Volume 25 • Number 1 Fall 2004
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6 by Susan Cain opportunity to do everything I loved doing- research. teaching. traveling. and meeting new 2006 Call For Papers hirty years ago. I started working as a part people. I had had some experience with film Ttime interpreter at Conner Prairie. a living production teams in my museum work. but I knew history museum north of Indianapolis. this work in Montana would be a challenge and Since we used "first person" something that would change interpretation to demonstrate With the popularity of these, the direction of my work life in 18305 central Indiana. in history. I tried to learn everything I PBS series, there have been I spent a couple of months could about how people lived. researching 1880s Montana, especially their daily chores. in many questions about whether answering questions from order to help our visitors to the production team, and better understand the period. these programs are really preparing to train the After 15 years I mm'ed to program's participants Vermont and worked at leaching history or iust whose knowledge of the Billings Farm. a combination period was limited. The of a working dairy farm and a perpetuating myths and greatest challenge for me was museum representing rural life determining how much food in late 19th century Vermont. teaching viewers more about would be required to feed thereby expanding my three different families l)f historical knowledge to our contemporary society different economic status another region and era. over the duration of the Three years ago. however. than about the past. project. (If you watched the I had the opportunity to join a program, you will know one project that sought to present family thought I had shorted Aquarterly publication history to the public in a different manner. them in sugar and fresh meat, which we knew of the National Council on "Reality TV" \vas becoming popular historically to be in short supply compared to Public History in cooperation with on commercial television and the Public modem Americans' tastes. ) Training lasted two the Department of History, Broadcasting System (PBS) wanted to capitalize weeks and consisted of milking cows, presen'ing Indiana University at Indianapolis. on that interest. A British television company. food, and cooking on outside fires and cook stoves. Wall to Wall Productions. had come up with the Days started at 5:30 a.m. and ended at 11:00 p.m. Shoron Babaian, President idea of taking people "back in time." Their first When we arrived in Montana, many nrher t;:\~k, Robert Weible, Vice-President venture was" 1900 House." which proved to be also arose, such as seasoning the iron cooking James B. Gardner, Past President a huge success in Britain and which PBS stations utensils, which took most of the twelve days I quickly picked up. One afternoon in February was in Virginia City, Montana. Harry Klinkhamer, 200 I. I received a phone call from WNET in After the five primary project consuLtants Secretory-Treasurer New York. inviting me to join the "Frontier (including myself) trained the participants to the David G. Vanderstel, House" project. My role -- instruct participants best of our abilities. we sent our new humesteaders Executive Director in the basic domestic chores of an 1883 out to spend the next five months in a beautiful Montana homestead. I was given the valley in Montana and departed for our respective > wntinued on page 2 .. Reality .. Television > continued from page 1 homes. The consultants returned to Montana at the end of cooked on wood stoves selected to be part of these programs? September to see what the Homesteaders had accomplished In choosing the participants, the programs' producers sought a over the summer and to determine whether they were prepared cross section of America. There did not seem to be the money to survive a Montana winter. With filming completed, we waited or the interest-to take a group of museum professionals or for the editing of the program and series' premiere. When the historians into the Montana wilds to see if they would do better cast and crew gathered in New York City to view than the "average American." The producers believed that the the first program, we knew that WNET and average viewing public would not find it Wall to Wall Productions had a real winner. I can only hope that this new interesting to watch and more importantly What I had not considered when I the sponsors would not want to invest in accepted this job was what might follow. history programming on such a program. While I agree to an extent, Suddenly, people were inviting me to I found the programming to be quite participate on panels, teach workshops, television will whet the educational since the voiceover narration give talks, and even sign the book based on provided solid historical information to the program. While speaking in the Chicago viewers' imagination and contrast the "unhistorical" actions of the area about my "Frontier House" experience, programs' participants. the WNET producer asked if I would be inspire people to leave their With these educational "reality TV" interested in joining their next project, programs, I question whether we have created "Colonial House." In March 2003, I began couches and visit the many more "couch potatoes," people who think working with Plimoth Plantation to assist d rf II h that by watching programs like "Colonial in setting up the "Colonial House" project. won e u iving istory sites, House" that they know our nation's history Though my responsibility was smaller than museums, and historic houses and don't need to visit historic sites. Or, is "Frontier House," it was another opportunity it possible that these "reality" series have to learn a new part of our history and to scaHered all over our country stimulated a sense of curiosity among viewers deliver that history to a larger audience. to read more about the subject and to visit My experience here has led to yet another historic sites? I don't have an answer to that project focusing on John and Abigail Adams question yet. I do know, however, that more and more of our for WGBH's "American Experience." historic sites, museums, and historical societies are having With the popularity of these PBS series, there have been financial problems at a time when history is popular. Some are many questions about whether these programs are really teaching trying to reinvent themselves. The Henry Ford Museum an4 history or just perpetuating myths and teaching viewers more Greenfield Village has become "The Henry Ford: America's about our contemporary society than about the past. I think Greatest History Attraction." Conner Prairie has expanded its there is some truth to that belief. As I watched the "Frontier 1830s site to include an 1886 village. Many states have House" and "Colonial House," I wanted the participants to try shuttered historic sites or turned the responsibility of operating harder to understand and appreciate the mindset of the people them over to local communities. Tough times in the history of the times they were representing. But, the real question is, is profession have led many museum profeSSionals into the world that what the average viewers wanted? Or, was that what those of consulting. Despite these dire times, I can only hope that this of us in the historical profession desired? Many of my friends new history programming on television will whet the viewers' who work in living history have asked why the participants imagination and inspire people to leave their couches and visit were allowed to do many of the "unhistorical things" they did. the many wonderful living history sites, museums, and historic _ First, we must remember that these programs were designed houses scattered all over our country, thus reinvigorating the to allow people to make their own choices and not to create historic sites and museums across the nation. a scripted program. This is, in many ways, the same as the first Homesteaders did in the 1880s or the early colonists in the Susan Cain is a living history consultant who has worked in the 1600s. Others have asked why the participants were not more museum field for 30 years. Cain is currently consulting on a program proficient in their appropriate skills and trades. Why weren't aboutlohn and Abigail Adams for the "American Experience" series farmers who had worked horses or oxen, or women who had on PBS.
