The Organization of American Historians (OAH), formerly known as the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, is the largest professional society dedicated to the teaching and study of

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. OAH's members in the U.S. and abroad include college and university professors;

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, students; precollegiate teachers; archivists, museum curators, and other public historians; and a variety of scholars employed in government and the private sector. The OAH publishes the ''

Journal of American History ''The Journal of American History'' is the official academic journal of the Organization of American Historians. It covers the field of American history and was established in 1914 as the ''Mississippi Valley Historical Review'', the official j ...

''. Among its various programs, OAH conducts an annual conference each spring, and has a robust speaker bureau—the OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program. The organization's mission is to promote excellence in the scholarship, teaching, and presentation of American history, and encourage wide discussion of historical questions and equitable treatment of all practitioners of history. Membership is open to all who wish to support its mission. In 2010 its individual membership is approximately 8,000 and its institutional membership approximately 1,250. For its 2009 fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, the organization's operating budget was approximately $2.9 million. In its 2018 annual report, membership in the organization "stabilized" with approximately 7,000 members. In fiscal year 2019 (ending June 30, 2019), the organization's budget was $3.66 million. Raintree House-082007-640x480

History

The Mississippi Valley Historical Association was formed at a meeting in

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, of seven historical societies of the Mississippi Valley on October 17 and 18, 1907. The organization, devoted to studying the Mississippi Valley region, began a tradition of holding an annual meeting each year, and began quarterly publication in 1914 of the '' Mississippi Valley Historical Review''. As the scholarly emphasis of the organization and its journal developed and spread over time, its initial emphasis on the

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came under sharp challenge from members who wanted a better title and a wider scope. Ray Billington, OAH president in 1962-1963, detailed four issues that arose and caused bitter quarreling during the discussion about the proposed name change in a 1978 ''Journal of American History'' essay: the desire to use the association's prestige to fight for liberal reforms, to change the association's name to represent a national scope, to democratize its oligarchical structure, and to take a firm stand against racial discrimination in terms of hotels and meeting cities. The reformers were successful and the ''Mississippi Valley Historical Review'' was renamed the ''

'' and the organization, correspondingly, was renamed the Organization of American Historians the following year.

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was selected as home for the editorial offices of the '' Mississippi Valley Historical Review'' predecessor to the ''

'' in 1963. Prior to relocating to Indiana, the editorial offices were located at Tulane University. The organization moved its business offices to Indiana in the summer of 1970 from its home on the campus of the

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. The organization's headquarters are in

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on the campus of

in the

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(also referred to as the Millen-Stallknecht House, #105-055-80021 in City of Bloomington Historic Sites and Structures Inventory).The Raintree House is a

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style brick house. The house gets its name from two large raintrees (''

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''), which stand on the property. Built by William Moffett Millen c. 1845, it is an excellent example of the Georgian house plan favored by well-to-do farmers in southern Indiana and the Upland South in the mid-nineteenth century. The OAH was admitted to the American Council of Learned Societies in 1971. It is a foundational partner of the National Coalition for History and the National Humanities Alliance.

Advocacy

Guided by its mission, the OAH regularly advocates for the study, teaching, and presentation of American history, the equitable treatment of all those who work in the field, and public engagement with history. The OAH is a member of the National Humanities Alliance and National Coalition for History and regularly participates in advocacy efforts related to federal funding for the National Archives and Records Administration, the National Historical Publications and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, etc. The Organization often submits ''amicus'' ''curiae'' briefs for matters being argued before the U.S. Supreme Court as well as district courts. In doing so it aims to present the court with an accurate account of the history of the cases being litigated. The OAH does not advocate for a particular legal standard rather, as a steward of history, it seeks to ensure that the Court is presented with accurate portrayals of American history. The most recently submitted brief was in the case of ''Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization''. Previous briefs include those submitted for ''Perry v. Hollingsworth, U.S. v. Windsor,'' ''Obergefell v. Hodges'', and ''In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation''. Advocating for inclusive history education is another key component of the OAH's advocacy efforts. It is part of the Learn from History Coalition, which seeks to educate parents, teachers, and community members on how to support inclusive history in schools. And, in 2021 it began producing a public webinar series, The Future of the Past, that looks at the diverse history behind contemporary events, such as the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

Governance

The Organization of American Historians is a 501(c)(3) non-profit incorporated in Nebraska in 1907. It is governed by an Executive Board, which is composed of OAH officers, former presidents who continue to serve for two years immediately succeeding their presidency, and nine elected members. The OAH Executive Committee is composed of the officers of the OAH and the immediate past president. Both the Executive Director and the Executive Editor serve on the board and executive committee as non-voting members. In addition to the Executive Board, there are forty-seven service and award committees made up of approximately 350 member volunteers who serve two or three year terms.

