Summer 2016 Vol. 50, No. 4 ONLINE aejmc.us/history INSIDE THIS ISSUE Newsletter of the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication On to Minneapolis! Early registration for the 2016 AEJMC Conference in Minneapolis ends July 8. The dates are August 4-7 (with Pre-Conference workshops on Wednesday, August 3). The confer- ence theme: Innovate, Integrate, Engage. Accepted papers from the History Division are listed in Mike Sweeney’s column inside on p. 5. Congratulations, all. History Division Program on p. 6. Prof. Finis Dunaway’s book, Seeing Green, won the History Division’s Book Award for 2016. An excerpt begins on Page 13. PF&R Column I PAGES 3-4 AEJMC Conference Papers List I PAGE 5, 7 2016 Conference Program I PAGE 6-7 Membership Column I PAGE 8 NOTES FROM THE CHAIR The Periodical Room For a more inclusive history Essay I PAGE 9 A few months ago, I visited the Ar- and the study of the sea turtle. What Graduate Liaison chie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research was not mentioned in the film, or really Column I PAGE 10 in nearby Mel- at the Center, was Marjorie Harris Carr. Kimberly Wilmot bourne, Flori- Yet without her, Archie Carr would not Teaching Standards Voss da. The Center have achieved as much professionally or Column I PAGES 11-12 included a short personally. They had a 50-year scientific film about the partnership and a marriage that pro- 2016 Book Award Winner acclaimed scien- duced five children. Announcement I PAGE 12 tist for whom the The story of Archie Carr’s wife can Seeing Green Center is named be found in Peggy Macdonald’s book, Book Excerpt I PAGE 13-15, 18 and it included Marjorie Harris Carr: Defender of a clip featuring Florida’s Environment. Marjorie Carr News and Notes Chair his son. There was an educated scientist who published Roundup I PAGES 16-18 were stories about scholarship of her own yet encouraged University of Central Media Engagement Day Florida Carr’s impact on the description of her as a “housewife the environment See Voss I Page 2 Column I PAGE 19 2 I SUMMER 2016 CLIO: AMONG THE MEDIA Voss Continued from Page 1 pectations of the past. We should strive Nelson said of Henrietta to a friend: to be more inclusive in our research and “You know, that woman scares me.” The from Micanopy” (the small town strive to bring the marginalized up from friend noted that the words were said where the family lived) to define her the footnotes–especially for women.iii with pride. Upon her death, he mourn- in media coverage of her work in the ed both his wife and their shared byline. 1950s and 1960s. Many new conferences and publica- The work and family relationship Marjorie Carr initially worked as the tions seek to tell the stories of otherwise of these dual journalists and scientists country’s first female federal wildlife marginalized historical figures; most was familiar. (Although Henrietta and technician at the Welaka Fish Hatchery. recently was the conference Untold Nelson Poynter did not have children It was through her hatchery work that Histories at Rutgers University which together.) These partnerships are likely she met what her biographer describes expanded historical understanding. familiar to many academic families. Af- as the two great loves of Carr’s life: the “Mrs. Carr” was more than a “house- ter all, more than a third of all academ- Ocklawaha River and her future hus- wife” and understanding how she used ics are married to another academic.v band, Archibald “Archie” Carr, Jr. While her familial status is important for his- she was soon dismissed from her, her torical scholarship about women. Fur- So much of what any academic cou- life’s path had been set and she would ther, Marjorie Carr’s role was significant ple achieves is based on a division of la- become an environmental activist. for her husband’s career. She was both bor–both personally and professionally. Like Carr, many women activists of the primary caregiver for the children My husband, Lance Speere, does not the time used non-threatening language and served as an assistant–typing up often get his academic due, despite his to share their messages. Identifying notes and helping with his field work. contributions. (Lance is a journalism themselves as wives and/or mothers gave His accomplishments were a result of instructor at the University of Central them a certain sort of non-threaten- the work his wife contributed. Florida.) He has worked as my archival ing agency in spreading their message. There are numerous parallels in assistant and my copy editor. He has Marjorie Carr was a published scientist journalism history where one spouse cared for our children while I gave con- and earned