History at EasternThe Annual Newsletter of the History Department at Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, Illinois July 2004

In This Issue

Letter From the Chair 2 Leonard and Tanya Wood 3The Old Guard 3Lasky Retirement 3 Newest Professor 4History Club 4History Day 4MALAS Conference 4Awards Banquet 5Elizabethan Exhibit 6H.A. Exhibits 6H.A. Symposium 6James Madison Fellow 7Faculty News 7Graduate Students 10Emeriti News 11Blair Hall Fire 12Alumni News 12Telefund 13Book Donation 14Charleston Riot 15

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Message from the Chair 2004

History is most basically about continuity and change. As I approach my tenth year as chair of the History Department, I feel moved to consider the continuities and changes I have observed and perhaps also helped to bring about over these past years, as well as those which we, as a faculty, are planning for the future.

Since I first arrived at Eastern Illinois University in the fall of 1988, the entire faculty (see photograph on page three), with the sole exception of Roger Beck, who pre-dates me by one year, has retired or otherwise moved on and been replaced. One after another, everyone whom I knew as the “Old Guard”—Ray Koch, Ed Colbert, Carl Curran, Don Tingley, Duane Elbert, Bob Hennings, Dave Maurer, Wolfgang Schlauch, Dan Hockman, Bob Sterling, and finally John McElligott—departed. And one by one we hired their replacements (some of whom have also moved on in the meantime, and in turn been replaced), until I found myself senior in the department, second only to Roger, and clearly now regarded as the “Old Guard” myself! The thing that most amazes me is that through all of these changes the department has maintained two aspects of its “character” which I think are extraordinarily valuable and somewhat rare: a strong, and even obstinate, I might say, sense of the importance of academic and intellectual heterogeneity, balance and integrity (in other words, we donʼt as a group adhere to academic trends); and a true commitment to collegiality (in other words, we disagree strenuously and openly on many things, but strive to reach a true consensus when the good of the order depends upon it). Thus, I believe we have retained a fundamental continuity with the best of the departmentʼs traditions, even as we have gone through a period of rapid turnover in faculty.

The changes in the faculty have naturally been accompanied by fundamental changes in curriculum, again, however, while building on traditional strengths. When I began my tenure as chair, I recall that we all consciously resolved (in a “planning” session) that in making staffing and curricular decisions our existing strengths in United States and European history should first be maintained and advanced. Having asserted this commitment, however, we would also seek to expand our global “coverage” or geographical areas of specialization. We do this as a matter of principled conviction, as well as to respond to needs of the “marketplace” (especially expectations for teachers). I am delighted that today we can boast of as strong a team of historians in both United States and European history as we have ever had, and at the same time can claim two African historians (itʼs a big continent with a very long history), a Latin American historian, and a South Asian Historian. We are also requesting two tenure-track positions for the coming year: one in ancient/medieval Mediterranean (including, we hope, Islam), and the other in

East Asia. Similarly, without abandoning our commitment to more “traditional” types of history (political, diplomatic, military, intellectual), we have welcomed the increasing presence of the newer types of history (social, cultural, gender) in our midst. I am proud that we offer students a wider variety of options in subject matter and historiographical approaches than most middle-sized history departments do.

Our two newest hires, who will begin here in the fall semester, personify for me what I think of as our healthy balance of continuity and change. Rajit Mazumder, who is coming on board as our South Asian historian, has written a fascinating book on

the social dimensions of military power in British India and in modern India and Pakistan, which brings together traditional and non-traditional issues and approaches. With a comparably masterful eclecticism, Jon Coit, our newest Americanist, focuses on problems of gender, race and class in intellectual and social/cultural history of the early-mid twentieth century. (Both of these incoming scholars will be more fully featured in next yearʼs Newsletter.)

I want to close with my thanks to the faculty in this department who have made my job as chair such a rewarding one over these last nine years. I salute the “Old Guard”of 1988, my current colleagues, and everyone in-between. You have all in your various ways contributed richly to the intellectually dynamic and academically collegial environment that prevails here in the History Department at Eastern Illinois University.

Dr. Anita Shelton

History at Eastern StaffEditors: Dan GroomsLinsey HildStephanie JohnsonTroy MaleckiColin McAuliffePhotography and Layout Editor: Colin McAuliffe Editorial Board: Jon Burkhardt, Jennifer Lancaster, Lisa Murphy, John Rasel, Marty Ruhaak, Justin ThomasFaculty Advisor: Dr. Michael ShirleyThanks to: the History Department, Donna Nichols, Daily Eastern News, and Daphne Griffin

Photographs on pp. 1, 4, 5, 7, 12 (Blair Hall), and 15 by Colin McAuliffe.

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The History Department suffered a shocking loss on March 13, 2004 when Dr. Leonard C. Wood, professor of history emeritus, and his wife Tanya died as a result of a traffic accident in Charleston. Dr. Wood joined the department in the fall of 1960 and he retired from the University in 1983.

A native of Pennsylvania, Professor Wood received his undergraduate degree from Slippery Rock University. After service as a naval officer during World War II, he taught in the Pennsylvania public schools. A Fulbright Scholar at the University of London, Professor Wood received his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. He worked as a social studies editor for several years during the 1950s with prominent textbook publishing companies in New York City.

At Eastern Professor Wood, whose major area of interest was British history, taught for two decades a wide array of undergraduate and graduate courses in both American and European history. He was the co-author of well-known and widely used history textbooks, including America Its People and Values (with Ralph H. Gabriel and Edward L. Biller), Land of Promise (with Carol Berkin) and American Voices (with Carol Berkin and others). An active member of the Eastern community, Dr. Wood served as advisor to the International Students Association, and as a member of the Universityʼs Student-Faculty Publications Board.

After his retirement he continued writing, and until the time of his death assisted with the operation of the Lincoln Book Shop, which Tanya had founded shortly after arriving in Charleston. He and Tanya also established the Charleston Alley Theater, which produced and staged many theatrical productions for more than a decade.

