CLAH Institutional History

CLAH Institutional History

This page documents the Conference on Latin American History (CLAH) from its inception in 1926 through the 1960s, drawing from a Fall 1996 CLAH Newsletter article by Frank Robinson of Auburn University.

The Timeline of CLAH Foundation

1926

The Beginning

The Hispanic American History Group held a dinner meeting during the American Historical Association’s annual gathering in Rochester, New York. Attendees debated whether Latin American history deserved recognition as a legitimate field of study.

1928

formal structure

The group adopted the name “Conference on Hispanic American History” and began establishing an organizational framework, though some formal details remained unresolved.

1938

constitution adopted

A six-article constitution was approved in Chicago. The organization changed its name to the Conference on Latin American History and opened membership to anyone interested in the region’s history and culture.

1948

growth in membership

Membership had reached seventy-six members paying one dollar in annual dues.

1954

institutional expansion

CLAH revised its constitution and expanded its officer structure to accommodate growing complexity.

1964

CLAH was incorporated as an independent legal entity under District of Columbia law, establishing autonomy from the American Historical Association. The organization’s secretariat relocated to the Hispanic Foundation at the Library of Congress. The Ford Foundation awarded $125,000 for research materials and teaching aids.

1967

publications series

The Conference on Latin American History Publications series, published until 1976 by the University of Texas Press and subsequently by the University of Wisconsin Press, was established.

Former Committees

Conference Logistics

ad hoc committee on conference management

1974  John Finan (Chair), Mary Kahler, William McGreevey, Vincent Peloso
1966  Howard Cline, Woodrow Borah, Charles Gibson, J. F. Harrison, Lyle McAlister, John Phelan, Stanley Stein

caribe-centro america studies

Chair, Secretary

Divided into two committees in 1996

1994-1995  John Bell, Thomas Schoonover
1993  Frank Moya Pons, Thomas Schoonover
1992  Thomas Schoonover, Rafael Moya Pons
1989-1990  Charles D. Ameringer, Wayne Clegern
1987-1988  Louis A. Pérez, Jr., Charles D. Ameringer
1985-1986  Kenneth J. Grieb, Louis A. Pérez, Jr.
1983-1984  Louis A. Pérez, Jr., Kenneth Grieb
1981-1982  Louis A. Pérez, Jr., Michael Malek
1979-1980  Kenneth J. Grieb, Michael Malek
1976-1978  Richard Millett, R. Michael Malek
1973-1975  Delmar Ross, R. Michael Malek
1972  Harmannus Hoetink, Michael Malek
1971  David L. Burks, R. Michael Male

columbus quincentenary committee

1990-1991  James Kiernan (Chair), Vera B. Reber (Vice-Chair), John V. Lombardi, Georgette M. Dorn, Judith Ewell, Thomas F. Glick, High M. Hamill, Jr., Franklin W. Knight, Peggy K. Liss, Richard M. Morse, William D. Phillips, Jr., A. J. R. Russell-Wood, Blanca Silvestrini, David Szewczyk, Thomas Tirado, Josefina Vazquez, David Warren
1987-1989  A. J. R. Russell-Wood (Chair), Blanca Silvestini, David Szewczyk, Thomas C. Tirado, Joseph Tulchin, Joseph Z. Vazquez, John V. Lombardi, Georgette M. Dorn, Judith Ewell, Thomas F. Glick, Hugh M. Hamill, Jr., Franklin Knight, Peggy K. Liss, Richard M. Morse, William D. Phillips, Jr.