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For more information, please exhihit design later installed as a public display; an oral histLJry contact: project accessioned intu an established oral history collection; Lindsey Reed, Managing Editor historic preservation research accepted as a working document Department of History by a preservation agency), University of Califomia 3. The sponsoring faculty member or academic institution must Santa Barbara, CA 93106 be a member ofNCPH, Phone: (805) 893-3667 Fax: (805) 893-7522 Email: [email protected],edu The ninety,ninth Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians and the twenty.. eighth Annual Meeting of the National Council on Public History will be held jointly at the Hilton Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C., 19.. 22 April 2006.
The program committee invites proposals from all practitioners of American history or related disciplines. The program theme "Our America/Nuestra Amerfca" invites participants to explore the many meanings of "America" for people living in North America and beyond. Touching on the concept of Nuestra Amerfca as articulated by nineteenth-century Cuban poet and patriot Jose Marti, the program committee encourages sessions that expand the definition of "America" beyond borders and across bodies of water, and to engage in debates about the place of the United States in the Western hemisphere and the world. The committee welcomes sessions that explore the transformation of U.S. society through immigration to and migration within the geopolitical boundaries of the nation-state. Have questions of identity become more complicated and have North American identities changed in the wake of September 11 th? How are people shaped by transregional and transnational bonds, globalization, family ties, and how do they define a sense of belonging and a sense of themselves as Americans?
The committee solicits panels and papers that generate conversations across time and region, examining how individuals and institutions have constructed communities, values, and political or social movements based on their own particular interpretations of American identity and memory from the colonial borderlands to the present. Sessions that examine U.S. history as public and private memory are encouraged.
The practices and politics of public history and the use of oral narratives will be highlighted. The committee invites proposals for panels, workshops, roundtables, and performances, onsite and offsite and from all disciplinary and interdisciplinary specializations including politics, international relations, gender, sexuality, religion, labor, society, culture, race, ethnicity, and the environment. In addition to proposals that explore the conference theme, we welcome submissions that explore other issues and themes in American history.
Proposals should be submitted electronically beginning October 1, 2004, at www.oah.org/meetings/2006/. Complete session proposals must include a chair, participants, and, if applicable, one or two commentators. All proposals must include the following information: 1. a complete mailing address, email, phone number, and affiliation for each participant; 2. an abstract of no more than 500 words for the session as a whole; - 3. a prospectus of no more than 250 words for each presentation; and 4. a vita of no more than 500 words for each participant. Each participant is required to register online and update his/her biographical and presentation information. Questions about electronic submissions should be emailed to the [email protected] We also welcome volunteers to act as chairs or commentators to be assigned by the program committee. Interested volunteers should email [email protected] no later than 15 January 2005.
All proposals must be received no later than 15 January 2005 at the above website. PRES1DENJ.S COMMENTS
by Sharon Boboion The lllmmittee's final recommendation had to do with the role [email protected] lli the Executive Director. This position had originally been created tl' l:'nable NCPH to meet its administrative needs, which it did (hoosing Change Ljuire well. With the growth of the organization and the changing It h;lS heen an e\'entful courle of m,)nth, hoth within NCPH and t'J)virnnment in which it functions, howe\'er, the committee in the wider world. Thl.'fe have heen national elections in Canada, ('lJ1Cluded that NCPH now needed an Executive Director "who Ausrralia, and the United States and, in each case, voters chose the \\, lldd pW\'ide the organization with intellectual and rolitical incumhent party. Many d llllf fellow citizens are clearly hesitant tll Il';lllership as well as administrati\'e capabilitv." They recommended make what the\' see as suhstantive changes in the political landscape tklt NCPH "revise its Bylaws to describe the Executive Director in these uncertain times. At NCPH, on the other hand, we ha\'e pl),ition as the Chief Executive Officer of the org,mi:ation and fill decided that now is the right time to make some significant change~ the rositinn accordingly." As part of this new arrangement, they ,',ur organi:atinn anJ the way it orerates. further rec,)mmended that the Executive Director "prepare an annual \\'l)J-k rlan" to be reviewed h\, the President and Executive Organizational Self-Assessment Report and Recommendations C"mmmee. The Organizational Self-Assessment Committee submitted its rep,m The Board \'nted to accept the report and recommendations l'.~ ["e Board as promised. The members concluded that, although ll/ rhl:' Self-Assessment Committee and began sketching out a plan j"CPH is "stable financialh and generally healthy," it needs to f,'r implementing the recommended changes. The Long Range increase its membershir in order tll fulfill its mission: That growth. Planning Committee was given the task of revising the mission stated, cannot be achin'Cd by adopting "a status quo arproach ,t3tl'menr in light of both the self-assl:'ssment report and the work 1.',' the future." They recommended changes that they helieve \\'ill ,11J1l' Iaq year at the Executive Committee retreat. Executive
'"DaHl' NCPH tl) meet it, long range goals. Directnr David Vanderstel is currently charting out the implications The first general recommendminn made hy the committee was "f t hl:' ne\\' term structure and wi II advise the board and the \10:: rhe Board revie,,' the current mission statement and re\'ise \i()l1linating Committee on implemenrati')J1 strategies. He will ,t t'.·' emphasi:e the nrgani:ati'li1's sen'ice tLl its members. The ah) draft formal job descriptions for the hoard and officers. Other committee memhers then fllcused on three quite specific issues: EXl:'curi\'e Committee members, with David's support, are working the responsibilities uf officers and the board; the NCPH-IUPUI ttl rl'\'ise rhe Execurive Director's job description and develop a 'eLnionship; and the NCPH Executi\'e Offices. \Vith regard to the \\'l lrk plan and evaluation framework to accompany it. "Ffin,rs and board, the committee nuted that "the office uf President ;S cU!Temly hampered by
