In The Current Issue:
After conquering some technical difficulties, we are happy to be back online with a new issue featuring Clarence Wunderlin’s study of Robert A. Taft’s Firestone Memorial Oration during the 1938 Ohio Senate campaign. Its examination of the speech and its context not only sheds light on the Republican Party’s difficulties in courting the African-American vote at the time, but also has some relevance to their similar struggles in the present.
In addition to this issue’s book review, we also encourage the reader to explore the other features of our site. For those who missed earlier issues, please visit our “Past Issues” page, which contains the entire contents of previous volumes. We have expanded our “Research Links” feature, adding not only more primary sources but also more links to local historical agencies. We strongly encourage the reader to suggest or send new links for this page. The same is true for items in “Current History,” which is a clearinghouse for information on events of a historical nature in Northeast Ohio. Because we update this section constantly, please feel free to send announcements for it at any time.
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As always, please address any inquiries about this project (or about any other aspect of the journal) to the editor at kkern @ uakron. edu. We welcome all comments and suggestions.
Kevin Kern
Feature Article:
Text and Context in Ohio’s 1938 Senate Campaign: Race, Republican Party Ideology, and Robert A. Taft’s Firestone Memorial Oration
By: Clarence E. Wunderlin, Jr.
Book Reviews:
Reviewer:
Kelly D. Selby
Author:
Susan G. Hall: Appalachian Ohio and the Civil War, 1862-1863
Contributors:
Dr. Clarence Wunderlin is a Professor of History at Kent State University who specializes in the history of political thought and U.S. political economy. He is the editor of the Robert A. Taft papers.
Dr. Kelly Selby is an Assistant Professor of History at Walsh University who specializes in U.S. Civil War and women’s history.