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In Memoriam: David Lindsey
April 1, 1990
David Lindsey, noted Civil War historian and professor emeritus at California State University, Los Angeles, died at home August 26, 1989 at seventy-four years of age. He received his bachelor's degre...
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Reassessing the Value of the Job Register
April 1, 1990
I would like to make a radical proposal: to end the practice of interviewing job candidates at the annual meetings. The AHA has recently and laudably been concerned about the fairness of the interview...
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Notable Achievements by Members, April 1990
April 1, 1990
Council for the International Exchange of Scholars Fulbright Awards, 1989â90 American History Elaine G. Breslaw, chair, history/geography, Morgan State University Joan L. Bromberg, dir. Laser Hist. Pr...
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Copyright II: Research and Educational Photocopying
April 1, 1990
Despite its obvious connection to teaching and scholarship, American academicians have remained blissfully ignorant of our copyright law. Most know little more than the fact that authors have some rig...
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In Memoriam: Nathan I. Huggins
April 1, 1990
Nathan I. Huggins, one of the leading scholars in the field of African-American studies, died December 5, 1989 at the age of sixty-two. Born in Chicago, Huggins was raised in the San Francisco Bay are...
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In Memoriam: John L. Clive
April 1, 1990
John L. Clive, professor of history at Harvard University and winner of the National Book Award, died January 7, 1990 at the age of sixty-five. Clive won the National Book Award in 1974 for his biogra...
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In Memoriam: Gerald T. White
April 1, 1990
Gerald T. White, noted historian of U.S. business and economic history, died on December 15, 1989 in Laguna Hills, CA at the age of seventy-seven. After leaving his boyhood home in Seattle, White grad...
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In Memoriam: William Appleman Williams
April 1, 1990
William Appleman Williams, noted historian of American foreign policy, died March 5, 1990 at the age of sixty-eight. Williams was best known for his sharp criticism of American foreign policy and is c...
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National Women's History Month Poster
March 1, 1990
In commemoration of National Women's History Month, the Women's National History Project has created a poster, "Courageous Voices Echoing in Our Lives." The poster features eleven women who took posit...
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The Text Encoding Initiative
March 1, 1990
Editor's Note: The following report was submitted by Elizabeth A. R. Brown in her capacity as the AHA's appointee on the Advisory Board of the Text Encoding Initiative. Hosted by the University of Ill...