Series I: Administrative Records, 1939-1975
This series includes charters of the SAH, and minutes from annual meetings and council meetings. The minutes are arranged chronologically. Also included are membership lists, correspondence and inquiries regarding membership.
Annual Meetings, 1944-1968
Box 1 Folder 1-7
1944-1951, (7 Folders)
Box 1 Folder 8-13
1955-1961, (6 Folders)
Box 1 Folder 14-16
1966-1968, (3 Folders)
Box 1 Folder 17
Board--Executive, 1968
Council Meetings, 1941-1966
(Missing 1942,1949,1952, 1962-1963)
Box 1 Folder 18-27
1941-1953, (10 Folders)
Box 1 Folder 28-35
1957-1966, (8 Folders)
Charters, 1939-1960
Box 1 Folder 36-37
Certificate of Incorporation, 1939, 1960, 1939, 1960, (2 Folders)
Box 2 Folder 1
Certificate of Resolution, 1951
Box 2 Folder 2
Constitution--Draft, 1939
Box 2 Folder 3-6
Constitution and By-Laws, 1944, 1960, Undated, 1944, 1960, Undated, (4 Folders)
Membership, 1939-1975
Correspondence
Box 2 Folder 7-8
Inquiries, 1953-1975, (2 Folders)
Box 2 Folder 9
Invitation, 1939-1964
Box 2 Folder 10-11
Invitation, 1970-1975, (2 Folders)
Box 3 Folder 1
Reorganization, 1958-1960
Box 3 Folder 2-8
List, 1939, 1943-1954, 1939, 1943-1954, (7 Folders)
Box 4 Folder 1-9
List, 1956-1974, Undated, 1956-1974, Undated, (9 Folders)
Series II: Correspondence, 1939-1975
Correspondence among SAH members regarding the general business of the SAH can be found here. The series also includes inquiries from the public regarding the activities of the SAH. Correspondence related to the magazine project was filed separately by the SAH and can be found in Series III: Magazine Project.
Box 4 Folder 10
Boyd, Julian P, 1941-1950
Clemen, Rogers
Box 4 Folder 11
Garraty, John A., 1959-1961
Box 4 Folder 12
Krout, John A., 1943-1947
Box 4 Folder 13
Nevins, Allan, 1943-1960
Box 5 Folder 1-2
Counsellors at Law, 1944-1962, (2 Folders)
Krout, John A.
Box 5 Folder 3
Freeman, Douglas, 1941-1944
Box 5 Folder 4
Nevins, Allan, 1941-1947
Box 5 Folder 5
Nevins, Allan, 1953-1959
Council and Directors, 1939-1974
Box 5 Folder 6
Appointment of Officers, 1939-1959
Box 5 Folder 7-13
Council, 1961-1967, (7 Folders)
Box 5 Folder 14-17
Directors, 1968-1974, (4 Folders)
Box 5 Folder 18-26
General, 1943-1959, (9 Folders)
Box 6 Folder 1-11
General, 1960-1975, (11 Folders)
Box 6 Folder 12-13
Inquiries, 1952-1975, (2 Folders)
Box 6 Folder 14
Inquiries--regarding Society of American Historians, 1956-1974
Projects
Box 7 Folder 1
American Heritage
, 1971-1972
Box 7 Folder 2
American Presidents Project--Reader's Digest,, 1955
Box 7 Folder 3
Book Plan, 1951
Box 7 Folder 4
Fellowship, 1958
Box 7 Folder 5
Newcomen Society, 1944-1957
Box 7 Folder 6
World of History and the American Story, 1953-1957
Series III: Magazine Project, 1941-1959
This series consists of materials related to the founding of the American Heritage magazine. The bulk of the material dates from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. Included are minutes from magazine committees, correspondence and memorandum among the SAH members. This series also contains numerous fundraising letters sent to various individuals and organizations. Lists and clippings regarding prospective donors, and progress reports sent to the contributors can also be found here. Letters to and from Courtland Canby, who was in charge of the financial campaign, comprise the bulk of the correspondence, which is arranged alphabetically.
This series also contains materials relating to a 1951-1952 survey on the use of history in the mass media. The SAH presented its findings at a conference in 1952, and along with papers and speeches, research materials such as clippings, articles, and questionnaires are available. Correspondence with the Rockefeller Foundation, which funded the survey, is here as well.
Advertisements, pamphlets, prospectuses and other promotional material are included in this series.
