PUBLIC HISTORY NEWS

Volume 14, Number 2 Winter 1994

California Welcomes the NCPH The NCPH's sixteenth annual meeting erty became a pig is just around the comer: March 17-20 in farm. Restored to Sacramento, California. Under the theme, its earlier grandeur "Public History and the Environment", we by the state park meet jointly this year with the Southwest system, it is open Oral History Association and Northwest to visitors from 10 Oral History Association in the capital city a.m.t05p.m.daily. of the Golden State. Ina crucible of In 155 years Sacramento has grown change during the from a remote western outpost to the capi­ 1850's, people who tal of the nation's most populous state. It had come and began in 1839, when Swiss immigrant failed at mining John Augustus Sutter obtained a land settled toeama liv­ grant at the confluence of the American ing in commerce, and Sacramento Rivers from the governor industry,andmost of Mexican California. There he built a importantly to fort named "New Helvetia," and it be­ California's future, came a trading post and haven for Ameri­ agriculture. The can immigrants. In less than a decade city expanded Sutter was prosperous enough to build a along a prosper­ sawmill in the nearby foothills at Coloma, ous waterfront. It and in January 1848 James Marshall, the became the state's mill's construction foreman, found gold in capital in 1854, the the tailrace. western terminus Gateway to the mines for the 49'ers, for the transconti­ Sacramento quickly became the hub for nental railroad a people seeking their fortune in California's decade later, and gold fields. While discovery of gold had the marketing an immense impact on the nation, indeed and distribution the world, nowhere was its effect so pro­ center for the pro­ found as where it occurred. The well es­ duce grown in the tablished and thriving Native American GreatCentral Val­ population was drastically reduced by ley. Today's Old disease and conflict wrought by an on­ Sacramento,adja­ slaught of immigrants. Within a few years cent to the NCPH Restoration o/the California State Capitol was completed in 1982. Sutter's Fort was destroyed, and the prop- conference head- quarters at the Capitol Plaza Holiday Inn, captures this exciting era. One of Program, Special Events, and America's best examples of historical re­ Sponsors Volume 14, Number 2 construction, Old Sacramento is home to Winter 1994 The 1994 joint NCPH-SOHA Program the California State Railroad Museum -­ Committee, chaired by Alan Newell, His­ the world's largest; the Sacramento Mu­ A Quarterly Publication of the National torical Research Associates, Inc., has as­ seum of History, Science, and Technology; Council on Public History in cooperation sembled an array of stimulating with the Department of History, Indiana and the Sacramento Waterfront, depicting workshops, sessions, and tours under the an 1870 riverside scene. University at Indianapolis. general theme of "Public History and the In recent decades, Sacramento has Environment." Highlights include work­ grown with California. With high-rise Philip V. Scarpino, President shops in environmental investigations and office buildings and Gold Rush era build­ issues facing Department of Energy labo­ Patricia Mooney-Melvin, Vice-president ings occupying tree-lined streets together, ratories, tours focusing on environmental Martin V. Melosi, Past-president the city blends history and progress. Ideal issues in CRM and hazardous waste climate, great location, and interesting Rachel P. Maines, Secretary-treasurer cleanup at the Royal Mountain King Mine attractions make Sacramento a "destina­ and McClellan Air Force Base, and ses­ Elizabeth B. Monroe, Executive Director tion for all reasons and all seasons." sions on water resources, fisheries, oral history and environmental research, and Conference Registration and short walk from historic Old Sacramento historic landscape interpretation. and is adjacent to the new downtown Several special events also mark the Hotel Information shopping mall. NCPH has booked a large sixteenth annual meeting. A special stu­ Conference program and registration block of rooms at a conference rate of $74, dent symposium, "Careers in Public His­ information were sent to NCPH members single or double; $82, triple. For reserva­ tory," helps start the meeting on Thursday in January. If you have not received your tions telephone (916) 446-0100, and be Sure afternoon, March 17, by bringing college program and registration form, please to mention that you are with the National students and their advisors face to face contact Jim Williams, local arrangements Council on Public History. with practicing public historians. Two chair, at (408) 864-8964. The Vagabond Inn, 909 Third Street, banquets are open to all conference partici­ The conference headquarters hotel is located across the street from the Holiday pants. The Southwest Oral History Associa­ the Capitol Plaza Holiday Inn, 300 "J" Inn, offers rooms at normal rates. Tele­ tion sponsored banquet will be held Friday Street, Sacramento CA 95814. It is just a phone (916)446-1481 or (800)522-1555. evening in the unique venue of the Califor­ nia State Railroad Museum's locomotive roundhouse. The NCPH sponsored banquet on Saturday night kicks off the establishment of a special fund to honor public history pioneer Robert L Kelley. Top: The Sacramento waterfront depicted hy all artist in the 1870's. Sacramento Museum of History, Science, and Technology. Public historians in California wel­ come the NCPH. Local planning and Bottom: John Augustus Sutter's Fort, "New Helvetia." banking is being handled by the secre­ tariat of the California Council for the Promotion of History. Graduate students in the Capitol Campus Public History Program at CSU Sacramento as well as some CCPH members will be staffing the conference. Receptions, breakfast rolls, hospitality suites, and program printing are being sponsored by a number of public history organizations. They include public history graduate programs at Arizona State University, u.c. Santa Barbara, and CSU Sacramento and a number of other organizations and private firms, including the Center for California Studies, the Wells Fargo Bank History Department, Foothill Resources Ltd., and Historical Research Associates, Inc.

The National Council • on Public History II promotes the applica­ tion of historical scholarship outside the university in government, business, historical societies, preservation organizations, archives, libraries, professional associations, and public interest groups. For details contact NCPH President Philip V. Scarpino, Department of History, IUPUI, 530 Cavanaugh Hall, 425UniversityBlvd.,Indianapolis,IN46202- 5140; Vice-president Patricia Mooney­ Melvin, Department of History, Loyola University-Glicago,820N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611; or Elizabeth B. Monroe, 327 Cavanaugh Hall-IUPUI, 425 Univer­ sity Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202-5140; (317)274-2716. Forchangeofaddress, write UCPress, 2120 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94720. SubmissionstoPublicHistory News should be sent to Elizabeth Monroe, Editor, at the address above.

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Business as Usual: Trade Literature as Historical Resource

by Leigh Darbee

Trade literature comes in many shapes past five years or so, IHS has been con­ side, "Catalogue of Fruit Trees, Cultivated and sizes-from single sheets to extensive centrating on developing its collection of and for sale by Benjamin and Jesse White, volumes. It can be published or unpub­ catalogs from any businesses that have at their Nursery, Near Mooresville, Mor- lished, though this article will focus on existed in the state. Like many states, - See Business as Usual pg. 12 published sources. Regardless of format, Indiana is known to most the common goal of publications that fall people for its current and under this designation is to sell products. recent major areas of pro­ The first person to pay much attention duction: com and soy­ to trade catalogs as a genre was Lawrence beans, pharmaceuticals, B. Romaine, who published A Guide to hogs, steel. A brief look at American Trade Catalogs, 1744-1900 in 1960. the small amount of litera­ Arguing that trade literature is vital to the ture that we have collected study of American business, Romaine so far, however, reveals the compiled a list of several thousand cata­ wide variety of commodities logues, divided into broad subject areas that have come out of the ranging from "Agricultural implements state, from small towns as and machinery" to "Windmills." He at­ well as cities. Products tempted to provide at least one location available from Indiana firms for each catalog, though for some no cop­ ranged widely; well repre­ ies are known to survive and they exist sented areas include furni­ only as citations in bibliographies. Ro­ ture, musical instruments, maine is still the standard reference in the hardware, medical instru­ field of trade literature, and many book­ ments and supplies, archi­ sellers' catalogs today show the Romaine tectural components, reference or indicate that a certain title is ceremonial garb for secret "not in Romaine." We know now that societies, horticultural prod­ Romaine's effort only scratched the sur­ ucts, and caskets. face of available trade literature, but he The earliest item (so himself pointed out that many institutions far) in the collection that he contacted had collections of these mate­ can be viewed as trade rials that were not organized or cataloged literature is an 1841 broad- to any great extent. Romaine's focus on the utility of trade Right: Chilrles Mayer & Co .• 1888 catalogs for the study of business history indicates only one aspect of their impor­ Bottom: Wayne Works. 1923 tance. They are also indispensable to the history of consumerism, artifact study and dating, architectural history, fashion history, and so on, practically ad infinitum. They are a far underused historical resource. Collections that exist have varying overarching philosophies. In 1984, the Winterthur Library in Delaware published a guide to its collection of catalogs, ar­ ranged by subjects similar to those used by Romaine. The Winterthur collection and the one at the Library of Congress that includes several hundred thousand items are both general collections, covering many kinds of businesses and the whole United States. Other institutions collect by subject matter; a guide to a collection of this kind has been compiled by the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University. The collection of trade literature at the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is an example of a collection developed with a geographical orientation. During the

