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THE FEDERALIST

Newsletter of the Society for History in the Federal Government

The Second Series of the newsletter commenced with the Spring 2004 issue, and is sent quarterly to Society members. The newsletter prints news of recent activities of the Society, its membership, and of important issues affecting federal history programs. Issues one-year-old and older are available online in PDF format along with a cumulative index to all posted issues. Each issue’s table of contents is listed below with a link to the issue.

Cumulative Index — PDF

Submissions

The editors welcome submissions of articles, news listings, and photographs. Please send texts and images to any of the co-editors listed below.

John Roberts
National Park Service
Email: john_w_roberts@nps.gov
Phone: 202-354-2009

John Lonnquest
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Email: LonnquestJ@usace.army.mil
Phone: 703-428-6563

Benjamin Guterman
National Archives and Records Administration
Email: benjamin.guterman@nara.gov
Phone: 202-357-5026

Albin Kowalewski
Office of the Clerk, U. S. House of Representatives
Email: albin.kowalewski@mail.house.gov
Phone: 202-226-1300

Table of Contents

  1. A New Classroom: From the Lecture Hall to the United States Senate by Kate Scott
  2. President’s Message by Pete Daniel
  3. Capturing the Spirit of History: Oral History in the National Park Service by Lu Ann Jones
  4. The Supreme Court’s Office of the Curator: A Short History by Matthew Hofstedt
  5. The Smithsonian Institution and Hillwood Estate: A Unique Relationship by Amy Ballard
  6. The Benefits of Community Outreach: The Asian Pacific American Collection’s Primary Holdings Initiative by Remé Grefalda
  7. Internships in Federal History: American Folklife Center
  8. From the Archives by Charles Downs
  9. Making History
  1. The Infrastructure of a New U.S. Marshals Museum by David S. Turk
  2. President’s Message by Pete Daniel
  3. The U.S. Army Center of Military History by Richard W. Stewart
  4. The Artist’s View of Army History: The Army Art Collection by Matt Seelinger
  5. An Interview with David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States by Benjamin Guterman
  6. Referencing NASA History by Gail Langevin, Jane Odom, and Jennifer Ross-Nazzal
  7. Voices from the Forest: Oral Histories in the U.S. Forest Service by Donna Sinclair
  8. Preservation of Email Collections at the Smithsonian Institution Archives by Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
  9. From the Archives: The Long Range Planning Committee by Charles Downs
  10. Internships in Federal History
  11. In Memoriam, Jonathan Grossman
  12. Declassification Watch
  13. Making History
  1. Second Annual Award and Conference Highlights
  2. President’s Message by Mike Reis
  3. From Bagdad, to Washington, to Lillehammer by Lee Ann Potter
  4. SHFG Announces Prizes at Annual Awards Luncheon
  5. Targeted Collection of Army National Guard Records by Lieut. Colonel Robert G. Smith
    (USAR)
  6. Internships in Federal History
  7. From the Archives: SHFG’s Awards Program by Charles Downs
  8. In Memoriam, Peter A. Kraemer
  9. Making History
  1. “The National Museum of the Marine Corps” by Lin Ezell
  2. “President’s Message” by Mike Reis
  3. “From the Archives: The SHFG T-shirts” by Charles Downs
  4. “Promoting ‘Sound Sentiment’ During World War I” by Linda L. Stinson
  5. In Memoriam: William C. Baldwin
  6. “The Tip of the History Spear: Capturing Combat History of the Army in Current Operations” by David Hanselman
  7. Internships in Federal History
  8. “Secretary Rice ‘Hero’ of FRUS Crisis, Says Lewis at Hewlett Lecture”
  9. Making History
  1. “Call to Order: Gavels in the House of Representatives” by Farar Elliott
  2. “President’s Message” by Mike Reis
  3. “Using Electronic Records for Federal History: Famine or Feast?” by Michael Warner
  4. “Henry Clay’s Lost Election” by Terrance Rucker
  5. “Life as a Command Historian” by Maria Christina “MC” Mairena
  6. “Indian Health Service History Project” by Alan J. DellaPenna, Jr.
  7. “The Kitchen Debate and American Public Diplomacy” by Martin J. Manning
  8. Internships in Federal History
  9. In Memoriam: Stuart I. Rochester
  10. “From the Archives” by Charles Downs
  11. Making History
  1. “Documenting and Preserving the History of the Bracero Program” by Stephen Velasquez
  2. “President’s Message” by Mike Reis
  3. “Forensic History in Superfund Counterclaims: The CERCLA Counterclaim at the Juncture of History and Environmental Law” by Andrew Sorokowski
  4. “An Interview with Richard Baker” by Benjamin Guterman
  5. “Rediscovering 1934 and the PWAP” by Ann Prentice Wagner
  6. “Conducting Census 2010 Offers Some Old Challenges” by William Maury
