PUBLIC HISTORY NEWS
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---:----:---:----~------.--- SEATTLE TO HOST THE ABOUT OUR 1996 NCPH ANNUAL MEETING MEMBERS • Daniel R. Bilderback and Michael S. by Lisa Mighetto Binder are co~investigators on a project re and Bill Bryans cently funded by the Department of Defense's Legacy Resource Management NCPH members will Progralli; This project will, within a na soon be making their way tional histodc context, document a little to Seattle, one of the knownqn):{under-ajJpreciated aspect of nation's top tourist desti eqrly U.s?' by Mary Morrison In 1993. the United States Holocaust tion of H%callst alld Genocide Studies, a Students volunteer to pursue a ten week Memorial ~1useum opened its doors, the scholarly journal featuring work on the course at the Museum and subsequently result of a unanimous Act of Congress in extensive body of literature and documen bring these lessons back into their 1980 to memorialize the millions of Jews tation on these topics. The Research Insti schools and communities, often times and Gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses, homo tute receives international fellows each using their knowledge of the Holocaust sexuals, political dissidents. and handi year to assist in ongoing research and pro as a parallel with contemporary situa capped who died at the hands of Nazi gram development. The Library, featuring tions or other known episodes of tyranny in World War II. Its primary over 20.000 titles. is open daily to visitors struggle throughout history. mission is to inform Americans about who wish to pursue further study on the "The Baltimore Project" is a similar this unprecedented tragedy: to com Holocaust and related topics. effort to reach students who, after touring memorate those who suffered the Holo The Wexner learning Center, an inter the Museum with education staff mem caust and to inspire visitors to active media center, provides visitors with bers, may take the opportunity to examine contemplate the moral implications of an opportunity for self-directed learning basic issues of morality, law, and what it their individual civic responsibilities. By about the Holocaust. Through state-of means to be a responsible citizen. This the fall of 1995, more than 51/2 million the-art touch-screen computer systems, partnership between Baltimore City people had visited the Museum. visitors access articles from the Jlvlacmi//al1 Schools, the Museum and the Joseph and The Museum's three-floor permanent EI1C)'CIopcdia o( the I I%eaust which are Claire F10m Foundation has resulted in an exhibition tells the story of the Holocaust linked to photographs, documentary foot educational experience benefiting middle from beginning to end through artifacts, age. music, oral testimonies, chronology of and high school students and teachers text, films, oral histories and photographs. the Holocaust, and detailed maps created throughout Baltimore. The Museum pro In addition to the permanent exhibition. a by Museum research staff. Portions of the vides schools with teaching resources and special exhibition gallery houses rotating database have recently been made available the training to use these resources in the exhibits which highlight specific events or through the publication of Historica/ At/as classroom. Teacher conferences have pro people. Past exhibits have included Faces o( o(the H%callst. This resource highlights vided a forum in which Museum staff can SorrolV, a pictorial retrospective on the aspects of the Holocaust with specific present intriguing programs regr.rding the suffering in the former Yugoslavia and geographic detail regarding countries, ghet resources available and valuable lessons Assignmem Reswe. the story of rescuer tos, camps. and actions. A CD-ROM ver within the Museum. Varian Fry. Presently, Libemtiol1 1945 sion of the atlas is scheduled for release in The Museum hosts several teacher documents what American troops discov the spring of 1996. conferences each year to share strategies ered upon liberating the camps and the More than 36.000 requests for educa and rationales on presenting the complex survivors' struggle to reestablish their lives. tional information are processed each year topic of the Holocaust to students. The exhibit, 1936 O/)ilnpies, which opens in in the Gonda Education Center. Teaching Conference participants chosen from July 1996, will examine the international abollt the Holocaust. a resource book offered thousands of national applicants explore politics, race and sport surrounding the by the Center, includes suggested guide the permanent exhibition and education 11th Olympiad held in Berlin. lines for teaching about the Holocaust, an resource centers as well as the special Of paramount importance to the annotated bibliography and videography, exhibition, "Remember the Children: Museum's mission is education about the and three historical handouts. Daniel's Story." This special exhibition unprecedented tragedy of the Holocaust. The Museum's education staff encour tells the story of the Holocaust through Within the Museum are the United ages student groups and educators to visit the eyes of a child and provides an ex States Holocaust Research Institute, the the Museum and witness the history of ample of how young children may be able Wexner learning Center. the Gonda the Holocaust through the permanent to understand its lessons. Education Center and a museum educa exhibition. An average of 150,000 students The Museum's educational mission is tion staff serving thousands of schools pass through the Museum each year in not designed exclusively for students and and national educators. school groups alone. Through proactive professional educators. Within the public The United States Research Institute is educational outreach programs many stu programs division of the Museum, various the scholarly division of the Museum. It dents find themselves seeking answers to lecture series, concerts, plays and discus serves as an international resource center questions about intolerance and genocide. sions are presented each month. All pro for the development of research on the "Bringing the lessons Home: Holocaust grams sponsored by the Museum work to Holocaust and related issues. It is an insti Education in the Community" and "The ensure that the lessons of the Holocaust tute with eight departments including The Baltimore Project" are two successful pro reach diverse and multiple audiences. The Wexner learning Center, Academic Pro grams achieving that result. development and progression of the public grams, library. Archive, Photo Archive, "Bringing the lessons Home" is a pro and educational programs within the Mu Oral History, The Steven Spielberg Film gram reaching District of Columbia public seum will ensure that future generations and Video Archive, and the Benjamin and school students. their families, and educa will not be able to ignore the events that Vladka Meed Registry of Holocaust Survi tors. Sponsored by a generous grant from led to the Holocaust and the millions who vors. Academic programs in the past have the Fannie Mae Foundation, the program perished as a resul t. included a joint conference with American provides education and resources to thou For more information on visiting University examining America's encounter sands of local students and teachers each hours, tours and passes, please contact the with the Holocaust, significant publica year. By examining the implications of the museum at (202) 488-0400. tions adding to the field of Holocaust stud Holocaust's history, students develop a Alar), /\;10rri50/1 is the Director o( Commu knowledge base from which to explore the ies, and weekly lectures featuring nications at the United States H%caust Ate nature of indifference, racism and other Holocaust scholars and their research. moria/ Aluswm. Institute staff also supervise the produc- issues connected to tolerance and diversity. 