a master’s degree in zoolo- gets overlooked despite contributions. ference talks or wrote on deadline. In a gy. Yet she often referred to herself as a An example can be found in Henrietta more formal role, he was the designer of “poor little housewife.” She began her conservation career at the local level in Work like Macdonald’s is examining the gendered roles of the past and how the 1950s, working with the Audubon women worked within the mediated expectations of the past. We should Society and the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs. strive to be more inclusive in our research and strive to bring the marginalized Macdonald wrote of Carr: “She suc- up from the footnotes–especially for women. ceeded in translating the complex new language of ecology to the masses. She influenced the media, which initially Poynter, the second wife of famed St. both this newsletter (for one year) and supported construction of the barge Petersburg Times publisher Nelson Poyn- the AJHA newsletter (for two years). canal as a means to foster economic ter. They co-authored editorials and she He has been my co-author in articles growth in central Florida to inform the was an associate editor at the newspaper. in Journalism and Mass Communication public about the importance of preserv- A search for Nelson Poynter reveals nu- Quarterly and an upcoming article in ing the integrity of the regional ecosys- merous sources. Little is available about American Journalism. I appreciate his tem.”i Henrietta Poynter. help and cringe when I see him treated Yet she was an originator and editor as only a spouse. To do that, she used the mediated of Congressional Quarterly. She earned The future of media history should image of the housewife despite her a 1922 journalism degree from Colum- continue to grow and add the nuance professional accomplishments, and she bia University and worked as an editor of the personal to the professional. In often referred to herself as “Mrs. Carr” at national magazines before marry- doing so, there will be a more complete or “Archie’s wife.”ii ing Nelson in 1942. She became the history and one that will add more voic- first women to serve on the American es that were previously in the margins. Work like Macdonald’s is examining Committee of the International Press For every great figure in media history the gendered roles of the past and how Institute.iv there is likely a relationship that provid- women worked within the mediated ex- ed the foundation for greatness to occur. 3 I SUMMER 2016 CLIO: AMONG THE MEDIA PF&R COLUMN Getting Funded: Grant Opportunities for Media Historians Last month, I served on a universi- writing grant applications because is only a start, and I am certain our ty committee to review grant propos- we are trained to consider multiple members know of many more op- als and select two from our institu- perspectives and communicate our portunities. I would love to see the tion to put forward ideas clearly to various stakeholders. conversation move to social media as Tracy Lucht for the National Indeed, at an NEH grant-writing we help one another identify fund- Endowment for the workshop held on my campus last ing sources that bring visibility and Humanities Sum- semester, panelists in a mock review recognition to media and journalism mer Stipend pro- session spoke to the importance of a history: gram. Presumably, dramatic introductory paragraph—a • NEH Summer Stipends: The I was asked to serve lede, in other words—that grabs deadline is Sept. 29, 2016, for on the commit- readers’ attention and makes them projects beginning in May 2017. PF&R Chair tee because I was want to know more. As research The award amount is $6,000 for Iowa State fortunate to receive universities place more emphasis on two months of full-time work. There an NEH Summer external funding, it would be wise is an option to select your primary Stipend in 2015 to for media historians to leverage our field as Communications: Journal- pursue archival research on women ability to write clearly and compel- ism and a subfield of History in broadcasters in the Midwest. Yet I lingly to bring in grants, which not your area of specialization. NEH has found myself representing another only make our work possible but shown a preference for work that has viewpoint during the discussion: that also demonstrate impact. In my the potential to reach the broader of a journalist committed to the val- experience, the fact of funding is public and for projects that include ue of communicating academic ideas more important than the amount; travel and primary research in addi- to a non-specialist audience. those who do humanistic research tion to writing.