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September 2006

• Frederic E. Wakeman Jr., AHA President in 1992, Dies at Age 68 (9/22/06)
  
  
• SSRC Announces New Program of Workshops (9/19/06)
  
  
• Czechoslovak History Conference Changes its Name (9/18/06)
  
  
• Theme Proposals Invited for CISH 2010 (9/14/06)
  
  
• AHA Opposes Changes in Archives Hours (9/07/06)

August 2006

• National Coalition for History Seeks Applications for Executive Director Position (8/14/06)
  
  
• Bruce Craig to Leave National Coalition for History Next Year (8/14/06)
  
  
• Sharp Cutbacks Proposed for Archives Facilities (8/10/06)

June 2006

• ACLS Announces Early Career Fellowships (6/20/06)
  
  
• Indiana Historical Society Names New President and CEO (6/20/06)

May 2006

• Action Alert: Support Amendment to Restore NEH funding (5/18/06)
  
  
• Preserving the Integrity of the Narrative and Protecting the Nation’s Memory Is Critical, Declares AHA President (5/16/06)
  • Protecting the Nation’s Memory - AHA President Linda Kerber’s article that appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education 52:37 (May 19, 2006), B20
    
    
• Historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. to Be Honored with Niebuhr Medal (5/11/06)
  
  
• Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence Small Replies to AHA President’s Letter (5/9/06)
• Letter from Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lawrence Small
• Reply of AHA President Linda K. Kerber to Secretary Small

April 2006

• Society of American Historians Concurs with AHA Position on the Smithsonian-Showtime Deal, Suspends Smithsonian Books from Membership (4/27/06)
  
  • SAH Resolution
    
    
• American Society for Legal History Offers New Book Prize (4/24/06)
  
  
• "War Powers and the Constitution" (4/21/06)

March 2006

• New Tool Launched to Facilitate Archival Research (3/14/06)
  
  
• The National Archives Offers Summer Workshop (3/6/06)

February 2006

• Historians are Humorless, Suggests New Study (2/28/06)

January 2006

• Richard P. McCormick, 2002 winner of the Award for Scholarly Distinction, Dies (1/24/06)
  
  
• Nixon Library Agrees to Deed of Gift for Nixon Political Materials (1/20/06)

December 2005

• Historian and Benefactor James Rawley Passes Away (12/05/05)

November 2005

• NIH Conference to Honor AHA Member Victoria Harden (11/29/05)
  
  
• Emerson Prizes for Student Essays Announced (11/29/05)
  
  
• Memorial Service to Be Held for Former AHA Executive Secretary Paul Ward (11/17/05)
  
  
• SHFG Invites Applications for Powell Prize (11/03/05)

September 2005

• National History Center Appoints Administrative Officer (09/28/05)
  
  
• AHA Responds to Hurricane Katrina (09/13/05)

August 2005

• National History Center Receives Quarter-Million Dollar Grant from the Mellon Foundation to Conduct Seminars on Decolonization (08/01/05)

July 2005

• NARA Seeks Input from Historians (07/29/05)


• Is History Dying? May Be, Say Some Who Have Seen the Digital Future (07/14/05)


• Thomas D. Clark, AHA's Oldest Member, Passes Away (07/06/05)
  
  

Last Updated: August 9, 2007 4:01 PM