3 ~ Setlttle (rom ptlge 2 though the presentation format is struc tured, the workshop is designed to encour age discussion in an informal atmosphere. All of the workshops have limited en rollment and most have fees. For more information, check the conference program or call Bill Bryans at (405)744-8183; e-mail at [email protected] Seattle-The Northwest's Emerald City Present-day Seattle was first settled by Native American tribes including the Snohomish and the Suquamish. In 1852 a white settlement, established the previous year, moved to the modern site of down town Seattle; the town was named for Suquamish leader Chief Seattle. The settlement grew slowly at first, but after the arrival of a transcontinental railroad in nearby Tacoma in 1883, the town experienced a population boom. Seattle served as a gateway to, and a supply center for, the Yukon and Alaska gold rushes of the 1890s, and its popula tion swelled from 37,000 in 1889 to 237,000 in 1910. Four transcontinental railroads served the city by 1910, and trade was further Swttle's original city center 15 Piollcer Square. cllrrently a Ill;teri,- district hOllsing galleries. stimulated by the opening of the Panama restaurants and retaI/shops (Photograph COllrtesy ~'f Set/tile-King CO/lnt~' Conventioll and Canal in 1914. World War I stimulated the Visitors Bureew) growth of port activities in Seattle. Since World War II, the region'S economy has University of Washington was established Seattle include the Museum of History and been dominated by the aerospace industry. in 1861, and was followed by Seattle Uni Industry, the Henry Art Gallery, the Nor Boeing Airplane Company has operated in versity in 1891. The former houses an dic Heritage Museum, the Museum of the area for over 50 years. arboretum containing trees and shrubs Flight, the Seattle Art Museum ilnd Dis Seattle is home to many cultural and from around the world, a Japanese garden, - covel)' Park, including the Daybrcak Star educational facilities and institutions. The and wetlands. Other cultural centers in Indian Educational Center. TRINITY SITE: WHERE THE SUN ROSE TWICE by Jim Eckles While the world recently commemo Project leaders decided a test of this design the test, scientists took the precaution of rated the 50th anniversary of the end of was essential before it could be used as a building "Jumbo," a 25 foot by 10 foot, 214 World War II, one historic site escaped the weapon of war. From a number of pos ton containment vessel designed to control public limelight. Trinity Site is where the sible sites in California, Texas, Colorado the conventional explOSIon and prevent world's first atomic bomb was tested at and New Mexico, they selected Trinity plutonium from being blu.A"11 ail e;vcr the 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain War Time on July 16, Site for the detonation. desert if the atomic chain n:actlOn tiL/Jcd. 1945. The 20-kiloton explosion not only led In late 1944, soldiers, technicians and They moved the container hv r:l.il to:1 siding to a quick end to the war in the Pacific, but scientists moved to the site and began near Trinity Site and thcn hauled It further also thrust the world into the atomic age. preparations for the test. They erected a on a specially built 64 wheel trailer. As confi Manhattan Project scientists, under 100-foot steel tower to hold the bomb. dence in the plutonium bomb design grew, the leadership of Dr. J. Robert They also constructed protective bunkers project directors decided nut to use Jumbo, Oppenheimer at Los Alamos, N.M., de for test personnel 10,000 yards from but placed it about 800 Y,1l(ls west of ground signed two different atomic bombs. One ground zero on the south, north and west zero. In a testimony to its design, "Jumbo" used uranium 235 and was a simple design; compass points. The south bunker func survived the detonation intact. scientists were convinced it would work tioned as the control bunker. They built a Trinity Site, part of the 3,200 square without testing. base camp of temporary buildings and mile White Sands Missile Range, is located The second deSign, which used man tents for project workers 10 miles from in south central New Mexico. This na- made plutonium, was more complex. ground zero. Because of the uncertainty of ~ See TrillitF. ptlge 5 4 sr [PRESIDENT1S COLUMN by Jeffrey P. Brown formation, new directions in site planning, public history and sec ondary education, environmental history, women's history, com This column will appear in your mailboxes munity history, and space policy, among others. We will offer a several weeks before the National Council on great set of historic tours, and you will have many opportunities to Public History's annual conference, which will be learn about Seattle and the Pacific Northwest as you meet people, held in Seattle on April 11-14. 1996. We are going attend sessions and workshops, and explore book and media exhib to have a first rate conference, and I hope that its. Please join us in Seattle! vou will be able to attend it. Our Program Com As many of you know, the publhist Iistserve has merged into mittee has work;d very closely with our conference co-sponsors, NCPH as our electronic mail list. I strongly urge all members to join the Pacific Northwest Historians Guild, to shape an excellent pro publhist. We have had wide ranging discussions about many public gram. We owe much thanks to Robert Weible. Lisa Mighetto, Bill history topics, and the list will increasingly serve as a way for our Bryans, and all of the other people who have worked hard to de members to raise issues, announce meetings or internships, ask impor velop this meetingl tant research questions, and keep in touch with each others' activities. One of NCPH's most important roles is training and Just e-mail to [email protected], and as your message state: mentoring the next generation of public historians. We will offer "subscribe publhist" You can then receive the list, and send your own our second annual student mentoring program in Seattle, and messages by writing to [email protected] together with poster sessions and the traditional careers in public We are all well aware of many crucial issues affecting the prac history workshop, we will provIde valuable learning experiences tice of history at the national level. However, many of us would for students. I hope that you will strongly encourage the students benefit from discussions about important issues at the state, city, that you know to attend the Seattle meeting, and that wherever and county level. I invite you to write to our newsletter about possible, you provide them some financial assistance for travel. such issues, and to use publhist as a forum for electronic discussion. We will have five additional workshops that include the public One excellent example might be efforts by the Virginia Council for interpretation of controversy. museums collections activities, an the Social Studies to revise Standards of Learning for History and introduction to oral history. a consultants' workshop, and elec Social Science that were adopted in that state last summer. tronic communication for the public historian. Bill Bryans details National History Day will soon take place, and I encourage these workshops in the lead article of this newsletter. I hope that NCPH members to contact their state councils, to serve as judges, you will be able to attend a workshop and gain this important and to heighten awareness of this important activity. conference benefit. Finally, I would like to ask our members to write to me, other We have slated more than thirty sessions at the meeting. officers, our Executive Director, or members of our Board of Direc There will be a number of sessions that focus upon the National tors about issues that concern them. We would like to make our Park Service and public hIstory This is an important theme at all Board meeting in Seattle as responsive as possible to our members' times, and is particularly crUCIal during this period of budget cut needs. You can write to me at College of Arts and Sciences, New backs. The Pacific Northwest Historians Guild and Northwest Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM 88003, and my e-mail Oral History Association have slated a series of strong sessions. address is [email protected] I am looking forward to see Our panels and speakers wJ!1 explore such topics as federal policy ing you in Seattle! .. Trinit)/ continued frolll pap,e .f Visitors can also ride a missile range bus two miles to the McDonald Ranch House, a HISTORY PAY tional historic landmark. however, is open turn of the century adobe house where scien to the public only twice a year-on the tists first assembled the bomb's plutonium NOne",_:. first Saturday in April and October. Visi core. In 1984, the National Park Service ,<".