All Articles
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History in the Classroom
October 1, 1996
Ownership is a word that has been used frequently in recent years as a key concept in the culture wars. It is a useful concept, and I have employed it for more than a decade in talking with teachers o...
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History in the Museum
October 1, 1996
Early in their history, American museums developed a strong interest in creating an educational environment for their visitors. One of the first American museums, the Charles Wilson Peale Museum, in P...
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New AHA Press Committee Promotes Newspaper Articles
October 1, 1996
A group of historians interested in promoting newspaper articles and op-ed pieces with a historical point to make have joined together to form the ad hoc AHA press committee. The group's goal is to en...
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Nominations Invited for AHA Offices—Terms to Begin January 1998
October 1, 1996
Under the bylaws pursuant to Article VIII, Sections 2, 3, and 4 of the constitution, the executive director invites all members of the Association to submit to her, on or before January 17, 1997, reco...
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Whither the National Endowment for the Humanities?
October 1, 1996
As I write this article, it is early August, and the U.S. Congress has just recessed for conventions, campaigning, and even vacationing. The fate of the fiscal 1997 budget for the National Endowment f...
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David Trask to Edit Teaching Column
October 1, 1996
Editor's Note: David Trask's term as contributing editor for teaching began with the September 1996 issue of Perspectives. Articles solicited by Robert Blackey, the former editor of the Teaching Innov...
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Resizing the National Archives In a Downsizing World
October 1, 1996
The recent spate of government cutbacks and downsizing has lent an increased burden to one branch of government: the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). As government agencies lose fu...
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Hill and Mahar Awarded Jameson Fellowships
October 1, 1996
The AHA is pleased to announce that Lynda M. Hill, an assistant professor of English at Temple University, received the 1995-96 J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship. Hill is using the fellowship to study na...
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Gail Savage to Edit Professional Issues Column
October 1, 1996
The editorial board of Perspectives is pleased to announce that Gail Savage has agreed to serve as the contributing editor for the newsletter's Professional Issues column. Savage is visiting assistant...
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Letters to the Editor, October 1996
October 1, 1996
Stop Paying Unnecessary Fees to Use Film Images To the Editor: I am, writing in regard to some points Mark C. Carnes made in his piece, "Beyond Words: Reviewing Motion Pictures," in the May/June 1996 ...