committee on the 25th anniversary, 1953

1953  Donald E. Worcester (Chair), Bernard Babb, John Harrison

historical statistics committee

Chair listed first

1988  Robert McCaa, Steven C. Topik, Stephen Haber, Lowell Gudmundson, Susan Schroeder, Fritz Schwaller, James W. Wilkie, David Lorey
1987  Robert McCaa, Joseph Tulchin, James W. Wilkie, Steve Topik, Stephen Haber, Lowell Gudmundson, Fritz Schwaller
1986  Robert McCaa, Joseph Tulchin, James W. Wilkie, Steven Topik, Stephen Haber, Lowell Gudmundson
1985  John TePaske, John Coatsworth, Noble David Cooke, Magnus Morner, Donald Ramos, Richard Salvucci, Rosalie Schwartz, Eric Van Young, Patricia Seed, Joseph Tulchin, James W. Wilkie
1984  John TePaske, John Coatsworth, Noble David Cooke, Maria Luiza Marcilio, Robert McCaa, William P. McGreevey, Magnus Morner, Hans-Jurgen Puhle, Donald Ramos, Richard Salvucci, Rosalie Schwartz, Patricia Seed, Joseph Tulchin, Eric Van Young
1983  John TePaske, Jacques Barbier, Jan Bazant, Edward Coatsworth, Noble David Cook, John Robert Fisher, Maria Luiza Marcilio, Robert McCaa, William P. McGreevey, Hans-Jurgen Puhle, Donald Ramos, Richard Salvucci, John F. Schwaller, Rosalie Schwatrz, Patricia Seed, Barbara Tenenbaum, Eric Van Young
1982  John TePaske, Jacques Barbier, Jan Bazant, Fred Bronner, Edward Chaszar, John Robert Fisher, José Hernández, G. Douglas Inglis, John V. Lombardi, Joseph Love, María Luiza Marcilio, Robert McCaa, William P. McGreevey, Hans-Jurgen Puhle, Peter Reich, John F. Schwaller, Barbara Tenenbaum
1981  John TePaske, James Wilkie (Co-Chair), Jacques Barbier, Jan Bazant, Fred Bronner, Edward Chaszer, John Robert Fisher, José Hernández, G. Douglas Inglis, Herbert Klein, John V. Lombardi, Joseph Love, Hans-Jurgen Puhle, Laura Randall, Pater Reich, Frank Safford, John F. Schwaller, Hobart Spalding, Jr., Barbara Tenenbaum
1980  John TePaske, James Wilkie (Co-Chair), Dauril Alden, Peter Balewell, José Hernández, G. Douglas Inglis, Lyman Johnson, Herbert Klein, John V. Lombardi, Joseph Love, Hans Jurgen Puhle, Laura Randall, Peter Reich, Frank Safford, Richard Sinkin, Peter H. Smith, Hobart Spalding Randall, Joseph Tulchin
1979  No record in the newsletter
1978  James Wilkie, Duril Alden, Peter Bakewell, Charles Berry, Elinor Burkett, Bainbridge Cowell, Lyman Johnson, Herbert Klein, John V. Lombardi, Joseph Love, Frank Safford, Nicolás Sánchez-Albornoz, Richard Sinkin, Peter H. Smith, Susan Soero, Eugene Sofer, John TePaske, Joseph Tulchin
1977  James Wilkie, Dauril Alden, Peter Bakewell, Charles Berry, Elinor Burkett, Bainbridge Cowell, Peter Eisenberg, Lyman Johnson, Herbert Klein, John V. Lombardi, Joseph Love, Frank Safford, Nicolás Sánchez-Albornoz, Richard Sinkin, Peter H. Smith, Susan Soeiro, Eugene Sofer, John TePaske, Joseph Tulchin
1976  James Wilkie, Charles R. Berry, Herbert Klein, William McGreevey, Frank Safford, Richard Sinkin, Peter H. Smith, John TePaske
1975  James Wilkie, Charles Berry, Tulio Halperin, Herbert Klein, William McGreevey, Frank Safford, Nicolás Sánchez-Albornoz, Richard Sinkin, John TePaske
1974  James Wilkie, Charles R. Berry, Herbert Klein, William McGreevey, Frank Safford, Richard Sinkin, Peter H. Smith, John TePaske
1973  William McGreevey, T. Albert Berry, Robert C. Beyer, David Bushnell, Robert Gillmore, Frank Safford, Peter Smith, Miguel Urrutia
1972  No record in the newsletter
1967-1971  William P. McGreevey, Miguel Urritia, Frank R. Safford, David Bushnell, Robert C. Beyer, T. Albert Berry (advisor), Robert L. Gilmore (advisor)

special committee on academy of inter-american history

1946  Harold E. Davis (Chair), A. Curtis Wilgus, Philip W. Powell

special reception committee

1950  Ruth L. Butler (Chair)
1949  Ione S. Wright

subcommittee on colloquium on brazilian history

1967 Dauril Alden (Chair), Stewart Schwartz (Secretary), Lewis Hanke, Engel Sluiter, Stanley Stein (Ex-Officio), Howard Cline (Ex-Officio)

