Society of American Historians

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The Society of American Historians (SAH) is a society founded in 1939 to promote the study of history and in particular historical publications with literary claims for a wider audience. One of the founders was Allan Nevins , who was also president from 1946 to 1961. The company is based in New York City . Membership is only by invitation.

In 1954 they founded the American Heritage magazine with the American Association for State and Local History (first editor was Bruce Catton ).

They award various prizes for outstanding historical publications on American history: the Francis Parkman Prize , Allan Nevins Prize (for dissertations), the Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Award , the Bruce Catton Prize for life's work in historiography, and the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for historical fiction.

Other presidents were Douglas Southall Freeman (1939 to 1944), Barbara Tuchman , James M. McPherson , Arthur M. Schlesinger , Walter Lord , Eric Foner , William Leuchtenburg .

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