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The Journal of American History was established in 1914, originally under the name the Mississippi Valley Historical Review. It adopted its current name in 1964 after the publication of its fiftieth volume.
The journal was originally called the Mississippi Valley Historical Review and served as the official publication of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. The name changed to the Journal of American History in 1964 to reflect a broader shift in the membership's scholarly direction.
The name changed after the fiftieth volume because the membership and its scholarship had shifted beyond the regional focus the original name implied. The parent organization also renamed itself, becoming the Organization of American Historians.
The Journal of American History is headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana. It has close ties to the History Department at Indiana University.
Benjamin H. Irvin has served as editor of the Journal of American History since 2017. He succeeded Edward T. Linenthal, who held the position from 2005 to 2016.
David Thelen served as editor from 1985 to 1999, a fourteen-year tenure that is the longest in the journal's history under its current name. Arthur Charles Cole holds the comparable record for the earlier Mississippi Valley Historical Review period, serving from 1930 to 1941.