Leonard and Tanya Wood were the parents of four children, Stephen, Anthony, John and Sara.

History Department mourns Leonard and Tanya Woodby Dr. Charles Titus

“The Old Guard”EIU History Department

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Back Row, l-r: Wolfgang Schlauch, Donald Tingley, Roger BeckMiddle Row: John McElligot, John Haley, Dan Hockman, Brenda Rush (Secretary), Robert Hennings, Anita Shelton, David MaurerFront Row: Raymond Koch, Robert Sterling, Wendy Ham-mand, Carlton Curran, Duane Elbert.

Dr. Herbert Lasky RetiresDr. Herbert Lasky, founding Dean of the Honors College and Professor of History, announced his retirement effective June 30, 2004,

after a 38-year career at Eastern Illinois University. Beginning his career here in 1966 in the History Department, he established the Honors Programs in 1982. Under his leadership, the Honors Programs expanded from 56 students to nearly 700; in 2003 the Board of Turstees recognized the importance of Honors to the University by approving the creation of the Honors College to house the diverse set of programs for academically talented students, and named Dr. Lasky as the first Dean of the College. Dr. Laskyʼs retirement will not be a slothful one. His work in making the history of the Honors Programs left him little time to write scholarly history, and he intends to return to a far more active scholarly life than the pressures of administration allowed him.

In response to inquiries from those who wish to honor Dr. Laskyʼs retirement, gifts are encouraged and are being directed at Dr. Laskyʼs request to (a) The Anne Frank Award Fund, or (b) The Alexander Hamilton Paper Award Fund in American History. Please make your check payable to the Eastern Illinois University Foundation and include on the memo line one of the designations above, and send it to Foundation Accounting, attention Tami Babbs, Old Main Business Office, EIU, Charleston, IL, 61920.

History Day FairThe Illinois History Fair was held at Eastern Illinois

University this year on March 27th. The History Fair, sponsored by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Educational Services, featured four categories in which students can participate: research papers, exhibits, dra-matic performance and media presentation. Students have a chance to take part on three levels. First, they start out at the individual school level. Those who make it to the next level in the Eastern Central Illinois area compete at Eastern Illinois University. Winners then move on to compete in a statewide competition in Springfield on May 6th 2004. Students who demonstrate skill in researching state and local history in Illinois are presented with spe-cial awards including, scholarships and the Governorʼs Award. Winners may also participate in the National His-tory Day Fair in College Park, Maryland.

History Club UpdatesThis past year, the History Club continued its Movie and Lecture Se-

ries, including topics of African-American history and the war on Iraq. We also led a program for middle school students who participated in the History Fair at Eastern in March. Finally, this April the History Club took a field trip to experience the “Follow the North Star” program of-fered through the Connor Prairie Museum in Indianapolis. There, mem-bers were transported back to the1830s, where we were slaves waiting to be sold illegally by our master. While we were role-playing, we were not allowed to look the white owners in the face, but were able to “es-cape” to the nearby constructed village. Then, History Club members sought out friendly Quakers to lead us on our way, and our very own Whitney Tarbutton was “kidnapped” by a slave catcher. The experience could never replicate what it must have been like to be an escaping slave in the 19th century, but that cold night certainly helped us imagine. We look forward to another great year, and hopefully a return to Connor Prairie Museum again next year.

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MALAS Conferenceby Justin Thomas

On November 6-8 Latin Americanists and like-minded individuals from throughout the Midwest descended upon Easternʼs campus for the annual Midwest Association of Latin American Studies Conference. MALAS is an interdisciplinary organization based at Western Kentucky University. The Department of Geography/Geologyʼs Dr. Betty Smith, Vice President of MALAS, led the Conference, although the History Departmentʼs presence was certainly known. Dr. Jose Deustua was a member of the coordinating committee. Easternʼs History Department led a session on Modern Latin America entitled “Harmonies and Disharmonies in the 19th and 20th Centuries.” Contributing were Lynnea Magnuson, Charles Titus, Edmund Wehrle and the aforementioned Jose Deustua. Several Eastern history students also presented papers at the conference.

The keynote speaker was Nestor Vega, who discussed his work with Latin American Cities and their work fighting poverty in that region. His goal was to find out what worked in fighting poverty and what did not. The other keynote speaker was Isaac Cohen who stressed the need for development to fight poverty in Latin America.

New Faculty NotesDr. Sace Elder joined the History Department faculty this year as

the departmentʼs specialist in modern Germany. Dr. Elder received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in 2002 after the completion of her dissertation, “Murder Scenes: Criminal Violence in the Public Culture and Private Lives of Weimar Berlin.” While con-ducting the research for her thesis in Germany she was a fellow of the Berlin Program for Advanced German European Studies of the Freie Universität of Berlin; she has also been a fellow of the Illinois Pro-gram for Research in the Humanities at UIUC. Dr. Elder has presented

aspects of her work widely, most recently at the American Historical Association Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. In the fall she will be presenting at the German Studies Association Conference and at the Social Science History Association Conference. This year Dr. Elder has taught courses on modern German history as well as world history and looks forward to a new course on women and gender in modern Europe, which she plans to teach in the spring. This summer she will be traveling back to Berlin, where she will be conducting research at the Berlin State Archive as well as several libraries in the city. Dr. Elder found her experience at Eastern this year to be highly rewarding and looks forward to new students and new challenges in the fall.