~ ':-<~:-;.' tors arriving at the gate on those days will restored the house to its 1945 condition. receive handouts and are allowed to drive The missile range averages about 2,000 The annual,;; unescorted the 17 miles to Trinity Site. visitors during each open house. There are . .Natiorla,IHistd,t}I;.P~Y .. From the parking area, visitors walk no ceremonies or speakers at the site, one-half mile to ground zero where a small however, personnel are present to answer .cOrJ'lf>etitiorl ,willta~~;place monument marks the exact spot where any questions about the role of White ·june 9-13 '1996 at the; the bomb was exploded. Historical photo Sands in the Manhattan Project. ,<. "'~: '> :': '.': ,. ,. _. ,,' :'," :; ~',;.: .~>:/~ ,.,;'.::,' graphs are mounted on the fence surround For more information about White .: University.·of Marylaf!(j~~ ing the area. A small shelter at ground Sands or Trinity Site, contact the White C()J,ege.park!;MP, •..: .... zero allows visitors to view a portion of Sands Public Affairs Office at (505) 678-1134 the original crater floor. Since the bomb or write Public Affairs Office, Bldg. 122, ~ '.~ :' :." ~::~\".,,'~ was exploded on top of a 100-foot tower, the White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002-5047. crater was only a depression about six feet Jim Eckles is a Public Affairs Specialist "lfYOLJc~h jutJije- · deep and 400 yards across. The intense heat at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. ·-:or desire.more .. melted the desert sand and turned it into He holds a B.A. from Universit)/ of Nebraska radioactive green glass called "Trinitite." at Lincoln and an /\;I.A. from the Universit)/ iflformatiort caU:_~ which is still visible under the shelter. of Yl?a5hinp,ton. ·· .. 30 t.;3 t 4;.9739 : or emair: [email protected] 5 HISTORIANS AND MUSEUMS T ASI{ FORCE by Patricia Mooney-Melvin One outgrowth of the varied chal would augment its numbers by up to three enough to be involved in a continuing lenges confronting the interpretation of additional members who could provide dialogue about the issues raised. Task history in museums has been the Histori special expertise or perspectives. The orga force members include Robert Archibald ans and Museums Task Force. At the 1995 nizations involved were the American (American Association for State and Local meeting of the American Historical Asso Association for State and Local History, History), Ellsworth Brown (American ciation, a group of historians concerned the American Association of Museums, the Association of Museums), Lonnie Bunch about the rights and responsibilities of American Historical Association, the Na (Smithsonian Institution), Cary Carson institutions and historians actively in tional Council on Public History, the Orga (Colonial Williamsburg), Sara Evans (Orga volved in interpretative programs relating nization of American Historians, and the nization of American Historians), Victoria to history met together. A fruitful discus Society for History in the Federal Govern A Harden (Society for History in the Fed sion ensued about issues relating to the ment. eral Government), Edward T. Linenthal integrity of historical research and inter Over the summer, these organizations (American Historical Association), and pretation in historical agencies, museums, appointed representatives to serve on the Patricia Mooney-Melvin (National Council and historic sites. Those involved in this task force. At the request of this group, on Public History). discussion-representatives of NCPH, the two more members were added. The At the first meeting of the task force in Organization of American Historians, the group's basic purpose is to address the Chicago on December 6. each representa American Historical Association, the Na issue of how to simultaneously preserve tive identified issues of concern from the tional Park Service, and several leading the intellectual integrity of history muse point of view of the constituencies he or museums and historical societies-felt it ums while at the same time acknowledg she represented. In general, a great deal of necessary to continue this conversation at ing the complexity of the larger overlap existed among the various issues the joint annual meeting of OAH and environment in which all public historians laid out. On behalf of NCPH, [ stressed (1) NCPH. The OAH offered to serve as facili and history institutions function. The the balance between public expectations tator for this meeting. issues to be addressed in the group's charge about the past and museums and "sound On April 1, this group came together reflected the concerns raised in the earlier scholarship" presented in an interestlOg again and was joined by representatives meetings: the role and function of history and provocative fashion: (2) concern with from a variety of organizations concerned museums in a democratic society; the the gulf between historians and the public with the interpretation of history in a appropriate balance between museums' outside of an academic setting; (3) concern museum setting. After a wide-ranging responsibilities to scholarship and their with the history historians make and the discussion, the group felt that the issues traditional functions of preservation and history the public receives: and (4) the were too important to end the conversa commemoration; and the appropriate failure of many historians to understand tion at this point. Those attending the balance between museums' responsibilities the various audiences they serve (or should session believed as well that some docu to diverse publics as well as to their stake be serving). ment should emerge from these discus holders. All that was agreed upon was After a day of fruitful discussion the sions. The OAH agreed to facilitate the discussion and dissemination of any re group identified key components of a pre appointment of a task force to explore ports so that each organization's members amble, mission statement. and set of rec further issues relating to historical inter can engage in the widest possible discus ommendations; we all left With a set of pretation in museums and to serve as a sion of these important issues. tasks. As our initial working document kind of secretariat for the effort. Each sponsoring organization selected takes shape. you will be hearing more spe [n keeping with the spirit of the dIscus a representative on the provision that par cifics. I encourage you to contact1ny ot sion in April, the work of the task force ticipation in no way committed it to ac us to share your concerns abollt till' lkd was to be the result of a collaborative ef ceptance of any statement, set of lenges facing the IOterpretation of 11lStory fort of concerned professional organiza guidelines, or principles which may be in the nation's museums. tions. Each organization would appoint developed by the group. All organizations, Patricia J [oone\,-J [ell'ill ot Ll\ 'ola l.'IlII·t'( one representative and then this group however, felt the issues at hand important sity, Chicago is ptlst-/JreSlilwt 4XCPH Attend the NCPH Annual Meeting in Seattle 6 me I FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK by David G. the Executive Offices to improve its Vanderstel • The Board of Directors accepted an invitation to become a member of the services to NCPH members and to policy board of the National Coordi promote the organization to an ever The passing of an nating Committee for the Promotion expanding audience. old year and the arrival of History (NCC), a move that will Everyone associated with NCPH will of a new one tradition place NCPH in a more visible role in ally leads an individual work to bring new members into the public advocacy and decision-making organization. to pause and reflect on issues pertaining to history. upon past accomplish- Considering our presence on the ments and to make • NCPH continued to demonstrate its boards of several organizations, I plans for the year ahead. Having re concern for pre-collegiate education would like to see NCPH take a more cently completed my first full calendar by serving as a member of the policy active and vocal role in advocacy year as executive director of NCPH, I sat board of the National History Educa during the coming year. I share the down with my staff to look back over tion Network (NHEN) and the board concerns of many who have ex the previous twelve months and was of National History Day. pressed themselves on the H-LOCAL very satisfied with all that NCPH accom • The Executive Offices at IUPUI became network that Disney's proposed plished in 1995. the new host of the publhist discussion theme park on a Civil War battlefield • NCPH adopted "Plan 2000," a long group on the Internet-and we encour in Virginia brought far more re range plan which establishes goals for age all NCPH members