Historical News
A Service Center for Teachers of History
has recently been established
by the American Historical Association.
It is located at 400 A Street, S.E.,
Washington 3, D.C. Dr. George Barr
Carson, Jr., is the director.
The service center was created for the
purpose of providing scholarly
leadership in meeting the problems of
history teachers. The center offers
direct assistance to teachers and to
schools in strengthening history courses
and increasing the effectiveness of
teachers and teaching materials.
A panel of recognized professional
historians in various parts of the
country will be available for
consultation with teachers and school administra-
tors on courses and materials. The
center is in the process of preparing
various types of booklets and
informative materials to aid teachers. There
will be summaries of recent researches;
outlines of standard and exceptional
courses; suggestions of subjects which
should be emphasized and other sub-
jects which might be omitted if time
presses; annotated selective lists of
topical, narrative, biographical, and
audio-visual materials; and other items.
The center hopes, through its
consultation and publication programs, to
provide materials for the teacher's
self-education and enrichment, as well as
aids to "stimulate that enthusiasm
for the subject which alone can arouse
genuine student interest." It
expects to sponsor regional meetings between
members of university departments of
history and the teachers of history
in public and private schools.
The service center welcomes inquiries
from teachers, administrators, and
any other interested persons.
The Cincinnati Public Library has
received by gift from the Sons and
Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen more than
50,000 items of river memorabilia.
The collection, around which an Inland
River Library has been established,
includes old pictures of steamboats,
steamboat logs, maps, and documents.
Mrs. Dorothy Powers has been named
curator of the Inland River Library.
A North American Association of Historic
Sites Public Officials was
organized recently at Woodstock,
Vermont. Vrest Orton of Weston, Vermont,
chairman of the Vermont Historic Sites
Commission, was elected the first