On April 16, 2004 the History Department, in coordination with the Epsilon Mu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta held its annual History Awards Banquet at Richardʼs Farm in Casey, Illinois. Faculty, students, and staff gathered to celebrate individual and collective achievements for the 2003-2004 academic year. The evening be-gan with a social hour and later a buffet dinner. After dinner con-

cluded, Dr. A n i t a S h e l t o n addressed those in attendance and praised the efforts of the fac-ulty and students in

producing quality work in teaching, service, and scholarship. Dr. Michael Shirley, faculty advisor of Phi Alpha Theta, followed and inducted the 2004 class of the Epsilon Mu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta. The inductees (above left) were: Brian L. Arteberry, Jon Burkhardt, Sarah C. Crawford, Ryan Ervin, Ellen Fitzgerald, Mi-chael P. Gallagher, Jake E. Hill, Joshua Holder, Nicole M. Hurley,

Jacob R. Jackson, Brittany Keller, Mary Kate Lo-bough, Matthew J. Mills, Alison Per-sonette, Michael J. Ramel, Moira E. Reilly, Kelly M. Thoele, Ann E. Tock, Ashley E. Tomlinson, John Weck, Cara D.

Wheeler. Dr. Debra Reid, chair of the awards committee, announced the

winners of the 2003-2004 history department awards. John Rasel, a graduate student, and Justin Thomas (above right), an under-graduate student, were both honored with the World History Soci-ety Award. Justin Thomas ̓paper also received the Simon Bolivar Award for the best undergraduate paper on a pre-Colombian, co-

lonial, or modern Latin American history topic writ-ten for a course taught at EIU for his paper U.S. For-eign Policy on the Path to Pinochetʼs Chile. Ashley Tom-linson received the Elisha H. and Es-

tella Zeigler Baumgartner Scholarship for an outstanding sopho-more history major. Robin Gray collected the Stephen L. Harris

Scholarship, which was a one time donation to a deserving history student. Martin Ruhaak (middle left) accepted the Fogelsanger History Scholarship for an upper division history student who, through activities in class and outside of the classroom, demon-strated a love for and dedication to the study of history. Mar-tin Ruhaak also received the Alexander Hamilton Paper Award in American History for best undergraduate paper on American history for his paper Wilsonian Ideology and Revolution: United States Foreign Policy and the Decision to Intervene in Bolshevik Russia. The William B. Reid, Jr. History Education Scholarship for a history major with teacher certification went to Kelly Thoele. Eric Orr received the Wolfgang and Barbara Schlauch European History Scholarship for an undergraduate/graduate history major with an out-standing academic record and a con-centration in mod-ern European his-tory. Cara Wheeler won the Robert and Julie History Scholarship for a junior or senior history major with teacher certification. The Stephen M. Horak Memorial Scholarship for an outstanding senior history major with a concentration in European history and at least one course in Russian or Eastern European history went to Sarah Crawford (below left). The Rex Syndergaard Scholarship for outstanding undergraduate or graduate student with an interest in teaching went to Katherine Taake and Jonathan Voyt. Daniel Bottomley, Jacob Jackson, and Alison Personette shared the Errett and Mazie Warner History Award for outstanding junior or senior history ma-jors. Annie Tock (below right) accepted the Charles H. and Dorth-ee Coleman Scholarship and the Lavern M. Hamand Memorial Scholarship for the best paper by a graduate student for “Literary Law En-forcement: Gender in Crime Ballads in Early Modern England.” She also received the Distin-guished Graduate Award in history, while Sarah Hagye received the same award for Historical Administration. Ryan Ervin was recognized for receiving the James Madison Fellowship, a national award designed to provide support for graduate studies focusing on the Constitution, Madisonʼs legacy and Madisonian principles.

This yearʼs Awards Committee members were Dr. Debra Reid, Dr. Sace Elder, and Dr. Jose Deustua.

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2004 History Department and Phi Alpha Theta History Awards Banquetby Marty Ruhaak

Elizabethan Exhibitby Troy Malecki and Lisa Murphy

Between March and April 2004, Easternʼs Booth Library hosted a traveling exhibit partially funded by the National Endowment of the Arts. Entitled: “Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend,” the exhibit focused on Britainʼs Queen Elizabeth and brought together various aspects of her reign into a broad-based presentation which included lectures, artifacts, and presentations by Eastern professors and classes.

Booth Library was chosen as one of forty libraries to hold the traveling exhibit. Held on the 400th anniversary of her death, the exhibit: “encourage[d] audiences not only to reacquaint themselves with the Queen, but also to become more familiar with the historical and cultural forces that shaped her personality and her time, and to examine the mixture of history and legend that continues to surround her today.”

Throughout the month, the exhibit itinerary included presentations ranging from a general survey of the Elizabethan era, panel discussions dealing with fashion, religion, women and culture, and the showing of various films. The exhibit hosted various presentations from the English and History departments and also included performances by the EIU Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Capping off the exhibit was a theatrical performance of “A Midsummer Nightʼs Dream” by Easternʼs own theatre department. The History department was very active in the presentation. Dr. Newton Key, professor of British history, assisted theatre arts professor Christopher J. Mitchell and English professor Carol Stevens in introducing the era at the launching of the exhibit. Dr. Bailey Young, professor of ancient and medieval history, participated in a discussion entitled: “Women of Power, Women of Culture: Elizabethʼs Medieval Heritage” with English professors

Dr. Bonnie Irwin, Dr. Francine McGregor, and Dr. Timothy Shonk. Dr. Robert Bucholz, who has co-edited various books with Dr. Key, visited Eastern from Loyola University of Chicago and presented a lecture with Carole Levin of the English department entitled: “Englandʼs Greatest Queens: Elizabeth I and Anne.” Dr. Michelle LeMaster, assistant professor of history, presented a lecture entitled: “Elizabeth I and America: The Beginnings of the First British Empire.” LeMaster argued that Elizabeth Iʼs role in colonialism is often overlooked and ignored. However, despite failing to colonize the New World during her reign, Queen Elizabeth shaped the attitudes and methods of British colonization.

Dr. Keyʼs Historical Research and Writing class capped off the exhibit with a presentation of their semester-long research projects. They reexamined Elizabethʼs tenure by focusing on the religious and colonial aspects of the British Empire and lectured on their findings.