;l ""'pact uf war on citizen soldiers ... as well as on their families tl1 dra\\' attcntion to some American military expll)it, that m(l~t
,,,"',j c(lmmunities," hist()riam roda\' characterize as "sh.amcful" - the "Trail ()f Tears" Tj~i~ exhihit features more than 850 objects and covers 16 episode, for example. Accolades and laurels to the ~)I.,l:\H staff
':"!,jl:Ch, with special emphasis on the Revolutionar~' War, the fnr their largely successful effort to balance the \'ision ;111,1 desires ,-"j' \).hl", World War II, and Vietnam. Militarv enthusiasb han' of the exhihitiun's largest private funder--Cali{ornia businesoman ;,~ ',T'l',nrtunity to have their eyes glaze O\'er at the obligator\, array and phdanrhmpist, Kenneth E, Behring--\\'ith their pwfes,iunalism, \l"?,pnnrv -- from large-caliber 18th centur\' muskets to 60 mm That the new exhihit is generating controyersy and ma\, ,lra\\' )(;;'J,eli'S and flame throwers, Visitors with an eye more for relics of fire fr,)111 hl1th the academic Left and Right is e\'idence that the l,,~t,)riCll figures can see the buckskin coat wurn by George Custer leatiershil' and staff at the NMAH are doing \\'hat they sh()uld the Indian Wars as well as Culin Pnwell's fatigues wurn he d,)ing--challenging the visiting public to look deeper intn Llur:q; Operation Desert Storm, their hiswry. TilL' exhibit designers have tossed in a couple of documents For m(lre information on "The Price of Freedom" exhibit. lW;'t and there (most notably President Roose\'e1t's first draft (lhis \' isit http://w\\.\\..americanhisrory.s i .edu/mi Ii tan h iSh )r\' Ptari Harbor speech) and they han' included a interacti\>e ''''oices'' ,t;]ti(l]l~ ",here visitors can see shprt audio-visual displays with Officials Accused of Stalling Slave Memorial. Lju(ltatiol1s frum actual Americans, combatants and noncombatants On 8 N(H'emher 2004, the Washington Times rel'()rted that sume alike, ahout their wartime experiences. The exhibit abo features hlack leaders and schnlars are accusing the National Park Sen'ice nine s)1llrt \'ideo, produced and donated by the History ChanneL (,f dragging its feet in following through on a congressional order Thi, exhibit has already generated some concern from among the tn commemorate the sla\'es kept hy George \X/ashington at the Smirhoonian staff, and it undoubtedly it will continue to spark first PresiL1enriall'-,jansilln \\'here tllday the Libert\, Bell is Il)c
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Patrons American Association for State and Local History Historical Research Associates, Inc. Department of History, Carnegie Mellon University Department of History, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis National Park Service Center for Oral and Public History, California State University- Fullerton
Sponsors American Heritage Center, Department of History, Middle Public History Program, University of Wyoming Tennessee State University University of West Georgia Department of History, Arizona Department of History, Department of History, Western State University University of North Michigan University Department of History, Carolina, Wilmington Department of History, Wichita University of Arkansas, Little Department of History, State University Rock Oklahoma State University Department of History, University Department of History, California Department of History, Texas of Wyoming State University, Sacramento State University-San Marcos Chicago Historical Society Department of History, Department of History, Krieger Publishing Company University of California, University of South Carolina Missouri Historical Society Riverside Department of History, State ODAM/HistoricaIOffice, Department of History, James University of New York, Department of Defense Madison University Albany Pennsylvania Historical and Department of History, Loyola Department of History, Museum Commission University of Chicago Washington State University Truman Presidential Library Department of History, Department of History, University of Massachusetts- University of Waterloo, Wells Fargo Bank Amherst. Canada (List as of December 2004)
For infonnation about becoming a Patron or Sponsor, please contact NCPH Executive Director, David Vanderstel at 317.274.2718 or email him at [email protected].
Thank you for your support! ~IPH ENDOWMENT CONTRIBUTORS FOR 2004
N(PH wishes to acknowledge and Kate Christen Renee Jaussauo Gordon Olson thank the following individuals Christy Coleman Suzzane Julin G. Kurt Piehler who contributed to the NCPH Rebecca Conard Theodore Karamanski lindsey Reed Endowment Fund during calendar Karen Cox Harry and Monika Karen Reeds Hester Davis Klinkhamer Debra Reid year 2004: Michael Devine Betty KoeJ Fath Ruffins Andrew Ambrose John Dichtl David Kyvig Philip Scarpino Robert Barrows Dianne Dodd Diane Laffin Robert Schwantes Marianne Babal Doug Dodd Maura MacKowski Irving Sloan Jenna Berger Vivien Ellen Rose Priscilla McMillan Susan Stacey Melissa Bingmann Laura Feller Lome McWatters Donald Stevens Cathleen Breitkreutz Nancy Fetterman Thomas Mason Jeffrey Stine Cindy Brandimarte John Fleckner Barbara Mayer Noel Stowe Julia Brock Susan Fletcher Martin Melosi Jon Taylor Jeffrey Brown Lee Formwalt Greg Mobley Anne Valk Patrice Brown James Gardner Elizabeth Brand Monroe Andrew Verhoff William Bryans Stephanie George Patricia Mooney-Melvin Susan Walters Brian Buff Otis Graham Nancy Adgent Morgan Robert Weible Bruce Bustart Mary Hancock Shera Moxley Glenn Williams Anna Burn'ash Elizabeth Hazard Alan Newell William Willingham Andrew Butrici Kim Hoagland BrlICe Noble Amy Wilson Christopher Clarke Pamela Holtman Martha Norkunas (Jf we hm'e ot'crlooked Jeanie Child Barbara Howe Patrick O'Binnon )'our name, please contact Ann Huston The NCPH Execturive Offices,)
YES, I will contribute to the NCPH Endowment Fund. All contributions to the endowment go towards the NEH Challenge Grant fund. NEH funds will be invested in the NCPH endowment to produce income to support the organization's public history activities, including the awards program, professional development opportunities, the Executive Offices, and other initiatives currently in development.