to subscribe. sponses from historians at the front end than did the Smithsonian's membership, programs, finances, and Historians traditionally spend their "Enola Gay" controversy. advocacy for the organization over time looking at the past However, as I the next five years. look ahead to 1996, I expect that NCPH • Finally, I hope that we do not lose sight of the "public" nature of our organi • Last spring, NCPH held a very suc will continue to be extremely busy-work cessful joint annual meeting with the ing to meet the ambitious objectives laid zation and profession. It is easy to be Organization of American Historians out in "Plan 2000," expanding our collabo caught up in our academic and profes in Washington, D.C., a gathering rative efforts to promote history to wider sional pursuits, but we have pledged, in attended by over 2,800 individuals. audiences nationwide, and responding each of our own unique ways, to dedi more effectively to the challenges-and cate ourselves to bring others to a greater • NCPH, with the assistance of Histori the threats-confronting the discipline appreciation and understanding of his cal Research Associates, Inc., spon and the profession: tory and to demonstrate how history sored its first display booth at the can indeed assist society in addressing Given recent Congressional attitudes spring meeting and subsequently at the problems that it faces today. the annual meeting of AASLH in regarding not-for-profit organiza Saratoga Springs, New York. tions, NCPH will review its incorpo As we proceed into the new year, I ration status to ensure that its house invite you to become more involved in The new Endowment Committee is in good order. NCPH-by recruiting new members, volun began to develop plans for the long teering for committee service, contributing • NCPH will hold an exciting and very term investment of NCPH funds. to the endowment fund, writing articles for successful conference in Sea ttle this Public Histor)! New's or The Public Historian, • The Executive Offices staff compiled April, meeting jointly with the Pacific attending the annual meeting, to name Just a and edited a new Guide to Graduate Northwest Historians Guild and the Programs in Public History and began few. let us join together to make this the Northwest Oral History Association. work on a new syllabus exchange best year yet for NCPH. project and a new membership direc • The List Serve/World Wide Web Task From the staff of NCPH, we wish you all tory, all scheduled for release in 1996. Force will complete work on the a happy and prosperous new year-and we NCPH home page. thereby allowing look forward to seeing you in Seattle. • NCPH and IUPUI renewed their agreement which will keep the NCPH Executive Offices in Indianapolis through 1999. • The Executive Offices introduced a Do ypu have suggestions for newsletter articles? new look to the quarterly newsletter. ~> ""'!""~~ Public History News, including a new color scheme and new features. I~Jf:'l.~tean issue you wishtci·-(ji$CUSS OQ:~fJf4~Ihist? ", ,~<~' ",;:<,:~, >"0"'- -."- - -'_ ",,,, ,-, ~." ..•.••.....•..••_ __ ~ ••.••..• ~.,~ ...•• ~.•• _': ... ;.'~ .... ,:,.:,'.:':.: • The editors of The Public Historian ->,~-Z<_;~', ;,-::;~-"" ~ _ - continued to produce a top quality journal which has garnered a faithful follOWing among public historians around the world. • As part of an effort to increase its exposure within the profession, CCi •• 317-274:2716 NCPH secured a full page listing in the AHA's Directory of Histor)! Depart or:&.mai': ncph@indycmsJupui~edu ments and Organizations 1995-96. INCC WASHINGTON UPDATE 1 by Page Putnam leased to the public. In 1987, when the suit of the decision to dismiss the appeal, Miller, Director of the National Archives completed its review of Judge Richey's decision will be the final National Coordinating the tapes and prepared a 25,000 page find judgement in this case. Committee for the ing aid, there were indications that the Commenting on the government's Promotion of History tapes would be opened in 1991. This did decision not to appeal the case, Archivist 8 head of IRS requests that IRS submit they are including material that has previ records were part of the records. within 90 days an action plan indicating ously not been available for inclusion. The The Executive Order 12958, signed by how the recommendations in the report Johnson volumes will be the first to in the President last April, requires - follow will implemented. clude documents from the President's ing a grace period of five years - that all At the heart of the IRS records man Foreign Policy Advisory Board, an indepen but the most sensitive agency records over agement problems is a long standing contro dent Presidential body administered 25 years old should be open and available versy over the interpretation of federal through the National Security Council. for research. Since 1973 records will be 25 disclosure laws passed in the 1970s. The IRS The legislation passed in 1992 dealing with years old in 1998, the State Department is interprets very broadly its mandate not to the Foreign Relations series has increased making plans for opening this material. disclose information that relates to tax re cooperation with the National Security Yet once the State Department transfers turns and tax related documents. The Na Council and other agencies and has re the digitized tapes to the National Ar tional Archives argues that these disclosure sulted in a wider body of material. includ chives. the question remains of how re restrictions were not intended to bar the ing more intelligence material, being part searchers will gain access to the central National Archives from viewing unscheduled of the volumes which seek to provide com files which have always been an key source IRS records to determine their permanent prehensive documentation of American of information for scholars. and historical value. The IRS is currently the foreign policy activi ties. - Hearings on Problems at Library only federal agency that will not allow Na The Advisory Committee also dis of Congress- On November 29, Senator tional Archives' staff to review its records. It cussed the fact that the State Department Mark Hatfield (R-OR) and Representative appears that the IRS has taken the need to central file - which includes the telegrams Bill Thomas (R-CA) co-chaired a hearing on protect the privacy of individual tax payers between Washington and the embassies the Lbrary of Congress that focused on fiscal to an extreme which has engulfed the agency for the period from July 1, 1973 to the and management issues as well as the secu in secrecy and allowed no citizen access to present has been digitized. In 1998 the rity of the collection. In opening comments the agency's 20th century administrative State Department expects to transfer the Senators and Representatives stressed the and policy files. 1973 computerized central file to the Na importance of the Library of Congress as a - State Department Advisory Com tional Archives. This will mark the first national treasure and noted that it was mak mittee Meets - On December 12 the time the National Archives will have re ing some progress toward correcting prob State Department's Advisory Committee ceived from an agency such a large collec lems. Many witnesses, however, described on Historical Diplomatic Documentation tion of textual records in electronic format. deficiencies as being quite serious, includ held its quarterly meeting to advise the The Advisory Council members raised the ing the failure to conduct a comprehensive department on matters related to the For issue of whether the software that the audit and to address both internal and eign Relations volumes, records manage State Department currently uses for ac external security threats. ment, and declassification. William Slany, cessing this material will also be trans -Trudy Peterson Heads Open Soci the head of the Office of the Historian, ferred along with the data tapes. At the ety Archives - Trudy Huskamp reported that there is some slippage in meeting representatives from the National Peterson, who served for over two years as meeting the 30 year targets for the publica Archives stated that they are currently acting Archivist of the United States, has tions of the Foreign Relations volumes. exploring strategies for handling electronic been named Executive Director of the While shortage of staff and declassification records but indications were that there had Open Society Archives in Budapest, Hun hurdles have slowed down the preparation been no agreement on the transfer of the gary. The archives of the Radio Free Eu of the Johnson era volumes, these volumes software. An Advisory Board member rope/Radio Liberty. Inc. are the core of the have also taken longer to prepare because stressed that systems used to manage current holdings. 