About Our Archives
Researchers interested in the Papers of the American Historical Association will find them at the Library of Congress’s Manuscript Reading Room in Washington, DC.
Please note that these materials are offered only for their historical interest, not as statements of current policy or positions on specific historical topics today.
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June 4, 2017
Tenure, Promotion, and the Publicly Engaged Academic Historian
This report was adopted by the OAH Executive Board on April 8, 2010; by the NCPH Board of Directors on…
June 5, 2011
Standards for Part-Time, Adjunct and Contingent Faculty
Five standards and “best practices” for how all colleges, universities and other institutions of higher education should employ and utilize non-tenured and non-tenure-track history faculty.
March 31, 2008
Gutenberg-e Program Reports
The American Historical Association submitted regular reports to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which trace the development of the program over the course of its ten years from conception to completion.
March 31, 2008
Gutenberg-e Program (1999–2008)
The Gutenberg-e Program was designed to use the prestige of the AHA to set a high standard for electronic publishing.
September 1, 2005
Internationalizing Student Learning Outcomes in History
Now, more than ever, the cumulative effects of global exchange, engagement, and interdependence make it important that we provide our students with an international perspective on the past. Such a perspective is essential if they are to make sense of the world they confront.
May 17, 2005
The Status of Women in the Historical Profession
The profession as a whole should be concerned that so many successful women feel they have suffered from gender discrimination. Female talent is being squandered in fights over large and small issues.
February 1, 2005
Retrieving the Master’s Degree from the Dustbin of History
In this report, we call upon all historians, wherever they happen to pursue their careers, to reflect on the state of the profession and its relation to current social conditions.
January 1, 2004
Public History, Public Historians, and the American Historical Association
Report of the Task Force on Public History. This report outlines an ambitious public history agenda for the AHA, including a total of 51 recommendations.
January 1, 2004
Report on the Status and Hiring of Women and Minority Historians in Academia
A report designed to provide information for history departments to measure their progress in providing equity for women and minority historians.