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Presents updates on events and issues in the U.S. as of 2004. Information on the "Journal of American History"; Award won by Mark Peel of John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland for his essay "On the Margins: Lodgers and Borders in Boston, 1860-1900; Papers acquired by the Historic New Orleans Collection.

Presents updates related to the Organization of American Historians (OAH) as of 1984. Recipient of the Louis Pelzer Memorial Award for 1983; Job vacancies at the "The Journal of American History" publication; Details of a survey on OAH members released by Lewis Perry at the business meeting of the OAH in Los Angeles, California on April 6, 1984.

Presents news briefs on U.S. history as of September 1985. Award received by essayist Mark Peel of the Johns Hopkins University; Invitation to contribute to the "Journal of American History"; Background on the report to the membership passed by Interim Editor Paul Lucas at the business meeting of the Organization of American Historians.

Several announcements are provided including the journal's call for papers on the African American freedom movement during the 1950s and 1960s, the opening of the essay prize the Louis Pelzer Memorial Award to graduate students and the journal's request for people to submit book reviews.

The article presents an overview of the activities of the "Journal of American History" staff and the Organization of American History (OAH) over the preceding year. Topics discussed include special projects regarding Mormon history, the Hurricane Katrina disaster, and on the journal's web site. Submissions for the journal's Pelzer and Thelen prizes are discussed, staff changes are reported, award winners are acknowledged, and various OAH members are thanked for their help evaluating article manuscripts.

Presents a call for paper regarding the Louis Pelzer Award competition in the U.S. in 1987.