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Current History was founded in 1914 by George Washington Ochs Oakes to provide detailed coverage of World War I. The first issue, then called The New York Times Current History of the European War, was published on the 12th of December 1914.
George Washington Ochs Oakes founded Current History in 1914. He was the brother of Adolph Ochs, publisher of The New York Times, and the magazine was published by the New York Times Company until 1936.
Current History has been owned by members of the Redmond family since 1942. Its current publisher is Daniel Mark Redmond, and the magazine is based in Philadelphia.
Current History is published monthly from September through May, producing nine issues per year. Seven issues focus on specific world regions, one covers global trends, and one addresses a special theme such as climate change or global governance. This regional-issue format has been in place since 1953.
Joseph Hilton Smyth joined the ownership group of Current History in 1939 after The New York Times sold the magazine in 1936. He and two associates were later convicted of acting as agents for the Japanese government without registering with the State Department. Current History stated in its October 1942 issue that Smyth had not controlled the magazine's editorial policies during his ownership period.
Early contributors to Current History included George Bernard Shaw, Winston Churchill, Charles A. Beard, Allan Nevins, and Henry Steele Commager. Harvard historian Albert Bushnell Hart helped organize the magazine's initial group of contributing editors at the request of founder George Washington Ochs Oakes.