Journal of American History

Infobox Journal
title = The Journal of American History


discipline = History
abbreviation = JAH
website = http://www.indiana.edu/~jah/index.html
publisher = Organization of American Historians
country = USA
history = 1914 to 1963 (as the "Mississippi Valley Historical Review"), 1964 to present (as the "JAH")
ISSN = 0021-8723

The "Journal of American History" (sometimes abbreviated as "JAH"), is the official journal of the Organization of American Historians. It was first published 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.

The JAH is headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana and is published quarterly, in March, June, September, and December, printed by Capital City Press of Montpelier, Vermont. The Editor is Edward Linenthal.

List of Editors

As the "Proceedings of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association

* Benjamin F. Shambaugh (1908-1914)

As the "Mississippi Valley Historical Review"

* Clarence W. Alvord (1914-1923)
* Lester B. Shippee (1923-1924)
* Milo M. Quaife (1924-1930)
* Arthur C. Cole (1930-1941)
* Louis Pelzer (1941-1946)
* Wendell H. Stephenson (1946-1953)
* William C. Binkley (1953-1963)
* Oscar O. Winther (1963-1964)

As the "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- )