Programs

The OAH Conference on American History brings together nearly 2,000 historians and features between 700 and 900 speakers participating in an average of 150 paper sessions, workshops, and events on all facets of American history over four days each spring. The central theme for each conference is determined by a program committee and the then president elect. The conference (previously the annual meeting) has been held every year since the organization began, with the exception of 1945 due to war time restrictions. In 1994, the Organization began working with the National Park Service to produce a wide range of projects, including scholars’ visits to national park sites, administrative histories, historic resource studies, national landmarks theme studies, peer review of interpretive material, curriculum development, and conferences and seminars. Since the date of the first cooperative agreement between the OAH and NPS, more than 100 reports have been produced for NPS units around the country. The OAH serves as the program manager, overseeing the historians working on the various projects and ensuring their timely completion. The Distinguished Lectureship Program (DLP), the OAH speakers bureau, was established in 1980 by then president Gerda Lerner as a way of bringing the expertise of members to a broader audience. Each year a new roster historians are appointed to a three-year term. In addition to traditional, in-person events, the program began offering the option of virtual lectures in 2020.

Publications

The ''Mississippi Valley Historical Review'' began in 1914 and was published quarterly under that name until 1962 when it was changed to the ''Journal of American History''. The ''JAH'' is a quarterly, peer-reviewed publication and is the journal of record for the field of U.S. history. In addition to scholarly articles, it regularly publishes book reviews, movie reviews, public history reviews, digital humanities reviews, and, each March, a “Textbook and Teaching” section that is freely available on their publisher’s, Oxford University Press, website. Additionally, one article each issue is designated “Editor’s Choice” and is opened to the public. A nine-person editorial board guides the review and selection of articles for publication.

List of Mississippi Valley Historical Association and OAH Presidents

Mississippi Valley Historical Association Presidents

* Francis A. Sampson (1907) * Thomas M. Owen (1907–1908) * Clarence W. Alvord (1908–1909) * Orin G. Libby (1909–1910) * Benjamin F. Shambaugh (1910–1911) * Andrew C. McLaughlin (1911–1912) * Reuben G. Thwaites (1912–1913) * James A. James (1913–1914) * Isaac Joslin Cox (1914–1915) * Dunbar Rowland (1915–1916) * Frederic L. Paxson (1916–1917) * St. George L. Sioussat (1917–1918) * Harlow Lindley (1918–1919) * Milo M. Quaife (1919–1920) * Chauncey S. Boucher (1920–1921) *

William E. Connelley William Elsey Connelley (1855-1930) was an American writer, historian and school teacher. He is best known for a series of books that document the history of Kansas, the Civil War, and the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Bi ...

(1921–1922) *

Solon J. Buck Solon Justus Buck (August 16, 1884 – May 25, 1962) was the Second Archivist of the United States. His academic career, never straying very far from his interest in the history of agricultural communities, started with a brief appointment to Ind ...

(1922–1923) * Eugene C. Barker (1923–1924) *

Frank Heywood Hodder Frank Heywood Hodder (November 8, 1860, Aurora, Illinois - December 27, 1935) was an American historian and a professor first at Cornell University (1885-1890) and later at the University of Kansas. Biography Hodder took his degrees from the ...

(1924–1925) *

James A. Woodburn James is a common English language surname and given name: * James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambigua ...

(1925–1926) *

Otto L. Schmidt Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', '' Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorde ...

(1926–1927) *

Joseph Schafer Joseph Schafer (1867-1941) was the first academically trained historian in the U.S. state of Oregon. He studied with Frederick Jackson Turner, and chaired the history department at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon (UO, U of O o ...

(1927–1928) *

Charles W. Ramsdell Charles William Ramsdell (April 4, 1877 – July 3, 1942) was an American historian. Early life Charles William Ramsdell was born on April 4, 1877, in Salado, Texas. His father, Charles H. Ramsdell, arrived in Texas from New England just befo ...