3 The Houston-Galveston Public History Roundtable

by Martin V. Melosi

In May, 1985, the Institute for Public continue to employ to this day. Meet­ hearing about the "UTMB Centennial History (IPH) at the University of Hous­ ings - or get-togethers - would be History Project," and visited the Hous­ ton initiated the "Houston-Galveston held twice a year. The site would rotate ton Academy of Medicine at the Texas Public History Roundtable." Having just for each meeting. An effort would be Medical Center. begun my tenure as director of IPH in made to select locations with some his­ The Johnson Space Center hosted a August, 1984, I had been visiting histori­ torical significance or dedicated histori­ very exciting meeting at which time we ans throughout the city and was compil­ cal purpose, such as a museum, library, toured the space center and heard an in­ ing an impressive list of academic research center, or historical agency. spiring presentation from astronaut F. historians, archivists, museum person­ IPH would provide the mailing list (con­ Story Musgrave, who discussed the value nel, librarians, contract historians, gene­ tinually up-

4 - Compost and Controversy: the Rodale Family Archives

by Anthony Rodale

Rodale Press was founded in 1930 in a comer of an electrical equipment factory owned by my grandfather Jerome Irving RodaIe and great-uncle Joseph Rodale. J.1. was an accountant, but his dream was to be a farmer, and many of his early publica­ tions were about farming. He and my grandmother Anna also loved literature, art, theater, and humor, and these interests were also reflected in early Rodale publi­ cations. In 1942, he started the magazine Organic Gardening and eight years later, Prevention. My father, Robert Rodale, made the magazines profitable, and greatly expanded the publishing side of the business after my grandfather'S death in 1971. By 1988, one American family in four read a Rodale publication, and we had become the nation's leading health publisher. Robert Rodale was killed in a traffic accident in Russia in 1990. The Chief Executive Officer is now my mother, Ardath Harter Rodale. In early 1993 we began working on the family papers left at the original Rodale farm in Emmaus after my grandfather's death. Arrangement, deScription, inven­ tory and rehousing of about 200 cubic feet Top: Jerome In'illg Rodale of J.I. and Anna Rodale's records by an workillg ill the library at the historian and archivist allowed us to un­ Old Farm. mid-1960's. The derstand histOrically how our family busi­ persollal papers showll here ness had developed. It allowed us to see were amollg those arrallged more clearly how our family heritage was alld described in the 1993 archives project. Photo based on unique and positive values that courtesy of the Rodale transcended the arguments and conflicts family. that each generation has experienced. We now have a fuller appreciation of Right: Ardath Rodale with how the family and the business have daughters Heather alld been intertwined, with each of the three Heidi. 1955. ill the generations interpreting the company's swimmillg pool at the Old mission in its own way. In each genera­ Farm. Ardath Rodale tion, there has been one highly visible became Chief Executive person - my grandfather, my father and Officer ill 1990. Photo now my mother - but it has been the courtesy of the Rodale support of the whole family that made the family. business work. My grandmother and mother, for example, have each served as the "conscience" of the business. sonal vision is to see the end of the pesti­ once was to my grandfather's ideas about The historical perspective we have cide era in my lifetime. I am drawn to devel­ soil, health and nutrition, and how much gained by organizing our archives pro­ oping countries like Senegal, where families has changed since his time. John vides access to the visions of the two pre­ raise their own food and there is much less Haberern, one of our executives who has vious generations. We can make better dependence on mechanized food systems, been with us a long time, went to a Na­ use of the past to decide how to move and I like to see family farms - the first tional Academy of Sciences meeting re­ forward. All of us have wanted to im­ family businesses - succeeding and sup­ cently where the NAS announced that prove society, and each generation of fam­ porting their members. they now believe that good soil is as im­ ily leadership has evolved its own vision We have also benefitted from seeing in portant as good air and good water. John of how this should be done. My own per- the archives how much opposition there - Sel' Compost pg. 11

5 Save Outdoor Sculpture!

by Glory-June Greiff

An ambitious project is underway sight that has startled travel­ across the nation that contains a strong ers for many years, has been but largely unacknowledged public his­ included as that county's only tory component. Save Outdoor Sculp­ public outdoor sculpture. ture! (50S!), a joint venture of the Outdoor sculptures are National Museum of American Art particularly accessible, (Smithsonian Institution) and the Na­ three-dimensional docu­ tional Institute for the Conservation of ments of public (or pri­ Cultural Property (NIC), seeks first to vate) concepts of heroism identify and then to encourage proper and its commemoration, maintenance of all public outdoor sculp­ religious veneration, es­ ture in the United States. Historic Land­ thetic values, and sheer marks Foundation of Indiana, a whimsey. Native Hoosier non-profit preservation organization, E.M. Viquesney's World received the grant to carry out the sur­ War I doughboys that dot vey of the Hoosier state. the nation's courthouse A project of such massive propor­ squares (Indiana boasts a tions requires boundaries. For SOS!, the dozen) are as much a prod­ definition of public outdoor sculpture is uct of good old American as follows: a three-dimensional artwork entrepreneurship as of that is cast, carved, modeled, fabricated, patriotic fervor. Wonder­ fired or assembled in materials such as fully detailed, ''The Spirit of stone, wood, metal, ceramic or plastic, the American Doughboy" located in an outdoor setting, and acces­ depicts an infantryman sible to the public. All very well and charging across a rugged good, but attached to the definition was battlefield, grenade at the a list of exclusions; for example, "minor" ready. Viquesney pro­ architectural ornament was not to be duced a sales brochure surveyed, nor were grave markers. offering a step-by-step However, most of the exclusions them­ program that local groups selves had exceptions, some obvious, could ~se to stage success­ some not. Indeed, architectural orna­ ful campaigns to raise ment and grave markers (especially in funds for his statues. But this limestone-rich state) proved particu­ why stop at a lifesize larly troublesome. A sizable number of doughboy in the court­ finds remain teetering on the edge and house square? Visqueney judgement calls have to be made. Gar­ also offered twelve-inch den ornaments and benches do not figurines and even a qualify, but suppose the bench is an bronze-plated lamp! ornate piece designed by noted sculptor The stories these sculp­ Rudolf Schwarz and seemingly one of a tures can tell are many. kind? Such a piece stands on the campus of The lonely Skywatch Me­ Wabash College in Crawfordsville. morial, commemorating Problems could evolve from different the nation's first Operation interpretations around the country, espe­ Skywatch Post (the four­ cially given the distinctly different types story timber watchtower of agencies that are undertaking SOS! in survives) in the early each state. The organizations involved 1950's, speaks volumes. It fall mainly into three roughly equal cat­ still overlooks miles of egories: parks and recreation agencies, treeless farmland in rural arts organizations, and historic or pres­ Tippecanoe County. ervation groups. Project directors met Carved in limestone is a for two-day workshops in Washington farmer scanning the skies, D.C. in part to avoid pitfalls. his arm protectively about In Indiana, history is a primary con­ - See Sculpture pg. 16 sideration, as is a work's significance to a given area. Context plays a leading role. While gravestone angels may Top: Skywatch Memorial. Tippecanoe County. Photo by perch all over Crown Hill Cemetery in Glory·June Greiff. IndianapoliS, for instance, they are in short supply in rural Jackson County. A Bollom: Spirit of the American huge marble angel in the latter commu­ Doughboy. Spencer. Photo by nity that seems to float over the cornfields, a Glory-June Greiff.