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HA Symposium“Beyond History” was this yearʼs theme at the Historical

Administration Symposium, which focused on how to take his-tory farther; beyond the normal boundaries of museums. Held over a two day period, the symposium was a mix of profes-sionals, alumni, and students. The first night of the conference, attendees met at the Dudley house, where last year Historical Administration graduate students gave a presentation on their internships and experience from the past year. The next day, an all day event at the Lincoln Log Cabin, culminated with the key note speaker Stephen Asma, author of, Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums. The evening ended with dinner and a silent and live auction, benefiting the Historical Administration Alumni Asso-ciation.

HA ExhibitEach year for a class project, Eastern Illinois University

Historical Administration graduate students install an exhibit at an establishment in the Charleston area. This yearʼs exhibit, “Hog Pen to Hearth: Winter on the 1845 Prairie,” completed the fourth year of season exhibits at Lincoln Log Cabin. HA students prepared for the exhibit first semester by researching, organizing, and making visits to become familiar with materials and suppliers. The actual construction took place during early spring semester. Using between 150 and 200 objects, HA̓ s in-stalled the exhibit during an intense week in January. Next year, Historical Administration students will install an exhibit at the Tarble Art Center featuring war posters from World War II.

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Ryan Ervin Receives James Madison Memorial Fellowship Award

Ryan Ervin, a senior history major with teacher certification from Pawnee, Illinois is the recipient of the prestigious 2004 James Madison Memorial Fellowship for the state of Illinois. Anita Shelton, chair of History, announced the winner of this highly competitive national award observing that Ryan will receive up to $24,000 towards graduate education at a school of his choice. Winners from around the country will have the opportunity to attend a four-week Summer Institute on the Constitution at Georgetown University this summer. The graduate-level fellowships emphasize the framing, principles, and history of the U.S. Constitution. Current and prospective secondary school teachers of American history, American government, and social studies are eligible to apply.

Dr. Terry Barnhart, faculty advisor for the fellowship, noted that James Madison Fellows typically take their place as leaders in the field of history and social studies education. Dr. Barnhart stated: “The James Madison Fellowship is a mark of professional distinction signifying academic excellence and a commitment to responsible, civic-

minded secondary education as model scholar-teachers.” Dr. Barnhart acknowledged that the real credit for the award goes to Ryan and to his faculty mentors in the History Department. Drs. Debra Reid, Michelle LeMaster, and Michael Shirley had the pleasure of teaching Ryan in their respective classes and wrote in warm support of his application. “The excellent teaching and advising of these colleagues” Dr. Barnhart noted, “gave Ryan an excellent foundation for writing a successful application. Faculty mentoring is essential to the entire enterprise.” Dr. Reidʼs letter of support to the selection committee attested Ryanʼs “responsible and compassionate character, his first-rate intellect, and his quest to convey information in a way that prompts others to learn.” “His communication skills will serve him well as he nurtures his own students.” Dr. Shirley observed that Ryan “wants to do what is right, rather than what is most convenient. Our teaching students fall into two categories: those who meet the requirements, and those who I would want to teach my children. Mr. Ervin in one of the latter.”

Ryan will begin studying for his Masterʼs degree in history at Eastern Illinois University in the fall semester of 2004.

Faculty NewsTerry BarnhartTerry A. Barnhart completed his tenth year of service with the History Department. Dr. Barnhart continues to teach Archival Methods, Research Methods in Local History, and Historical Interpretation and Public Programs within the M. A. in Historical Administration Program, and American social and cultural history in the traditional M. A. in History Program. He teaches the U. S. history survey (including honors sections) and the U.S. Constitution and the Nation in the undergraduate curriculum. Dr. Barnhart began the first of a four-year term on the Council of the American Association for State and Local History, a professional service organization in which he has been active for several years. He also agreed to serve a second term on the Advisory Board of the Illinois State Historical Society for 2005. His manuscript on “Ephraim George Squier and the Development of American Anthropology” passed from the acquisition stage to copyediting and production at the University of Nebraska Press in 2004. The manuscript will appear as a title in the Critical Histories of Anthropology series of the University of Nebraska Press. Dr. Barnhartʼs article “Dr. Edwin Hamilton Davis and the Davis Collection of American Antiquities” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of the History of Collections published by Cam-bridge University Press and the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, and will appear in the next issue. Another of his projects appeared as “ʼA Common Feelingʼ: Regional Identity and Historical Consciousness in the Old Northwest, 1820-1860” in the Spring 2003 number of the Michigan Historical Review. He worked with Dr. Charles Titus in planning the second “History at the Grassroots: Local History and Its Audiences” conference held in conjunction with the 24th Annual History Teachers Conference at Eastern Illinois University on October 3, 2003, where he conducted a workshop on “Building Bridges: University-School Cooperation in the Teaching and Learning of State and Local History.”

Roger BeckRoger Beck was reelected to a third two-year term as Treasurer of the World History Association. The third edition of his high school world history text, World History, Patterns of Interaction, will appear in Spring 2004. He will be giving the 2nd Annual Thomas Fiddick Memorial Lecture at the University of Evansville in February, and will be giving two papers at a conference at the University of Stel-lenbosch, South Africa in April. He also published six book reviews and wrote four entries for encyclopedias.

Ian BinningtonIan Binnington taught courses in US Constitutional History, Modern US History, and Modern World History in his second year at East-

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ern. His essay, “Promoting the Confederacy: Virginiaʼs Southern Illustrated News,” will soon appear in a collection edited by Peter Wallenstein and Bertram Wyatt-Brown and published by the University of Virginia Press. He also co-authored an article that appeared in the Spring 2003 issue of History Computer Review, titled “What Difference Do Computers Make? History, Historians, and Computer-Mediated Learning Environments. “In October he co-presented a paper entitled “Community and Confederate Nationalism: Local and National Perspectives on North Americaʼs Nineteenth Century Nationalist Insurgency” at the Nationalism in the New World conference at Vanderbilt University. He continues as Review Editor for H-South <http://www.h-net.org/~south.