subcommittee on planning a cooperative history

1967  Dauril Alden (Chair), Woodrow Borah

teaching and teaching materials committee

Chair listed first

1993  Teresa Meade, Vera Reber, Jules Benjamin, Bob Levine, Linda Hall, Janet Worrall, James Henderson, Wayne Osborn, Jacques Barbier, Alida Metcalf, Ricki Janicek, Susan Deans-Smith, Paul Dosal, Mark Gilderhus, Hugh B. Hamill, Jr., Michael Scardaville, Light T. Cummins
1991-1992  Linda K. Salvucci, Vera Reber, Jules Benjamin, Bob Levine, Linda Hall, Janet Warrall, James Henderson, Wayne Osborn, Jacques Barbier, Alida Metcalf, Ricki Janicek, Susan Deans-Smith, Paul Dosal, Mark Gilderhus, Hugh B. Hammill, Jr., Michael Scardaville, Teresa Meade, Light Cummins
1990  Linda K. Salvucci, Vera Reber, Jules Benjamin, Bob Levine, Linda Hall, Janet Warrall, James Henderson, Wayne Osborn, Jacques Barbier, Alida Metcalf, Ricki Janicek, Susan Deans-Smith, Paul Dosal, Mark Gilderhus, Hugh B. Hammill, Jr., Michael Scardaville, Teresa Meade
1989  Linda K. Salvucci, Vera Reber, Jules Benjamin, Bob Levine, Linda Hall, Janet Warrall, James Henderson, Wayne Osborn, Jacques Barbier, Alida Metcalf, Ricki Janicek, Susan Deans-Smith, Paul Dosal, Mark Gilderhus, Hugh B. Hammill, Jr., Michael Scardaville, Teresa Meade
1988  Linda K. Salvucci, Deborah Baldwin, William Beezley, Louis Sadler, William Sater, E. Bradford Burns, Paul Goodwin, Vera Reber, Jules Benjamin, Bob Levine, Linda Hall, Janet Warrall, James Henderson, Wayne Osborn, Jacques Barbier
1987  Linda K. Salvucci, James Park, Deborah Baldwin, William Beezley, Louis Sadler, William Sater, E. Bradford Burns, Paul Goodwin, Vera Reber, Jules Benjamin, Bob Levine, James Henderson, Wayne Osborn, Jacques Barbier
1986  Jane Rausch, Robert H. Mattoon, Paul Vanderwood, James Park, Deborah Baldwin, William Beezley, Linda K. Salvucci, Louis R. Sadler, William F. Sater, E. Bradford Burns, Paul Goodwin
1985  Jane Rausch, E. Bradford Burns, Richard Greenleaf, Michael Meyer, Mark Wasserman, Robert H. Mattoon, Paul Vanderwood, James Park, Deborah Baldwin
1984  Jane Rausch, E. Bradford Burns, Mark Burkholder, Richard Greenleaf, Robert H. Mattoon, Michael Meyer, Marta Ponce de Hunt, Robert Toplin, Paul Vanderwood, Mark Wasserman
1983  William F. Sater, Mark Burkholder, Leon Campbell, Paul Drake, Erwin Greishaber, John Hart, Elizabeth Kuznesof, Carlos López, Vince Pelozzi, Marta Ponce de Hunt, Robert B. Toplin
1982  William F. Sater, Mark Burkholder, Leon Campbell, Paul Drake, Erwin Greishaber, John Hart, Elizabeth Kuznesof, Carlos López, Vince Pelozzi, Robert B. Toplin, Marta Ponce de Hunt
1981  William F. Sater, Mark Burkholder, Leon Campbell, Paul Drake, Charles Gibson, Gerald Greenfield, John Hart, Marta Ponce de Hunt, Jane Loy, Robert Toplin, Ralph Lee Woodward
1980  William F. Sater, Mark Burkholder, Leon Campbell, Paul Drake, Charles Gibson, Gerald Greenfield, John Hart, Marta Ponce Hunt, Jane Loy, Robert Toplin, Ralph Lee Woodward
1979  William F. Sater, Mark Burkholder, Leon Campbell, Paul Drake, Charles Gibson, Gerald Greenfield, John Hart, Marta Ponce Hunt, Jane Loy, Robert Toplin, Ralph Lee Woodward
1978  Re-established
1977  No activity
1976  Eduardo Hernández, Mary Karasch

International Exchanges and Outreach

Advisory Committee on Meeting with Mexican Historians

1949  Lewis Hanke (Chair), Peter Durme, Charles W. Hackett, John Tate Lanning, France V. Scholes, Frank Tannenbaum

international scholarly relations committee

Chair listed first

This committee was dissolved in January 2006 by action of the CLAH General Committee

