) Leon F. Litwack (1986-1987) Louis Pelzer (1935-1936) Stanley N. Katz (1987-1988) Edward E. Dale (1936-1937) David Brion Davis (1988-1989) Clarence E. Carter (1937-1938) Louis R. Harlan (1989-1990) William O. Lynch (1938-1939) Mary Frances Berry (1990-1991) James G. Randall (1939-1940) Joyce Appleby (1991-1992)

Organization of American Historians 69 Lawrence W. Levine (1992-1993) Executive Secretaries/Directors Eric Foner (1993-1994) David Miller (1970) Gary B. Nash (1994-1995) Th omas Clark (1970-1973) Michael Kammen (1995-1996) Richard Kirkendall (1973-1981) Linda K. Kerber (1996-1997) Joan Hoff -Wilson (1981-1989) George M. Fredrickson (1997-1998) Arnita A. Jones (1990-1999) William H. Chafe (1998-1999) Lee W. Formwalt (1999-2009) David Montgomery (1999-2000) Katherine M. Finley (2010 - ) Kenneth T. Jackson (2000-2001) Darlene Clark Hine (2001-2002) Editors Ira Berlin (2002-2003) Mississippi Valley Historical Review (1908-1964) Jacquelyn Dowd Hall (2003-2004) Benjamin F. Shambaugh (1908-1914) (Proceedings) James O. Horton (2004-2005) Clarence W. Alvord (1914-1923) Vicki L. Ruiz (2005-2006) Lester B. Shippee (1923-1924) Richard White (2006-2007) Milo M. Quaife (1924-1930) Nell Irvin Painter (2007-2008) Arthur C. Cole (1930-1941) Pete Daniel (2008-2009) Louis Pelzer (1941-1946) Elaine Tyler May (2009-2010) Wendell H. Stephenson (1946-1953) David Hollinger (2010-2011) William C. Binkley (1953-1963) Alice Kessler-Harris (2011- ) Oscar O. Winther (1963-1964)

Secretary-Treasurers Journal of American History (1964– ) Clarence S. Paine (1907-1916) Oscar O. Winther (1964-1966) Clara S. Paine (1916-1952) Martin Ridge (1966-1978) James C. Olson (1953-1956) Lewis Perry (1978-1984) William Aeschbacher (1956-1969) Paul Lucas (1984-1985) David Th elen (1985-1999) Treasurers Joanne Meyerowitz (1999-2004) William Aeschbacher (1969-1976) David Nord (2004-2005) Robert K. Murray (1977-1984) Edward T. Linenthal (2005- ) Cullom Davis (1984-1993) Gale Peterson (1993-2003) Robert Cherny (2004-2008) Robert Griffi th (2008-2011) Jay Goodgold (2011- )

70 2011 Annual Report Staﬀ

Katherine Finley, OAH Executive Director Deneise Hueston, Administrative Assistant, Edward T. Linenthal, Executive Editor, Journal Journal of American History of American History Terry Govan, Graphic Design Specialist Kara Hamm, Committee Coordinator Renay Anderson, Administrative Assistant / Haley Leuthart, Editorial Intern, Journal of Development Associate American History Stephen D. Andrews, Managing Editor, Journal Kevin Marsh, Associate Editor, Journal of of American History American History Jonathan Apgar, Accounting and Financial Khalil G. Muhammad, Associate Editor, Support Specialist Journal of American History Karen Barker, Accounting Assistant *John Nieto-Phillips, Associate Editor, Journal James Black, Public History Assistant, Data of American History Entry Clerk, Journal of American History Eric Petenbrink, Assistant Editor, Journal of Stephanie Bruce, Membership Assistant American History Nic Champagne, Media and Web Specialist Teresa Ransdell, Sponsorship, Exhibit, and Andrew Clark, Editorial Assistant, Journal of Advertising Coordinator American History Michael Regoli, Marketing and Rachel Coleman, Editorial Assistant, Journal of Communications Specialist American History Sarah Rowley, Editorial Assistant, Journal of Jessica Contrera, Meetings Registration American History and Marketing Assistant * Waseem Sibo, Public History Assistant Nancy Croker, Director of Operations Aidan Smith, Public History Manager Susan Daut, Administrative Assistant *Kimberly Stanley, Editorial Assistant, Journal and Development Associate of American History Penny Dillon, Database and Systems Manager Amy Stark, Director of Meetings Charles Fish, Technology Assistant Carl Suddler, Editorial Assistant, Journal of Ángel Flores-Rodríguez, Assistant Editor, OAH American History Magazine of History * Ben Ullrich, Data Entry Clerk, Journal of * Susan Ferentinos, Public History Manager American History Emma Hunter Foor, Public History Assistant Megan Walsh, Meetings Assistant Ginger Foutz, Membership Director Carl Weinberg, Editor, OAH Magazine Th omas Frick, Data Entry Clerk, Journal of of History American History Annette Windhorn, Lectureship Program William Gillis, Editorial Assistant, Journal of Coordinator American History Cynthia Gwynne Yaudes, Associate Editor, * Jason Groth, Meetings Assistant Journal of American History ______Asterisk [*] indicates employment ended in FY2011

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