  7. “The Treasury Historical Association: Preserving U.S. Treasury History” by Franklin Noll
  8. Internships in Federal History
  9. “From the Archives” by Charles Downs
  10. Making History
  1. “SHFG Holds 30th Annual Conference; Keynote Speaker Roger Launius Receives Trask Award”
  2. “President’s Message” by Lee Ann Potter
  3. “SHFG Announces 2009 Awards”
  4. Internships in Federal History
  5. “From the Archives” by Charles Downs
  6. “VA’s Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibit Hits the Road” by Darlene Richardson
  7. Making History
  1. “National Museum of the U.S.Army” by Glen Williams
  2. “President’s Message” by Lee Ann Potter
  3. “Navy’s Senior Historian Retires” by Michael Crawford
  4. “Breitman Delivers Hewlett Lecture”
  5. “From the Archives” by Charles Downs
  6. “Nothing Lost in Translation” by Kathryn Wellen
  7. Internships in Federal History
  8. Making History
  1. “House Concurrent Resolution 307” by Robin Reeder
  2. “President’s Message” by Lee Ann Potter
  3. “The Asian Pacific American Collection in the Library of Congress” by Remé Grefalda
  4. “The Teaching American History Program: Transforming K–12 History Education’s New Deal” by Margarita L. Melendez
  5. “Keeper of the Keys: Anniversary Review of the Marine Corps History Division” by Annette Amerman
  6. “The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: A Jewel in Panama” by Amy Ballard
  7. “Federal Quarantine of Women in Wartime America” by John Parascandola
  8. Internships in Federal History
  9. “From the Archives” by Charles Downs
  10. Making History
  11. Internships in Federal History
  1. “Improvements to Declassification Proposed by PIDB” by William C. Carpenter
  2. “President’s Message” by Lee Ann Potter
  3. “Art, Culture, and Government: Library of Congress Symposium Commemorates Roosevelt’s New Deal” by Nancy Groce
  4. “Legal and Ethical Issues in Oral History for the Federal Historian” by Pamela M. Henson
  5. “Preserving the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Past: The Historical Resource Center” by Franklin Noll
  6. “Documenting the History of the Underground Railroad” by Diane Miller
  7. “News from National Library of Medicine” by Philip M. Teigen
  8. “Revised Black Studies Microfilm Catalogue Now Available” by Benjamin Guterman
  9. “Life After Federal Employment” by Fred Beck
  10. Internships in Federal History
  11. “From the Archives” by Charles Downs
  12. Making History
  1. “2008 SHFG Conference Highlights Preservation, New Research”
  2. “President’s Message” by Bill Williams
  3. “In Memoriam”
  4. “SHFG Announces 2008 Awards”
  5. “Internships in Federal History”
  6. “Making History”
  7. “From the Archives”
  1. “The Veterans History Project: 50,000 and Counting” by Tom Wiener
  2. “President’s Message” by Bill Williams
  3. “Dr. Alfred Goldberg Retires” by John Lonnquest
  4. “Department of State Historians Host Scholarly Conference on U.S.–Soviet Relations in the Era of Détente, 1969–1976” by Evan Dawley
  5. “Planning and Implementing a Digitization Program: The MHI Experience” by Thomas Hendrix
  6. “A Different Way of Doing History: The US Army Combat Studies Institute and Contemporary Studies of Iraq and Afghanistan” by Donald Wright
  7. “SHFG Mentor Program” by Annette Amerman
  8. Internships in Federal History: Marine Corps History Division
  9. Making History
  1. “Brig. Gen. Carl W. Reddel Delivers Hewlett Lecture at SHFG Annual Dinner”
  2. “President’s Message” by Bill Williams
  3. “Changes at the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum” by Timothy Naftali
  4. “Creating Exhibits that Matter” by Harry R. Rubenstein
  5. “An Early Victim of Anthrax” by Joe Wallace
  6. “The Beginning of the Smithsonian’s Newest Museum” by Amy Ballard
  7. “Secrets of a Public Building: 1951 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC” by Hunter Hollins
  8. Making History
  1. “21st Annual NARA Preservation Conference” by Richard Schneider
  2. “President’s Message” by Bill Williams
  3. “Some Preservation Conference Highlights” by Benjamin Guterman
  4. “The Curator’s Perspective: Susan Bachrach, Bruce Bustard, Harry R. Rubenstein” by Benjamin Guterman
  5. “Using Civic Engagement to Address History’s Difficult Lessons” by Ann Hitchcock
  6. “NARA’s Challenges with Modern Records” by Arian D. Ravanbakhsh
  7. “The Process of Writing “River of Interests: Water Management in South Florida and the Everglades, 1948–2000”” by Matthew C. Godfrey
  8. “ONI’s Gallery of Naval Intelligence History” by Randy Carol Balano
  9. ERA to Activate “Increment 1”
  10. World War II Roberts Commission Records Now Filmed
  11. USHMM to Document the Exodus Story
  12. Making History
  1. Annual Conference Explores Current Challenges and Innovations in Federal History