2000-2004  David Sartorius
1993-1999  Linda Salvucci
1992  Thomas Schoonover, Héctor Pérez-Brignoli, Ivan Jaksic, Pedro Santoni, Sonya Lipsett-Rivera, Reinhardt Liehr, Frédéric Mauro, Lynn Stoner, Josefina Vázquez, Steve Ellner, Hernán Horna, Kathy Waldron, Leslie Bethell, Rosemarijn Hofte, Georgette Dorn
1991  Frank McCann, Lyman Johnson, Silvia Arrom, Asunción Lavrin, Brooke Larson, Magnus Morner, Heráclio Bonilla, Mark C. Szuchman, David J. McCreery, A. J. R. Russell-Wood, Rick Walter
1990  Frank McCann, Lyman Johnson, Silvia Arrom, Asunción Lavrin, Brooke Larson, Magnus Morner, Heráclio Bonilla, Mark C. Szuchman, David J. McCreery, A. J. R. Russell-Wood, Rick Walter
1989  Frank McCann, Lyman Johnson, Silvia Arrom, Asunción Lavrin, Brooke Larson, Magnus Morner, Heráclio Bonilla, Mark C. Szuchman, David J. McCreery, A. J. R. Russell-Wood, Rick Walter
1988  Joseph Tulchin, A. J. R. Russell-Wood, Pater J. Bakewell, Dirk W. Raat, June Hahner, Lyman Johnson, Silvia Arrom, Asunción Lavrin, Frank McCann, Brooke Larson, Magnus Morner, Heráclio Bonilla, Mark D. Szuchman
1987  Joseph Tulchin, Josefina Vásquez, Cole Blasier, Jacques Barbier, Georgette Dorn, David Brading, Miguel Izard, Richard Salvucci, A. J. R. Russell-Wood, Peter J. Bakewell, Dirk W. Raat, June Hahner
1986  Joe Tulchin, Blanca G. Silvestrini-Pachecho, Jay Kinsbruner, Thomas Glick, Josefina Vasquez, Cole Blasier, Jacques Barbier, Georgette Dorn, David Brading, Miguel Izard, Richard Salvucci, A. J. R. Russell-Wood, Peter J. Bakewell, Dirk W. Raat
1985  Franklin Knight, Robert J. Ferry, Luis E. González-Vales, Frank Moya Pons, Emilia Viotti da Costa, Barbara Weinstein, Blanca G. Silvestrini-Pacheco, Jay Kinsbrunner, Thomas Glick, Josefina Vasquez, Cole Blasier, Jacques Barbier, Georgette Dorn, David Brading, Miguel Izard
1984  Franklin Knight, David Bushneall, Robert J. Ferry, Thomas Glick, Luis E. González-Vales, Donna Guy, Jay Kinsbruner, Michael Meyer, Frank Moya Pons, Marysa Navarro, Blanca G. Silvestrini-Pacheco, Joseph Tulchin, Emilia Viotti da Costa, Barbara Weinstein
1985  Kenneth R. Maxwell, David Bushnell, Michael Costeloe, Patricia Fagen, Robert J. Ferry, Luis E. González-Vales, Donna Guy, Franklin Knight, Michael Meyer, Frank Moya Pons, Marysa Navarro, Rebecca Scott, Jack Ray Thomas, Joseph Tulchin, Emilia Viotti da Costa, Barbara Weinstein
1982  Kenneth R. Maxwell, Harold Blakemore, David Bushnell, Michael Costeloe, Margaret Crahan, Patricia Fagen, Donna Guy, Tulio Halperin, Herbert Klein, Franklin Klein, Michael Meyer, Magnus Morner, Rebecca Scott, Jack Ray Thomas, Joseph Tulchin
1981  Stanley Ross, Harold Blakemore, Cole Blasier, David Bushnell, Michael Costeloe, Margaret Crahan, Patricia Fagen, Tulio Halperin, Herbert Klein, Franklin Knight, Michael Meyer, Magnus Morner, Rebecca Scott, Jack Ray Thomas, Joseph Tulchin
1980  Stanley Ross, Russell Bartley, Harold Blakemore, Cole Blasier, Woodrow Borah, David Bushnell, Margaret Crahan, Tulio Halperin, Lewis Hanke, Herbert Klein, Franklin Knight, Michael Meyer, Magnus Morner, Hobart Spalding, Jr., Joseph Tulchin
1979  Stanley Ross, Russell Bartley, Harold Blakemore, Cole Blasier, Woodrow Borah, David Bushnell, Margaret Crahan, Tulio Halperin, Lewis Hanke, Herbert Klein, Franklin Knight, Magnus Morner, Hobart Spalding, Jr., Joseph Tulchin
1978  Stanley Ross, Russell Bartley, Woodrow Borah, Ralph Della Cava, Lewis Hanke, Robert Smith, Hobart Ames Spalding, Jr.
1977  Stanley Ross, Russell Bartley, Woodrow Borah, Ralph Della Cava, Lewis Hanke, Robert Smith, Hobart Ames Spalding, Jr.

organizing committee – 1975 International Conference on Latin American Historical Research

1974  Richard Greenleaf, Thomas Skidmore, Ramon Ruiz, Ralph Vigil

organizing committee – Luso-Brazilian Colloquium, Florida International University

1974-1975  Warren Dean

organizing committee – v Conference of Mexican and U.S. Historians (U.S. Members)

1977  Richard Greenleaf (Co-Chair), Charles Hale (Co-Chair), Nettie Lee Benson (Ex-Officio), Michael Meyer, John Womack, Jr.
1975-1976  Richard Greenleaf (Co-Chair), Charles Hale (Co-Chair), Nattie Lee Benson (Ex-Officio), Michael Meyer, John Womack, Jr.

