Things Noted Here and There

"The Promise of Digital History," JAH, September, is an extended conversation among George Mason University's Dan Cohen, SUNY, Buffalo's Michael Frisch, Patrick Gallagher of Gallagher & Associates, a design firm, Columbia University's Steven Mintz, Indiana University's Kirsten Sword, SUNY, Albany's Amy Murrell Taylor, Nebraska's William G. Thomas, III, and our colleague, William Turkel, of Western Ontario.

Mark Agrast,"Congress Must Act to Preserve Presidential Records for Future Generations," CAP Action Fund, reports the urgent appeal of leading American historians for congressional action to preserve the records of the Bush administration.

Fran Wood,"Football U. is letting its plant wilt," Newark Star-Ledger, 14 September, is the most recent report on Richard L. McCormick's stewardship as president of Rutgers. He's an able historian and should have been retired to the department years ago. Hat tip.