6 Arthurdale Will Not Forget

By Bry<}D W <}rd

The New Deal was a period of massive federal spending and building, but the cultural resourceS of the New Deal have not received the attention they deserve. Although these resources have reached the fifty-year barrier of the National Regis­ ter of Historic Places, in many states New Deal projects are a low priority for under­ funded state historic preservation offices. Only the most obvious examples are docu­ mented, while the other sites and struc­ tures are forgotten and may be lost forever. Through the efforts of Arthurdale Heritage, Inc., a grassroots preservation organization in West Virginia, one signifi­ cant New Deal site will not be forgotten and lost. West Virginia may not be the first state most people think of regarding the New Deal, but many people in the state needed help during the Great Depression. The Appalachian coal industry reached its peak production during World War I and slowly declined until it collapsed during the Depression. Coal families were espe­ cially vulnerable to market conditions because they reJ!ed heavily on the coal companies. The company store system made miners and their families dependent on the company for housing and supplies, and when the demand for coal declined survival became difficult. By 1933, many families in the coalfields were destitute and owed their existence to relief agencies. At the request of American Friends Service Committee's executive secretary Clarence Pickett, Lorena Hickok, a reporter for the Associ­ ated Press and a personal friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, visited the coalfields and saw the horrible conditions. Hickok reported that the worst conditions of all were lo­ cated at Scotts Run, West Virginia. Presi­ dent Franklin Roosevelt wanted first-hand reports, so he asked his wife to visit the coalfields in August 1933. After her visit, the first lady urged the President and his advisors to construct a subsistence home­ Top: Second graders building in the community of Arthurdale. April 1936. Photo by Elmer Johnson. Farm stead near Scotts Run. Security Administration. Library of Congress. On October 12, 1933, Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes announced that the BOllom: Construction of a Wagner House at Arthurdale. June 1935. Photo by Walker Evans. Farm Security newly created Division of Subsistence Administration. Library of C ongreSJ. Homesteads would construct its first project: the Reedsville Experimental The first lady continued to be closely near the project and supporters were able at Community in Preston County, West involved in the project, which placed the least temporarily to attract some businesses Virginia. Arthurdale, as the project was community under enormous scrutiny in the to Arthurdale. Adding to the difficulties, later named, would be a demonstration press. As costs mounted, Arthurdale be­ cooperatives, a hallmark of the homestead community to show how subsistence came a political liability. Attempts to locate program, continued to lOse money and had farming could help industrial workers government-sponsored industry in to be subsidized by the government. Steady safeguard themselves from sporadic Arthurdale was blocked by Congress be­ employment did become available during unemployment. Shortly after the an­ cause many legislators believed that the World War II in war-related industries, nouncement preparations began for the project resembled communism. The govern­ but by the end of the war many govern- construction of Arthurdale. ment, however, did erect several factories - See Arthurdale pg. 8

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ment officials wanted to liquidate the sub­ sistence homestead program. The government was successful in relocating families from Monoghalia and Preston Counties to the new community. Arthurdale provided far better housing than any the homesteaders had lived in previously. The government constructed 165 homes in three different styles, 6 school buildings, the Arthurdale Inn, a forge, a community center, a cooperative store, several farm buildings at the com­ munity farm, and 3 factory buildings, all of which provided new opportunities for the homesteaders and their children. The project provided children with better nutri­ tion and education than they had received before and served as an alternative to em­ ployment in the mines. But these accom­ plishments were not enough to convince lawmakers to continue the program. The government sold its holdings in Mother preparing schoo/lunches at the Arthurdale School in April of 1935. Photo by Elmer Johnson, Farm Arthurdale by 1947. The homes were sold Security Administration, Library of Congress. to the homesteaders. The school buildings were turned over to the board of educa­ tion, the fanns were sold for $1 to West $94,000 to purchase the three plots of the ment to further restore the buildings of the Virginia University, and the community original community center complex. community center complex. buildings were sold to private individuals. In the meantime, volunteer efforts had This year, Arthurdale will celebrate its Arthurdale remained a small unincor­ secured the listing of Arthurdale on the 60th anniversary. The theme of the cel­ porated community with no zoning re­ National Register of Historic Places; the ebration is "The Dream Lives On." As strictions. Homeowners began to forge building had been restored with a part of that celebration Arthurdale Heri­ subdivide their two-to five-acre lots and matching-grant from the West Virginia tage will sponsor a National Conference altered their homes. The community Department of Culture and History; AHI on New Deal Homesteads and Farmsteads, buildings deteriorated. had begun restoration of the right wing of July 21-23. At the conference historians will In 1984, Arthurdale's 50th anniversary the center building with a grant of $25,000 discuss the New Deal homesteads and resi­ celebration proved to be a catalyst for from the Claude Worthington Benedum dents of homestead communities will re­ Arthurdale Heritage, Inc.(AHI). The com­ foundation; and AHI was awarded the spond to those presentations. Organizers of munity group was organized to preserve Albert Corey Award for outstanding vol­ the event hope that through the confer­ and protect the history and structures of unteer efforts by the American Association ence the homesteaders' views can be Arthurdale. Although the membership for State and Local History. added to the historical record. had little preservation experience what Success has not dampened AHI's deter­ Other states and communities may they lacked in training they made up for in mination. Since 1985, AHI has raised ap­ forget and lose their Depression-era his­ determination. proximately $350,000 from private donations tory, but through the dedicated efforts of Their first goal was to obtain the land and grants, and logged thousands of volun­ AHI, Arthurdale's legacy will endure. and buildings of the original complex teer hours. In 1993, Arthurdale received For more information about the confer­ which had been divided into three plots. another grant from the Claude Worthington enceor Arthurdale contact: Bryan Ward, Dedicated volunteers sponsored car Benedum Foundation for $100,000 to hire a Historian, AHI, PO Box 850, Arthurdale, WV washes, dances, beef raffles, chicken bar­ part-time executive director and a full-time 26520 or call (304) 864-3959. becues, and collected every spare nickel historian as well as $500,000 from the De­ Brian Ward is the Historian of Arthurdale and dime. By 1991, AHI had raised partment of Housing and Urban Develop- Heritage Inc.

8 -- Report from NHEN

The National History Education Net­ a discussion of federal legislation to fund Making in America, at Indiana University: work, of which NCPH is a member, began professional development of teachers. "How Americans Understand and Use the operations on June 1. A coalition of over Both items are of central importance to the Past." Funded by the National Endow­ thirty organizations and agencies commit­ Network and its commitment to improve ment for the Humanities, this survey will ted to improving the quality of history history education in the nation's schools. explore ways in which Americans learn education, the Network serves as both a The informational meetings, which are and incorporate history into their thinking clearinghouse for information related to open to all convention attenders, also pro­ and experience. The results should assist the teaching of history and an advocate for vide a forum for representatives of mem­ educators (classroom teachers, museum improved history education at the primary ber organizations to describe activities educators, and public historians) in identi­ and secondary levels. relating to history education, "advertise" fying and, therefore, building on the ac­ The Network News, a quarterly opportunities for teachers, and distnbute a quired and assimilated knowledge of their newsletter distributed to individual as variety of materials of interest to educators. audiences. well as institutional members of the Net­ The next meeting is scheduled in con­ The informative role of the Network work, includes (1) announcements of junction with the annual convention of the complements its commitment to policies curriculum materials, workshops and Organization of American Historians in and programs that will effectively im­ institutes, fellowships, and conferences; Atlanta (April 15, 9:00 - 10:00, in the prove the quality of history education in (2) descriptions of successful models for Clayton Room at the Hilton). the nation's schools. The survey of state teaching history; and (3) reports of orga­ By April, we hope to have preliminary social studies coordinators, for example, nizational activities aimed at improving results from a survey of state social studies will enable us to recognize legislative the quality of history education. The coordinators, which is being devised and trends, choose our battles, and develop newsletter is published in October, Janu­ distributed in collaboration with the Social organizations. The network is beginning ary, April and July. Studies Development Center. The survey to identify individuals within the states General informational meetings are deals with teacher certification, high who might be willing to monitor legisla­ held three times each year in conjunction school graduation, and curriculum/ con­ tive action relating to history education with annual conventions of Network tent requirements relating to the teaching and, in the future, support proposals likely members. These serve as business meet­ of history. Intended as a resource for to result in a better classroom experience. ings during which the director reports on policy makers and educators, the final Membership in the National History guidance-on matters of concern to mem­ report will be sent to state coordinators Education Network is available to indi­ bers. Major items on the agenda for the and will be available through the National viduals as well as organizations. Applica­ January meeting, held in conjunction with History Education Network and the Social tions may be obtained from HT A/NHEN, the annual convention of the AHA, in­ Studies Development Center. Dept. of History, University of Tulsa, 600 cluded (1) how the network should handle The network has also been invited to S. College Ave., Tulsa, OK 74104-3189; an invitation to review a new social stud­ serve on the advisory board for a survey (918)631-2349; ies curriculum for the State of Ohio and (2) to be conducted by the Center for History- [email protected].