Lynne CurryLynne Curry co-edited, with Christopher Waldrep, The U. S. Constitution and the Nation: A History with Documents, a four-volume se-ries with Peter Lang Publishers, published in August 2003. Earlier that summer she served as chair and commentator on a panel entitled “Law, Genetics, and Bioethics,” at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association and as a proposal evaluator for the National Endowment for the Humanities ̓annual grant competition for research awards in the history of science and medicine. She is currently conducting research, with the able assistance of Matthew Berry, for a monograph examining a landmark US Supreme Court case that addressed the conflict between privacy rights and state action in protecting victims of child abuse.

Jose R. DeustuaProfessor Jose R. Deustua was in academic conferences in Lima, Peru, and Santiago, Chile last year. The first one was on the centennial birth of Peruvian historian, Jorge Basadre. He was the most important Peruvian historian of the 20th century. Dr. Deustuaʼs paper at the conference compared the work of Basadre with that of famous Peruvian anthropologist and writer, Jose Maria Arguedas, apart from stressing the role of both in their interaction with Indianist movements in the Andean countries of South America, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. In Chile, Dr. Deustua participated in the 51st International Congress of Americanists. In both countries, Peru and Chile, he had meetings with International Programs officers in order to strengthen exchanges with EIU. He also published chapters in two books, one on export economies in 19th-century Latin America, and the other on the interaction on peasants and markets in 19th-century Peru. As usual, he taught at EIU his courses on Colonial and Modern Latin America and several sections of “Roots of the Modern World. Global Interactions.”

Sace ElderSace Elderʼs article “Das Gewissen von Moabit,” a “Highlight” article about 1920s courtroom reporter Sling (Paul Schlesinger), was published in the January 2004 issue of MESSAGE—internationale Fachzeitschrift für Journalismus. Since coming to Eastern in August, she has presented two papers: the first, “Tragic Love: Narratives of Emotion and Violence,” at a meeting of the Mid-West German His-tory Workshop in Champaign, Illinois; and the second, “Violence and the Culture of Inflation in Weimar Germany,” at a session of the Conference Group for Central European History, held at the American Historical Associationʼs Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Newton KeyNewton Key, professor of British history, was pleased to see in print two new works: Newton Key and Robert Bucholz, eds., Sources and Debates in English History, 1485-1714 (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004); and Robert Bucholz and Newton Key, Early Modern England, 1485-1714: A Narrative History (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004). This past summer he gave a talk at Clare College, Cambridge, “ʼHigh feeding and Smart drinkingʼ: the Political Culture of Londonʼs Public Feasts during the 1680s,” which is being revised for a forthcoming book based on the conference: Exclusion and Revolution: the worlds of Roger Morrice, 1675-1700, ed. Jason McElligott (Boydell & Brewer). Ten of his biographies should see publication in the mammoth project, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, later this year. He gave talks at local and regional conferences on “Donneʼs Renaissance World”; “Choosing and Using Early Modern Documents for the Classroom”; and “Elizabethan Worlds.” He is completing a study of Interregnum Monmouth and is working on a book on feasts. He became the North American Conference on British Studies Webmaster. He is planning a study abroad in the United Kingdom, perhaps as early as Summer 2005.

Michelle LeMasterMichelle LeMaster received a Council on Faculty Research Grant to support research doing oral histories among the southeastern tribes. She spent spring break in Oklahoma meeting with members of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Muskogee (Creek) nations. She also gave several papers at major conferences this year. At the Southern Historical Association in November, she presented a paper “Brothers, Fathers, and Mothers: The Atlantic World, Diplomacy, and Family Metaphors.” She presented a pre-circulated paper to the Newberry Seminar in Early American History and Culture entitled “Guns and Garters: Trade and the Stability of Native Gender Rela-tions,” and most recently gave a paper at the Organization of American Historians Conference, “In the ̒ Scolding Housesʼ: Indians before the Colonial Courts in North Carolina, 1684-1760.” Dr. LeMaster also published a lengthy book review in Reviews in American History, and she is working to two additional reviews, as well as two articles to be submitted for publication. She continues to work to revise her book manuscript on the role of gender in shaping white-Indian relations in the colonial Southeast. Dr. LeMaster also developed several new courses this year, including a graduate course in Early American History, as well as a course in Native American History and the History of the American West. She served on numerous committees, including the 20th century search committee, the College of

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Arts and Humanities Curriculum committee, the Womenʼs Studies Minor faculty committee, and she served as the departmentʼs library liaison.

Debra ReidDuring AY 2003-2004 Dr. Debra Reid taught one new course and selected new textbooks for three other courses. This kept her busier than usual with teaching duties. She and Historical Administration students completed a collections care project at the Rutherford House in Oakland, Illinois, and she is working with Lincoln Log Cabin on collections-related projects for Fall 2004. Her articles appeared in Agricultural History, Rustic Nova (an anthology on new rural history), and the ALHFAM Bulletin; and book reviews appeared in the ALHFAM Bulletin, Illinois Mennonite Heritage, and the Tennessee Historical Quarterly. She is editing the proceedings of the 2003 AL-HFAM Conference. She presented papers at symposia sponsored by the Rural Women Studies Association, Agricultural History Society, Midwest Organization for the Recognition and Recording of Ethnic Heritage, Grassroots History, and the Historical Administration Program Association. Her book manuscript on African American employees of southern agricultural extension services is under review at University of Illinois Press. She is working with a committee to document cinematographer Gregg Tolandʼs Charleston origins. This includes coordinating the Summer 2004 exhibit “Citizen Gregg” at the Coles County Historical Society, for which she received a $500 grant from the Illinois Association of Museums, and the Fall 2004 symposium “Citizen Gregg” at EIU. She was elected to a three-year term on EIUʼs Council on Academic Affairs in Spring 2003. She continues as ALHFAM publications chair (Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums) and treasurer for the Midwest Open Air Museums Association as well as the Rural Womenʼs Studies Association. She served on the program committee for the 2004 American Association for State and Local History conference. She completed her second year of service as a member of the Edwards Awards committee for the Agricultural History Society, and is completing her third year as the U.S. alternate delegate to the International Association of Agricultural Museums. She was also elected to the board of the Chrisholm Historic Farmstead, Trenton, Ohio, in January 2004.

