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CHARLENE BANGS BICKFORD

EDUCATION

B.A., St. Lawrence University, 1966
M.A., History, The George Washington University, 1969

SCHOLARSHIP: Articles (DHFFC books listed under FFCP publications)

"‘Public attention is very much fixed on the proceedings of the New Congress:’ The First Federal Congress Begins its Work." This Constitution, December 1984
 
"The Documentary History of the First Federal Congress." Prologue: the Journal of the National Archives (fall, 1986)
 
"Launching the Ship of State: The First Federal Congress and the Constitution." The Blessings of Liberty: Bicentennial Lectures at the National Archives (ABA Press, Chicago, 1986).
 
"The First Federal Congress: A Second Sitting of the Federal Convention." Manuscripts, volume XXXIX, no.4, fall 1987 (with Kenneth R. Bowling)
 
"Setting Precedent: The First Session of the First Federal Congress" and "New York’s Delegation to the First Federal Congress," Well Begun, Chronicles of the Early National Period, Stephen L. Schechter and Richard B. Bernstein, eds. (Albany, NY, 1989)
 
"‘Public attention is very much fixed on the proceedings of the New Congress:’ The First Federal Congress Organizes Itself."Inventing Congress: Origins and Establishment of the First Federal Congress, Kenneth R. Bowling and Donald R. Kennon eds. (Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio, 1999)
 
"Throwing Open the Doors: The First Federal Congress and the Eighteenth Century Media."Inventing Congress: Origins and Establishment of the First Federal Congress, Kenneth R. Bowling and Donald R. Kennon eds. (Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio, 1999)
 
"Documents Printed for the First Federal Congress and Their Importance to Historical Research," DttP: Documents to the People, Spring 2008, pp. 39-41"
 
"Founding Fathers Face the Senate," Documentary Editing, Spring and Summer 2008, pp. 56-78.
 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Association for Documentary Editing: Secretary-Treasurer (1979); President-Elect and Program Chair (1985), President (1986); at large Council member (1989-91); Federal Policy Committee Chair (1981-present); Local Arrangements Chair (1989)
 
The Coalition to Save Our Documentary Heritage, founder and coordinator (1981-87)
 
Society for History in the Federal Government: Council Member at Large (1985-88); President-elect and President (1990-92); numerous committees
 
Organization of American Historians: Thomson Prize Committee (1984-86); Public History Committee (1989-91); Ad Hoc Joint Committee on NHPRC (1994-95)
 
Advisory Committee on Congressional Records (1991-95)
 
Virginia State Historical Records Advisory Board (1987-92)
 
Policy Board, National Coalition for History, 1993-present
 
Humanities Advocacy Day steering committee, 2004-present
 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teacher Training Institutes sponsored by the Library of the Congress, the American Bar Association, and the National Endowment for the Humanities
 
Smithsonian Institution course on the First Federal Congress
 
Historical Documentary Editing (graduate course) for George Mason University and George Washington University
 
Lecturer and resident advisor: Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents
 

AWARDS

Distinguished Service Awards from the Association for Documentary Editing and the Society of American Archivists
 

 

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