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Grant recipients are located The Railroad Museum of Pennsyl British Approaches to Conserving and in 22 states, with 20 universities, six vama, the Pennsylvania Historical As Managing Historic Environments," that colleges, two community colleges, five sociation and the Pennsylvania will take place July 6-27, 1996. The private institutions, and one historical Federation of Museums and Historical course is designed for students and profes association represented. For more infor Organizations will sponsor a Symposium sionals in Historic Preservation, Architec mation about conference sites near you, on the History and Significance of the Penn ture, Urban Geography, Urban History, contact the OAH, 112 N. Bryan, sylvania Railroad, October 11-13,1996. The Archaeology, Urban Planning, and Mate Bloomington. Indiana 47408-4199. Symposium will commemorate the 150th rial Culture. It will focus on current phi The commemorative poster for Na Anniversary of the company's charter in losophies in Britain regarding preservation, tional Women's History Month 1846. The Symposium is also issuing a call methodologies, and legislation, and will (March) features a collage of twelve hand for papers to be submitted by April 1, 1996. identify and consider future trends. The tinted photographs that illustrate the Funding to support travel to the conference course will also examine the role played by 1996, ··See History in a New Way." may be available. For more information interpretive documentation and evaluate Women from various cultural groups and contact Robert L Emerson, Museum Direc the various approaches that can be used to time periods tn American history demon tor, Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, PO document individual historic buildings, strate the many roles women have played Box 15, Strasburg, PA 17579; phone: urban areas and historic landscapes. to help build our society and culture. The (717)687 -8628 Throughout the school, emphasis will be full-color, 20" x 28" 1996 National The National Coalition for Heritage placed on site visits and practical exercises. Women·s History Month commemorative Areas announces its 1995 rally: Working The Bristol region offers many locations poster is $6.95, plus $4.00 s/h, from the for America's Real Places to be held well suited as case studies, including the National Women's History Project, 7738 March 31-ApriI2, 1996. For more infor commercial city and historic port of Bell Road, Dept P, Windsor, CA 95492- mation call Sarah Polster (202)673-4204 or Bristol, the Georgian city of Bath, the me 8518; phone (707)838-6000. Discounts are fax (202)673-4038. dieval city and cathedral of Wells, and the available for bulk orders. archaeological sites of Stonehenge and The Modern Language Association Awards, Fellowships Avebury. The course fees are £900 invites nominations for the thirteenth annual MLA Prize for Independent Schol and Internships (roughly $1400), which includes accommo The Massachusetts Historical dation, tuition and field trips. Meals and ars, to be awarded for a distinguished or scholarly book published in 1995 in the Society's Center for the Study of New travel to Bristol are not included in the England History offers approximately fees. For those participants who are cur field of English or another modern lan guage or literature. The award, which sixteen short-term research fetiowships for rently enrolled on undergraduate or post 1996 Awards are open to independent graduate programs of study, three hours of consists of a check £Or $1,000, a certifi cate, and a one-year membership in the scholars, advanced graduate students, and credit will be awarded by the University of holders of the PhD or the equivalent. - the West of England, which can then be association. will be presented to the win ning author at the association's annual Preference given to candidates who live transferred to their own institution. For more than fifty miles from Boston. Appli more information and a course syllabus, convention in December 1996. To enter a book mto competition, send six copies cations must be postmarked by March 1, contact: Nancy Carlton, University of the 1996. For more information, contact West of England, Bristol, Faculty of the and a completed application form to the MLA Prize for Independent Scholars, Leonard Travers, Assistant Director, Cen Built Environment, Coldharbour Lane, ter for the Study of New England History, Bristol BS16 lOY UK; e-mail: n Modern Language Association, 10 Astor Place, New York, NY 10003-6981. Nomi Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 [email protected]; fax: 44 117976-3895. Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215 USA; The Organization of American His nations for the 1995 award will be ac cepted until May 1, 1996. For more phone (617)536-1608. torians has announced winners of a spe The National Museum of American cial competition to host conferences on information contact Richard Brod Direc tor of Special Projects, Modern La~guage Art invites graduate students to partici history standards. Seed money of $500 pate in its Advanced-Level Internship Pro will be used to encourage history depart Association, or call (212)614-6406. The Urban History Association is gram in Washington, D.C. Students ments to meet with history schoolteach benefit from working directly with ers in their region for discussions of the conducting its seventh annual round of prize competitions for scholarly distinc Smithsonian museum specialists for one or role of national standards in history edu two semesters. University members are cation reform efforts. Many OAH mem tions. The categories are: Best doctoral dissertation in urban history, without encouraged to inquire about the tuition bers were involved in writing and testing sharing arrangement that allows inclusion the national standards, and the Organi geographic restriction, completed during 1995; Best book, North American urban of this program as part of a course curricu zation itself was one of 30 organizations lum. The deadline for application is officially consulted at various stages of history, published during 1995 (edited volumes ineligible); Best Journal article March 1, 1996. For more information their development. The OAH believes contact Judith Houston, Program Officer, there is a compelling need for those inter in urban history, without geographic restriction, published during 1995. The (202)357-2714; e-mail: ested in history in the schools-particu nmaa. [email protected] larly higher education faculty and deadline for submissions is June 15, 1996. For more information contact The Athenaeum of Philadelphia pre-collegiate teachers-to come together announces its Charles E. Peterson Re- for full and free discussion of the history Professor Ted W. Margadant, Depart- 10 m search Fellowships and Summer In the world. They specifically invite gradu methodologies are represented. Graduate ternships for 1996-1997. These are for the ate students to submit proposals based on students are encouraged to attend, to ap study of early American architecture and their dissertation research. Panel propos pear as panelists, and to present poster building technology prior to 1860. Applica als, containing three papers that concern a exhibits. For more information contact tions will be accepted until March 1, 1996. common theme, will receive preferential Ann S. Orloff, Department of Sociology, For more mformatlon contact The Ath treatment. Deadline for submission is University of Wisconsin, 8128 Social Sci enaeum of Philadelphia, East Washington March 15, 1996. For information contact ence Building, 1180 Observatory Drive, Square, Philadelphia. PA 19106-3794. David C Hammack, Department of His Madison. WI 53706: phone (608)262-2783; tory, Case Western Reserve University. (608)262-2921 (messages); fax (608)265- Calls for Papers 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 5389; e-mail: [email protected] or Col H-Net. Humanities On-Line, will 44106-71 07; phone: (216)368-2671; E-mail leen A. Dunlavy, Department of History, sponsor panels at the 1997 Annual Meet [email protected] University of Wisconsin, 4103 Humanities ing of