National Archives-Northeast Region and American Bar Association Retry Rosenbergs.

Forty years after Julius and Ethel transferred from the U.S. Attorney for the Federal judge Marvin E. Aspen, real Rosenberg were executed in Sing Sing for Southern District of New York. Without a lawyers and a six-member jury selected atomic espionage, the National Archives­ script, actors playing the witnesses were from the New York jury pool retried the Northeast Region assisted with a mock forced to prepare for intense cross-exami­ case with actors Lonny Price and Toyah retrial of U.S. v. Rosenberg at the American nation by studying over 3,000 pages of the Feldshuh (Mr. and Mrs. Rosenberg). Bar Association's annual meeting in New trial transcript. During jury deliberation, the ABA York City. The regional archives provided Prosecuting attorneys presented fac­ staged a lively panel discussion. Fea­ copies of transcripts, reproduced original similes of evidence and showed photo­ tured speakers included James B. evidence, and mounted an exhibition seen graphs of the originals on monitors spread Kilsheimer III, an Assistant U.S. Attor­ by hundreds attending this two-day "Trial throughout the auditorium. The accompa­ ney in the 1951 trial; Marshall Perlin, a of the Century" that mixed past and nying display showed the majority of the member of the Rosenberg defense team present in an attempt to show what might actual exhibits together for the first time. in the final appeals to the journalist have happened if the Rosenbergs were Included were sketches of the atomic bomb, Sidney Zion; and Ronald Radosh, author tried today. a Jell-O box cut in half as identification for of "The Rosenberg File." The heated A re-trial rather than a re-enactment, two of the alleged conspirators, pictures of debate culminated with the announce­ the program applied current legal stan­ the console table used by the Rosenberg's to ment that the 1993 jury found the dards and allowed the lawyers to intro­ microfilm secret documents, J. Edgar Rosenbergs not guilty. The 500 members duce information obtained since the trial. Hoover's recommendation on sentencing of the audience included an FBI agent The defense team spent three full days and security manuals from Los Alamos who investigated the Rosenbergs, and the scouring 69 boxes of exhibits recently declassified within the past two years. clerk of Judge Irving Kaufman.

9 IPRESIDENT'S COLUMN ]

Greetings from a very cold and snowy look into alternative arrangements for ahead and published a preliminary di­ Indianapolis. The one thing that most publication of the journal. Wendy's rectory, based on questionnaires we members (and many non-members) asso­ committee gathered a great deal of infor­ printed in PHN and distributed at the ciate with the National Council on Public mation, which demonstrated that given annual meeting. The directory pub­ History is our excellent journal, The Pub­ our present size and income the UC lished in 1993 lists only those individuals lic Historian. TPH is edited at the Press offers us as good a deal as we can who completed and returned a question­ journal's offices located in the Depart­ get with any other publisher. This is naire. In the fall of 1993 we sent ques­ ment of History at the University of Cali­ something that we needed to know. tionnaires with annual renewal notices. fornia, Santa Barbara. Under the Building on the work of Wendy and Late this summer we will again publish leadership of Otis Graham and Lindsey her committee, Otis Graham, Alan Newell, the directory. So if you have not filled Reed, TPH has pioneered in covering the and I went to Berkeley and met with rep­ out a membership questionnaire, I urge diversity of things that public historians resentatives of the University of California you to do so. Our goal is to have a direc­ produce. For many years, the publisher Press in July 1993. We came away from tory that lists every member who wants of TPH has been the University of Cali­ that meeting satisfied that we had worked to be included. A questionnaire is lo­ fornia Press; our contract with the UC out the framework for a renegotiated con­ cated on page 17. Please take the time to Press is up for renewal in 1994, and with tract that would be an improvement over fill out and mail the questionnaire to the that in mind, the Board of Directors has past arrangements. Our confidence was office of the Executive Director (address spenfquite a bit of time exploring a bolstered by the fact that advances in per­ on page 18). range of options for publishing TPH. sonal computers allowed Alan's staff at By now, all members should have Because our relationship with the press Historical Research Associates, Inc., to received programs for the annual meeting has been so important to the organiza­ write a program that will convert mem­ in Sacramento, March 17-20. The theme of tion for so many years, I want briefly to bership information from the press into a the program is "Public History and the explain what has been happening on form that will meet NCPH's needs. Environment," but there is plenty on the that front. Based on the results of the meeting program to satisfy a range of interests. We The University of California Press with the press in July, the board voted at will be meeting jointly with the Southwest has produced a quality journal in which its semi-annual meeting in September to Oral History Association and the North­ NCPH can take much pride. At the renegotiate the contract with the UC west Oral History Association, so the pro­ same time, in the past, the relationship Press. If we stay on schedule, the board gram is strong on sessions that explore the between NCPH and the press has not will be voting on a new contract as its intersections between public history and been free of problems. Perhaps the most meeting in Sacramento in March; the oral history. On Friday, March 18, there nagging problem has been the fact that duration of a new contract will be three are three out-of-hotel sessions at the Royal the UC Press maintains a subscription years, during which time the officers and Mountain King Mine, in California's Gold list on an antiquated computer system, board can put their energy into activities Country; at McClellan Air Force Base; and which is organized by zip code. Given like expanding membership and enhanc­ at the California State Archives. I am re­ the constraints of its computer system, ing services to members. ally looking forward to enjoying the re­ the press cannot reconfigure its subscrip­ In the past, problems with the form sults of all of the hard work put in by the tion list to meet our needs for a member­ and format of the membership informa­ program committee and the local arrange­ ship list. Last ye_ar, when Marty Melosi tion received from the press have ham­ ments committee. See you in Sacramento. was president, he appointed an ad hoc pered our ability to publish a membership committee, chaired by Wendy Wolff, to directory. This past summer, we went Phil Scarpino