Rick RiccioRick Riccio participated in the Illinois Association of Museums workshop at the Amish Interpretive Center in Arcola. His work there helped provide general exhibit information for area museums. Furthermore he has continued working with the Historical Administration program. Last April, Riccio presented a “Fake Food for Exhibitions” workshop at the Historical Administration Symposium. Outside of the classroom Riccio participated in a discussion on the Pedagogy of Museum Exhibitions for the Association for Childrenʼs Education at Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site, designed five outdoor interpretive signs for Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site and oversaw the construction and installation of a scale model depicting the fourth Lincoln-Douglas debate at Charleston. This scale model can be seen at the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum located at the Coles County Fairground.

Michael ShirleyMichael Shirley served as chair of a panel on “Womenʼs Roles in the Twentieth Century: at Home and Abroad” at the annual meeting of the Midwest Conference on British Studies, and has been appointed Webmaster of that organization. He gave several public lectures to various civic groups on Winston Churchill and is editing a second volume of essays on nineteenth- and twentieth-century British history. He has also begun work on a biography of Gen. Philip Sidney Post. Having succeeded Dr. Newton Key as faculty advisor to Historia and the History Department Newsletter, he will accept either praise or criticism for the layout and contents of this issue of History at Eastern. He continues as the departmentʼs academic advisor and as faculty advisor to the Epsilon Mu chapter of Phi Alpha Theta.

Nora Pat SmallDr. Small, Historical Administration Program Coordinator, continues to teach historic preservation, the history of American architecture, and U.S. history surveys. She delivered a lecture on Carnegie Libraries on the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of the Tuscola Carnegie Library, and gave a presentation entitled “Local Myth, Local History: Uncovering the Past at the Five Mile House in Coles County, IL” at the History at the Grassroots Conference here on Easternʼs campus. She also had the pleasure of talking to Charleston High School students about history during their career day. Dr. Small has been appointed to the Board of Trustees for the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, and continues to serve on the board of the Five Mile House Foundation as well as on the Coles County Regional Planning Commissionʼs Historic Preservation Advisory Council. She has been writing book reviews for the Vernacular Architecture Forum Newsletter and for Agricultural History. She is currently working on a paper that will part of a panel organized by Dr. Debra Reid for the Sept. 2004 AASLH conference. The panel will discuss history sites as prosthetic memory.

David Kammerling SmithDuring the past year, David Kammerling Smith has been active with several activities. He presented papers at the Quadrennial Meeting of the International Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies at UCLA and at a conference entitled “Commerce, population et société au-tour de Vincent de Gournay (1748-1758): La genèse dʼun vocabulaire des sciences sociales en France” at the Institut National dʼÉtudes Démographiques in Paris, France. In addition, he received a Sabbatical Fellowship from the American Philosophical Society for the 2004-2005 academic year. He also continued his duties as Editor-in-Chief of H-France.

10Charles TitusCharles Titus teaches United States military history, Illinois history and Social Science teaching methods classes. He continues to serve as chair of the Annual History Teachers Conference, and coordinated the 2003 conference, Building Bridges: Collaborative Efforts in Examining the World Around Us, held in conjunction with the second History at the Grass Roots Conference, chaired by Terry Barn-hart, on October 3. Professor Titus serves as chair of the Universityʼs Social Science Studies Program, and as Chair of the History/So-cial Science Studies Teacher Education Committee. He has also been named as a member of the Unit Assessment Committee for the College of Education and Professional Studies. In May he was selected as a recipient of the Deanʼs Award for Service, presented by the School of Continuing Education. In November he presented “1898: The United States, Spain and Cuba: A Time of Empire Building?” at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Association for Latin American Studies. Also in November he attended the Annual Meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies, held in Chicago, and attended the Utilizing Electronic Portfolios in Teacher Education Conference, held at Western Illinois University. In January of 2004 he completed his term as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Coles County Historical Society where he had served as chair of the Greenwood School Committee and coordinated educational programs at the school for area students.

Mark Voss-HubbardDr. Mark Voss-Hubbard published “Slavery, Capitalism, and the & the Middling Sorts: The Rank and File of Political Abolitionism,” last Fall in American Nineteenth-Century History, published four book reviews, and presented a paper entitled, “George Washington Julian and the Politics of Land Reform in the Age of Lincoln,” at the annual Abraham Lincoln Symposium last Spring. He continues work on a book project on the intersections of antislavery and land and labor reform in mid 19th-century America, and a book on 19th-century US political history and historiography.

Edmund WehrleDr. Wehrle published an article entitled “Welfare and Warfare: American Organized Labor Approaches the Military-Industrial Com-plex, 1949-1964” in Armed Forces & Society, 4 (Summer 2003). In April he delivered a paper “The Foundation for the Infinitely Greater Prosperity which is within Our Capacity For Tomorrow: Leon Keyserling, the AFL-CIO, and the Fate of Full Employment Economics, 1953-1975,” at Economic and Business History Historical Society Annual Conference, in Memphis, TN. In the fall, he gave a paper entitled “Nixon, Vietnam, and the Blue-Collar Blues,” at the 25th Annual North American Labor History Conference, in Detroit, Michigan.

