In June, the National Trust for Historic Preservation issued its annual list of the United States's "11 Most Endangered Historic Places." This year's listing includes such noteworthy sites as Ellis Is...

Seattle has a wealth of good restaurants, with especially fine Asian, Italian, and seafood establishments. Many restaurants use fresh regional ingredients, feature Northwest wines and serve local micr...

Meeting Registration AHA meeting registration will be located in the Washington State Convention and Trade Center's Fourth Level Lobby. Hours of operation are Thursday, January 8, from 12 to 7 p.m.; F...

Housing The 1998 annual meeting will be held at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center and the Sheraton Seattle and the Westin Seattle hotels. Members must make reservations by returning a h...

Graduate students attending their first annual meeting may find it to be a little more overwhelming than they might have suspected. Usually there are more than four thousand people in attendance and t...

A munificent gift of $10 million from Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman in honor of Brooke Astor will enable the New York Public Library to set up a new humanities center to foster innovative explorations ...

The general meeting of the American Historical Association will take place on Friday, January 9, at 8:30 p.m. in the Sheraton's Metropolitan Ballroom. President-elect Joseph C. Miller (Univ. of Virgin...

Editor's Note: Participants at the Association's annual meeting in Seattle will receive the pamphlet Seattle A to Y: A Historical Lexicon by Scott Cline and Richard H. Engeman along with the other ann...

Editor's Note: We are delighted to note that several of the letters we are publishing below were sent through e-mail, reflecting the increasing use of new technology by our readers. Whatever the mode ...

Contributing Editor's Note: The following essay and the one by Greg O'Brien on page 35 highlight the experiences of faculty and students in departments undergoing downsizing. These essays are based on...