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Sandria Freitag Named Executive Director; James Gardner Reappointed as Deputy
October 1, 1994
The Council of the Association is pleased to report that Sandria B. Freitag has accepted its invitation to assume the position of executive director of the Association for a five-year term beginning O...
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Judge Strikes Down Unconstitutional Cincinnati Referendum
October 1, 1994
U.S. District Judge S. Arthur Spiegel struck down a recent Cincinnati referendum eliminating reference to sexual preference in the city's human rights ordinance as "unconstitutionally vague," reaffirm...
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NCC Advocacy Update, October 1994
October 1, 1994
Access to CIA Operational Files of Historical Value On August 8 the Federal Register carried a request for comments from the public regarding the historical value of the subject matter of the Central ...
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Nominations Invited for 1995 AHA Offices
October 1, 1994
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 December 15, recommend...
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1995 Annual Meeting: Chicago
October 1, 1994
Accommodations and Transportation The 109th AHA annual meeting will be held in Chicago, Illinois, and headquartered at the Chicago Hilton and Towers. Rooms have been reserved at the Chicago Hilton and...
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AHA Forms Joint Task Force on Russian and East European Archives with Slavic Association
October 1, 1994
At its meeting in May 1994, the AHA Council accepted the recommendation of the Research Division that the Association join the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) in cre...
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National Humanities Alliance Asks Grant Recipients to Write Members of Congress
October 1, 1994
The National Humanities Alliance (NHA), of which the American Historical Association is a member, regularly provides testimony supporting the reauthorization and funding of the National Endowment for ...
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Tensions within Multiculturalism's Ideals
October 1, 1994
At a time when our nation was preoccupied with the experience of two world wars fought against autocratic and totalitarian systems, historians not surprisingly wrote the story of America as a story of...
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Multicultural Teaching Requires a More Subtle Balance
October 1, 1994
I strongly support the general thrust of Professor Takaki's essay. The teaching of American history should indeed reflect the fact that the United States has been a multicultural society from its begi...
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Making The Great Depression for Public Television
October 1, 1994
In recent years the growing collaboration between historians and filmmakers has generated sharp debates emphasizing the difference between academic history with its interpretive characteristics and do...