Phillip Payne

Department of History

St. Bonaventure University

132 Doyle Hall

St. Bonaventure, NY 14778

Office Telephone:  716-375-2460

E-mail:  ppayne@sbu.edu

 

Associate Professor and Department Chairperson

Ph.D. Ohio State University 1994 

Links to other parts of my web page

Courses I Teach Public History
Short CV Public History Career Page
Things I Do  
 

Constitution & the Presidency (TAH)

 

 

Other Links

History Department Homepage St. Bonaventure University
History Department Social Networking Site  

 

Fall 2008 Schedule

Course

 

Days

Time

Place

History 202 05

U.S. History since 1865

MWF

10:30 to 11:20

P. 159

History 202 06

U.S. History since 1865

MWF

1:30 to 2:20

P. 155

History 206 01

Introduction to Public History  

MWF

11:30 to 12:20

P. 159

Office Hours

 

MWF

9:30 to 10:15

Doyle 134

 


Public History

I offer a series of Public History courses, including Introduction to Public History, History Internships, Computer and Archival Skills for Historians (in cooperation with the Dennis Frank, university archivist) and Culture Wars:  The Politics of Memory.  Students completing these courses will have a fairly comprehensive understanding of Public History.

Central to the Public History experience at S B U  is the internship program.  Internships are intended to create a mutually beneficial relationship between the history department, S B U  students, and local museums and historical societies.  Interns gain valuable work experience and are exposed to history outside of the academy.  They deal with many of the issues and complexities that confront historians, museum professionals, and people who work in non-profit organizations every day.  

 
More on Public History St. Bonaventure University Archives, Friedsam Library 
More on Internships Allegany and Cattaraugus Educators History Resource Page
Public History Career Page Constitution Day

 


Research

 

Image:Harding.jpg

Warren Harding  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Harding.jpg

My current project is a book on Warren G. Harding's legacy entitled   Dead Last:  The Public Memory of Warren G. Harding’s Scandalous Legacy (under contract with Ohio University Press).  My interest in Harding carries over from my days as the Manager of The Warren G. Harding Home and Museum.  

Cover of Dead Last

 

 

Harding's casket in front of the White House.  Harding died in office in 1923.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:HardingFuneral.jpg

 

The Harding Tomb http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Warren_Harding_Tomb.jpgPresident 

C-Span televised the session I participated in as part of the Chasing Success or Courting Failure Conference hosted by the University of Massachusetts Law School

 

 
I've also conducted local history focusing on issues of community and regional identity, small towns, industrialization and the transition to “modernity,” and deindustrialization.  My dissertation was a history of Ironton, Ohio, ("Modernity Lost:  Ironton, Ohio, in Industrial and Post-Industrial America").  Since arriving at St. Bonaventure I have encouraged my students to work on various local history projects.  The Allegany and Cattaraugus Educators History Resource Page has local history information plus tips on doing local history.

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Courses Dr. Payne Teaches Public History
Short CV Public History Career Page