TheSouthern Historical Association is a professional academic organization of historians focusing on thehistory of the Southern United States. It was organized on November 2, 1934. Its objectives are the promotion of interest and research in Southern history, the collection and preservation of theSouth's historical records, and the encouragement of state and local historical societies in the South. As a secondary purpose the organization fosters the teaching and study of all areas of history in the South.
The association was preceded by another, with a similar name--theSouthern History Association, a short-lived organization with a very academic aspect to it; it folded in 1909 after a little over a decade. A new organization devoted to the same subject matter was conceived in the 1920s byFrederick Jackson Turner, who urged his doctoral studentThomas Perkins Abernethy to build a network that could sustain an organization similar to theAmerican Historical Association. Two developments, according to historian and later SHA president Bethany Johnson, led to the association's founding: the growing desire since the late 19th century among Southern historians to professionalize, and theSouthern Renaissance, which saw the formation of many professional academic societies in the South.[1]
Among the association founders wereThomas Perkins Abernethy,W. Darrell Overdyke ofCentenary College of Louisiana,[2] andPhilip M. Hamer of theNational Archives.[3][4]
The SHA publishesTheJournal of Southern History.John B. Boles was one of the editors.
The SHA maintains two permanent offices: the editorial offices, located atRice University, and the secretary-treasurer's office, located at theUniversity of Georgia.
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