No. 736 William D. Rowley, 2013

File — Box: 72, Folder: 9

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Scope and Contents

Bill Rowley (b. 1939), Griffen Chair of History at the University of Nevada Reno, was born in Iowa, then moved to Washington with his family as a child. He attended the University of Nebraska before arriving at the University of Nevada Reno, where he stayed his entire career. In 1973 Dr. Rowley took over the executive secretaryship of the Western History Association, a post he held for sixteen years. He discusses his work with the WHA at some length, touching on themes ranging from the WHA’s changing balance between academic historians and buffs to the controversy over different organizational publications.
Project: Western History Association.
Interviewer: Greg Smoak.

Dates

2013

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