I would like to make a contribution of: 0 $500 0 $250 0 $100 0 $50 OOther__ Contributions to the I pledge an annual contribution of $, ____ for two years (payable by December 31) NCPH Endowment Fund are tox deductible to Name ------the extent allowed by low. Address, ______Return this form to: NCPH Endowment Fund City______State______,Zip code ______327 Cavanaugh Hall-IUPUI 425 University Blvd. Phone______Email ______Indianapolis, IN 46202-5140 Check enclosed made payable to NCPH. All payments must be in US dollars only. Questions? Please feel free Please bill my credit card 0 VISA 0 MasterCard 0 American Express to (ontact the NCPH Executive Account# ______Exp. Date ______Offices at 317-274-2716. Signature ______Required for credit card donations President's Comments > continued from page 7 needs as an organi:ation hut will also allow us to make a systematic assessment of the UCSB offer and provide clear documentation of any commitments made by either party. We believe that this will put TPH on a ml)re secure foundation for the future and give staff The National Council the stability they need to maintain and enhance the journal so that it continues to be the very best in the field. on Public History seeks site proposals for its ... we need to have strong, inspired and active leadership annual meetings. from the Board and Officers, the Executive Director, and the editorial staff and board of The Public Historian. Proposals should include the following information: ~isks and Opportunities '\s historians, we all are acutely aware that there are trade-offs • A statement of why the site is appropriate for nvolved in substanti\'e change. But failure to change also has the NCPH annual meeting. :osts and we must weigh these carefully too. As se\'eral Long hnge Planning Committees and the Self-Assessment Committee lave pointed out, NCPH is a much larger and more diverse • Information regarding support from local lrganizatiun than it was ten years ago. For that reason alone, individuals, institutions, and agencies that could ve need w re-think how we provide services to members. More work together to plan a successful conference. mportantly, if \I'e wam tu he the leading voice for public history Letters of intent would strengthen the proposal. 1n the internatinnal :;tage and if we want to attract the very best md brightest public histllrians to our organization, we need to hm'e • Potential arrangements for meeting facilities, trong, inspired and active leadership from the Board and Officers, hotels, and transportation, with approximate costs. he Executive Oirectur. and the editorial staff and board of The 'ublic Historian. I helien~ that the changes the Board has appron'd • Proposed dates for the meeting, generally between ,ill set us on cnurse to achiel'e these goals. 15 March and 1 May.
• Any other details that might strengthen the proposal.
NC Since the NCPH Board of Directors considers The National Council on Public History proposals at its spring and fall meetings, a pn1nhltes the application of historical representative or representatives of the host PH Sdll 1larshipllubide the university in government, business, hist,lrical sllcieties, preservation institution(s) should plan to present and discuss organi:atilll1s, archil'cs, lihraries, professional associations, the site proposal. and puhlic imercst grllllps, For details clllltact NCPH President Sharon Babaian, for more information, contact the NCPH Executive Offices Canada Science and T ecbnlllogy i\luseum, PO Box 9724, af 311.274.2116 or by email: [email protected] Station T, Onawa, OI\T, Canada, K1G SA3; (613) 991-3029; [email protected]; or David G. Vanderstel, NCPH • Send completed proposals to: Executil'e Direcrur, Cn'anaugh 327, IUPUI, 425 University NCPH Executive Offices Blvd., lndianarlllis, IN 46202-5140; (317) 274-2716; IUPUI E-mail: ncph@illpui,eclu. 425 University Boulevard Cavanaugh 327 For change of address, write LJC Press, 2000 Center St., Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5140 Suite 303, Berkeley, CA 94704-1223.
Submissions to Public History News should be sent to Da\'id G, Vamlerstel, Editor, at the address above. Lemelson Center Fellowships 2005 National Air and Space Museum !~AWARDS. FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND The Lemelson Center Fellows Program Research Fellowships :~INTERNSHIPS ':-'.-. supports projects that present creative The Smithsonian Institution's approaches to the study of invention National Air and Space Museum Scholars in Residence Program and innovation in American society. invites applications for fellowships The Pennsylvania Historical These include, but are not limited to, for predoctoral, postdoctoral, and and Museum Commission invites historical research and documentation non-academic investigators for applications for its 2005-2006 Scholars projects resulting in publications, the 2005-2006 academic year. in Residence Program, including exhibitions, educational initiatives, The following research fellowships applications for collaborative and multimedia products. The are offered at the National Air residencies. The Scholars in Residence fellowship program provides access and Space Museum: Daniel and Program provides support for up to to the Smithsonian's vast artifact and Florence Guggenheim Fellowship, eight weeks of full-time research and archival collections, as well as the Verville Fellowship, Ramsey Fellowship study in manuscript and artifact expertise of the Institution's research in Naval Aviation History, Charles A. collections maintained by an staff. The Center offers fellowships Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History, Commission facility, including the to scholars and professionals who are Postdoctoral Earth and Planetary Pennsylvania State Archi\Oes, the pre- or postdoctoral candidates or who Sciences Fellowship. The following State Museum of Pennsyhoania, and have completed advanced professional research grant is also offered at the 25 historic sites and museum around training. Fellowships are awarded for National Air and Space Museum: the state. Collaborative residencies fund a maximum of ten weeks and carry a National Air and Space Museum research that relates to the interpretive prorated stipend. Fellows are expected Aviation/Space' Writers Award. Further mission and advances the programmatic to reside in the Washington, D.C. area, information and applications is now goals of a PHMC program or facility, to participate in the Center's activities, available online at including the agency's history sites and and to make presentations on their http://www.nasm.si.edu/getinvolved/ museums. A collaborative residency work to colleagues at the museum. fellow/index.cfm. The application proposal must be filed jointly by the Researchers are strongly encouraged to deadline is 15 January 2005. For more interested scholar and host consult with the fellowship coordinator information or to request an application program/facility. prior to submitting a proposal. The package by mail, please contact: Ms. Residency programs are open Lemelson Center was established at the Collette Williams, Fellowship to all who are conducting research National Museum of American History Coordinator, Rm. 