Otis Graham - National Council on Public History

Author(s): Arnita Jones
Article Title: The <strong>National</strong> Coordinating Committee: Programs and Possibilities
Special issue or section title: Issues and Analysis
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
Season/Year: Fall, 1978
Pages: 49-60
Key Terms: historical organizations
Abstract:
Arnita Jones addresses the crisis in the employment of historians. To combat this crisis the
<strong>National</strong> Coordinating Committee for the Promotion of History (NCCPH) formed to promote
historical studies, restore public confidence in history’s value, and educate employers to the
value of employing historians outside the classroom. State Committees and resource groups in
various employment areas organized to promote history and provide information about future
opportunities. Jones highlights the success of the federal government resource group to stimulate
interest among federal agencies to create historical offices and for federal historians to organize,
offer training in universities, and provide career information. (Abstract by Paul J. P. Sandul)
Author(s): David A. Clary
Article Title: Historic Preservation and Environmental Protection: The Role of the Historian
Special issue or section title: Issues and Analysis
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
Season/Year: Fall, 1978
Pages: 61-75
Key Terms: cultural resources management, environmental, historic preservation
Abstract:
David Clary spotlights historians’ loss of interest and place outside of academia. Originally,
historians participated in preservation and contributed to other disciplines, such as anthropology.
However, Clary indicts historians for no longer participating in the inquiries taken up by other
disciplines and leaving cultural resource management and other studies in need of historical
perspectives to those without the training. Clary calls for historians to work on problems and
research from an interdisciplinary approach that casts everyone equally and contribute to studies
not normally associated with the historic profession such as natural resource management, public
health, and preservation. (Abstract by Paul J. P. Sandul)
Author(s): Greg King
Article Title: The California State Civil Service System
Special issue or section title: Studies in Public History
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
Season/Year: Fall, 1978
Pages: 76-80
Key Terms: CA, California, political, state and local
Abstract:
California’s Office of Planning and Research sought a study of the State Personnel Board (SPB)
to determine what problems existed in the workings of state personnel policy. Greg King