Bailey K. YoungSince the summer of 1993 Dr. Bailey K. Young has directed the Summer Archaeology Program in Belgium. He and Dr. William Woods, Director of the Archaeology Unit at SIU-Edwardsville, who joined the project in 2003, are preparing a paper on the landscape history of the site for the International Medieval Conference at Kalamazoo. Dr. Young wrote articles on the Merovingian Franks, the Tomb of Childeric, and Merovingian Archaeology for the Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World, edited by Peter Bogucki (Princeton) and Pam Crabtree (NYU), to be published by Charles Scribners ̓Sons (2004). His articles “Rituel funéraire, structure sociale et choix ide-ologique: le cas mérovingien” and “Rites funéraires et stratégie politique: le cas des tombes royals,” previously presented at conferenc-es in France, were revised for publication. He organized international scholarly panels for the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America held in New Orleans in Jan 2003, and in San Francisco in Jan. 2004. As Co-Chair of the Medieval Studies Group at Eastern he helped get a new Minor in Medieval Studies approved, and organized a Round Table at Booth Library on the Luttrell Psalter, a lavishly illuminated manuscript dating to Chaucerʼs day. He served on the Faculty Development Committee, and was named by the Provost to head the Phi Beta Kappa Task Force, which seeks to obtain a Charter to organize a PBK Chapter at Eastern.

Graduate Student News

Historical AdministrationPaul Baumann (MA, HA) is a graduate from Eastern Illinois University. He will complete his studies this spring and continue with his internship at Lincoln Log Cabin in Charleston, where he will be working with the youth education program. Amanda Bryden (MA, HA) will be interning at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff for the summer.Antonia Dauster (MA, HA) will be focusing her efforts on archival studies and methodology while she completes her internships at The Henry Ford Museum in Michigan and the Center for Western Studies at Augustana College in South Dakota. She will be attending the American Association of State and Local History (AASLH) conference in St. Louis Sept 29 - Oct 2 as a panelist, co-presenting a session entitled “Historic Site as Prosthetic Memory.”Sarah Hagye (MA, HA) Distinguished Graduate Student, will be moving to Mackinac Island to act as exhibit evaluator and museum programs intern for Mackinac State Parks in Michigan. She will be living there through October. Kara Long (MA, HA) worked as an Illinois Regional Archives Depository intern during the past school year. She will intern with the Filson Historical Society in Kentucky and then with the Thunderbird Lodge in Nevada to fulfill her internship requirements.Heather Mell (MA, HA) Heather received her bachelorʼs degree in anthropology from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.

11To complete her internship requirement she will be working as a cutorial technician at the North Dakota State Historic Society in Bismarck. Dan Smaczny (MA, HA) will serve his internship with National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. He will work in the Hall of Fameʼs collections department.John Weck (MA, HA) will be graduating in May. After he completes his internship at the Elgin Academy where he will be working with a collection of documents and artifacts dating to 1839, John will pursue a Ph.D. at Northern Illinois University.

Traditional GraduatesMatthew Berry (MA) studies nineteenth-century American social and political history. He came to us in the fall from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago where he double majored in History and Political Science.Jon Burkhardt (MA) is finishing his first year as a graduate student. He recently completed his B.A. in philosophy at Eastern Illinois University. During this past semester, Jon worked as a co-editor of Historia. Jon will be attending summer school and plans on completing his degree in the fall. LaMar Choate (MA) is a high school history teacher from Wayne City, IL. He plans to finish his Masterʼs degree and continue teaching.Josh Fulton (MA) plans to continue his studies over the summer, and conduct research in the fall. Josh intends to graduate from the program in Spring 2005. Dan Grooms (MA) will complete his studies this summer. After Dan finishes his studies, he intends to pursue his Ph.D. at the University of Iowa. Mark Hamm (MA) will be spending some time working, on a volunteer basis, for the Illiana Genealogical & Historical Society. Mark will be working with the Society in preparing Vermilion County Court records, dating from the early 1800s, for microfilm recording. Selena Hood (MA) is currently studying 20th century history with a specialization in women studies.Anthony Key (MA) spent the semester working on a practice test for teacher certification students in Social Science. He will continue his studies over the summer, concentrating on American History.Nicole Klingler (MA) a European history major, will be finishing her coursework and taking her final exams in August. In the meantime she will be moving to St. Louis in search of employment. Jennifer Lancaster (MA) co-editor of Historia completed her graduate studies in May. Beginning in Fall 2004, she will be teaching a history course at Lake Land Community College and also plans to teach at the high school level.Troy Malecki (MA) completed his undergraduate degree in history and economics at Eastern Illinois University in May 2003 and plans on continuing his research in twentieth century American history. Joshua Mason (MA) is writing his thesis on “Major James D. Savage,” an ancestor of his and the first Euro-American to view Yosemite Valley. Major Savage was responsible for assisting California Territory in displacing native tribes from the region so that development could take place in the 1840s and early 1850s. Joshua intends to graduate this summer with a M.S. in Educational Administration and a M.A. in History. He will be teaching elementary school by late July 2004. Lisa Murphy (MA) completed her undergraduate at Eastern Illinois University in May 2003 and plans on continuing her research in early Modern European history. John Rasel (MA) is a co-editor of Historia. After John finishes his masterʼs degree, he plans on obtaining a Masterʼs degree in Library Science. Annie Tock (MA) Distinguished Graduate student will spend this summer working on an independent study on Native Americans in Colonial America with Dr. Michelle LeMaster. This fall she will write a thesis exploring the Newgate Calendar and other 18th century forms of English crime literature with Dr. Key. She hopes to apply to PhD. programs for the fall of 2005.

News from EmeritiDan Hockman continues to be involved with Easternʼs ROTC program, has reviewed several books on military history, and has trav-eled to Europe with his wife Lois to tour and to teach. He and Lois devote much time to their garden.David Maurer, in addition to reviewing books for professional journals, does historical consulting work and volunteers in Charleston at the Soup Stop and for Habitat for Humanity. He and his wife Joyce have also traveled extensively to Europe, Alaska, Canada, and Australia.John McElligott, our newest Emeritus Professor, retired in May, 2003. At a party in his honor held at Herb and Jane Laskyʼs home, Prof. Onaiwu Ogbomo presented our latest “elder” with a Nigerian walking stick; the department presented him with a calibrated astrolabe. Despite his “retirement,” he continues to teach History of Science and Religion. He hopes, at some point in the near future, to sail to Europe in as luxurious a style as is allowable by law and ocean liners.Wolfgang Sclauch lives in Las Cruces, NM, where he wears a cowboy hat, drives a pickup truck, and works on his new book in German history, although not usually at the same time.Robert Sterling, who continues to indulge his passion for racing, gave a public lecture on the occasion of the 140th Anniversary of the Charleston Riot (see p. 15).