(1928–1929) *

Homer C. Hockett Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') (born ) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the '' Iliad'' and the '' Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of ...

(1929–1930) * Louise P. Kellogg (1930–1931) *

Beverley W. Bond Jr. Beverley is a market and minster town and a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, of which it is the county town. The town centre is located south-east of York's centre and north-west of City of Hull. The town is known for ...

(1931–1932) *

John D. Hicks John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

(1932–1933) *

Jonas Viles Jonas may refer to: Geography * Jonas, Netherlands, Netherlands * Jonas, Pennsylvania, United States * Jonas Ridge, North Carolina, United States People with the name * Jonas (name), people with the given name or surname Jonas * Jonas, one of ...

(1933–1934) *

Lester B. Shippee Lester is an ancient Anglo-Saxon surname and given name. Notable people and characters with the name include: People Given name * Lester Bangs (1948–1982), American music critic * Lester W. Bentley (1908–1972), American artist from Wisc ...

(1934–1935) * Louis Pelzer (1935–1936) *

Edward E. Dale Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sax ...

(1936–1937) * Clarence E. Carter (1937–1938) *

William O. Lynch William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conqu ...

(1938–1939) * James G. Randall (1939–1940) *

Carl F. Wittke Carl may refer to: * Carl, Georgia, city in USA * Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name * Carl², a TV series * "Carl", an episode of ...

(1940–1941) * Arthur C. Cole (1941–1942) *

Charles H. Ambler Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*k ...

(1942–1943) *

Theodore C. Blegen Theodore Christian Blegen (16 July 1891 – 18 July 1969) was an American historian and writer. Blegen was the writer of numerous historic reference books, papers and articles written over a five decade period. His primary areas of focus wer ...

(1943–1944) *

William C. Binkley William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conq ...

(1944–1946) *

Herbert A. Kellar Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, ...

(1946–1947) * Ralph P. Bieber (1947–1948) *

Dwight L. Dumond Dwight Lowell Dumond (August 27, 1895–May 30, 1976) was an American Writer known for his distinguished works on slavery. He served as professor emeritus of American history at the University of Michigan. Dumond was born in Kingston, Ohio on ...

(1948–1949) *

Carl C. Rister Carl may refer to: * Carl, Georgia, city in USA * Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name * Carl², a TV series * "Carl", an episode of ...

(1949–1950) * Elmer Ellis (1950–1951) * Merle E. Curti (1951–1952) * James L. Sellers (1952–1953) * Fred A. Shannon (1953–1954) *

Walter P. Webb Walter Prescott Webb (April 3, 1888 in Panola County, Texas – March 8, 1963 near Austin, Texas) was an American historian noted for his groundbreaking work on the American West. As president of the Texas State Historical Association, he ...

(1954–1955) *

Edward C. Kirkland Edward Chase Kirkland (May 24, 1894 – May 24, 1975) was an American historian. He was a professor of Economics History at Bowdoin College, and the president of the Organization of American Historians and the American Association of University P ...

(1955–1956) * Thomas D. Clark (1956–1957) *

Wendell H. Stephenson Wendell may refer to: Places in the United States * Wendell, Idaho *Wendell, Massachusetts * Wendell, Minnesota * Wendell, North Carolina People *Wendell (name), a list of people with the name *Wendell (footballer, born 1947) (1947–2022), full ...

(1957–1958) *

William T. Hutchinson William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...

(1958–1959) *

Frederick Merk Frederick Merk (August 15, 1887 – September 24, 1977) was an American historian. He taught at Harvard University from 1924 to 1956. Biography Frederick Merk was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1887. He graduated from the University of W ...

(1959–1960) * Fletcher M. Green (1960–1961) *

Paul W. Gates Paul Wallace Gates (December 14, 1901 – January 5, 1999) was a professor of history and general historian who is widely considered to be the foremost authority on the history of federal land policy in the United States. Gates wrote 10 books an ...

(1961–1962) *

Ray Allen Billington Ray Allen Billington (September 28, 1903 in Bay City, Michigan - March 7, 1981 in San Marino, California) was an American historian focusing his work on the history of the American frontier and the American West, becoming one of the leading defend ...

(1962–1963) * Avery O. Craven (1963–1964)

OAH Presidents

* John W. Caughey (1964–1965) * George E. Mowry (1965–1966) * Thomas C. Cochran (1966–1967) *

Thomas A. Bailey Thomas Andrew Bailey (December 14, 1902 – July 26, 1983) was a professor of history at his alma mater, Stanford University, and wrote many historical monographs on diplomatic history, including the widely used American history textbook, '' Th ...