Organizing Committee – VI Conference of Mexican & U.S. Historians

1979-1981  John Coatsworth (Co-Chair), Friedrich Katz (Co-Chair), Charles Hale, Hugh Hamill, Jr., Peter H. Smith, William B. Taylor
1978  Richard Greenleaf (Co-Chair), Charles Hale (Co-Chair), Nettie Lee Benson (Ex-Officio), Michael Meyer, John Womack, Jr.

organizing committee – XIv International Congress of the Historical Sciences: Latin American Research

1975  Richard Greenleaf, Ramon Ruiz, Thomas Skidmore, Ralph Vigil

Relations with Socialist Countries

Chair listed first

1975  Russell Bartley, Cole Blasier, Mario Fenyo, Richard Graham, Freidrich Katz, Thomas Mathews, Bernadine Pietraszek
1974  Russell Bartley, Cole Blasier, Mario Fenyo, Richard Graham, Thomas Mathews, Bernadine Pietraszek
1973  Thomas McGann, Russell Bartley, Roland Ely, Jane Loy

Policies and Guidelines

1975 Budget Committee

David Bushnell (Chair), Benjamin Keen, G. Michael Riley, Stanley Stein

Ad Hoc Committee on Permanent Organization

1927  N. Andrew N. Ceven, W. T. Laprade, Mary W. Williams, Vera Lee Brown, Victor Piltsite

Advisory Editorial Board

1968  Woodrow Borah, Charles Gibson, Lewis Hanke, Mathias Kieman, Irving Leonard, Lyle McAlister, Stanley Stein, Howard Cline
1967  Lewis Hanke, Charles Gibson, Lyle McAlister, Woodrow Borah, Stanley Stein, Irving Leonard, Mathias Kieman, Howard F. Cline

Committee on Constitutional Reform

1965  Howard F. Cline (Chair), Charles Griffin, John Tate Lanning, Arthur P. Whitaker, A. Curtis Wilgus

Committee on Constitutional Revision

1953  Harold A. Bierck, Jr. (Chair), Alexander Marchant, John Tate Lanning

Committee on the Constitution for the Conference

1937  Charles W. Hackett (Chair), Charles E. Chapman, Arthur P. Whitaker, Clarence H. Haring, A. Curtis Wilgus

Pre-Constitution Hispanic American History Commission Committee

1927  Charles W. Hackett (Chair)

Professional Outreach

1935-36 Special Ad Hoc Committee on Relations with the AHA

J. Fred Rippy

Activities and Projects Committee

Established 1963

1973  Charles Gibson (Chair), Woodrow Borah, Warren Dean, Nancy Fariss, John V. Lombardi, Lyle McAlister, Thomas Skidmore, James Wilkie
1972  John Finan (Acting Chair), Woodrow Borah, Charles Gibson, Lyle McAlister, John Phelan, Stanley Stein, James Wilkie
1971  Howard Cline (Chair), Woodrow Borah, Charles Gibson, Lyle McAlister, John Phelan, Stanley Stein, James Wilkie
1970  Howard Cline (Chair), Woodrow Borah, Charles Gibson, Lyle McAlister, John Phelan, Stanley Stein, James Wilkie
1969  Howard Cline (Chair), Woodrow Borah, Charles Gibson, Lyle McAlister, John Phelan, Stanley Stein, James Wilkie
1968  Howard Cline (Chair), Woodrow Borah, Charles Gibson, Lyle McAlister, John Phelan, Stanley Stein, James Wilkie
1967  Howard Cline (Chair), Woodrow Borah, Charles Gibson, John Harrison, Lyle McAlister, John Phelan, Stanley Stein
1965  Howard Cline (Chair), Woodrow Borah, Charles Gibson, John P. Harrison, Lyle McAlister, John Phelan, Stanley J. Stein
1964  Stanley Stein (Co-Chair), Charles Gibson (Co-Chair), Woodrow Borah, John Phelan, Lyle McAlister, Howard F. Cline
1963  Howard F. Cline (Co-Chair), Stanley Stein (Co-Chair), John Phelan, Woodrow Borah, Lyle McAlister, Charles Gibson (Ex-Officio)

Acquisitions of Latin American Research Materials Committee

1948  George P. Hammond, Miron Burgin, Carlos Castañeda, Stewart (?)

Advisory Committee on the Guide to Manuscript Sources on Latin America in the U.S.

