Founders
The American Historical Association publishes the American Historical
Review, the major historical journal in the United States. It includes
scholarly articles and critical reviews of current publications
in all fields of history. Founded in 1884 and chartered by Congress
in 1889, its mission is to engage the interests of the entire discipline
of history.
The Organization of American Historians publishes the Journal of
American History, the major scholarly journal on American history.
The Organization was founded in 1907 as the Mississippi Valley Historical
Association and was headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, for nearly
half a century. In 1965, when the MVHA became the OAH, the office
moved to Salt Lake City, and in 1970 to Bloomington, Indiana. Membership
is open to anyone interested in the Organization's goals: the promotion
of the historical study, research, and teaching of American history.
The University of Illinois Press is a leading publisher of historical
scholarship. The Press publishes such notable series as Blacks in
the New World, Women in American History, and the Working Class
in American History.
As the publisher for the National Academy of Sciences, National
Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and the National
Research Council, the National Academy Press has published over
1000 books online.
Associate Members
The William and Mary Quarterly originated in 1892, making it one
of the oldest scholarly journals in the United States. Currently
in its Third Series, the Quarterly is the leading journal for the
study of early American history and culture.
Founded in 1969, the Western Historical Quarterly, official journal
of the Western History Association, presents original articles dealing
with the American West--the Westward movement from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, twentieth-century regional studies, the Spanish
borderlands, and developments in western Canada, northern Mexico,
Alaska, and Hawaii.
The History Teacher is the most widely recognized journal in the
United States devoted to the teaching of history in the secondary
and higher education classroom. Published quarterly, it features
practical and insightful professional analyses of traditional and
innovative teaching techniques.
The Law and History Review is published by the University of Illinois
Press for the American Society for Legal History. The purpose of
the Review is to further research and writing in the fields of the
social history of law and the history of legal ideas and institutions.
Common-Place is sponsored by the American Antiquarian Society and
the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. It embraces the
ordinary or commonplace in American History before 1900.
Labour/Le Travail, published semi-annually by the Canadian Committee
on Labour History, provides an historical perspective on Canadian
workers including working-class history, industrial sociology, labor
economics, and labor relations.
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