Committee Minutes
Box 7 Folder 7
Continuing and Advisory, 1944-1953
Box 7 Folder 8
Finance, 1951
Box 7 Folder 9
Joint, 1949
Box 7 Folder 10
Liaison, 1953
Box 7 Folder 11
Magazine, 1949-1951
Box 7 Folder 12
Steering, 1949
Correspondence and Memorandum, 1941-1959
Box 7 Folder 13-18
General, 1948-1954, (6 Folders)
Box 7 Folder 19
American Heritage--Joint Sponsorship, 1954-1959
Burlingame, Roger
Box 7 Folder 20
General, 1949
Box 8 Folder 1
Canby, Henry, 1949-1950
Box 8 Folder 2
Clemen, Rudolf, 1949
Box 8 Folder 3
Pringle, Henry, 1949
Canby, Courtland
Box 8 Folder 4-11
General, 1949-1951, (8 Folders)
Box 9 Folder 1-4
General, 1950-1953, Undated, 1950-1953, Undated, (4 Folders)
Box 9 Folder 5
Applicants, 1948-1952
Box 9 Folder 6
Authors--Potential, 1949-1951
Box 9 Folder 7
Burlingame, Roger, 1949-1951
Box 9 Folder 8
Canby, Henry, 1949-1952
Box 9 Folder 9-10
Clemen, Rudolf, 1948-1953, (2 Folders)
Box 9 Folder 11-14
D-F, 1949-1950, (4 Folders)
Box 10 Folder 1-2
K, 1949-1951, (2 Folders)
Box 10 Folder 3
Keener, Ruth, 1948-1949
Box 10 Folder 4
L, 1949-1951
Box 10 Folder 5
Library of Congress--Copyright, 1949
Box 10 Folder 6-7
M, 1949-1951, (2 Folders)
Box 10 Folder 8
Nevins, Allan, 1950-1954
Box 10 Folder 9
Pringle, Henry, 1949-1951
Box 10 Folder 10-16
R-W, 1950-1951, (7 Folders)
Box 10 Folder 17
Wecter, Dixon, 1949-1950
Box 10 Folder 18
Y-Z, 1949-1951
Canby, Henry
Box 10 Folder 19
General, 1949-1954
Box 11 Folder 1
Clemen, Rudolf, 1950-1952
Box 11 Folder 2
Pringle, Henry, 1949
Box 11 Folder 3
Nevins, Allan, 1949
Clemen, Rudolf
Box 11 Folder 4
General, 1947-1952
Box 11 Folder 5
Gross, Nancy, 1950-1954
Box 11 Folder 6-7
Nevins, Allan, 1943-1955, (2 Folders)
Box 11 Folder 8
Gross, Nancy, 1950-1953
Box 11 Folder 9
History Publisher's Foundation, 1943-1953
Box 11 Folder 10
Krout, John A., 1941-1943
Box 11 Folder 11
Nevins, Allan, 1944-1952
Box 11 Folder 12
Pringle, Henry, 1948-1949
Box 11 Folder 13
Richardson Wood and Co., 1950-1951
Box 11 Folder 14
Subscription Queries, 1942-1951
Fundraising, 1944-1953
Donors--Prospective
Founders
Box 12 Folder 3
Budget Proposal, 1950
Box 12 Folder 4
List, 1948-1950
Pledges
Box 12 Folder 5-6
Original and Extension, 1950-1951, (2 Folders)
Box 12 Folder 7
Release of, 1952
Box 12 Folder 8
Stock Proposal, 1952
Dinners and Luncheons
Box 12 Folder 9
Boston, 1950
Box 12 Folder 10
California, 1950
Box 12 Folder 11
Chicago, 1950 and 1952, 1950, 1952
Box 12 Folder 12
Denver, 1950
Box 12 Folder 13-15
New York, 1949-1950, (3 Folders)
Box 12 Folder 16
Philadelphia, 1950
Box 12 Folder 17
St. Louis, 1950
Box 12 Folder 18
Texas, 1950
Box 12 Folder 19
Union League, 1950
Box 12 Folder 20
Washington, 1950
Box 24 Folder 2
Subscribers--Index Cards, 1951
History in the Mass Media, 1941-1953
Box 13 Folder 1-2
Correspondence--Rockefeller Foundation, 1941-1953, (2 Folders)
Box 13 Folder 3-6
Conference, 1952, (4 Folders)
Survey
Box 13 Folder 7
General, 1951-1952
Box 13 Folder 8-9
Periodicals, Radio, and Televisions, 1951-1952, (2 Folders)
Box 14 Folder 1
Periodicals, Radio, and Television, 1951-1952
Box 14 Folder 2-3
Television and Film, 1951-1952, (2 Folders)
Promotional, 1941-1952
History
Box 14 Folder 4
Advertisement-- New York Times Book Review,, 1951
Box 14 Folder 5
Direct Mail, 1951
Box 14 Folder 7
Dummy Copy, 1951
Box 14 Folder 8
Letters from Readers, 1952
Box 15 Folder 1
Prospectus, 1950
Horizons
Box 15 Folder 2
Prospectus, 1944
Box 15 Folder 3
"Widening Our Horizons in Time and Space,", 1944
Box 15 Folder 4
"What Makes History Readable,", 1944
Living History
Box 15 Folder 5
"A Monthly Magazine"--Henry Seidel Canby, 1948
Box 15 Folder 6
Comments--From Members, 1948
Box 15 Folder 7
"Plan for Experimental Production"--For Henry Luce, 1948
Milestones
Box 15 Folder 8
Comments, undated
