Organization of American Historians
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 American history. OAH's members in the U.S. and abroad include college and university professors; historians, 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''. 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 was 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. Provided by Wikipedia
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1Published 1985[Bloomington, IN] : The Organization of American Historians, 1985-v. : ill. ; 28 cm.“...Organization of American Historians...”
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2Published 1964Bloomington, Ind. : Mississippi Valley Historical Association, c1964-v. ; 26 cm.Scanned images of back issues also available to subscribers of JSTOR via the World Wide Web; current issues are available to subscribers of the print version at the History Cooperative Web site.“...Organization of American Historians...”