the American Historical Association The Eighteenth Annual North Ameri Building, Madison, WI 53706; phone that explore the uses of new technology can Labor History Conference entitled (608)263-1854; (608)263-1800 (messages); for research. teaching. and publication. We "Memory and Re-Telling of Working Class fax (608)263-5302: e-mail: are particularly interested in international Lives" will be held at Wayne State Univer [email protected] comparisons. interdisciplinary projects, sity, October 17-19,1996. The Program The semiannual meeting of New En multimedia pedagogy. electronic publish Committee of the North American labor gland Archivists (NEA) will be held in mg, and historical texts on the World History Conference invites proposal for conjunction with the New England Chapter Wide Web and CD-ROM. Please submit panels and single papers on the theme, of the Museum Computer Network (NEC! three-paper-panels or individual paper "Memory and Re-Telling of Working Class MCN) on April 26-27, 1996 at Babson Lives." We are interested in sessions and/ College JI1 Babson Park, Mass. The proposals to hnet97@~h-net.msu.edu. H Net will submit sessions to the AHA for or papers which explore public and private theme of the meeting will be automation joint sponsorship and will also sponsor memory in working class and Jabor his on archives and museums. Members of some sessions itself as an affiliated soci tory. Please submit panel and paper pro NEA should receive registration materials ety The convention will meet in New posals (including a 1-2 page paper abstract in the mail. For more information on York City. January 2-5,1997. and c.v. for each participant) by March 1, meeting registration, contact Andy "Government. Science. and the Envi 1996 to Elizabeth Faue. Coordinator. Martinez. NEA Registrar, Babson College ronment," the biennial meeting of the North American Labor History Confer Archives, Babson Park. Mass 02157; phone American Society for Environmental ence, Department of History, 3094 Fac (617)239-4570; fax (617)239-5226; e-mail: History. will be held in Baltimore, Mary ulty/Administration Building, Wayne martineza(iivaxvmsx.babson.edu. For more land. from March 5-9. 1997. The call for State University, Detroit, MI 48202; information on the program, contact Kara proposals is due by August 1, 1996. For phone: (313)577-2525. Schneiderman, Program Committee Chair, more information, contact Jeffery Stine, The University of Nevada Press and The MIT Museum. 265 Massachusetts Ave .. NatIOnal Museum of American History, the Nevada Humanities Committee Cambridge, MA 02139; phone (617)253- . MRC 629, Smithsonian Institution, Wash invite submission of manuscripts dealing 4266; fax (617)258-9107; e-mail ington, D.C 20560; fax (202)357-4256. with the effects of technology on the de kara@mit,edu Proposals for panels, roundtables, velopment and evolution of the American The Mississippi River and Her workshops, single papers. and perfor West of the 19th and 20th centuries. Sub People is a multi-theme educational pro mances are invited for an interdisciplinary missions may be scholarly essays, imagina gram coordinated by the University of conference entitled "Defining Commu tive non-fiction, poetry, short fiction, Memphis and the National Archives and nity, Reexamining Society" to be held photography, art or other genres. The Records Administration's Regional Ar September 20-21. 1996 on the University deadline for submission is March 15, chives System. You will want to attend of Michigan-Flint campus in downtown 1996. For more information contact this special one-time symposium which Flint. Michigan. Proposals should include Stephen T chudi, Department of English/ will be held at the Radisson Hotel in a 1-2 page paper abstract and brief resumes 098, University of Nevada, Reno, NE Memphis from March 14-16, 1996. for all participants; deadline for submission 89557-0031; phone (702)784-6755; e-mail: Cultural events surround this confer is March 15, 1996. Partial travel s_ [email protected]. ence. including a night on Beale Street subventions may be available for confer and an afternoon on Mud Island. So if ence presenters; please submit session and Conferences, Institutes, the history, science, evolution, environ paper proposals to: Dr. Nora Faires, Con mental issues, and general ambience of Seminars and Workshops the Mississippi River appeals to you, ference Committee, Department of His The Social Science History Associa tory, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, please obtain more information by con tion will hold its annual conference Octo tacting [email protected]; MI 48502-2186; phone (810)762-3366; fax: ber 10-13, 1996; we will meet in New 766-6838; e-mail: [email protected] National Archives Southwest Region, P.O. Orleans, Louisiana, at the Monteleone Box 6216, Fort Worth. TX 76115; phone: ARNOVA (Association for Research Hotel. The SSHA is the leading interdisci on Nonprofit Organizations and Volun (817)334-5525; fax (817)334-5621. plinary association in the social sciences: The Herman Dunlap Smith Center tary Action) invites one-page proposals for its annual conference attracts historians, scholarly papers on any aspect of nonprofit for the History of Cartography at the economists, sociologists, anthropologists, Newberry Library invites applications organizations, voluntary action, philan political scientists, demographers, and thropy, or citizen participation. Proposals from college and university faculty for a geographers. Session topics are diverse: the summer institute, "Cartography and His are welcome from scholars and practitio full range of quantitative and qualitative ners in all disciplines and about all parts of tory: Using Maps in Teaching the Hu- 11 manities. Twenty Institute participants [email protected] or ties to learn, explore, and share particular will be selected on the basis of their [email protected] insights within a multi-disciplinary com records as teachers and the likely impact The fourth annual conference or, munity. It will also serve as a base for the institute will have on their courses. Northern New England in the Nine exploring the potential of that community Successful applicants will receive a $1,250 teenth Century, focusing on cultures: to continue to meet and/or share informa stipend plus $2,500 to cover travel and lodg folk, popular, ethnic, artistic, literary, and tion. The symposium is open to anyone in ing expenses. Complete applications are due political, will be held June 6-8, 1996 and is the many disciplines and professions that by March 1, 1996. For more information sponsored by The Washburn Humanities use landscape history to inform or guide contact Tina Reithmaier, The Newberry Center in association with University of their efforts including, but not limited to: Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, Maine and the University of Southern artists, writers, environmental historians, IL 60610-3380; phone: (312) 255-3656. Maine. The annual Washburn Humanities planners, landscape architects, architects, NAGARA will hold its annual meet Conference is designed to illuminate the art historians, geographers. garden histo ing on July 17-20, 1996 in Washington, social, cultural, political, and economic his rians, archaeologists, and environmental D.C. The scheduled speakers include U.S. tory of northern New England, the region'S groups. For more information contact Archivist John Carlin. For more informa impact on the nation and the nation's on the Roberta Moore, Conference Planner, at tion contact Steve Grandin, 48 Howard region. The Conference will be held at the (814)863-1738; e-mail [email protected] Street, Albany, NY 12207; phone: Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, a or visit our WWW home page at http:// (518)463-8644. 