1982-1984  Lawrence Clayton, David Gracy II, Murdo MacLeod, Oscar Martinez, Thomas Niehaus, Fredrick Nunn, John TePaske
1979-1981  Lewis Hanke, Murdo MacLeod
1977-1978  Lewis Hanke, Murdo MacLeod

Archives

1995-2000  Ken Andrien, Judith Ewell, Jonathan Brown

Demographic history Committee

Chair listed first

1988  David Cook, Susan Deeds, Patricia Seed, Ida Altman, Lance Grahan, Woodrow Borah, Hector Perez-Brignoli
1987  David Cook, Woodrow Borah, Patricia Seed, Susan M. Deeds, Ida Altman, Lance Grahan
1986  Nicolás Sánchez-Albornoz, Susan Socolow, Lowell Gudmundson, Woodrow Borah, N. David Cook, Patricia Seed, Susan M. Deeds
1985  Nicolás Sánchez-Albornoz, G. Douglas Inglis, John V. Lombardi, Donald Ramos, David Robinson, Susan Socolow, Lowell Gudmundson, Woodrow Borah, N. David Cook
1984  Nicolás Sánchez-Albornoz, Woodrow Borah, N. David Cook, G. Douglas Inglis, John V. Lombardi, Donald Ramos, David Robinson, Susan Socolow, Lowell Gudmundson
1983  Nicolás Sánchez-Albornoz, Woodrow Borah, N. David Cook, G. Douglas Inglis, John V. Lombardi, Donald Ramos, David Robinson, Susan Socolow
1982  Nicolás Sánchez-Albornoz, Woodrow Borah, N. David Cook, G. Douglas Inglis, John V. Lombardi, Donald Ramos, David Robinson, Susan Socolow
1981  Nicolás Sánchez-Albornoz, Woodrow Borah, N. David Cook, G. Douglas Inglis, John V. Lombardi, Donald Ramos, David Robinson, Susan Socolow
1980  Nicolás Sánchez-Albornoz, Woodrow Borah, N. David Cook, G. Douglas Inglis, John V. Lombardi, Donald Ramos, David Robinson, Susan Socolow
1979  Nicolás Sánchez-Albornoz, Woodrow Borah, N. David Cook, John V. Lombardi, Donald Ramos, Susan Socolow
1978  Nicolás Sánchez-Albornoz, Woodrow Borah, N. David Cook, John V. Lombardi, Donald Ramos, Susan Socolow

Demographic history and Historical Statistics Committee

1990  Robert McCaa (Chair), James W. Wilkie, David Lorey, Woodrow Borah, Hector Perez-Brignoli, David Robinson, George Lowell, Donald B. Cooper, Mark Szuchman, Erick Langer, Thomas Schoonover, Michael Conniff, John Kicza, Jesús F. de la Teja, Light Cummins, David Noble Cook, Christopher H. Lutz, Barbara Tenenbaum, Richard Garner, Elizabeth Kuznesof
1989  Robert McCaa (Chair), Susan Schroeder, Fritz Schwaller, James W. Wilke, David Lorey, Ida Altman, Lance Grahan, Woodrow Borah, Hector Perez-Brignoli, David Robinson, George Lowell, Donald B. Cooper, Mark Szuchman, Erick Langer, Thomas Schoonover, Michael Conniff, John Kicza, Jesús F. de la Teja, Light Cummins

Haring (Est. 1960) Appointed by the AHA

1964-1965  Lewis Hanke (Chair), James Scobie, Thomas F. McGann

Latin America: A Guide to Historical Literature (Joint with the Library of Congress)