3313 MRC 312, PO on Pennsylvania history, including in 1995 through a gift from Jerome Box 37012, 6th and Independence Ave academic scholars, public sector and Dorothy Lemelson. The Center's SW, National Air and Space Museum, professionals, independent scholars, mission is to document, interpret, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, graduate students, educators, writers, and disseminate information about o.c. 20013-7012; Email: filmmakers, and others. Residencies are invention and innovation, to encourage collette. [email protected] available for up to eight weeks between inventive creativity in young people, 1 May 2005 and 30 April 2006, at the and to foster an appreciation for the Humanities Institute Fellowships rate of $375 per week. Deadline for central role invention and innovation The University of Connecticut application is 14 January 2005. play in the history of the United States. Humanities Institute (UCHI) invites Complete information and application The deadline for applications is outstanding university and college materials are available at the 15 January 2005. Application professors, independent scholars, writers, PHMC web site: materials are available on the web museum and library professionals to http://www.phmc.state.pa.us. athttp://invention.smithsonian.org/ apply for a residential fellowship that You may also write: Division of resources/research_fellowships.aspx comes with a stipend of $40,000. History, Pennsylvania Historical or by contacting: Maggie Dennis, > continued on poge 14 and Museum Commission, Fellowship Coordinator, National Commonwealth Keystone Building Museum of American History, Plaza Level, 400 North St., Harrisburg, Rm. 1016, MRC 604, Smithsonian PA 17120-0053; Phone: (717) 787- Institution, P.O. Box 37012, 3034; E-mail: [email protected]. Washington, D.C. 20013-7012; Phone: (202) 633-3441; Fax: (202) 357-4517; E-mail: dennism@sLedu Successful candidates will devote an Frederick S. Upton Graduate Fellowship These should be sent directly to: academic year at the Storrs campus in Public History Dr. Kristin Szylvian, Upton Fellowship of the University of Connecticut The Department of History of Western Committee, Department of History, to research and writing, discussion Michigan University and the Ft. Miami Western Michigan University, 1903 and scholarly collaboration with other Heritage Society, St. Joseph, Michigan, W. Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI UCHI fellows. Application materials, invite applications for the Frederick S. 49008; Phone: (269) 387 -4639; including three letters of recommendation, Upton Fellowship in Public History. Fax: (269) 387 -4651; Email: must be received by 15 January 2005. The Upton Fellowship trains historians kristin.szyl [email protected]; For complete information and guidelines, to engage diverse audiences in publicly Website: http://www. wmich.edu/history. visit: www.humanities.uconn.edu. and pri,'ately supported efforts to Application deadline is 15 January University of Connecticut Humanities identify, preserve and interpret cultural 2005. Inquiries from potential Institute (UCHI), 215 Glenbrook Road resources integral to local and regional applicants may be addressed to U-4234, Storrs, CT 06269-4234; identity. It will be awarded to a full-time Dr. Szylvian. Phone: (860) 486-9057; Fax: (860) graduate student whose area of 486-9136; Email: [email protected] concentration is Public History. The Public History at UNlV Upton Fellow will \vork twenty hours UNL V has a growing public history Susie Pryor Award per week with the Fort Miami Heritage minor program with an emphasis on The Arkansas Women's History Society to foster collaborative projects uniting Public History, Cultural History Institute (AWHl) announces the with the educational and cultural and Western Environmental History. Susie Pryor Arkansas Women's History institutions of the Lake Michigan competition for 2005. The award is communities of St. Joseph and Benton Funding opportunities include: named in honor of Susie Hampton Harbor, Michigan. Working with • The Autry National Center Newton Pryor - mother, community academic and public history specialists, Museum Studies Fellowship leader, local historian, and writer from the fellow will engage in research, 12 month competitive fellowship that Camden. The Susie Pryor Award, historic preservation initiatives, culminates with a curatorial residency which offers a $1,000 prize, is awarded collections management, exhibitions at the Autry National Center in Los for die best unpublished essay on a and interpretation, and non-profit Angeles, which houses the Museum of topic in Arkansas women's history. development. Applications to both the American West and the Southwest Manuscripts are judged on their the M.A. and Ph.D. programs will Museum of the American Indian. cl)ntributions to knowledge of women be accepted. Preference will be given to in Arkansas' history, use of primary and Ph.D. applicants. The Upton Fellowship • The Nevada Test Site Oral History secondary materials, and analytical and award will include an annual stipend of Project-12 month Fellowships for MA stylistic excellence. The winner will be up to $18,000 per annum (renewahle, and PhD students working un all announced at the 2005 annual meeting pending annual review, for up to two aspects of this multidisciplinary effort of the Arkansas Historical Association years), and limited travel and research to record the remarkable stories of the in Arkadelphia, 14-16 April. Entries funds. Ph.D. students will receive full men and women who worked, prnte~rc,j must be postmarked no later than 18 tuition remission. Applicants must or lived with the Ne\'ada Test Site February 2005, to be eligible. For submit the materials required by the during its first half century. Funded guidelines, or for more information WMU Graduate School and the with $900,000 in grants from the about the Susie Pryor award, contact Histury Department found at: Department of Energy and the Susan Young, A WHI Susie Pryor Award http://www. wmich.edu/admi/grad/ Department of Education. chair, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, and http://www. wmich.edu/history, 118 W. Johnson Avenue, Springdale, respectively. At least two of the • Preserve Nevada America's only AR 72764; Phone 479-750-8165; letters of reference for graduate student run statewide preservation Email: [email protected])rg. admissiLln must address the candidate's urganizdtion. HLlused in the UNL V specific qualifications for the Upton history department and run by students Fellowship. In addition, each applicant under the direction of advisors and a should submit a letter discussing his or nationally recognized board of directors her work in Public History and future Preserve Nevada offers students a career plans; a portfolio of work in remarkable apprenticeship in historic Public History; and two writing samples. preservation on a state and national level. , '
