Pennsylvania History
A
Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies
Paul Douglas Newman
Associate Professor of History
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
The editor invites the submission of articles dealing with the history of Pennsylvania and the Middle Atlantic region, regardless of their specialty. Prospective authors are urged to review past issues of Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, where they will note articles in social, intellectual, economic, environmental, political, and cultural history, from the distant and recent past. Articles may investigate new areas of research or they may reflect on past scholarship. Material that is primarily of an antiquarian or genealogical nature will not be considered. Pennsylvania History publishes documents previously unpublished and of interest to scholars of the Middle Atlantic region. The Journal also reviews books, exhibits, and other media dealing primarily with Pennsylvania history or that shed significant light on the state’s past.Please conform to the Chicago Manual of Style in preparing your manuscript and submit three copies to the editor, Paul Douglas Newman, Department of History, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, 450 Schoolhouse Rd, Johnstown, PA 15904. Or, submit electronically via a Word document by email. News of meetings, projects, exhibits, manuscript collections, and related matters should be sent to the editor at the address above or by email. Send books for review and names of individuals who wish to review for the Journal to Thomas J. Kiffmeyer, Department of Geography, Government, and History, Morehead State University, 450 Rader Hall, Morehead, KY 40351. Send suggestions for exhibit reviews and names of individuals who wish to review museum exhibits for the journal to Jeffrey A. Davis, Department of History, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, 128 Old Science Hall, Bloomsburg, PA 17815, or by email.
EDITOR’S
NOTE
Readers will notice a change in editorship of the Journal with
this issue. I would like to thank Jean Soderlund and John McWilliams
for their hard work and dedication to Pennsylvania History and for the help they have offered in the transition process.
Joining the Journal as Associate Editor is Jeffrey A. Davis of
Bloomsburg University, and taking the job of Book Review Editor
is Thomas J. Kiffmeyer of Morehead State University. In addition,
I would like to thank former editors and book review editors Brian
Black, William Pencak, Michael Birkner, and Jack Bauman for the
assistance and advice they have lent over the years. The support
of the Editorial Board, the Pennsylvania Historical Association
Council and Executive Committee, Peter Potter and MaryLou McMurtrie
of Penn State University Press, as well as the PHA members has
been enormous and is deeply appreciated. I am looking forward
to working with, and for, all of you. I implore you to submit
your scholarship to Pennsylvania History, to encourage
your friends and colleagues to do the same, and to contact me
with any comments or suggestions for the Journal that you may
have, or by email.
POLICY ON POSTING ARTICLES ON PERSONAL/INSTITUTIONAL WEB SITES:
You may post the pre-copyedited version (preprint) on your personal and institutional web site, so long as it is accompanied by a link giving the URL for the final version at Pennsylvania History's Web site and a copyright notice as it appears in the journal.