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to confer on means of forming an international union which should, in fields of humanities, correspond to recently organized International Research Council, which concerned itself with sciences and technology, and which would supplant former International Association of Academies, organized about 1900 on German initiation. The American scholars who attended conference thus called (Paris, May 15-17, 1919) were Charles H. Haskins of Harvard University and James T. Shotwell of Columbia University, who represented respectively American Academy of Arts and Sciences and American Historical Association. At this preliminary conference it was agreed that a meeting for definitive organization should be held in Paris in following October. Meanwhile, in United States, on joint initiative of American Academy of Arts and Sciences and American Historical Association, a conference was held in Boston (September 19, 1919) which was attended by representatives of ten organizations,2 and which expressed opinion that the American learned societies devoted to humanistic studies should participate as a group in Union Acad6mique. The conference then proceeded to tentative organization of participating group under name of American Council of Learned Societies, and to 1 American Philosophical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Antiquarian Society, American Oriental Society, American Numismatic Society, American Philological Association, Archaeological Institute of America, Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, Modern Language Association of America, American Historical Association, American Economic Association, American Philosophical Association, American Anthropological Association, American Political Science Association, Bibliographical Society of America, Association of American Geographers, American Sociological Society, American Society of International Law, College Art Association of America, History of Science Society, Linguistic Society of America, Mediaeval Academy of America, Population Association of America. 2 American Philosophical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Antiquarian Society, American Oriental Society, American Philological Association, Archaeological Institute of America, Modern Language Association of America, American Historical Association, American Economic Association, American Philosophical Association. 83

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������ The founders and subsequent generations of members of the Coordinating Committee on Women in the Historical Profession have worked over the past twenty-five years, in the words of Berenice Carroll, change the profession of history, to change historical scholarship, and to change the direction of our own history.1 To bring about such changes, CCWHP has fought many battles and attained impressive achievements. Origin: During the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s, when many women historians actively participated in movements for student free speech, civil rights, peace, and women's Uberation, the American Historical Association (AHA) remained a gentlemen's protection society which had ruled the association until then, openly supporting practices of sexism, racism, classism, heterosexism, and antisemitism.2 Acting within this context of social and poUtical agitation, Berenice CarroU in October of 1969 sent a petition with some thirty signatures to the AHA council on behalf of women historians. In response, the AHA council appointed a Committee on the Status of Women (CSW), charged with the duties specified in the petition. At the same time, Berenice CarroU circulated a letter among historians that caUed for improvment in the status of women in the profession. Some twenty-five interested women historians who attended a meeting at the annual conference of the AHA in Washington D.C. in December 1969 agreed to estabhsh an organization to encourage recruitment of women into the historical profession, to oppose discrimination against women in the profession, and to encourage research and instruction in women's history. To reflect the group's concern with both the status of women in the profession and the development of women's history as a scholarly field, the founders named the new organization the Coordinating Committee on Women in the Historical Profession. They presented their resolutions in early 1970 to the CSW and published them in the AHA Newsletter.3 The newly created organization became an affiliated organization of the AHA. Regional and Other Organizations: At the time of its founding, a question had been raised about the relationship between CCWHP and the existing regional organizations, namely the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians (founded in 1926), and the West Coast Historical Conference (founded in 1969, now the Western Association of Women Historians. Upon Sandi Cooper's recommendation, it was decided that CCWHP

Research Article| April 01 2000 For History's Sake, Associations Advance the Field Terry L. Davis Terry L. Davis Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (2000) 22 (2): 51–60. https://doi.org/10.2307/3379604 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Terry L. Davis; For History's Sake, Associations Advance the Field. The Public Historian 1 April 2000; 22 (2): 51–60. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/3379604 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe Public Historian Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright 2000 Regents of the University of California and the National Council on Public History Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Conclusions and Recommendations of the Commission. Report of the Commission on the Social Studies. [American Historical Association.] (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1934. Pp. xi, 168. $1.25.) Get access Conclusions and Recommendations of the Commission. Report of the Commission on the Social Studies. [American Historical Association.] (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1934. Pp. xi, 168. $1.25) John S. Brubacher John S. Brubacher Yale University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 40, Issue 2, January 1935, Pages 301–305, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/40.2.301 Published: 01 January 1935

