The Journal of American History is the quarterly official academic journal of the Organization of American Historians. It covers the field of American history and was established in 1914 as the Mississippi Valley Historical Review, the official journal of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. After the publication of its fiftieth volume, the recognition of a shift in the direction of the membership and its scholarship led to the name change in 1964.
The journal is headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana, where it has close ties to the History Department at Indiana University.
List of editors
Proceedings of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association Benjamin F. Shambaugh (1907–1914)Conard, Rebecca. Benjamin Shambaugh and the Intellectual Foundations of Public History. University of Iowa Press, 2002. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt20q2006. Accessed 23 Sept. 2025.
Mississippi Valley Historical Review Clarence W. Alvord (1914–1923) Lester B. Shippee (1923–1924) Milo M. Quaife (1924–1930) Arthur Charles Cole (1930–1941) Louis Pelzer (1941–1946) Wendell H. Stephenson (1946–1953) William C. Binkley (1953–1963) Oscar O. Winther (1963–1964)
Journal of American History Oscar O. Winther (1964–1966) Martin Ridge (1966–1978) Lewis Perry (1978–1984) Paul Lucas (1984–1985) David Thelen (1985–1999) Joanne Meyerowitz (1999–2004) David Nord (2004–2005) Edward T. Linenthal (2005–2016) Benjamin H. Irvin (2017—present)
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