Organization of American Historians

Organization of American Historians (OAH)
Formation1907; 117 years ago (1907)
Typeacademic-oriented association
HeadquartersBloomington, Indiana, U.S.
AffiliationsAmerican Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Websitewww.oah.org//

The Organization of American Historians (OAH), formerly known as the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, is the largest professional society dedicated to the teaching and study of American history. OAH's members in the U.S. and abroad include college and university professors; historians, students; precollegiate teachers; archivists, museum curators, and other public historians; and a variety of scholars employed in government and the private sector. The OAH publishes the Journal of American History. Among its various programs, OAH conducts an annual conference[1] each spring, and has a robust speaker bureau—the OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program.[2]

The organization's mission is to promote excellence in the scholarship, teaching, and presentation of American history, and encourage wide discussion of historical questions and equitable treatment of all practitioners of history. Membership is open to all who wish to support its mission.

In 2010, its individual membership was approximately 8,000 and its institutional membership approximately 1,250. For its 2009 fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, the organization's operating budget was approximately $2.9 million.[3] In its 2018 annual report, membership in the organization "stabilized" with approximately 7,000 members.[4] In fiscal year 2019 (ending June 30, 2019), the organization's budget was $3.66 million.[5]

  1. ^ "Conference on American History | OAH". oah.org.
  2. ^ "OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program | OAH". oah.org.
  3. ^ "OAH Treasurer's Report, Fiscal Year, 2009", Robert Griffith, OAH Treasurer, February 8, 2010 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2012-01-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "2018 OAH Annual Report" "2018 OAH Annual Report" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  5. ^ "2019 OAH Annual Report" "2019 OAH Annual Report" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-12-21.