Journal Article A History of Freedom of Teaching in American Schools. By Howard K. Beale, Professor of History at the University of North Carolina. [Report of the Commission on the Social Studies, the American Historical Association, Part XVI.] (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1941. Pp. xviii, 343. $2.00.) Get access A History of Freedom of Teaching in American Schools. By Beale Howard K., Professor of History at the University of North Carolina. [Report of the Commission on the Social Studies, the American Historical Association, Part XVI.] (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1941. Pp. xviii, 343. $2.00.) Erling M. Hunt Erling M. Hunt Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 48, Issue 2, January 1943, Pages 380–381, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/48.2.380 Published: 01 January 1943

A Charter for the Social Sciences in the Schools. By Charles A. Beard. [American Historical Association, Report of the Commission on Social Studies, Part I.] (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1932. Pp. xii, 122. $1.25.) Get access A Charter for the Social Sciences in the Schools. By Beard Charles A.. [American Historical Association, Report of the Commission on Social Studies, Part I.] (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1932. Pp. xii, 122. $1.25.) George F. Zook George F. Zook Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 39, Issue 3, April 1934, Pages 495–497, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/39.3.495 Published: 01 April 1934

Court Records of Prince Georges County, Maryland, 1696–1699. Edited by Joseph H. Smith and Philip A. Crowl. [American Legal Records, Volume IX.] (Washington, D. C.: American Historical Association in collaboration with the Hall of Records Commission of the State of Maryland. 1964. Pp. cxvii, 674. $10.00.) Get access Court Records of Prince Georges County, Maryland, 1696–1699. Edited by Smith Joseph H. and Crowl Philip A.. [American Legal Records, Volume IX.] (Washington, D. C.: American Historical Association in collaboration with the Hall of Records Commission of the State of Maryland. 1964. Pp. cxvii, 674. $10.00.) Richard B. Morris Richard B. Morris Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 70, Issue 4, July 1965, Pages 1124–1126, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/70.4.1124 Published: 01 July 1965

Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington, Secretary of State to Charles II. By Violet Barbour, Instructor in History, Vassar College. [Prize Essays of the American Historical Association, 1913.] (Washington: American Historical Association; London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press. 1914. Pp. xii, 303.) Get access Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington, Secretary of State to Charles II. By Barbour Violet, Instructor in History, Vassar College. [Prize Essays of the American Historical Association, 1913.] (Washington: American Historical Association; London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press. 1914. Pp. xii, 303) W. C. Abbott W. C. Abbott Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 20, Issue 4, July 1915, Pages 845–846, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/20.4.845 Published: 01 July 1915

Other| May 01 1950 Report of the Annual Business Meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch, American Historical Association. December 30, 1949 Pacific Historical Review (1950) 19 (2): 228–230. https://doi.org/10.2307/3635430 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Report of the Annual Business Meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch, American Historical Association. December 30, 1949. Pacific Historical Review 1 May 1950; 19 (2): 228–230. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/3635430 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentPacific Historical Review Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright 1950 The Pacific Coast Branch, American Historical Association Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Journal Article Report of the Commission on the Social Studies. Part II., An Introduction to the History of the Social Sciences in Schools. By Henry Johnson, Professor of History, Teachers College, Columbia University. [American Historical Association, Investigation of the Social Studies in the Schools.] (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1932. Pp. vi, 145. $1.25.) Get access Report of the Commission on the Social Studies. Part II., An Introduction to the History of the Social Sciences in Schools. By Johnson Henry, Professor of History, Teachers College, Columbia University. [American Historical Association, Investigation of the Social Studies in the Schools.] (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1932. Pp. vi, 145. $1.25.) William E. Lingelbach William E. Lingelbach The University of Pennsylvania Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 38, Issue 4, July 1933, Pages 721–723, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/38.4.721 Published: 01 July 1933

Journal Article A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718. By Wallace Notestein, Assistant Professor of History, University of Minnesota. (Washington: American Historical Association. 1911. Pp. xi, 442.) Get access A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718. By Notestein Wallace, Assistant Professor of History, University of Minnesota. (Washington: American Historical Association. 1911. Pp. xi, 442.) G. F. B. G. F. B. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 18, Issue 1, October 1912, Pages 129–130, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/18.1.129 Published: 01 October 1912