10

n IWASHINGTON UPDATE

by Page Putnam Miller

Update on Fiscal of Native American preservation, and $7 authorization of NHPRC is moving Year 1994 Appropria­ million for the National Trust for Historic through the legislative process but unre­ tions. The National Ar­ Preservation. The United States Informa­ solved differences still exist between the chives received $195.482 tion Agency was appropriated funding House and Senate bills. million with $5.25 million which includes money for the establish­ JFK Assassination Review Board. On earmarked for the Na- ment of an American Studies Collections September 3 the White House announced tional Historical Publica­ Program for sixty-five foreign universities. four nominees for the review board. They tions and Records Commission-a major Reauthorization of the National En­ are Princeton University librarian William victory since the President and the House dowment for the Humanities. The two­ L. Joyce, University of Tulsa Dean Kermit originally appropriated only $4 million for year reauthorization for the National L. Hall, American University history pro­ NHPRC. A very small increase over last Endowment for the Humanities, the Na­ fessor Anna Kasten Nelson and Minnesota year's budget has been approved for the tional Endowment for the Arts, and the Chief Deputy Attorney General John R. National Endowment for the Humanities. Institute of Museum Services basically keeps Tunhein. The fifth announced at the first The Historic Preservation Fund received in place the 1990 reauthorization legislation. of November is Dr. Henry Graff, Professor an 8 percent increase in funding of which Reauthorization of the National His­ Emeritus of History at Columbia Univer­ $31 million will go to state historic preser­ torical Publications and Records sity. No date has yet been set for confir­ vation programs, $2 million for programs Commission's Grants Program. The re- mation hearings. Program Directors - Come to Sacramento! Public history program directors can A public history program directors future public historians, directors need to be look forward to a host of informative breakfast on Saturday will provide yet aware of these standards in the specialties and fun activities at the annual meeting another opportunity for talking, eating, their students hope to practice. The panel in Sacramento. and socializing. This hour-and-a-half format also offers a unique opportunity for commu­ On Thursday evening, the Curricu­ promises to be less grueling than the mara­ nication between the NCPH and similar lum and Training Committee will have a thon session some of you braved last year at organizations. The issues are complex and dinner meeting centering around its Valley Forge. Nevertheless, it presents an thetime limited, so anyone wishing a copy current agenda -- professional training opportunity to share ideas, voice concerns, of the training standards of these three orga­ standards and guidelines both within and generally network with one another. nizations before the meeting should con­ and outside the NCPH; tenure and pro­ Should the discussion exceed the allotted tact me at the address below by 9 March. motion for directors; and providing a time, we will make arrangements to con­ The entire Curriculum and Training regular opportunity for directors to meet tinue the deliberations elsewhere. Committee hopes to see all program direc­ and share ideas, common interests, and Finally, on Saturday afternoon the C& T tors in Sacramento. If you have any ques­ solutions to common concerns. Any Committee is sponsoring a panel "Training tions about these planned activities, or program director with an interest in Future Public Historians: Curriculum Stan­ wish to receive the training standards and these topics, or any other issue he or she dards and Guidelines of Affiliated Organiza­ guidelines for the AAM, SAA, and NCPE, believes ought to be on the Committee's tions" that should be of great interest to all please feel free to contact me by any of the agenda, is welcome to join us. We will program directors. The session will examine following means. gather at the opening reception and go the professional training standards of the Bill Bryans, Department of History from there to a nearby restaurant. Please American Association of Museums, Society Oklahoma State University indicate on the conference registration of American Archivists, and National Coun­ Stillwater, OK 74078-0611. form if you plan to attend so that I can cil for Preservation Education, with the help (405) 744-8183 FAX (405)744-7074 make reservations. of representatives from each. As mentors of E-mail: [email protected]

- Compost continued from pg. 5 told them we were delighted to have their and more sustain­ support in saying what Rodale Press has able. The Rodale been saying for more than 50 years. family and Rodale The readers of my grandfather's gen­ Press will have to eration were just beginning to realize that change with them, they could take control of their environ­ and a knowledge ment and health. J.I. had to get people to of our history will listen; my father had to refine the message, help us map the and now my generation can educate con­ next stage of the sumers who are very different from our journey. first subscribers in the 1930's and '40's. Prevention's 3.1 million subscribers and 10 The Organic million readers are middle-class. They Gardening Experimm­ want to know how to take care of them­ tal Farm. Photo selves, and they are interested in changing courtesy of the Rodale the society they live in to make it healthier family.

11 New Short Term Directory Available

The Cultural Resources Management agencies, universities, organizations, and Class sizes vary from 20-50, although (CRM), a publication for Parks, federal educational institutions. some of the "hands-on" courses are re­ agencies, Indian Tribes, state and local The directory is composed of two stricted due to the necessity for individual government as well as the private sector, sections. The first and largest section, instruction. A few courses can accept has recently published a directory that Course Listings, provides descriptions of several hundred participants. Unless oth­ identifies workshops, courses, seminars, approximately 250 courses. Course List­ erwise stated, the course fee covers tuition and other short classes in cultural resource ings is organized by Federal Agencies, only. It is the responsibility of the partici­ management topics sponsored in the State Agencies, Universities or Colleges, pant to pay for travel, hotel, meals, etc. United States and Canada through De­ and other Organizations. The listings The second section contains five in­ cember 1994. are arranged alphabetically by sponsor­ dexes that provide the opportunity to A Directory of Training Opportunities ing organization. Course sponsors ap­ search for a course based on topic, loca­ in Cultural Resource Management (short pear in bold typeface within the address tion, time of year, agency sponsor or title. term) lists training opportunities located of the contact. Extra copies of this directory have in 46 states, the District of Columbia, Generally, courses have been devel­ been printed and are available for use at Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the oped for a specific audience, and mayor workshops and conferences, as well as for Marshall Islands and two provinces in may not be available to others who are individual use. For a copy of the directory Canada. Information for the directory was interested. The "Participants" information please contact: Emogene Bevitt, National obtained from a survey mailed to CRM indicates whether non-agency personnel Park Service, Preservation Assistance Divi­ readers and nearly 1,000 representatives may attend. Courses listed take place over sion, PO Box 37127, Washington, DC from federal, state and local governmental a relatively short period of time. 20013-7127 (202)343-9561.

- Business as Usual continued from pg. 3

gan County, Ind." Following this heading association with each company donated ally. This cataloging is labor-intensive: is a list of 85 varieties of trees they had nearly complete runs of catalogs to the because most of the literature is local in available, with 15,000 trees in stock. As IHS Library. This is unusual, however. nature, it usually requires original cata­ time went on and competition among Most of the materials at IHS have been loging, which is very time-consuming. businesses increased, catalogs became acquired singly in the antiquarian and IHS is putting its records into the na­ increasingly elaborate. Many are prime used book trade. Many booksellers' cata­ tional bibliographic database adminis­ examples of the most up to date printing logs list trade literature now and then tered by the Online Computer Library and illustrating techniques, especially in amongst a general stock. There are other Center (OCLC). In addition to listing the use of color printing technology. In booksellers who specialize in trade litera­ each item under headings appropriate to addition, many firms went to great lengths ture, and IHS has established contacts its subject content, we also list it under to persuade potential buyers of the quality.. with a number of them. Prices vary the subject "Catalogs, Commercial," so of their products by including actual widely according to how much the seller that anyone wishing to may easily sur­ samples. Two examples in the IHS collec­ knows about trade literature and how vey our holdings of trade publications. tion are a catalog of mail carriers' uni­ desirable the literature is among collectors. Trade literature is an endlessly fasci­ forms with attached fabric samples and a As in much of its purchasing, IHS com­ nating and valuable historical resource. dealer in mica that incorporated substan­ petes constantly with specialist collectors, Over time, as more institutions develop tial pieces of the mineral in its literature. and the more desirable items in popular and catalog their collections, it will IHS has acquired trade publications in areas like automotive literature can be surely become a more widely used re­ several ways. In the cases of both quite costly. source as well. Vonnegut Hardware Company and Link­ IHS is currently attempting to catalog Leigh Darbee is tile Curator of Prill ted Belt Corporation, people having a long most items of trade literature individu- Col/ectiolls at the Indiana Historical Society.

In Defense of A Monument

The Alabama National Guard may were at a loss about what to do. Then The work at Russell Cave is just part of soon wear a new campaign ribbon on its inspiration struck: call out the Guard. the division's program to stabilize and pro­ chest, won by defending a beleaguered Serendipitously, Company A of the tect sites. The division regularly canvases national monument. 151st Engineer Battalion, based just down parks in the region about their site stabiliza­ A creek had been eating away at the the road from the monument, was able to tion and protection needs, then works entrance to Alabama's Russell Cave Na­ undertake the project as a training exer­ closely with the University of Mississippi's tional Monument,.but with neither man­ cise, working hand in hand with division Center for Archaeological Research to tailor power, machinery, nor money, the archaeologists. As an outgrowth of the techniques to specific kinds of locations. Southeast Region Interagency ArcheolOgi­ project, the unit plans to join future protec­ Training courses and published accounts cal Services division and the site manager tion projects at the monument. communicate the information.