• National Park History Field and secular. We anticipate that the The Society for American City and Regional Schools. Based out of the UNLV stories of political protestors, labor Planning History (SACRPH) Biennial Awards history department the NPS History organizers, and reformers advocating Competition. Field schools take graduate students various causes will be an important SACRPH invites proposals for papers from a variety of different disciplines part of the meeting. Proposal format: and paper sessions for its eleventh into National Parks during intensive submit five copies of the proposal. For biennial meeting to be held in Coral summer sessions to learn how to apply full sessions, submit a title, a session Gables, Fl., 20-23 October 2005. historical research methods to the abstract of not more than two pages, SACRPH is an interdisciplinary specific problems facing NPS cultural and a one-page vita or resume for each organization of scholars and resource management staff. In the participant. For individual proposals, practitioners based in such diverse summer of 2005 students will be in submit a one-page abstract and a one fields as history, architecture, landscape Yosemite National Park's spectacular page vita or resume of the presenter. architecture, planning, historic high Sierra region researching historic Each submission must be accompanied preservation, and the social sciences. trails and camps. by a cover sheet, which can be Its conference showcases studies of the printed from the OHA website: past, present, and future of purposeful • UNLV public history students http://www.dickinson.edu/oha. efforts to shape urban life. Papers also have many other internship Proposals must be postmarked are cordially invited on all aspects opportunities with local, regional by 15 January 2005. They may be of urban, regional and community and national agencies and organizations. submitted by mail or fax. No e-mail planning history. Particularly welcome For information on Graduate studies in attachments will be accepted. Submit are papers or complete sessions History and Public History at UNLV proposal directly to: Madelyn Campbell, addressing Miami or Florida; economic contact: UNLV Department of History Oral History Association, Dickinson restructuring and globalization; colonial 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 455020 College, PO Box 1773, Carlisle, PA and post-colonial planning; immigration Las Vegas, NV 89154-5020 17013; Phone (717) 245-1036; and demographic dynamism; planning (702)895-3349 email: Fax (717) 245-1046. in and with diverse communities; and [email protected] Queries may be directed to the comparative examinations that consider Program Cochairs: Pamela Dean, race, class, gender and sexuality in phone (207) 581-1881; E-mail: planning. Papers presented at the CALLS FOR PAPERS, ARTICLES, [email protected]; conference will be considered for PROPOSALS AND PRESENTATIONS or David Stricklin, Phone (870) the Francois Auguste de Montequin 698-4210; Email: [email protected]. Prize (best paper in North American colonial planning history) and a Student 111e Oral History Association The editorial staff of The Public Historian Research Prize. The program committee invites proposals for papers and is creating an electronic index of its welcomes proposals for either individual presentations for its 2005 annual contents, and seeks the help of authors. papers or entire sessions of two or three meeting to be held 2-6 November If you published an article in the journal papers with comment. Submissions at the Providence Marriott, Pro\'idence, between 1978 and 1995 and would like must include the following materials: Rhode Island. The conference theme to write your own abstract and select (1) a one-page abstract of each paper, will be "Voices of Dissent, Voices of key terms for the electronic index, clearly marked with title and Hope." In keeping with the historic role please contact Managing Editor Lindsey participant's name, (2) a list of AV of the city of Providence in welcoming Reed at [email protected]. Articles equipment (the Society can not religious dissenters, the 2005 Annual not abstracted by their authors will be guarantee all equipment will be Meeting will focus special attention abstracted by graduate students working available), (3) a one-page curriculum on oral history work with persons who on the index project. Abstracts for vitae for each participant, including have sought freedom of expression, articles published after 1995 have address, telephone, and e-mail freedom from coercion, and freedom already been written, but authors of information, (4) (for individual of conscience. Presentations may deal these more recent articles are invited papers) up to four key words identifying with religious freedom and the ways to select key terms. the thematic emphases of the work. people have resisted oppression based > tonlinlled on ~ \t on religious identity; or have dissented from the coercive intentions of powerful figures and institutions, religious Proposals must be sent by 15 February seminar is open to graduate students, the choice of appropriate research 2005 to [email protected] with either an faculty, and independent scholars techniques, and the creation of a attached file (preferably Word) or with working on any aspect of the topic, narrative strategy. the text in an email message. broadly conceived to include the era The seminar will closely examine between 1945 and 1980. Scholars one study, drawn from the Browns, working on relevant projects that do work, going from actual primary sources, CONFERENCES AND LECTURE SERIES not deal specifically with Kentucky are to outlining and conceptualizing also invited to participate. Publication, chapters, to narrative approach and in an anthology, of articles derived selection of illustrations. Participants The George Wright Society 2005 Conference from or stimulated by this seminar is will develop and report to the seminar a possibility, depending on levels of on their own individual projects, The United States' premier participation and interest. Negotiations either original research or the use of interdisciplinary meeting on parks, are underway with the University Press microhistory in teaching. other kinds of protected areas, and of Kentucky. Participants will also have The stipend for participants is $3,000 cultural sites will be held 14-18 the opportunity to explore the papers and is intended to cover costs of travel, March 2005. of U.S. Representative Carl D. Perkins food, and lodging. The four focus areas are: science, (D-KY), housed in the EKU Archives, Applications must be postmarked scholarship and understanding; which are scheduled to open to the no later than March 1, 2005. preservation and management; public in Decemher 2004. Registration For more information, visit: environmental justice and civic fee of $20 includes dinner; send by http://human ities.lIconn.edll/neh/ engagement; education and February 15, 2005 to Dr. Robert appreciation. Contact The Weise (postal address given below). George Wright Society, ATTN: Make checks payable to Center for 2005 Proceedings, P.O. Box 65, INTERNET Kentucky History and Politics. Send Hancock, MI 49930-0065, short essays to the same address by email: [email protected]. March 1, 2005. Dr. Robert Weise, Visit the website at http://www.george "Life Interrupted: The Japanese American Department of History, Eastern wright.org/2005.html Experience in World War II Arkansas" Kentucky University, 