  2. “President’s Message” by John W. Roberts
  3. SHFG Confers 2007 Awards
  4. “New History Program at Veterans Affairs” by Darlene Richardson
  5. “Liberty Memorial Gains Landmark Status — and More” by Mark Levitch
  6. Making History
  1. “The Coast Guard’s Hurricane Katrina Documentation Project” by Scott Price
  2. “President’s Message” by John W. Roberts
  3. “Hurricanes of 2005: The NPS Response” by Dan Pontbriand and Pam West
  4. “The Historical Profession and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial” by Richard Striner
  5. “In the Eye of the Storm: The Operations of the Joint Task Force Katrina History Group” by Lt. Col. Alan R Koenig, FA, USAR
  6. Making History
  1. “Donald Ritchie Delivers Hewlett Lecture at SHFG Annual Dinner” by Betty K. Koed
  2. “President’s Message” by John W. Roberts
  3. “From Information to Engagement: Online Resources for Educators From the National Archives” by Lee Ann Potter
  4. “Electronic Outreach at the National Museum of American History” by Amy Bartow–Melia and Matthew MacArthur
  5. “Educational Outreach Programs at the Office of NIH History” by Sara A. Leavitt
  6. “Give the People What They Want: Using the Internet to Inform the Public” by Beth Boland
  7. Making History
  1. “Creating “Evidence,” A Permanent Exhibit for the NMAI” by Paul Chaat Smith
  2. “President’s Message” by John W. Roberts
  3. “Churchill and the Great Republic: The Development of an Award–winning Interactive” by Betsy Nahum-Miller
  4. “What Will Happen on December 31, 2006?” by James David
  5. “Targeted Assistance: NARA Partnerships for Effective Records Management” by Galen Wilson
  6. Personnel Matters
  7. “Total Pay Compensation (TPC) at NGA” by Mike McManus
  8. “Consider the Federal Career Intern Program” by Richard W. Stewart
  9. Making History
  1. Plenary Sessions on New Programs, Impact of Katrina Highlight 2006 SHFG Conference
  2. “President’s Message” by Donald P. Steury
  3. “From Apartheid to Democracy” by Tony Clark
  4. Publications Program of the Center for Cryptologic History
  5. History Associates Incorporated Celebrates 25th Anniversary
  6. SHFG Announces 2006 Prize Winners
  7. Making History
  1. “Contracting for NASA’s History: Successes and Challenges” by Roger D. Launius
  2. “President’s Message” by Donald P. Steury
  3. “Victoria Harden Retires” by Sarah A. Leavitt
  4. “The Basics of Historical Contracting” by William C. Baldwin
  5. “R & D Associates — A Contractor’s View” by Donita M. Moorhus
  6. Making History
  1. “Allen Weinstein Delivers Hewlett Lecture at SHFG Dinner” by John W. Roberts
  2. “President’s Message” by Donald P. Steury
  3. “The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History Since 9/11” by John Lonnquest
  4. “The New Frontier of Research in Congressional Papers” by Raymond Smock
  5. “The Office of the Historian, Department of State: Reaching Out to New and Old Audiences” by David A. Herschler and Kristin L. Ahlberg
  6. “National Cemetery Administration Builds a History Program” by Sara Amy Leach
  7. “House of Representatives Office of History and Preservation” by Matt Wasniewski
  8. Making History
  1. “The Foreign Relations of the United States Series” by Edward C. Keefer
  2. “President’s Message” by Donald P. Steury
  3. “Publishing at the U.S. Army Center of Military History” by Jeffrey Clarke
  4. “Voices of War: Stories of Service” by Tom Wiener
  5. “CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship” by Antoinette J. Lee
  6. “From Public History to Published Product” by Timothy Davis
  7. “Writing Mind, Brain, Body, and Behavior: A Group Effort” by Victoria A. Harden and Caroline Hannaway
  8. “A Close Relationship: The Modern Civil Rights Movement and the Federal Government” by Walter B. Hill, Jr.
  9. “Oral History and the First Black Midshipman” by Robert Schneller
  10. “Federal Historians in a Contract Setting: The HAI Approach” by Kenneth Durr
  11. Making History
  1. Annual Conference Highlights Oral History
  2. “President’s Corner” by Suzanne White Junod
  3. Preparing the Next Generation of Federal Historians: Proposals for Partnerships
  4. “Between Universities and SHFG” by Laura Croghan Kamoie
  5. Allen Weinstein Becomes Ninth Archivist of the United States
  6. “The United States Special Operations Command’s Operational Archive and the War on Terrorism” by Gaea Levy
  7. “The United States Special Operations Command’s History Office and the War on Terrorism” by John W. Partin
  8. “The Joint History Office: 9/11 and After” by Brig. Gen. David A. Armstrong (Ret.)
  9. “Busy Days for the Air Force History Program” by C. Richard Anderegg
  10. “Reflections from the U.S. Naval Historical Center on the 9/11 Attack” by Gary E. Weir
  11. Making History
    Issue Theme: Federal History Since 9/11