(1967–1968) *

C. Vann Woodward Comer Vann Woodward (November 13, 1908 – December 17, 1999) was an American historian who focused primarily on the American South and race relations. He was long a supporter of the approach of Charles A. Beard, stressing the influence of un ...

(1968–1969) * Merrill Jensen (1969–1970) * David M. Potter (1970–1971) *

Edmund S. Morgan Edmund Sears Morgan (January 17, 1916 – July 8, 2013) was an American historian and an eminent authority on early American history. He was the Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, where he taught from 1955 to 1986. He specialized in ...

(1971–1972) * T. Harry Williams (1972–1973) * John Higham (1973–1974) *

John Hope Franklin John Hope Franklin (January 2, 1915 – March 25, 2009) was an American historian of the United States and former president of Phi Beta Kappa, the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, and the Southern Hi ...

(1974–1975) * Frank Freidel (1975–1976) *

Richard W. Leopold Richard William Leopold (6 January 1912 in New York City – 23 November 2006 in Evanston, Illinois) was a prominent diplomatic and military historian at Northwestern University. Early life and education The second son of Harry Leopold, Sr., an ...

(1976–1977) * Kenneth M. Stampp (1977–1978) *

Eugene D. Genovese Eugene Dominic Genovese (May 19, 1930 – September 26, 2012) was an American historian of the American South and American slavery. He was noted for bringing a Marxist perspective to the study of power, class and relations between planters and s ...

(1978–1979) *

Carl N. Degler Carl Neumann Degler (February 6, 1921 – December 27, 2014) was an American historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. He was the Margaret Byrne Professor of American History Emeritus at Stanford University. Early life and education Degler w ...

(1979–1980) * William A. Williams (1980–1981) *

Gerda Lerner Gerda Hedwig Lerner (née Kronstein; April 30, 1920 – January 2, 2013) was an Austrian-born American historian and woman's history author. In addition to her numerous scholarly publications, she wrote poetry, fiction, theatre pieces, screenp ...

(1981–1982) * Allan G. Bogue (1982–1983) * Anne Firor Scott (1983–1984) * Arthur S. Link (1984–1985) *

William E. Leuchtenburg William Edward Leuchtenburg (born September 28, 1922) is an American historian. He is the William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a leading scholar of the life and career of F ...

(1985–1986) * Leon F. Litwack (1986–1987) *

Stanley Nider Katz Stanley Nider Katz (born April 23, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American historian specializing in American legal and constitutional history and the history of philanthropy. He is director of the Princeton University Center for Arts and Cultu ...

(1987–1988) * David Brion Davis (1988–1989) * Louis R. Harlan (1989–1990) * Mary Frances Berry (1990–1991) * Joyce Appleby (1991–1992) * Lawrence W. Levine (1992–1993) * Eric Foner (1993–1994) *

Gary B. Nash Gary Baring Nash (July 27, 1933 – July 29, 2021) was an American historian. He concentrated on the Revolutionary period, slavery and race, as well as the formation of political communities in Philadelphia and other cities. Life and education N ...

(1994–1995) *

Michael Kammen Michael Gedaliah Kammen (October 25, 1936 – November 29, 2013) was an American professor of American cultural history in the Department of History at Cornell University. At the time of his death, he held the title "Newton C. Farr professor emeri ...

(1995–1996) * Linda K. Kerber (1996–1997) * George M. Fredrickson (1997–1998) *

William H. Chafe William H. Chafe (/ˈtʃeɪf/; born January 28, 1942) is an American historian, and currently Alice Mary Baldwin Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University in Durham, NC. Career Professor Chafe received his PhD from Columbia University ...

(1998–1999) * David Montgomery (1999–2000) *

Kenneth T. Jackson Kenneth Terry Jackson (born 1939) is a professor emeritus of history and social sciences at Columbia University. A frequent television guest, he is best known as an urban historian and a preeminent authority on the history of New York City, where ...

(2000–2001) * Darlene Clark Hine (2001–2002) * Ira Berlin (2002–2003) *

Jacquelyn Dowd Hall Jacquelyn Dowd Hall (born 1943) is an American historian and Julia Cherry Spruill Professor Emerita at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her scholarship and teaching forwarded the emergence of U.S. women's history in the 1960s and ...

