All Articles
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In Minor Dramas Lurk Major Sagas
February 1, 1992
Everything changes in television, and nothing changes. New docudramas emerge every season, and every season they are attacked as sacrificing accuracy for the sake of entertainment. It is a complex pro...
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Letter to the Editor: Presidential Libraries Another View
February 1, 1992
Dear Editor, "NCC News" in the October issue cites an evaluation of presidential libraries made by a "task force" of the National Academy of Public Administration. As summarized, the evaluation deplor...
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Mr. Chips Goes to Jail: Teaching History in a Correctional Environment
February 1, 1992
In 1979, when I stepped behind the walls of Pontiac Correctional Center for the first time and walked across the courtyard and into the prison's school, I had no idea that I would remain as long as I ...
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Letter to the Editor: In the Interest of Women
February 1, 1992
Dear Editor, We express our deep appreciation to Professors Barbara Harris and Gabrielle M. Spiegel for their thoughtful reflections on the many contributions of the late Dr. Catherine M. Prelinger to...
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New Book on the Use of Copyrighted Material
February 1, 1992
The University of Georgia Press has published The Nature of Copyright: A Law of Users' Rights, by L. Ray Patterson and Stanley W. Lindberg (Athens, GA, ISBN 0-8203-1347-5 hard cover; 0-8203-1362-9 pbk...
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A New Court Decision on the Fair Use of Unpublished Material
February 1, 1992
As Page Putnam Miller reported in the January issue of Perspectives, on November 21, 1991, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decided a copyright case that may broaden the right of scholars to quote ...
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Washington Notes, February 1992
February 1, 1992
A belated Happy 1992 to all our members and other readers, in this second issue of the calendar year. At the time this issue is prepared, your headquarters staff is still busy digging out from the ava...
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1991 AHA Bernadotte E. Schmitt Grant Awards
January 1, 1992
The AHA's Research Division recently announced awards made to support research in the history of Europe, Africa, and Asia. Funds for the grant program come from the earnings of a bequest from Bernadot...
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Biography and Autobiography in the Teaching of History and Social Studies
January 1, 1992
I have been using biography and autobiography to teach history at Case Western Reserve University for the past ten years. I regularly teach a class called "Biography as History: Twentieth-Century Worl...
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Washington Notes, January 1992
January 1, 1992
When members receive this account of headquarters' activities, we will be into the Columbus quincentennial year, the annual meeting in Chicago will be behind us, and Washington generally will be into ...