1968  Charles Griffin (Chair and Editor), Woodrow Borah, Charles Gibson, Lewis Hanke, Mathias Kiemen, Lyle N. McAlister, Irving Leonard, Stanley J. Stein, Howard F. Cline (Ex-Officio, for Library of Congress)
1967  Charles Griffin (Chair and Editor), Woodrow Borah, Charles Gibson, Lewis Hanke, Mathias Kiemen, Lyle N. McAlister, Irving Leonard, Stanley J. Stein, Howard F. Cline (Ex-Officio, for Library of Congress)
1966  Charles Griffin (Chair and Editor), Woodrow Borah, Howard F. Cline, Charles Gibson, Lewis Hanke, Lyle N. McAlister, Mathias Kiemen, Stanley J. Stein, Irving A. Leonard
1965  Charles Griffin (Chair and Editor), Jerry E. Patterson (Assistant Editor), Woodrow W. Borah, Howard F. Cline, Charles Gibson, Lewis Hanke, Mathias Kiemen, Irving A. Leonard, Lyle N. McAlister, Stanley J. Stein
1964  Charles Griffin (Chair and Editor), Jerry E. Patterson (Assistant Editor), Woodrow W. Borah, Howard F. Cline, Charles Gibson, Lewis Hanke, Mathias Kiemen, Irving A. Leonard, Lyle N. McAlister, Stanley J. Stein

Media Projects Committee

1991  William H. Beezley (Chair), John M. Hart, Georgette M. Dorn

Population and Quantitative History Committee

Chair listed first

1994-1997  Donald Stevens
1993  Robert McCaa, James W. Wilkie, David Lorey, Woodrow Borah, Hector Perez-Brignoli, David Robinson, George Lowell, Donald B. Cooper, Mark Szuchman, Erick Langer, Thomas Schoonover, John Kicza, Jesús F. de la Teja, Light Cummins, Noble David Cook, Christopher H. Lutz, Barbara Tenenbaum, Richard Garner, Elizabeth Kuznesof, Muriel Nazzari
1992  Robert McCaa, James W. Wilkie, David Lorey, Woodrow Borah, Hector Perez Brignoli, David Robinson, George Lowell, Donald B. Cooper, Mark Szuchman, Erick Langer, Thomas Schoonover, Michael Conniff, John Kicza, Jesús F. de la Teja, Light Cummins, Noble David Cook, Christopher H. Lutz, Barbara Tenenbaum, Richard Garner, Elizabeth Kuznesof, Muriel Nazzari
1991  Robert McCaa, David Robinson, George Lowell, Donald Cooper, Mark Szuchman, Erick Langer, Thomas Schnoover, Michael Conniff, John Kicza, Jesús F. de la Teja, Light Cummins, Noble David Cook, Christopher H. Lutz, Barbara Tenenbaum, Richard Garner, Elizabeth Kuznesof, Muriel Nazzari
1990  Robert McCaa, James W. Wilkie, David Lorey, Woodrow Borah, Hector Perez-Brignoli, David Robinson, George Lowell, Donald B. Cooper, Mark Szuchman, Erick Langer, Thomas Schoonover, Michael Conniff, John Kicza, Jesús F. de la Teja, Light Cummins

Projects and publications committee

Chair listed first

This committee was dissolved in January 2003 by action of the CLAH General Committee