  1. “The Army Historical Program and 9/11” by BG John Brown (Ret)
  2. “President’s Message” by Suzanne White Junod
  3. “Grace Under Pressure: The Senate in September and October 2001” by Donald A. Ritchie and Betty K. Koed
  4. Espionage History is Subject of Annual Hewlett Lecture
  5. Society Hosts Its Annual Holiday Reception
  6. Establishment of the DHS History Office
  7. “Life After 9/11: U.S. Marine Corps History and Museums Division” by COL Jon T. Hoffman, USMCR
  8. ““The Price of Freedom” Exhibition Opens” by David Allison
  9. “NARA’s Records of Concern Policy” by Steven D. Tilley
  10. “9/11 Commission Records Transferred to NARA” by Robert Spangler
  11. “Postmodern War?” by Alex Roland
  12. Making History
    Issue Theme: Remembering World War II

  1. “Making History on the National Mall: The National World War II Memorial” by James I. Deutsch
  2. “President’s Corner” by Suzanne White Junod
  3. “Collecting and Telling the Untold Stories of “Rosie the Riveters”” by Judy Hart
  4. “New NARA World War II Databases” by Lee Gladwin
  5. “NARA’s World War II Photographic Collection” by Edward McCarter
  6. “Veterans Oral History Project” by Sarah Dashiell Rouse
  7. “The President and the Prosecutor: Rethinking Executive Autonomy, 1973–1999” by Maeve Devoy
  8. “From Game Bird Management to Endangered Species Protection: The National Wildlife Refuge System, 1920–1973” by Mchael Giese
  9. Clinton Library and Museum to Open
  10. Making History
  1. Annual Meeting Reviews Federal History Programs
  2. “President’s Message” by Roger D. Launius
  3. 2004 Annual Prize Awards
  4. Allen Weinstein Nominated as Archivist
  5. DHS Seeks Contract Historians
  6. “History Office Profile: An Interview with NASA Chef Historian Steven J. Dick” by Benjamin Guterman
  7. U.S. Army Military History Institute to Open New Facility
  8. David van Kueren Mourned
  9. IWG Announces Release of Records
  10. Civil War Specialist Mike Musick Retires
  11. Lincoln Symposium
  12. Making History
  1. Brent Glass Delivers Annual Hewlett Lecture
  2. “President’s Message” by Roger D. Launius
  3. “The Society for History in the Federal Government: Twenty–five Years Later” by Philip L. Cantelon
  4. PHS Historian John Parascandola Retires
  5. SHFG Set to Publish 4th Volume of Occasional Papers Series
  6. SHFG Expresses Thanks to Extraordinary Donors
  7. “McCarthy and McCarthyism” by Donald A Ritchie
  8. “2004–05 Marks Centennial of National Park Service Museums” by Ann Hitchcock
  9. Society Hosts Receptions
  10. Making History
  11. Executive Council Approves Slate of Candidates
  • Volume 1, Number 1, Summer1980

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