445-acre site containing a restored one room www.cde.psu.edu/C&I1 The joint conference of the Western school house, farmer's cottage, free standing LandscapeHist-96.html. History Association and Western Lit library (housing the extensive Washburn The annual meeting of the North erature Association, "Grasslands and family collections), a 200-seat 1828 Univer American Society For Oceanic History Heartlands: Remembering and Represent salist Church, and the 1867 Washburn will be held March 28-31, 1996 at the ing the Great Plains in History and Litera mansion. For more information, contact: historic Charlestown Naval Shipyard, now ture," will be held in Lincoln, Nebraska on Billie Gammon, Washburn Humanities part of the National Park Service's Boston October 2-5, 1996. For more informa Center, Norlands, RFD 2, Box 1740, National Historic Park. The meeting will tion on the history portion, contact Livermore Falls, ME 04254; phone: feature a thematic program focusing on Patricia Campbell, Convention Manager, (207)897-4366 or Jerome Nadelhaft, e-mail U.S. maritime, naval, and diplomatic Western History Association, University of [email protected] events of the 1790s, a decade which wit New Mexico, 1080 Mesa Vista Hall, Albu The Organization of American His nessed the rebirth of the US Navy and querque, NM 87131-1181; phone: torians Annual Meeting will be held in the establishment of the Navy Depart (505)277-5234; fax: (505)277-6023; e-mail: Chicago, at the Palmer House Hilton, March ment. For more information contact: Wil [email protected]. For more information 28-31,1996. The 1996 Annual Meeting liam S. Dudley, 1996 NASOH Program on the literature portion of the conference, _ Program, which includes a complete list of Chair, Naval Historical Center, Navy Yard contact Susanne George, English Depart sessions, is now on the OAH home page: Bldg 57, Washington DC 20374-5060. ment, University of Nebraska at Kearney, http://www .indiana.edu/ -oah The University of Baltimore and Kearney, Nebraska 68849-1320; phone: The-Historical Archaeology Confer Coppin State College will host a public (308)865-8867; fax: (308)865-8867; e-mail ence of the Upper Midwest 2 will be conference, November 15-16, 1996, [email protected]. March 29-30, 1996. HACUM is a con focusing on new and innovative research The Eighteenth Annual Family His tinuing regional forum for the presenta on the history of Baltimore. The goal of tory Conference, co-sponsored by the tion, discussion, and timely dissemination the conference is to showcase new research Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society of historic archaeological research. The on the struggle of the people of fbltil1lure and Lancaster County Historical Society, conference will consist of panels of 20- to come to terms with dlvcrsity~ racial, will be held March 28-30, 1996, in minute papers followed by discussion. A ethnic, religious, cultural, gender, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Registration fees of Keynote Lecture and workshops, including economic-at many points in their his $30 for Society members and $35 for non George Miller's seminar on historic ceram tory. Co-sponsored by the Baltimore City members must be postmarked by March 15. ics, are being planned. Workshops will be Life Museums, Maryland Histoflcal Suci Optional costs for the banquet are $20 and held at the Anderson Center for Interdisci ety, B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore for lunch, $13.50. Program and registration plinary Studies and paper sessions will be Museum of Industry, Enoch Pratt Free details are available from Lola M. Lehman, held at the Goodhue County Historical Library, and Johns Hopkins: J nlversity Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Society, both in Red Wing, MN. For more Press, conference planner'i ,in: t:specially 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, PA information contact: HACUM 2, c/o John interested in proposals that Incorporate 17602-1499; phone: (717) 393-9745. P. McCarthy, Institute for Minnesota material culture into Baltimore's history. The Department of History and the Archaeology, 3300 University Avenue, SE, For more information cuntact The Plan graduate planning committee at the Uni Suite 202, Minneapolis, MN 55414. ning Committee, Baltimore History Con versity of Mississippi announce the 1996 OnSite/InSight: Humanity, Nature, ference, Division of Legal, Ethical, and Graduate Conference on Southern and Time, a symposium on landscape Historical Studies, University of Baltimore, History, March 8-9, 1996. John history will be held on June 22-24, 1996 1420 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD Dittmer, author of the book Local People, at The Penn State Scanticon Conference 21201; e-mail: [email protected]; will be the keynote speaker. For more Center Hotel, State College, Pennsylvania. fax: (410)837-5336. Coordinators: Jessica information contact David Libby or Joe OnSite/InSight will initiate a dialog be Elfenbein, U. of Baltimore, (410)837-5340; Wojak, Graduate Conference on Southern tween the many disciplines and profes Bettye Gardner, Coppin State College, History, Department of History, Univer sions that study, work with, create, and (410)383-5565. sity of Mississippi, University, MS 38677; are inspired by landscape history. The goal The third national conference of the fax (601)232-7033; e-mail: of the symposium is to provide opportuni- National Coalition of Independent 12 Scholars will be hosted by the Princeton brary, Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old http://www .access.gpo.gov/ su_docs!. Research Forum in Princeton, N.J. on May Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, MA For more information on accessing the 3-5, 1996. It will address the problem of 01566; phone: (508)347-3362; TDD/TTY database call (202)512-1530; e-mail pursuing scholarly research in a time of (508)347-5383; e-mail [email protected]. epistomological crisis and theoretical disar [email protected] or NONPROFIT-NET (nonprofit ray. Sessions will include such topics as BM.OSC@RLG for RLIN users. [email protected]) is a new list on the the relationship of research to reality, the The National Park Service National Internet, dedicated to the discussion of foundations of scholarly discourse, theories Maritime Initiative is pleased to an usage of the Internet by nonprofit orga of explanation, and the influence of major nounce a workshop specifically designed nizations. Possible topics of discussion in theories and theorists, scholarly ethics, con for national, state and local park personnel clude use of the WWW for research, WWW flicts, and tensions, the PC debate. the who manage historic maritime resources. and FTP as a means of distributing informa scholar in society, and the problems of ad The workshop is scheduled for April 1996 tion, hosting of mailing lists by nonprofit junct teachers and gypsy scholars. For more and will be held in Salem, Massachusetts. organizations and other uses of the Internet information, contact Princeton Research It is intended to be a forum for park man by nonprofit organizations. Subscriptions Forum. NCIS Conference, 301 N. Harrison agers, historians, archaeologists, interpret are open but posting is limited to list par St .. Suite 222, Princeton, NJ 08540. ers, architects and planners to address ticipants. The list is hosted by the Hu Reynolda House Museum of Ameri issues involved with identifying, evaluat bris Communications and is can Art will host a multidisciplinary confer ing, maintaining, interpreting, conserving, unmoderated. For more information ence, "Cultural Responses to and preserving ships, lighthouses, lifesav about the list or Hubris Communica Colonialism," April 26-27, 1996. For ing stations, shipwrecks, and other mari tions please contact [email protected] information, contact Dr. Gloria time sights and structures. For more or see http://www.profit.net/ Fitzgibbon, Coordinator of Academic information contact Hallie Brooker at Archives of the list can be found at: Affairs, Reynolda House, Museum of (202)343-8170. http://www.nonprofit.netllistproc/ American Art, P.O. 