American History Road Scholars

NameProgram Title
Carl M. AdamsAbraham Lincoln's First Freed Slave: A Review of Bailey v Cromwell, Illinois Supreme Court, 1841
Carl M. AdamsThe First (and Only) Regiment of Illinois Colored Volunteers of the Civil War—The 29th Regiment U.S.C.T.
Sharon Z. AlterFirst Ladies as Activists and Leaders
Sharon Z. AlterMary Todd Lincoln and Varina Howell Davis: Civil War and Its Aftermath
Sharon Z. AlterThree Wartime First Ladies: Madison, Lincoln, and Wilson
Penelope BinghamThanksgiving: The Great American Holiday
Penelope BinghamWhatever Happened to Tuna Noodle Casserole?
Penelope BinghamWho Cooks? American Cookbooks and Changes in Gender Roles
Timothy ConnorsStephen A. Douglas: The Little Giant
Simon CorderyMother Jones and the Development of Unions in Illinois
Antonio DelgadoLincoln and His Times: A Pan-American View
Antonio DelgadoThe Impact of the Mexican Revolution on the United States
Antonio DelgadoEarly Mexican Chicago: Missing Pages of History
Mark DvorakThe American Folk Song
Mark DvorakOnce I Had an Old Banjo
Lewis ErenbergThe Greatest Fight of Our Generation: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling
Lewis ErenbergRumble in the Jungle: Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire
Charles F. FanningDueling Ethnic Cultures: The Irish Contribution to Chicago’s Century of Progress World’s Fair 1933-34
Charles F. FanningGeorge McManus' Maggie and Jiggs: The Comics as Social History
Edward F. FinchRunning Silent, Running Deep: The American Submarine War Against Japan, 1941-1945
Edward F. FinchThe Civil War at Sea
Erik GellmanRace Tracks: Civil Rights and the Arena of Public Transit
Erik GellmanThe Panthers and Beyond: The Wider Vision of Black Power and Economic Justice in 1960s Chicago
Tony GerardRemoving the Cherokee - A Soldier's story
Tony GerardWith Lewis and Clark - Jean Baptiste Le Junesse
Bucky HalkerThis Land is Your Land: Woody Guthrie and the Great American Folksong
John E. HallwasWork as a Struggle and as a Meaningful Experience in the Writings of Carl Sandburg and Studs Terkel
Mark D. HansonThe Right to Fight as Equals: The 99th Pursuit Squadron and the Creation of the Tuskegee Airmen
Nancy L. HuseIda B. Wells: Our Fearless American Foremother (1862-1931)
Clarence LangWriting the Black Freedom Struggle in the Midwest
Norman MolineMobility and the Small Town 1900-1930
Denese M. NeuFrom Civil Rights to Housing Advocacy
Glenna Schroeder-LeinDisease, Wounds, Hospitals, and Hygiene: The Medical Side of the Civil War
Ronald SolbergFor America's Traveling Salesman It Has Been a Laughing Matter
Dennis A. StroughmattMussels, Moonshine, and Music: Mississippi Valley Migrant Life in the Early Twentieth Century
Chris VallilloStephen Foster and the Rise of American Music
James WolfingerDouble V: African Americans' Quest for Victory at Home and Abroad in World War II
James WolfingerGoing to Chicago: African Americans and the Great Migration
James WolfingerThe Freedom Rides at Fifty: Remembering an Early Challenge to Segregation