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Reviews the efforts of the Martin Luther King Jr., Papers Project to prepare a definitive, multivolume edition of King's papers as part of a long-term effort to preserve the historical legacy of the African-American freedom struggle. The initial two volumes of `The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.'; Historical and intellectual context in which King's Crozer and Boston University academic papers were created; Selective use of appropriated passages; Citation and attribution practices; Details.

Reviews the Web site Thomas A. Edison Papers from the State University of New Jersey in Piscataway.

Focuses on the microforms `The Papers of Eleanor Roosevelt, 1933-1945.'

Questions the historical and biographical significance of the papers Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote as a divinity student at Crozer Theological Seminary and as a doctoral student at Boston University. Instances of plagiarism; Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Projects; Evidence of King's effort to construct an identity as a theologian and preacher; Desire to stress social and political implications of theological training.

Presents further information related to the student papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Application to graduate school; Excerpt from King's dissertation on the conceptions of God held by Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wieman; Papers that he wrote at Boston University.

The editor of the journal discusses changes that have occurred with the journal in the past year, including the addition of Katherine Finley as executive director and the announcement of a five year publishing contract with the Oxford University Press beginning in 2011. Updates on projects related to the United States Civil War, the reviewing of document collections and the journal's podcast are also given. The article also issues a call for papers on North American borderlands and provides thanks to various individuals.

The article discusses a survey of students regarding the meaning of region in U.S. history and in their own lives. Some respondents expressed apprehension about committing to paper an actual definition of a region. Many emphasized similarities in culture, climate, geography and economic infrastructure. One said that a region could be as big as a country or as small as a city or town. One wrote that since regions include different cultures and ways of living, people need to be aware of them. Some underscored the political significance of regions and others emphasized the role of regions in connecting adjacent states culturally and religiously.

Talks about teaching the History 443 course at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Information on the student presentations of their class syllabus; Description of the components of the students' final papers; Project which sent the students into the schools of West Philadelphia.

Focuses on teaching the legal history seminar at Davidson College in North Carolina. Cases from North Carolina's legal history which were taken up in the seminar; Discussion on the writing efforts for the group paper of the students; Information on the research component of the seminar.

Presents an article about war, journalism and oral history. Use of oral history in the study of mass communications at Southwest Texas State University; Experiences of students in their oral history project; Advantages of oral histories over traditional research paper.

Focuses on the exhibition on cigarettes presented at the Valentine Museum in Richmond, Virginia from April 5-October 9, 1990. Impact of cigarettes on American consumer culture; Exhibit curator and design consultants; Technological progress in printing, paper-making, photography and color lithography.

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 multiple announcements for the journal as of December 2012, including a call for papers on the African American Freedom Movement, the launch of a podcast with Carl Weinberg and Kevin Levin discussing the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Civil War, and the pending considerations for the Louis Pelzer Memorial Award.

The article presents several announcements including the locations of future meetings of the historical society the Organization of American Historians, a call for papers on the subject of the U.S. Civil War, and information concerning article submissions to the journal.

The article presents several announcements related to the Organization of American Historians. A call for papers is noted requesting articles on the topic of the American Civil War. The article also provides the dates and locations for the 2012 and 2013 annual meetings of the Organization of American Historians and comments on several podcasts being produced by the "Journal of American History."

The article introduces a section on "Textbooks and Teaching," with reference to papers on college history curricula by authors such as Stephen D. Andrews; Linda J. Borish, Mitch Kachun, Cheryl Lyon-Jenness, and John Savagian.

The article discusses the petroleum industry, climate change, and politics as of June 2012 and how contemporary historians can establish a foundation for studying such subjects. The author examines what she calls U.S. attachment to petroleum-based energy and the implications it has upon the environment, the responses to climate change by the U.S. government, and the identification of historical turning points in the petroleum industry, politics, and public opinion. She examines the work of climate-change activist Bill McKibben.

The article examines factors that led to the broadening of stock ownership between 1880 and 1920 in the United States and discusses the role technology played in opening stock and commodity markets to the middle and working classes. With the introduction of the stock ticker came the rise of "bucket shops," places where would-be investors wagered small sums on the price of stocks and commodities. The money placed on a stock conferred no ownership and bucket shops were essentially betting parlors, but the author states that they did provide an inexpensive and easy way for people of modest means to speculate, even if only in their imagination, in the financial markets. The bucket shops, which ended up being illegal in almost all states, were deplored by actual brokers and investors because they gave the impression that legitimate financial exchanges were nothing more than gambling dens wrapped in the trappings of respectability. However, according to the author, bucket shops were a factor in the huge percentage increase in American stock ownership between 1900 and 1922.