''The Filson Club History Quarterly'' was an

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and d ...

American history The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. Numerous indigenous cultures formed, and many saw transformations in the 16th century away from more densely ...

(focusing on history of the

Ohio Valley The Ohio River is a long river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing southwesterly from western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illinoi ...

and

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

) published by the Filson Historical Society. It was originally established as ''The Historical Quarterly'' in 1926 by Robert S. Cotterill, to supplement ''The Filson Club Publications'', a series of monographs published by the club. Other editors of the journal include Otto A. Rothert (1928–1945), Lucien Beckner (1946), Richard H. Hill (1947–1971), Robert E. McDowell, Jr. (1971–1975), Nelson L. Dawson (1975–?). The journal took the name ''The Historical Quarterly of the Filson Club'' in 1929, and ''The Filson Club History Quarterly'' the following year. It took the name ''Filson History Quarterly'' for its last two volumes (vol. 75 and 76) in 2001 and 2002. The journal was absorbed by '' Ohio Valley History'', published by the

Cincinnati Historical Society Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

, in 2003. In 2010, all articles were digitized and are now accessible through the Filson Club website.

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Filson Club website
Academic journals established in 1926 Publications disestablished in 2002 History of the United States journals 1926 establishments in Kentucky 2002 disestablishments in Kentucky Quarterly journals Defunct journals of the United States Defunct mass media in Louisville, Kentucky {{history-journal-stub

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