(2003–2004) *

James O. Horton James is a common English language surname and given name: * James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambigua ...

(2004–2005) * Vicki Ruiz (2005–2006) * Richard White (2006–2007) * Nell Irvin Painter (2007–2008) *

Pete Daniel Pete or Petes or ''variation'', may refer to: People * Pete (given name) * Pete (nickname) * Pete (surname) Fictional characters * Pete (Disney), a cartoon character in the ''Mickey Mouse'' universe * Pete the Pup (a.k.a. 'Petey'), a charact ...

(2008–2009) * Elaine Tyler May (2009–2010) * David A. Hollinger (2010–2011) * Alice Kessler-Harris (2011–2012) *

Albert M. Camarillo Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albe ...

(2012–2013) *

Alan M. Kraut Alan may refer to: People *Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname *Alan (given name), an English given name ** List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' * ...

(2013–2014) * Patricia Nelson Limerick (2014–2015) *

Jon Butler Jon Butler (born June 4, 1940) is a historian and Howard R. Lamar Professor Emeritus of American Studies, History, and Religious Studies at Yale University. He earned his bachelor's and doctoral degrees from the University of Minnesota, and is know ...

(2015–2016) * Nancy F. Cott (2016–2017) * Edward L. Ayers (2017–2018) *

Earl Lewis Earl Lewis is the founding director of the Center for Social Solutions and professor of history at the University of Michigan. He was president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation from 2013 to 2018. Before his appointment as the president of th ...

(2018–2019) * Joanne Meyerowitz (2019–2020) *

George J. Sánchez George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd Preside ...

(2020–2021) * Philip J. Deloria (2021–2022) * Erika Lee (2022– )

OAH Awards and Prizes

The following is a list of Awards and Prizes given by Organization of American Historians. *

Willi Paul Adams Award Willi is a given name, nickname (often a short form or hypocorism of Wilhelm) and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Willi Apel (1893–1988), German-American musicologist * Willi Boskovsky (1909–1991), Austrian viol ...

* Erik Barnouw Award *

Ray Allen Billington Prize The Ray Allen Billington Prize is given biennially by the Organization of American Historians (OAH) for the best book about American frontier history. The "American frontier" includes all of North and South America, all post-1492 pioneer experiences ...

* Binkley-Stephenson Award * Civil War and Reconstruction Book Award (formerly the Avery O. Craven Award) * Merle Curti Intellectual History Award *Merle Curti Social History Award *John D'Emilio LGBTQ History Dissertation Award *

Friend of History Award The Friend of History Award is an award given by the Organization of American Historians (OAH). The award was first presented in 2005. It is not a monetary award and is granted annually. Purpose Friend of History Award "recognizes an individual, w ...

* Ellis W. Hawley Prize * OAH-IEHS John Higham Travel Grants *John Higham Research Fellowship * Darlene Clark Hine Award * Huggins-Quarles Award *JAAS Travel Grants * Richard W. Leopold Prize * Lerner–Scott Dissertation Prize – established in 1992 and named for

and Anne Firor Scott * Lawrence W. Levine Award *

Liberty Legacy Foundation Award The Liberty Legacy Foundation Award is an annual book award given by the Organization of American Historians The Organization of American Historians (OAH), formerly known as the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, is the largest professio ...

* Samuel and Marion Merrill Graduate Student Travel Grants * David Montgomery Award *Mary Nickliss Prize in U.S. Women’s and/or Gender History *OAH Presidents’ Travel Fund for Emerging Historians *

Louis Pelzer Memorial Award Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewi ...

* James A. Rawley Prize *

Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin. In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman ''roy'', meaning "king", while its Old French cognate, ''rey'' or ''roy'' (modern ''roi''), likewise gave rise to ...

*Stanton-Horton Award for Excellence in National Park Service History * Tachau Teacher of the Year Award * David Thelen Award *

Frederick Jackson Turner Award The Frederick Jackson Turner Award, is given each year by the Organization of American Historians for an author's first book on American history. It was started in 1959, by Mississippi Valley Historical Association, as the Prize Studies Award. ...

References

External links

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OAH Conference on American History''Journal of American History'' website''OAH Magazine of History'' websiteOAH Distinguished Lectureship ProgramOAH Archives
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