Journal Article The South Carolina Rice Plantation as Revealed in the Papers of Robert F. W. Allston. Edited by J. H. Easterby, Professor of History, College of Charleston. [The American Historical Association, Albert J. Beveridge Memorial Fund.] (Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1945. Pp. xxi, 478. $5.00.) Get access The South Carolina Rice Plantation as Revealed in the Papers of Robert F. W. Allston. Edited by Easterby J. H., Professor of History, College of Charleston. [The American Historical Association, Albert J. Beveridge Memorial Fund.] (Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1945. Pp. xxi, 478. $5.00.) J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton University of North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 51, Issue 3, April 1946, Pages 516–517, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/51.3.516 Published: 01 April 1946

Other| May 01 1949 Report of the Annual Business Meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch, American Historical Association Pacific Historical Review (1949) 18 (2): 306–308. https://doi.org/10.2307/3634758 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Report of the Annual Business Meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch, American Historical Association. Pacific Historical Review 1 May 1949; 18 (2): 306–308. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/3634758 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentPacific Historical Review Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright 1949 The Pacific Coast Branch, American Historical Association Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

by CARLTON C. QUALEY i Theodore C. Biegen To torical the good Association, fortune of Theodore the Norwegian- C. Biegen American served His- as torical Association, Theodore C. Biegen served as managing editor for its publications until his resignation in 1960. During the thirty-five years that he held this post, fortyone volumes were issued. The credit roster of the association lists many names, but Dean Blegen's will, by common consent , head it, for he set the standards of selection and of editorial work. That these publications rank high in the field of immigration history is a matter of general agreement among scholars. In the writings put out by some immigrantAmerican historical societies, the variance in quality is apparent . Much of their product is colored by attempts to demonstrate the pre-eminence of special national stocks in American history. Anyone who is aware of the pressure groups that exist within the Norwegian element in America will recognize the significance of Dean Blegen's achievement. His independence from control by sectarian and filio-pietistic elements among the Norwegian Americans, his diplomatic ability , which carried the day in many a difference of opinion, and his devotion to high standards of historical scholarship enabled him to create for the Norwegian-American Historical Association a remarkable reputation as a learned society. To those who discount background as an important factor 3 Carlton C. Qualey in conditioning character, I would direct attention to the Biegen family of Augsburg College, Minneapolis, and of Saga Hill, Lake Minnetonka. The affection and intellectual discipline that characterized the home of a classical scholar were supplemented during vacations in that remarkable extension of the Augsburg faculty community at Lake Minnetonka, called Saga Hill. Theodore Biegen has himself described this summer colony in a charming article in Minnesota History.1 The intellectual competition afforded by a father who was a professor, by a mother who had been a successful businesswoman before her marriage in a day when such a career was unusual, by two sisters and three brothers (one of whom is an eminent classical archaeologist), and by faculty neighbors and their children must have contributed to "bending the twig" toward a scholarly career. To this gifted family environment was added a rugged physical inheritance. Dean Biegen 's undergraduate studies at Augsburg College and at the University of Minnesota were followed by graduate work at Minnesota that led to a doctorate in history. He did high-school teaching at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, then served an apprenticeship under Solon J. Buck at the Minnesota Historical Society in the arts of editing and meticulous research. He succeeded to the position of superintendent of the historical society and taught at Hamline and Minnesota universities, eventually becoming a full professor at the latter. A Guggenheim fellowship year in Norway, 1928-29, proved stimulating and productive. Dean Blegen's career reached one of its peaks in his election to the presidency of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association in 1943. From 1940 to 1960 he served as dean of the graduate school in the University of Minnesota. 1 Parts of the first paragraphs of this essay are adapted from my article on Biegen in Norwegian- American Historical Association, News Letter , no. 9, p. 3 (May, 1960). Blegen's study, "The Saga of Saga Hill," in Minnesota History , 29:289-299 (December, 1948), was subsequently expanded to a mimeographed volume, Minnetonka Family: The Saga of Saga Hill (Minneapolis, 1952). 4 THEODORE C. BLEGEN Clara Woodward Biegen, a woman in her own way as able as her husband, has accompanied him in all his efforts during his adult years, bearing two handsome children, Theodore and Margaret. Those who know the Biegens realize full well how significant she has been in her husband's career. It has been a fortunate partnership. Although Theodore Biegens deanship increasingly took up his time after 1940, he continued as an active and productive historian, notably in his direction of the publication program of the Norwegian-American Historical Association, in important service on the executive council of the Minnesota Historical Society, in consultative functions for other state historical organizations, and, during World War II, in editing the GI Roundtable Pamphlets...