42:9/ December 2004

Contents of the online version of the print edition

From the President

• The Last Inkwell
  by Jonathan Spence

News

• AHA 2004 Election Results Announced



• CISH Extends Deadline for Poster Sessions



• National Archives Opens "Public Vaults" Exhibit



• Oral History and IRBs: Caution Urged as Rule Interpretations Vary Widely
  by Robert Townsend and Mériam Belli



• Historians Participate in Conference on Race and Human Variations
  by Noralee Frankel

Archives and Research

• A Survival Guide to Archives Research
  by Barbara Heck, Elizabeth Preston, and Bill Svec

The Coalition Column

• Republicans Keep Control of the White House and Congress: The Ramifications for History and Archives
  by Bruce Craig
  
  
• News Briefs

Teaching

• Teaching Students to Interpret Documents
  by Ane Lintvedt

Read the online version of Seattle and Historians, the Supplement to the December issue of Perspectives.

AHA Activities

• Become a Founder of the National History Center!
  by Wm. Roger Louis
  
  
• Resolution for the Business Meeting at the 119th Annual Meeting
  
  

Annual Meeting 2006

• Call for Proposals: The 2006 Annual Meeting of the AHA
  by Celia Applegate and Kären Wigen

Affiliated Societies

• Oral History Association to Focus on "Voices of Dissent" at 2005 Annual Meeting



• SHFG Announces Prizes for 2004, Calls for Papers for 2005 Meeting



• NCPH 2006 Annual Meeting to be held in Washington, D.C.

In Memoriam

• Richard L. Greaves
  
  
• Robert A. Pois
  
  
• Edward K. Spann

The cover of the printed version shows George Washington's account (in his own hand) of expenses incurred when he was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, 1775–83. National Archives and Records Administration, General Records of the Department of the Treasury. Digital image from the web site of the archives (www.nara.gov).

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