12 IBULLETIN

Awards and Fellowships 6-10, 1994. The main theme of the sympo­ on May 20-21,1994, "Entrepreneurs: The Boston Business Community, 1750-1850." The Naval Historical Center and the sium is "Society and Technology", one of Registration is limited. Fees are $45 ($35 Navy Historical Foundation seek nomina­ the lesser themes is "Historic Preserva­ for students). Contact Barbara A. tions for the Ernest M. Eller prize in Naval tion". For further information please con­ Mathews, Center for the Study of New History. The purpose of the Eller prize, tact: Robert L. Spude, Conference England History, Massachusetts Historical which includes an honorarium of $1000, is Coordinator, Mining History Association, Society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston, MA to encourage excellence in research, writ­ P.O. Box 150300, Denver, CO 80215 ing, and publication on the history of the The Twenty-Third Annual Institute 02215. U.s. Navy. Nominations for articles pub­ for the Editing of Historical Documents Hagley Museum and Library is sponsoring a summer institute for ex­ lished in scholarly journals in 1993 may be is scheduled for June 19-30, 1994, in Madi­ sent to: Senior Historian, Naval Historical son, Wisconsin. Jointly sponsored by the hibit curators at small and mid-size his­ Center, Washington Navy Yard, 901 M National Historical Publications and tory museums and historical societies Street SE, Washington, DC 20374-5060. All Records Commission (NHPRC), the State July 11-22, 1994. Contact Carol Ressler nominations must be submitted before Historical Society of Wisconsin, and the Lockman, Center for the Historv of Busi­ ness, Technology, and Society; (302)658- March 1, 1994. University of Wisconsin, the institute will The National Historical Publications provide detailed theoretical and practical 2400, ext. 243. and Records Commission (NHPRC) will instruction in documentary editing and The Seventh Annual New England offer three historical editing fellowships in publication. Further information and Museum Association and Old Sturbridge 1994. Partial funding will be provided by application forms are available from the Village Museum Archives Institute will the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Suc­ NHPRC (NP), National Archives Building, be held at Old Sturbridge Village, cessful candidates will receive a stipend of Washington, DC 20408; phone (202)501- Sturbridge, MA, on April 8-9, 1994. For $27,500 and spend 10 months at a docu­ 5610. Application deadline is March 15, information contact Theresa Rini Percy, mentary publication project beginning in 1994. Associate Director of Research, Library, the summer of 1994. Participating projects The First Conference for Reclaiming and Collections, Research Library, Old are the Adams Family Papers (Massachu­ Women's History Through Historic Pres­ Sturbridge Village, One Old Sturbridge setts Historical Society, Boston), The Cor­ ervation is scheduled for June 17-19, 1994 Village Road, Sturbridge, MA 01566; respondence of James K. Polk (University at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, P A. (508)347-3362 ext. 203. Fax (508)347-5375. of Tennessee, Knoxville), and the Emma The conference will examine the interrela­ The Advisory Council on Historic Goldman Papers (University of California, tionship among women's history, the built Preservation and the GSA Interagency Berkeley). Applicants should hold a Ph.D. environment and the cultural landscape. Training Center jointly announce the or have completed all requirements for the To receive conference registration infor­ "Introduction to Federal Projects and His­ doctorate except the dissertation. Further mation please contact: Gayle Samuels, toric Preservation Law" courses which are information and application forms are Director, Reclaiming Women's History to be held during 1994 throughout the available from the NHPRC (NP), National Through Historic Preservation, Womens United States. The three day course will Archives Building, Washington, DC 20408; Way, P.O. Box 53454, Philadelphia, PA allow participants to understand the re­ phone (202)501-5610. Application deadline 19105-3454; (215)527-4470. sponsibilities of federal agencies under the is March 1, 1994. The Woodrow Wilson House will National Historic Preservation Act The Center for the Study of the hold a symposium: "The 75th Anniversary (NHPA), identify historic resources and American Constitution announces the of The League of Nations and its Legacy" determine if they are eligible for the Na­ annual James Madison Prize for the best on March 4-5, 1994. The scholars will tional Register of Historic Places, asses the unpublished manuscript in early Ameri­ address their perspectives on topics such effects of a federal undertaking on historic can history. The author of the winning as the historical Significance of the League properties, and anticipate historic preser­ manuscript will receive $1000, a medal, of Nations, the role of international organi­ vation responsibilities and incorporate and publication of the manuscript by zations as peace keepers and supporters of them into agency planning. For registra­ Madison House Publishers on behalf of sodal and economic development. The tion information call the GSA Interagency the center. For further information, con­ cost is $35 which includes registration, Training Center at (703)557-0986. tact John P. Kaminski, Director, The Cen­ reception and luncheon and will be held at Indiana University's Division of Con­ ter for the Study of the American the Woman's National Democratic Club tinuing Studies and School of Library Constitution, University of Wisconsin, 1526 New Hampshire Ave., NW., Wash~ and Information Science will sponsor a Madison, WI 53706. ington, DC 20408 Call (202)387-4062 to week-long course on coping with disas­ The Immigration History Society request registration materials. ters, "Disaster Preparation and Recovery invites nominations for the Theodore The National Archives is offering the for Library and Archive Collections." The Saloutos Memorial Book Award. The course "Going to the Source: An introduc­ course will be taught using the facilities of award is given to an outstanding 1993 tion to Archival Research," at the National the Conservation Unit in the LU. Library book on U.S. immigration history. Con­ Archives Building in Washington, DC Preservation Department. The course will tact Vicki L. Ruiz, Department of His­ from May 17-20, 1994. Enrollment is lim­ be held from July 24-29 and will offer par­ tory, Claremont Graduate School ited. The fee, including cost of all materi­ ticipants the opportunity to become famil­ Claremont, CA 91711. ' als is $125. Contact Paula Nassen Poulos iar with the tools and skills necessary to Education Branch (NEEE), National Ar- ' cope with disasters affecting their collec­ chives, Washington, DC 20408; (202)501- tions. Tuition for the course is $350 and Conferences and Seminars 5210. includes all instructional materials, re­ The Third International Mining His­ The Center for the Study of New freshment breaks and an opening recep­ tory Conference will be held at the Colo­ England History of the Massachusetts tion. Housing, parking and meals are not rado School of Mines in Golden, CO, June Historical Society will hold its conference included in the tuition. Enrollment is

