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Joseph Allan Nevins [1] (May 20, 1890 – March 5, 1971) was an American historian and journalist, known for his extensive work on the history of the Civil War and his biographies of such figures as Grover Cleveland, Hamilton Fish, Henry Ford, and John D. Rockefeller, as well as his public service.
Nov 17, 2019 · While Nevins may not have been my oral history grandfather, Linda Shopes most certainly has been my mentor since my earliest forays into the field. Conversations with her as part of that NCPH working group have been tremendously helpful in shaping my ideas.
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Allan Nevins Is Not My Grandfather: The Roots of Radical Oral History Practice in the United States. Daniel R. Kerr. Abstract: Oral historians in the United States have adopted a problematic his-tory of our field that erases the contributions of our radical forbearers.
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Feb 20, 2017 · Authors who imagine they write for the ages should look to the chastening example of Allan Nevins (1890-1971). Once a giant in the field whose name often appeared alongside earlier luminaries such as James Ford Rhodes, Nevins worked almost literally to the end of his long life.
Mar 6, 1971 · MENLO PARK, Calif., March 5—Allan Nevins, the historian and biographer who won two Pulitzer Prizes and pioneered in the establishment of the oral history movement, died today in a nursing home...
Allan Nevins (born May 20, 1890, Camp Point, Illinois, U.S.—died March 5, 1971, Menlo Park, California) was an American historian, author, and educator, known especially for his eight-volume history of the American Civil War and his biographies of American political and industrial figures.
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Allan Nevins (May 20, 1890–March 5, 1971), former president of the American Historical Association, died on March 5, 1971, after a varied and distinguished career of some sixty years in journalism, teaching, writing, scholarship, and academic and public service.