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The fire that tragically consumed a portion of Blair Hall on April 28, 2004 was a poignant reminder of Easternʼs origins and

growth as a regional university. Completion of the Blair Hallʼs construction in 1913 greatly facilitated the expansion of the teacher-training program at Eastern Illinois State Nor-mal School, as Eastern was originally known. Blair Hall was originally called the Training School Building, and was home to the Model School (forerunner of the Lab School) and the Domestic Science and the Manual Arts programs. The trust-ees appropriately renamed the building Blair Hall in 1958 in honor of Francis Grant Blair, the first supervisor of the Train-ing Department at Eastern from 1899 to 1906, and later Il-linois ̓Superintendent of Public Instruction. Blair Hall was

one of five campus buildings constructed in different variations on the Collegiate Gothic between 1899 and 1929: Old Main in 1899,

Pemberton Hall in 1908, Blair Hall in 1913, the Practical Arts Building (Student Services) in 1929, and Booth Library in 1949. Further information about the founding of Eastern and its architecture may be found on the History Departmentʼs “Localities” website at www.eiu.edu/~localite/coles/charles-ton/eiu/.

Fortunately, Blair Hall will live on. Despite severe dam-age (the roof structure and the third floor were destroyed, and extensive water damage to the first and second floors will necessitate gutting those areas) the exterior walls can be salvaged, and university officials are planning Blair Hallʼs renovation.

Alumni NewsKristen Anderson (HA, 1992) married Robert Autobee on June 6, 2004. She is a curator at the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida.Keith Bartelmey (BA, Social Science, 2002) is currently teaching in a self-contained seventh- and eighth-grade classroom in Chi-cago.David Bell (BA, Social Studies and History, 2002) finished his MA in History at Eastern Illinois University in May, 2004, on the completion of his thesis, “The Battle for the University: the Vietnam-Era Student Movement at Universities in Central Illinois.” He is currently seeking a social studies teaching position in the Chicago area.Robin Gray (BA, History, 2003) is a Human Resource Manager and OSHA Director for a Dermatology Center in the Chicago Sub-urbs.Richard Hansen (BA, Social Science, 1992) completed his MA in History at Eastern Illinois University in December, 2003. He lives in Mt. Zion, Illinois, where he has been teaching social studies for seven years.Carrie Lavarnway (HA, 1985) married Stephen Van Buren on December 20, 2003. She is a curator at the South Dakota State Agricul-tural Heritage Museum in Brookings, South Dakota.Rebecca Leman (BA, Social Science, 2003) has accepted a social studies teaching position at Argo Community High School in Sum-mit, Illinois.Steven Mayerhofer (BA, Social Science, 2001) is teaching social studies at Alton High School in Alton, Illinois.Robert D. Sampson, (BA, History, 1971), who holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Illinois, teaches at Millikin University in Decatur, and works as a writer at the University of Illinois, has had his book, John L. OʼSullivan and His Times, published by the Kent State University Press.Chris Sundheim (MA, History, 1996) has accepted a position on the national desk at Associated Press headquarters in midtown Man-hattan.

Devastating Fire Strikes Blair Hallby Dr. Nora Pat Small

History Department Telefund DonorsThe History Department is most grateful to the people listed below for their kind generosity. Further donations to assist us in providing the best possible historical education are always welcome; you may send checks to: History Department, Eastern

Illinois Universtiy, 600 Lincoln Avenue, Charleston, Illinois 61920

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Dr. Robert E. HenningsMrs. Christine E. RobertsonMs. Connie A. McCammonMr. Gerald L. WilliamsMs. Patricia A. CaseyMr. John H. MuthersboughMr. Brent M. ColeState Farm Companies FoundationMr. James P. KerrMs. Janice B. LuthMs. Lynne Mickle SmacznyMr. Michael S. KnechtMr. Jeffrey T. MurrayMr. Christopher S. MarshallMr. Thomas C. VanceMr. Charles A. LeCountMs. Joy A. MatthiessenMr. Randall D. BeckMs. Kristin A. BrownMs. Mary E. HeineMr. Gerald H. BoeMs. Stephanie A. ChontosMrs. Jill Chwojko-FrankMs. Rebecca M. MatticksMr. Donald E. DrakeMrs. Lynnita J. BrownMr. John P. Cullen

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Bartley (EIU ʻ45) and Estelle Greenwood, of Pensacola Florida, donated 67 books on military history to Booth Library and the Department of Military Science. Dr. Estelle Greenwood (above right) with Dr. Robert Hennings, Dr. Anita Shelton, Dr. Charles Titus.

Greenwoods Donate History Books

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Charleston Riot 140th AnniversaryA Sterling Occasion

Re-enactors of the 41st Infantry Coles County Company D unit based out of Mattoon hold a commemorative ceremony Saturday afternoon marking the 140th anniversary of the March 28, 1864 Charleston Riot. The riot occured between Union sol-diers and anti-war protestors known as “Copperheads” on the Courthouse Square in Charleston after a Democratic rally was canceled. Robert Sterling (left), Professor Emeritus of History at EIU, gave a brief presentation during the ceremony.

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Alumni Information UpdateThe History Department and your former classmates want to hear from you! Please let us know what you have been doing since graduation by mail (Newsletter, Department of History, 600 Lincoln Avenue, Charleston, IL, 61920), phone (217-581-3310), fax (217-581-7233), or e-mail (cfmhs@eiu.edu).

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