13 1 limited, and early registration is recom­ the folk, popular and high culture of the Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, mended. The registration deadline is July South for its new publication Southern MA02167. 1. For more information contact Jane Clay, Cultures. Send proposed papers to C5AS, The Fifth Conference on RurallFarm Division of Continuing Studies, 204 Owen Manning Hall, University of North Caro­ Women in Historical Perspective is Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN lina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3355 planned for December 1-4,1994 at the 47405 (812)855-6329 or fax (812)855-8997. The American Studies Association National 4-H Conference Center. The The Lancaster Mennonite Historical announces a call for papers for its annual purpose of the conference is to provide a Society's Sixteenth Annual Genealogy meeting on "Borders and Bonds: Society forum for shared discussion of the imme­ Conference will be held Saturday, March and Customs in a World of Regions", in diate issues facing rural/farm women, 26,1994. Registration is $30 for members Nashville, TN on October 27-30,1994. The policy makers, and the historical and so­ ($35 for non-members). Program and ASA welcomes proposals for individual cial context of those issues offered by re­ registration details are available from Lola papers as well for entire panels and work­ searchers. Proposals for single papers/ M. Lehman, Lancaster Mennonite Histori­ shops. The Program Committee will give presentations and complete sessions cal Society, 2215 Millstream Road, careful consideration to all topics dealing should be submitted by April 30 to: Anne Lancaster, PA 17602-1499. (717)393-9745. with American Culture. The Committee B. W. Effland, ERS/USDA, Rm. 932D, The Arthurdale Heritage, Inc. historic will pay particular attention to the propos­ 1301 New York Ave., NW, Washington, preservation group is sponsoring a na­ als that explore the fluid boundaries of DC, 20005-4788 (202)219-0787 Fax tional history conference on homestead culture and identity in the years of Euro­ (202)219-0391. and farmstead communities created dur­ pean conquest/settlement and amid the ing the Great Depression. The conference fitful formation of national and regional Announcements will be held on July 21-24,1994 at systems. All participants must register for The Wisconsin Veterans Museum, Arthurdale, WV. Residents of New Deal the Annual Meeting and be members of located on the capitol square in Madison, communities, original homesteaders, de­ the ASA, or an affiliated, international held its grand opening on June 6, 1993. scendants of homesteaders, scholars, and American Studies Association. For further The Museum contains both permanent the general public are invited to attend information contact the 1994 Program and changing exhibits. The museum also and participate in the conference. Addi­ Committee Co-Chairs, Professor Robert maintains a research library and archives tional information is available from: Con­ Gross, c/o Charles Warren Center for open to qualified researchers. For more ference Information, Arthurdale Heritage, Studies in American History, Robinson information contact: Wisconsin Veterans Inc., P.O. Box 850, Arthurdale, WV 26520. Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138; or Professor Museum, 30 West Mifflin St., Madison, WI The New England Archivists 21st Margaretta Lovell, Department of Art 53705. Annual Meeting will be held April 29 and History, University of California, Berkeley, The Historical Society of Pennsylva­ 30 at Mount Holyoke College. The meet­ CA94720. nia Museum announces its next limited­ ing will include an all-day workshop on The North American Labor History time exhibition "Crossroads: Center City document appraisal and the challenges Conference will meet on Dctober 13-15, Philadelphia" which will focus on twentieth­ facing new managers of archival reposito­ 1995 at Wayne State University. Papers century developments of Philadelphia's ries, panel discussions of freedom of infor­ and Proposals on the theme "International downtown section showing the cultural mation and privacy laws, the preservation and Comparative Labor History" may be and commercial links that tie the down­ of electronic records, and the challenges of submitted by March 1, 1994. Contact town to the larger community. The ex­ documenting social and political action Elizabeth Faue, History Dept., Wayne hibit will run from January 21 through movements and starting new archives. State Univ., Detroit, MI 48202. July 23, 1994. For further information For more information contact Patricia J. The Conference on Faith and History contact: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Albright, NEA Registrar, Mount Holyoke seeks papers for its meeting October 6-8, 1300 Locust St., Philadelphia, P A 19107. College Archives, 8 Dwight Hall, South 1994, at Messiah College, Grantham, P A. The U.S. Department of the Interior, Hadley, MA 01075-1452. (413)538-2013, E­ Proposals related to the theme "Religion in Bureau of Land Management has com­ Mail: [email protected]. The Its Social Context" should be sent to Jacob puterized more than 1 million land patents deadline for pre-registration is April 15. H. Dorn, Dept. of History, Wright State or deeds dating from the late 1700s to The Winedale Museum Seminar on University, Dayton, OH 45435. Deadline 1908. The states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Administration and Interpretation will be for submissions is March 1,1994. Minnesota, Michigan, Rorida, Wisconsin, held on November 6-17, 1994. The semi­ The National Coalition of Indepen­ Mississippi, and Ohio are currently com­ nar is designed to improve the quality and dent Scholars seeks papers for its confer­ puterized. The rest of the eastern public promote the continuing development of ence, "Independent Scholars: Finding an domain states and all the remaining pat­ history museums, historical organizations, Audience," Oct. 21-23, 1994, at Mills Col­ ents will be automated in the next few and other cultural organizations. It in­ lege. Contact Alice Marquis, 8963 years. For further information contact: cludes sessions on grant writing, fund Caminito Fresco, La Jolla, CA 92037. BLM, Eastern States Public Service Section raising, financial planning, volunteer man­ Deadline for submissions is April 1, 1994. at (703)440-1600 or write 7450 Boston agement and political survival. For more The New England Historical Asso­ Blvd., Springfield, VA 22153. information or an application contact: Kit ciation seeks papers for its Fall Confer­ The Strong Museum of Rochester, Neumann, Texas Historical Commission, ence at the Massachusetts Institute of New York is opening its "Memoryand PO Box 12276, Austin, TX 78711. (512)463- Technology in Cambridge, Oct. 22, 1994. Mourning: American Expressions of 5756. Application deadline is Sept. 21. Papers or proposals on any historical Grief" exhibit beginning October 16, 1993 topic, area, or period must be submitted which will remain on view through mid- Calls for Papers by July 15, 1994. For membership or 1995. This exhibit explores how Ameri­ The Center for the Study of the proposal information, contact Peter cans have remembered, grieved for, and American South seeks papers concerning Holloran, NEHA Executive Secretary, commemorated the dead since the mid-