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Among the scheduled Dome: Symbol of American Democ Internet by the Association of American events will be a banquet at Andrew racy will be featured until April 14, 1996. University Presses (AAUP). The AAUP Jackson's Nashville home, the Hermitage. This exhibition explores the origins of the On-line Catalog contains fully searchable For more information contact Richard R. dome form and its significance to the bibliographic data and descriptive text John, History Department M/C 198,913 nation's lawmakers and citizens. We Will from more than fifty scholarly publishers University Hall, University of Illinois at Be Back: Oklahoma City Rebuilds ex Currently, 65,OOO-plus titles are repre Chicago, 601 South Morgan Street, Chi amines the profound impact the April 19, sented. and this number is expected to cago,IL 60607-7109; phone: (312)996- 1995 bombing has had on Oklahoma City, climb rapidly to more than 100,000 titles 3141; fax (312)996-6377; e-mail its citizens and on plans to re-develop the from nearly 100 presses. The entire contents [email protected] downtown area. It will be on display until of the on-line catalog can be searched over The Ninth Annual New England March 17, 1996. the Internet by author, title, keywords, and Museum Association and Old Library of Congress subject headings. Sturbridge Village Museum Archives Searches can also be confined to specific Institute will be held at Old Sturbridge Internet News subject areas or individual publishers. Ac Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, on The U.S. Government Printing Office cess this resource via the World Wide Web April 12-13, 1996. The Institute's intro (GPO) announces free use of its award or Gopher at: //aaup.princeton.edu or ductory program is designed for the begin winning GPO Access online service. All / /press-gopher.uchicago.edu ning archivist who works in a museum or Internet and dial-in users can now re You're invited to visit electronically historical society and will offer a variety of ceive, at no charge, the Congressional the historic city of Burlington, New Jer comprehensive and in-depth sessions fo Record, Federal Register, congressional sey, settled in 1677. The "Historic cusing on basic archival theories and prac bills, and a growing list of important Burlington" WWW site is located at tices. For information or to register, government documents on the same day http://bc.emanon.net/ and features contact Theresa Rini Percy, Research Li- of publication. The web page address is: information on dozens of historical top- 13 ics. Also included are information on our oral history Web Site. The URL is 1996. For information on our campus, city government and schools, commu http://www. ~csc. edu/library/ reg contact our home page on the World Wide nity groups, an events calendar, and hist/index.html Web at: http://www indices of local businesses, some of uwt.u.washington.edu/ The University of which have placed product and service Positions Available Washington is an affirmative action, equal information on-line. The Cultural Resources Group of Kise, opportunity employer. The Civil War Letters of Galutia Franks and Straw, an architectural, plan York are now on the World Wide Web at ning and cultural resources/historic preser Publications the address: http://exlibris.colgate.edu/ vation consulting firm in Philadelphia, PA, The Mission Bells that Never Rang, a gyork/gyorklst.html Galutia York was is seeking applicants for a full-time posi book detailing the bells of California mis the 19-year old son of a farm family from tion. The Cultural Resources Group pro sions, has been published. These bells are Hubbardsville in Madison County, New vides consulting services to public and also being replicated by the Channel Island York. He enlisted in the 114th NYSV in private sector clients throughout the Mid Wood Carvers in Ventura, California. For August of 1862 and served until May of Atlantic Region. The majority of the work a copy of this book, please contact Joe 1863 when he died in Louisiana. Forty involves Section 106 compliance including Campbell, Borden Publishing, 2623 San eight of his letters are housed in the Spe identification of resources, assessment of Fernando Rd., CA 90065; phone: (213) cial Collections Department of Colgate eligibility and effects, and mitigation of ad 223-4267. University. The materials have been verse effects. At the moment, virtually all of The Hagley Museum and Library an inventoried, cataloged, and transcribed, the work entails above the ground resources, nounces the publication of two new guides and are now accessible through the World although they anticipate adding a limited to its research collections: Industrial and Wide Web. archaeological capacity within the next year. Commercial Architecture, and Business The History Computerization They are seeking a mid-level person with a and the State. Both provide overviews of Project, sponsored by the Regional His graduate degree in history, historic preserva material in Hagley's extensive manuscript, tory Center of the University of Southern tion, architectural history, or related field, imprints, and photographic collections California and the Los Angeles City His preferably with Section 106 experience. pertinent to those subjects. For a free torical Society, has as its goal the crea tion Please send a resume to Patrick O'Bannon, copy, contact the Center for the History of of a history information network for the Director, Cultural Resources Group, Kise, Business, Technology, and Society, Hagley exchange of historical information. The Franks and Straw, 219 N. Broad Street, 9th Museum and Library, P.O. Box 3630, computer project's Internet address is floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107. Wilmington DE 19807, (302)658-2400, or http://www.history.la.ca.us/history. The University of Washington, e-mail: [email protected]. The American Historical Associa Tacoma (established fall 1990) is seeking a Tennessee History is a new publica tion is pleased to announce the launching public historian who can thrive and build a tion devoted to history work in the Volun of a World Wide Web page Sponsored by program in the promising surroundings-of teer State. The quarterly newsletter covers The Center for History and New Media at Washington state. Duties include teaching news in teaching and education, historic George Mason University. the -AHA web upper-division undergraduate public his site.§ and museums, historical societies and page is designed to make information tory courses and directing internships, organizations, historic preservation, ar available to AHA members as well as to building institutional ties and working chives and libraries, folklore and folklife, other individuals. Along with upcoming with varied community groups (labor, patriotic societies, and genealogy. For programs, pamphlet and publication military, business. ethnic, etc.) and teach more information, write The Association information, as well as non-copyrighted ing in our multicultural interdisciplinary for Tennessee History, P.O. Box 120735, texts, we will begin placing Announce Liberal Studies Program. We seek candi Nashville, TN 37212. ments from the back of PersFective5 on dates who will have their PhDs by the The Proceedings of the First Histori the Web as well. As many of our mem time of employment. hands-on experience cal Archaeology Conference of the Up bers know, not all announcements make in public history (preferably with an urban per Midwest is being offered at this time it into Per5Fewvcs. It is hoped that this focus ranging from architectural history to at the special pre-publication price of forum will provide additional space that urban geography to public policy studies). $24.00. For more information contact will allow us to expand not only the This is a tenure-track. assistant professor HACUM c/o John P. McCarthy, Insti Announcements, but also a whole range of ship, pending budgetary approval. We will tute for Minnesota Archaeology, 3300 services. The current address for this page conduct interviews in April at the National University Avenue, S.E., Suite 202, Min is: http://web.gmu.edu/chnmlaha Council on Public History meeting in Se neapolis, MN 55414. The University of Virginia Library attle. Appointment effective September Harcourt, Brace and Company has is pleased to announce the availability of 16,1996. We are building a diverse, published My Fellow Americans: A Fam its current exhibition '''Arise and Buildl' A multicultural faculty and staff strongly ily Album by Caldecott medalist Alice Centennial Commemoration of the 1895 encourage women and members of ethnic Provensen. The 64-page book, designed for Rotunda Fire" on the World Wide Web at minorities to apply. Send letter of applica children but useful for all ages, presents the the URL: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/ tion, resume, three letters of recommenda American experience through the lives of key exhibits/rotunda/ tion, graduate transcripts, and a syllabus personalities that have shaped our develop The Chicago Historical Society has a for one public history and one liberal stud ment as a people and a nation. Drawing on new website. The URL is ies course to: Public History/Liberal Stud all levels of U.s. history and culture, the book http://www.chicagohs.org. ies Search Committee, Liberal Studies includes expansive headings such as "The The Regional History Project at the Program, UW Tacoma, 1103 A Street, Impassioned Fights for Freedom and Equa~ University Library, UC Santa Cruz is Tacoma. WA 98402. 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