The Filson Club History Quarterly

The Filson Club History Quarterly was an academic journal of American history (focusing on history of the Ohio Valley and Kentucky) published by the Filson Historical Society. It was originally established as The Historical Quarterly in 1926 by Robert S. Cotterill, to supplement The Filson Club Publications, a series of monographs published by the club. Other editors of the journal include Otto A. Rothert (1928–1945), Lucien Beckner (1946), Richard H. Hill (1947–1971), Robert E. McDowell, Jr. (1971–1975), Nelson L. Dawson (1975–?).

The Filson Club History Quarterly
LanguageEnglish
Publication details
History1926–2002
FrequencyQuarterly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Filson Club Hist. Q.
Indexing
The Historical Quarterly
LCCN88657027
The Filson Club History Quarterly
ISSN0015-1874
LCCN28000524
OCLC no.6674913
Filson History Quarterly
ISSN1536-0490
LCCN2001233824
OCLC no.46866752

The journal took the name The Historical Quarterly of the Filson Club in 1929, and The Filson Club History Quarterly the following year. It took the name Filson History Quarterly for its last two volumes (vol. 75 and 76) in 2001 and 2002. The journal was absorbed by Ohio Valley History, published by the Cincinnati Historical Society, in 2003.

In 2010, all articles were digitized and are now accessible through the Filson Club website.[1]

Further reading edit

  • L. H., Harrison; N. L., Dawson, eds. (1977). "A short history of the Filson Club". A Kentucky Sampler: Essays from The Filson Club History Quarterly 1926–1976. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 1–4. ISBN 978-0-8131-5258-5.
  • L. H., Harrison; N. L., Dawson, eds. (1977). "Introduction". A Kentucky Sampler: Essays from The Filson Club History Quarterly 1926–1976. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 5–7. ISBN 978-0-8131-5258-5.
  • Bently, J. R. (1992). "Filson Club". In Kleber, J. E. (ed.). The Kentucky Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 317–318. ISBN 978-0-8131-1772-0.
  • Dawson, N. L. (1992). "Filson Club History Quarterly". In Kleber, J. E. (ed.). The Kentucky Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 318. ISBN 978-0-8131-1772-0.

References edit

  1. ^ "Filson Club History Quarterly". The Filson Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-05-03.

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