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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.

The article provides new briefs for the "Journal of American History" ("JAH") as of March 2013. The journal is looking for historians to submit papers on the U.S. Civil War. The periodical also launched a podcast section on its web site. Historian Kristen Hoganson won the 2012 Wayne D. Rasmussen Award from the Agricultural History Society for her article "Meat in the Middle: Converging Borderlands in the U.S. Midwest, 1865-1900," which was published in the journal.

Presents updates from the Organization of American Historians as of June 1, 1985. Invitation of candidates for graduate degrees to submit essays for the 1986 Pelzer Award competition; Announcement of the opening of the records of the Bank of Delaware for the period of 1812-1960; Grant awarded to the LaGuardia Archives and Museum by the Ford Foundation.

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.

Provides an update on the field of U.S. history research as of September 1983. Award won by Lacy K. Ford of the University of South Carolina; Micropublication of the Records of the Harmony Society, 1786-1951 of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Suggested information resources on American history.

The article presents announcements on the journal and the Organization of American Historians (OAH), noting that article submissions must include abstracts, that Melissa R. Klapper has won the Charles DeBenedetti Prize of the Peace History Society, and that book reviewers must update reviewer data sheets.

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.