''The Journal of American History'' is the official
academic journal
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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 journal of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. After the publication of its fiftieth volume, the recognition of a shift in the direction of the membership and its scholarship led to the name change in 1964.
The journal is headquartered in
Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County in the central region of the U.S. state of Indiana. It is the seventh-largest city in Indiana and the fourth-largest outside the Indianapolis metropolitan area. According to the Mo ...
, where it has close ties to the History Department at
Indiana University
Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Campuses
Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI.
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. It is published quarterly, in March, June, September, and December.
List of editors
''Proceedings of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association''
* Benjamin F. Shambaugh (1908–14)
''Mississippi Valley Historical Review''
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Clarence W. Alvord (1914–23)
* Lester B. Shippee (1923–24)
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Milo M. Quaife (1924–30)
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Arthur Charles Cole (1930–41)
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Louis Pelzer Louis Pelzer (February 4, 1879 – June 28, 1946) was a professor of history at the University of Iowa and namesake of the Louis Pelzer Award, given annually by the Organization of American Historians for an essay in any period or topic in the histo ...
(1941–46)
* Wendell H. Stephenson (1946–53)
* William C. Binkley (1953–63)
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Oscar O. Winther (1963–64)
''Journal of American History''
* Oscar O. Winther (1964–66)
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Martin Ridge (1966–78)
* Lewis Perry (1978–84)
* Paul Lucas (1984–85)
* David Thelen (1985–99)
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Joanne Meyerowitz (1999–2004)
* David Nord (2004–05)
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Edward T. Linenthal (2005–2016)
* Benjamin H. Irvin (2017—present)
Further reading
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External links
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