14 nineteenth century. For more informa­ Washington, D.C., on October 20-23,1994. generals who served during the war. The tion write to the Strong Museum, One A conference on "Jefferson and the Chang­ exhibit will remain until summer 1995. Manhattan Square, Rochester, NY 14607. ing West: From Conquest to Conserva­ The Eisenhower Library opened the (716)263-2700. tion" will be held by the Missouri "Race for Space: NASA at 35," exhibit on The Journal of Urban History will Historical Society in St. Louis in the Fall of Nov. 6, 1993. The exhibit chronicles the complete its twentieth year of publication 1994. For more information about the history of NASA from the National Aero­ in 1994. Carl Abbott is seeking to deter­ Thomas Jefferson Commemoration Com­ nautics and Space Act of 1958 to the mine the most influential publications in mission contact Beth Scrips, Thomas present. The exhibit will remain on view the field of urban history, non-American Jefferson Commemoration Commission, until Oct., 1994. as well as American, through the use of a P.O. Box 735, Charlottesville, V A 22902. The River Ran Red, an independently questionnaire he has devised. To obtain a (804)977-7911 FAX (804)977-7926. produced documentary film about the copy of the questionnaire, contact David The National Parks and Conservation 1892 Homestead Steel Strike premiered on R. Goldfield, Editor, Journal of Urban Association (NPCA) announces an offer Sept. 11, 1993 at the Pittsburgh Public History, Department of History, Univer­ of $10,000 reward for any information Theater. A companion book, also entitled sity of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC leading directly to the arrest and convic­ The River Ran Red was published by the 28223 Fax (704)547-2729. tion of the arsonist(s) who destroyed the University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992. The The National Museum of American historic Robinson House at Manassas film uses a variety of documentary tech­ Art presents the "Arvin Gottlieb Collec­ National Battlefield Park on July 26, 1993. niques to chronicle the strike and its cen­ tion: Paintings from the American South­ Individuals with information on the perpe­ tury-old legacy. Abundant journalistic west" on view until March 20, 1994. The trators of the crime are urged to contact the accounts; extensive documentary evidence exhibit includes work by various artists Virginia State Police in Fairfax, VA, at found in company, union, trial and con­ who traveled to New Mexico between (703)3234500, or the FBI Washington Metro­ gressional records; autobiographical writ­ 1900 and 1940. For more information, politan Field Office at (202)252-7801. Any ings of the participants and lyrical contact: National Museum of American information will be held in strict confidence. commentary found in poetry, song and Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, The Strong Museum of Rochester, fiction are brought to life by dramatic DC 20560; (202)357-2247. New York has announced its upcoming readings. Woven into a tapestry of sound The National Archives will receive exhibits. "Betty Boop to Barney: Make­ effects and a musical score based on folk 750,000 photographs from the Department Believe Characters lnvad~ the Market­ and popular tunes of the era, the words of of Housing and_ Urban Development. The place" is a look at fictional characters in witnesses personalize the events at Home­ photographs, negatives, slides and accom­ American culture and will be shown until stead for a contemporary audience. For panying indexes, dating from 1935-90, Oct. 9, 1994. "When Barbie Dated GI Joe: more information please contact Nicole represent one of the most significant, com­ America's Romance with Cold War Toys" Fauteux, 5633 Wood mont St., Pittsburgh, prehensive visual collections of the federal will open May 21, 1994 and deals with the PA 15217-1244. (412)521-0951. government's housing programs from Cold War era children's toys. the late-Depression era to the present. The University of Akron Press Series Positions Available High-level officials, programs of the on Technology and the Environment The California State University, Sac­ agency, and a broad range of topics re­ announces a call for manuscripts. The ramento, announces a tenure-track posi­ lated to living environments are all docu­ editors invite proposals for full-length tion in oral history and public history at mented. These records provide valuable books and edited collections on the effects the assistant or associate professor level. visual documentation to support research of technology on the environment. Inquir­ The position requires a Ph.D. in history, in a broad range of architectural, sociolOgi­ ies and proposals can be directed to either ability to administer oral history projects cal and demographic studies. The images of the editors at the following addresses: and teach in a graduate public history are scheduled for transfer to the National Jeffrey K. Stine, Curator, Division of Engi­ program. Oral history experience, a Archives in 1995. neering & Industry, National Museum of strong record in administration of oral The Woodrow Wilson House an­ American History 5014, Smithsonian Insti­ history projects and obtaining oral history nounces its newest exhibit"A World tution, Washington, DC 20560 or Dr. Will­ contracts is preferred. Experience teaching Made Safe-Woodrow Wilson, Peace and iam McGucken, Dept. of History, Olin public history and other college/univer­ the League of Nations". The exhibit exam­ Hall 218, The University of Akron, Akron, sity courses is also preferred. The teaching ines the efforts of President Wilson in OH 44325-1902. assignment includes oral history, survey securing peace and his formation of the The University of Iowa. School of Jour­ courses and possible specialized courses in League of Nations to arbitrate interna­ nalism. invites contributions to an anthology U.S. history. Review of applications he­ tional disagreements. The exhibit will of personal essays about the influence of gins February 21,1994; position will re­ include original objects drawn from the reading Nancy Drew mysteries. They may main open until filled. Apply to Margaret Wilson House collection and material on be in any form. Send contributions or re­ Goodart, Chair, Department of History, loan from other institutions as well as quests for information to: Nancy Drew Sto­ California State University, Sacramento, photographs and film. The exhibit runs ries, School of Journalism and Mass 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819-6059. from until April 30, 1994. Communication, University of Iowa, Iowa AAjEEO. The Thomas Jefferson Commemora­ City, IA 52242, or call (319)335-5828. Arkansas State University's Depart­ tion Commission's Chairman, Merrill D. The National Archives opened its ment of History invites applicants and Peterson, announced plans to launch a major World War II travelling exhibition nominations of scholars with demon­ series of conferences, educational projects, at the Jimmy Carter Ubrary in Atlanta, strated excellence in teaching, research and television and radio programs de­ Georgia, on Jan. 29, 1994. The exhibit en­ and administration to chair the depart­ signed to honor Jefferson's life, thought titled "World War II: Personal Accounts - ment. Applicants should hold the rank of and legacy. The series of conferences will Pearl Harbor to V-J Day," brings to life the associate professor. Field of specialization culminate in an international summit in personal perspectives of the soldiers and is open, but priority will be given to appli-

15 cants with a background in public hiStory. Publications The United States Dept. of the Inte­ Early tenure negotiable. The department The National Endowment for the rior has recently published its updated has 16 full-time tenured or tenure-track Humanities publishes an overview of all version of Federal Historic Presen1atioll faculty offering a B.A., B.5.E., M.A. and its funding opportunities. For a free copy, Laws. It costs $3.00 per copy, which in­ M.5.E. in history and social science. Send contact NEH Overview, Room 407,1100 cludes postage and handling, and is avail­ application, complete c. and three letters of Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC able from the Government Printing Office. reference to Charles Kenner, Chair, His­ 20506; (202)606-8438. The stock number is 024-005-01124-2. A tory Search Committee, P.O. Drawer 1690, The Government Printing Office has study on TIle Effects of a Scale-Dowll ill De· State University, AR 72467. Application just released its Statistical Abstract of the fense Spending Vol. I, stock number 008-20- deadline is March 4, 1994. AA/EOE United States, 1993. It is the most compre­ 01306-4, can also be purchased by calling Old Sturbridge Village announces its hensive reference on the country's eco­ (202)783-3238 or writing to Superintendent fourth Research Fellowship. The fellow­ nomic, social and political structure. For a of Documents, PO Box 371954, Pittsburgh, ship is to awarded to a scholar working in copy send a check to Superintendent of PA 15250-7954. the social history and material culture of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, The government publications office rural New England from 1790-1850. The P A 15250-7954. The doth version is $38, is also offering records associated with the project need not be limited to rural New stock # 003-024-08703-1. A paper edition is American west. The Trans-Mississippi England nor to this period. For applica­ also available for $32, stock # 003-D24-08702- West, 1804-1912, Part I: A Guide to Records tion information please contact Jack 2. The Government Printing Office has also of the Department of State for tlze Territorial Larkin, Director of Research, Collections released other books concerning social and Period includes documents relating to and Library, Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old political history. Overview of Entit/emellt Presidential appointments to government Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, MA Programs, The Plain English Guide to tire Clean exhibits. The publication number is 01566. (508)347-3362 ext.298 Deadline for Air Act,and several books about World #200018, costs $8, ISBN 0-880875-00-4, and applications is July 1. War II have recently been published. is available from the Superintendent of Documents at the above address.

- Scu/pwre continued from pg. 6 his wife, who looks upward in another On the opposite end of the spectrum variations. Consider the ubiquitous Union direction and who hovers over their son, were the handful of tenacious volunteers Sentry, probably the most typical Civil War who gazes yet another way. What better who ferreted out masses of information monument in Indiana. He appears in representation of the Cold War era than in public libraries and private archives. marble, limestone, occasionally bronze, this, especially with its painted wooden Indeed, these dedicated folks often had and in the northern part of the state gran­ sign proclaiming "They also serve who little in the way of professional creden­ ite. Towns boasting sentry memorials only stand and watch." tials and saw the project as an opportu­ were on nineteenth-century railroad lines, Its sponsors envisioned 50S! as a nity to learn. The volunteer in St. Joseph along the routes trayeled by monument mostly volunteer effort coordinated at County relentlessly tracked down the company salesmen. . the state or local level level by a desig­ priests, brothers, and nuns of the myriad Indiana's 50S! effort is nearly done; nated non-profit organization. Volun­ of interconnected religious institutions the final result will be over 1200 forms teer participation throughout Indiana that make up the town of Notre Dame to and archival photographs which will be has been, at best, uneven. The complex uncover elusive dates for the sixty-odd included in a national database in Wash­ eight-page documentation forrns have sculptures in that community alone! ington, DC. A permanent archive on frightened off many would-be volun­ As primary photographer as well as Indiana outdoor sculpture will remain at teers before they ever began. Too many project director I photographed over a thou­ the Heritage Preservation Center of His­ others, most of whom worked in history sand sculptures around the state, which also toric Landmarks Foundation. Organized or the arts, such as directors of historical afforded an opportunity to evaluate each by county, each file will contain forms, societies or arts councils, dawdled for piece and add any missing information. contact prints, negatives, and fieldnotes, months and often in the end sent in in­ Unfortunately, it was impossible to delay as well as additional information on complete forms. Academic colleagues photography until all the forms were in, and works that did not qualify for the SOS! seldom followed through. It seems nei­ far too often a return trip to already photo­ survey. For more information please ther hands-on familiarity nor higher graphed areas was necessary. All this travel, contact Historic Landmarks Foundation education were useful in determining however, helped to reveal trends and pat­ of Indiana, 340 W. Michigan St., India­ dependable volunteers. terns, statewide consistencies and regional napolis, IN 46202. (317)639-4534.

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