323 Keith recently opened at the University Building, Richmond, KY 40475; Seminar on Kentucky in the Era of Arkansas Little Rock. The exhihit's Email: who [email protected]. of the War on Poverty website, http://www.lifeinterrupted.org The Center for Kentucky History and describes the relocation camp NEH Summer Seminar 2005: Politics and the Center for Appalachian experience and prm'ides links to other Early American Microhistories Studies at Eastern Kentucky University materials a\'ailable on the Internet Faculty are im'ited to apply for a invite participation in a one-day dealing with this topic. t()ur-week National Endowment for working seminar on Kentucky in the the Humanities Seminar on Early era of the War on Poverty. The seminar Canadian Centre for Architecture Launches American tvlicrohistories that will be will take place on Thursday 7 April Collections Online. The Canadian Centi_' led by Professor Richard D. Brown, 2005 on the campus of Eastern for Architecture announces the launch and will meet Mondays, Tuesdays, Kentucky University. This seminar of Collections Online, nnw accessihk r,) and Thursdays, June 6-June 30,2005. is designed to promote an emerging scholars, researchers and the plIhiic ar The seminar invites participation historiography on the War on Poverty http://www.cca.qc.ca/co llectil lllson by 15 humanists in several fields. It on the state and localle\'els. It line/ in English, or http://www.cca.qc.ca/ seeks to enlarge and enrich their will serve as a forum for scholars collectionsenligne/ in French, a~ well understanding and LIse of microhistory to discuss themes and approaches to as through the CCA weh.;;ite. C:CA in research and teaching. By reading their research in progress. Instead of Collections Online prm"ides access ,)vcr and discussing a variety of studies, the usual conference-paper format, the Internet to the catalogue records participants will assess the advantages participants will make available short for over 150,000 photographs, drawings, of different approaches to narrative. (three to five pages) thematic essays, albums, models, prints, related artit~lCts, Richard Brown and the visiting faculty based on their research, designed to documents, and ephemera in the will lead the seminar in considering how stimulate intense discussion. The Prints and Drawings and Photographs to select and conceptualize a subject, coIlections. In addition, there is a link office. The architectural to r111.' CCA Library Catalogue directly JOBS AND POSITIONS AVAILABLE historian/historian duties will include: from Collections Online. The CCA conducting historical research that CC'lJecrion, compri~ing works dating supports archaeological projects and from the Renaissance to the present AS( Group, Inc., has an opening architectural surveys; performing dm, documents the culture of in the Columbus, Cleveland, or architectural survey-level architecture throughout the world. northern Kentucky office for a documentation of buildings and It prlwides e\'idence in depth of Supervising Architectural Historian. structures using 35mm photography cultural and intellectual circles of Responsibilities include supervising and state survey forms; and writing the past, points to the future of one or more assistants in completing reports or portions of reports for architectural thinking and practice, architectural historical field surveys and Section 106 compliance projects. and f(:,\'eals the changing character of researching, documenting, analyzing, The candidate must have a knowledge thought and observation pertaining to and interpreting buildings, structures, of NHPA Section 106 procedures and architecture. CCA Collections Online and historical sites with respect to the process and other CRM laws and is de~igned to be versatile, allowing National Register of Historic Places regulations. Some overnight travel researchers to tailor searches to their Criteria for Evaluation, assessing the will be required. The candidate must specific needs. A single interface effects of projects on historic properties, have a Master's degree in Architectural enables users to undertake both broad and preparing technical reports History, Public History, or closely and highly specific inquiries. The documenting determinations and related field, plus at least one year interf,Ke includes seven search options: findings. The ideal candidate will have of experience in architectural history, key\\'ord, ~'ersonal or corporate name, a Master's degree in Architectural historical research, or cultural resource title. geographic location, date, object History or closely related field, plus at management. Also, the candidate type, and accession number. Searches least one year of full time professional should have excellent field, analytical, can he combined as well as refined. experience in architectural history communication, and writing skills. Collections Online was developed or cultural resource management and To apply, please send or email a cover by CCA staff under the direction at least six months of architectural letter with salary requirements, resume of the Chief Curator, Dirk De Meyer. history field experience in an assistant with references, and a writing sample For further information on Collections supervisory role; or a Bachelor's degree to: Edward Salo, Architectural Online, please contact Elspeth Cowell, and three years of experience in cultural Historian, Brockington and Associates, Assistant to the Chief Curator, Email: resource management. Excellent field, Inc., 1051 Johnnie Dodds Blvd, Ste. F, [email protected]. analytical, communication, and writing M t. Pleasant, SC 29464; Phone: (843) skills are mandatory, as is experience 881-3128; Fax: (843)849-1776; The Gilder Lehrman Institute has launched in working with Section 106 of the Cell: (843) 697-2524; Email: HISTORY NOW, a new online journal National Historic Preservation [email protected]. for history teachers and students. Act, as amended. ASC Group, Visit the website at: HISTORY NOW will feature articles by Inc. offers competitive salary with http://www.brockington.org noted historians as well as lesson plans, benefits including health insurance, links to related websites, bibliographies, dental insurance and 401 (k). The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, and other resources. In each issue, the For consideration, forward resume a history museum located in Springdale, editors will bring together historians, with cover letter to: JoEllen Petty, Arkansas and focused upon a beautiful master teachers, and archivists to ASC Group, Inc., 4620 Indianola and progressive Southern upland comment on a single historical theme. Ave., Columbus, OH 43214; region, is seeking a museum director. The first issue of HISTORY NOW Email: [email protected]; The successful candidate for the discusses the topic of elections. Fax: (614) 268-7881. EOE position will have a strong appreciation To access HISTORY NOW, visit for local history, excellent www.historynow.org Brockington & Associates, the leading communications/interpersonal consulting archaeologists, historic ski11s, and will be adept at handling preservation and cultural resource multiple projects and programs. management firm in South