Box 15 Folder 9
Prospectus, 1949
Box 15 Folder 10
Table of Contents, circa, 1949
Nevins, Allen
Box 15 Folder 11
Folkways, Undated
Box 15 Folder 12
Historical Quiz, Undated
Box 15 Folder 13
Letters to Editors, Undated
Box 15 Folder 14
News and Backgrounds, 1949
Box 15 Folder 15
Popular Misconceptions, Undated
Box 15 Folder 16
Reprints, Undated
Box 15 Folder 17
Words, 1951
Box 15 Folder 18
Projected Articles, late 1940s-early, 1950s
Box 16 Folder 1-4
Projected Articles, late 1940s-early, 1950s, (4 Folders)
Box 16 Folder 5
Report and News Release, 1941-1952
Box 16 Folder 6
Sample of Direct Mails--Other Magazines, 1950s
Series IV: History Agency, 1952-1953
This series contains materials related to the History Agency, an organization that from 1952-1953 attempted to connect professional historians with members of the media in need of history services. In addition to correspondence and prospectuses, the series contains radio scripts that the agency prepared for the National Broadcasting Company's series, Omnibus, in 1953.
Box 16 Folder 7-8
Correspondence--Fundraising, 1952-1953, (2 Folders)
Omnibus, NBC Radio Scripts
Box 17 Folder 1
"Letters of Mozart,", 1953
Box 17 Folder 2
"Napoleon,", 1953
Box 17 Folder 3
"Roger Williams and the Tradition of Civil Liberties,", 1953
Box 17 Folder 4
"Stroke of Fate,", 1953
Box 17 Folder 5
Prospectus, 1952-1953
Box 17 Folder 6
"World of History and the American Story,", 1953-1957
Series V: Awards and Special Occasions, 1944-1976
Correspondence, printed material and photographs related to awards and ceremonies constitute this series. The bulk of the material relates to the annual Allan Nevins Prize and the Francis Parkman Prize, and includes, primarily, submission letters from history departments and from publishers. Correspondence regarding the founding of the prizes, guest lists, photos, and reprints of speeches can also be found here.
Allan Nevins Prize
Box 17 Folder 16
List of Winners, 1960-1973
Box 17 Folder 17-20
1960 Prize-1964 Prize, 1957-1965, 1960, 1957-1965, (4 Folders)
Box 18 Folder 1-10
1965 Prize-1974 Prize, 1965-1975, 1965, 1965-1975, (10 Folders)
Francis Parkman Prize
Box 21 Folder 9
Scribner Prize, 1944-1945
Special Occasions, 1957-1976
Box 21 Folder 10
Allan Nevins Testimonial Dinner, 1957-1958
Box 21 Folder 11-13
Annual Awards Dinner, 1966-1968, (3 Folders)
Box 22 Folder 1-8
Annual Awards Dinner, 1969-1976, (8 Folders)
Box 22 Folder 9
St. Louis Breakfast, 1976
Series VI: Financial Records, 1941-1974
This series contains annual financial statements and tax records. Financial records relating to the magazine project can be found both in this series and in Series III: Magazine Project.
Box 22 Folder 11
General, 1950-1970
Box 22 Folder 12
American Heritage Magazine
, 1957-1966
Box 22 Folder 13
Magazine Account, 1948-1952
Box 22 Folder 14
Account Book, 1951-1954
Box 22 Folder 15
Correspondence, 1947-1954
Box 22 Folder 16
General Account--Reports, 1941-1961
Box 22 Folder 17
General Account--Statements and Notes, 1957-1974
Box 22 Folder 18
Tax Exemption, 1953-, 1973
Box 23 Folder 1
Tax Returns, 1967-1974
Box 23 Folder 2
Royalties, 1956-1972
Series VII: Allan Nevins--Personal Research Files, 1879-1886, undated
A small collection of Allen Nevins' research files, which include original documents, a box of index cards and handwritten research notes on the Rockefellers, make up this series.
Box 24 Folder 3
American States during and after the Revolution--Books and Articles on--Index Cards,, Undated
Rockefeller Records
Box 23 Folder 3
Folder Notes 2-29--1875-1885, Undated
Box 23 Folder 4
Folder Notes 31-69--1886-1915, Undated
Box 23 Folder 5
Letter Book Notes--1877-1882, Undated
Box 23 Folder 6-9
Originals--1879-1886, Undated, (4 Folders)