Conference: Andrew Jackson at 250, December 1-2, 2017, Yale University
Conference Announcement:
Andrew Jackson at 250:
Race, Politics, and Culture in the Age of Jacksonian “Democracy”
Date: December 1-2, 2017
Location: Yale University
Jackson Papers win SHFG Jefferson Prize
On April 13, the Society for History in the Federal Government awarded its Thomas Jefferson Prize to The Papers of Andrew Jackson: Volume X, 1832, at a ceremony at the National Archives in Washington. The prize is awarded every other year “for an outstanding contribution to furthering the understanding of the history of the Federal Government on the basis of significance of subject matter, depth of research, rigor of methodology, clarity of presentation, and quality of style.” Volume X of the Jackson Papers was edited by Daniel Feller, Thomas Coens, and Laura-Eve Moss, a
News from the Andrew Jackson Papers
The Andrew Jackson Papers project is proud to announce publication of The Papers of Andrew Jackson: Volume X, 1832, now available from University of Tennessee Press. We are also happy to announce an important new feature of our digital edition in the Rotunda American Founding Era Collection from University of Virginia Press (
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Created
The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was a clash between Union troops, under the command of General William T. Sherman, and Confederate troops, under the command of Joseph E. Johnston. It ended as a Confederate victory. The land was established as the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield site in 1917. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the legislation that turned it into a national park eighteen years later. Andrew "Stonewall" Jackson's arm is buried in the park.
Harriet Tubman and Andrew Jackson: A Match Made in the U.S. Treasury Department, by Broyld and Warshauer
This week at Borealia, Professors dann j. Broyld and Matthew Warshauer present a transnational perspective on the decision to put Harriet Tubman on the U.S. $20 bill. The post is jointly published by Borealia and The Republic, the new blog of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR). Here's a taste of the essay:
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