1997-2002  Sarah Cline
1994-1996  Marshall Eakin
1993  Marshall Eakin, Ida Altman, Christon I. Archer, Jeffrey Needell, Dain Borges, Ludwig Lauerhaus, Thomas Holloway, David J. McCreery
1992  Marshall Eakin, Ida Altman, Christon I. Archer, Jeffrey Needell, Dain Borges
1991  John Hebert, Michael Scardaville, Mark Burkholder, Constance Carter, Susan Deeds, Sandra McGee Deutsch, Reid Andrews
1990  John Hebert, Roderick Barman, Steven C. Topik, Catherine Lugar, Ludwig Lauerhass, Jr., Georgette Dorn, Steve J. Stern, Richard Greenleaf, G. Michael Riley, Michael Scardaville, Mark Burkholder, Constance Carter, Susan Deeds, Sandra McGee Deutsch, Reid Andrews
1989  John Hebert, Paul Hoffman, Rod Camp, Roderick Barman, Steven C. Topik, Catherine Lugar, Ludwig Lauerhass, Jr., Georgette Dorn, Steve J. Stern, Richard Greenleaf, G. Michael Riley, Michael Scardaville, Mark Burkholder, Constance Carter, Susan Deeds, Sandra McGee Deutsch, Reid Andrews
1988  Paul Drake, Linda B. Hall, Judith Ewell, John C. Super, Paul Hoffman, Rod Camp, Roderick Barman, Steven C. Topik, John Herbert, Catherine Lugar, Ludwig Lauerhass, Jr., Georgette Dorn, Steve J. Stern, Richard Greenleaf, G. Michael Riley
1987  Paul Drake, Roderick Barman, Cathy Duke, William P. McGreevey, Steven C. Topik, John Herbert, Susan Berglund, Catherine Lugar, Ludwig Lauerhass, Jr., Linda B. Hall, Judith Ewell, John C. Super, Paul Hoffman, Roderic Camp
1986  Paul Drake, Warren Dean, Louisa Hoberman, Susan Ramirez, Roderick Barman, Cathy Duke, William P. McGreevey, Steven C. Topik, John Herbert, Susan Berglund, Catherine Lugar, Ludwig Lauerhass, Jr., Linda B. Hall, Judith Ewell, John C. Super
1985  Paul Drake, Timothy Anna, Charles Hale, Warren Dean, Louisa Hoberman, Susan Ramirez, Roderick Barman, Cathy Duke, Francis Dutra, William P. McGreevey, Steven C. Topik, John Herbert, Susan Berglund, Catherine Lugar, Ludwig Lauerhass, Jr.
1984  Paul Drake, Timothy Anna, Roderick Barman, Warren Dean, Cathy Duke, Francis Dutra, Charles Hale, Louisa Hoberman, Thomas Holloway, William P. McGreevey, Susan Ramirez, Steven C. Topik, Edna Monzon de Wilkie
1983  Fredrick Nunn, Timothy Anna, Roderick Barman, William Beezley, Joan Coatsworth, Warren Dean, Paul Drake, Cathy Duke, Francis Dutra, Richard Greenleaf, Charles Hale, Louisa Hoberman, Thomas Holloway, Susan Ramirez-Horton, Asunción Lavrin, Edna Monzon de Wilkie
1982  Fredrick Nunn, Timothy Anna, William Beezley, David Bushnell, Joan Coatsworth, Warren Dean, Paul Drake, Richard Greenleaf, Charles Hale, Louisa Hoberman, Thomas Holloway, Susan Ramirez-Horton, Asunción Lavrin, Peggy Liss, Richard Morse, Edna Monzon de Wilkie
1981  Fredrick Nunn, Timothy Anna, William Beezley, Bradford Burns, David Bushnell, Joan Coatsworth, Paul Drake, Charles Gibson, Richard Greenleaf, Charles Hale, Thomas Holloway, Asunción Lavrin, Peggy Liss, Richard Morse, James Scobie, William Sherman, Edna Monzon de Wilkie
1980  Herbert Klein, William Beezley, Bradford Burns, David Bushnell, Joan Coatsworth, Richard Greenleaf, Thomas Holloway, Asunción Lavrin, Peggy Liss, Richard Morse, Fredrick Nunn, James Scobie, William Sherman, Thomas Skidmore, Edna Monzon de Wilkie
1979  Murdo MacLeod, Woodrow Borah, Nancy Farriss, Charles Hale, John V. Lombardi, Lyle McAlister, Fredrick Nunn, William Sherman, Thomas Skidmore, Stanley Stein
1978  Murdo MacLeod, Woodrow Borah, Nancy Farriss, Charles Hale, John V. Lombardi, Lyle McAlister, Fredrick Nunn, William Sherman, Thomas Skidmore, Stanley Stein
1977  Murdo MacLeod, Woodrow Borah, Nancy Farriss, Charles Hale, John V. Lombardi, Lyle McAlister, Fredrick Nunn, William Sherman, Thomas Skidmore, Stanley Stein
1976  Murdo MacLeod, Woodrow Borah, Nancy Farriss, Charles Hale, John V. Lombardi, Lyle McAlister, Fredrick Nunn, William Sherman, Thomas Skidmore, Stanley Stein
1975  Murdo MacLeod, Woodrow Borah, Nancy Farriss, Charles Hale, John V. Lombardi, Lyle McAlister, Fredrick Nunn, Thomas Skidmore, Stanley Stein
1974  Murdo MacLeod, Woodrow Borah, Nancy Farriss, Charles Hale, John V. Lombardi, Lyle McAlister, Fredrick Nunn, Thomas Skidmore, Stanley Stein

publications

Chair listed first

1973  Charles Griffin, Charles Gibson, Thomas McGann, Stanley Ross
1972  Charles Griffin, Charles Gibson, Thomas McGann, Stanley Ross
1971  Charles Gibson, Howard Cline, Charles Griffin, Thomas McGann, Stanley R. Ross
1968  Charles Gibson, Charles Griffin, Robert Quirk, Thomas McGann, Howard Cline
1967  Charles Gibson, Charles Griffin, Robert Quirk, Howard Cline, Thomas McGann, Woodrow Borah
1966  Charles Gibson, Charles Griffin, Robert Quirk, Howard Cline, Thomas McGann
1965  Charles Gibson, Charles Griffin, Robert Quirk, Howard Cline

Social Science History Committee

This committee was dissolved in January 2003 by action of the CLAH General Committee

2000-2002  Donald F. Stevens (Chair)
1999-2000  Steven Haber (Chair)