Carolina, > continued on poge \8 has an immediate opening for an Architectural Historian/Historian in the Charleston, South Carolina these qualifications are strongly exhibitions; documentary film and Bulletin encouraged to apply. Older candidates other media presentations of the past. > continued from poge 17 who have personal knowledge and The History department currently has experience of the mid-twentieth a strong commitment to public history Responsibilities include financial century in addition to the other and the successful candidate will be management, supervision of staff of qualifications are also strongly expected to participate in its future seven, and participation in strategic encouraged to apply. This position development. Because of Montreal's planning. Opening is for June 1, 2005. requires working in The HistoryMakers' cultural milieu, the ability to work in Send letters of interest and resumes offices in Chicago. No relocation both English and French is an asset. by 1 January 2005 to: Shiloh Museum, compensation is available. Salary CRC Tier II tenure-track 118 West Johnson Avenue, Springdale, dependent on qualifications and appointments will normally be made AR 72764. experience. To apply, send (via mail, at the rank of Assistant or Associate fax or e-mail) resume and letter of Professor level. These positions are The HistoryMakers African American application to: Julieanna L. Richardson, targeted at researchers who are oral history video archive seeks Executive Director. The HistoryMakers. acknowledged by their peers as having applications for four full-time Project 1900 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL the potential to be leaders in their Fellows to join a major year-long 60616; Phone: (312) 674-1900; Fax: field. We are particularly interested digitization and cataloguing project. (312) 674-1915; Email: in outstanding young scholars who The HistoryMakers is collaborating j [email protected]. demonstrate the promise of a strong with Carnegie Mellon University's The HistoryMakers is a 501(c)3 research profile as reflected in Informedia Digital Video Library to not-for-profit corporation dedicated publications and the ability to receive develop an archival indexing, search to the creation of a national video funding from outside agencies. and retrieval system that will allow easy archive of first person narratives of The selected candidate will be expecteJ accessibility to 400 interviews from the African American history makers, to establish a strong and collaborative HistoryMakers archives and the display both well known and unsung. research program. [n accordance with of video, audio, and text over local and While the initial goal is to create the terms of the CRe program (see wide-area networks. The ideal candidate an archive of 5,000 interviews, the http://www.chairs.gc.ca/) the successful will possess a bachelor's degree in archives' current holdings consist candidate,s application will be submittell African American studies, American of 1,000 interviews of African tor approval to the CRC Secretariat. history, anthropology, or another Americans representing a variety This position will be filled either humanities related field; graduate of disciplines. For more information t;Jr the academic year beginning 2005 students in history, ethnography, about The HistoryMakers go to: llr 2006, depending on the prior library science or other related fields http://www.thehistorymakers.com. commitments of the applicants and are encouraged to apply. (S)he must upon the successful completion of the be an excellent researcher and adept Junior (Tier II) Canada Research Chair Canada Research Chairs nomination at thinking in terms of classifications In Public History and approval process. Applications must of information. Prior experience with Our Department of History invites include a curriculum vitae, a statement cataloguing and indexing (especially applications for one Junior Canada of teaching and research objectives, anJ of oral history interviews) is a plus. Research Chair in Public History. three letters of reference. Review of Understandings of databases and digital The successful candidate will be applicatiuns will begin as they are media are also advantageous. The expected to carry out scholarly research received and will continue until the candidate must have: comprehensive on, and engage actively in, the practice positions ha\'e been filled. Concordia knowledge of US History, especially of public history. A strong research University is committed to employment of the African American experience program. as well as field experience equity. and the twentieth century; strong with relevant local, regional, national Please forward all applications to: research, writing and proofreading or international institutions that Graham Carr, Associate Professor skills; familiarity with computer engage in public history, is desirable. and Chair, Department of History databases, data entry, and basic Office All geographic and chronological fields gcarr@\·ax2.concordia.ca software; ability to quickly learn the of specialization will be considered. Informedia software; ability to work Particular areas of interest include: independently and as part of a social memory; history and public team. Minority candidates meeting affairs; museums, historic sites and CALL FOR POSTER SESSION PROPOSALS 2005 NCPH Annual Meeting 14-17 April 2005 The Historic Muehlebach Hotel Kansas City, Missouri DEFINING REGION: Public Historians and the Culture and Meaning of Region
Hosted by the Truman Presidential Museum and Library
The National Council on Public History invites proposals for a Poster Session at its 2005 Annual Meeting, 14-17 April 2005 in Kansas City, Missouri.
The Poster Session is an informal format for presentations on research and programming projects that use visual evidence. Presenters may demonstrate and discuss Web sites or other computer applications for public history projects; mount table-sized exhibits of research and interpretation; or share images, audiovisual materials. and handouts from successful public programs.
The Poster Session will be held in the conference hotel during the annual meeting; date and time to be determined. Participants will set up their"posters" before the session and discuss their projects informally with conference attendees. NCPH will provide tables and electrical connections. Some audio visual equipment will be available, but participants must provide their own computers.
To submit a poster proposal, please send the following information by email to [email protected] with a subject line that reads "2005 Poster Proposal":
• A cover page, including your name, address, email, phone number, and affiliation .
• An abstract of no more than 250 words that includes a title and summary of the project; also describe the method of presentation and specify any audio-visual needs .
• A one-page c.v. for each participant.
Proposals must be received no later than 15 January 2005.
Moiled submissions will also be accepted at:
2005 Poster Session NCPH Executive Offices 425 University Boulevard - Cavanaugh 327 Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
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