Civil War Centennial Commission
United States history
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contribution by Nevins
- In Allan Nevins
(1959–71)—Nevins headed the nation’s Civil War Centennial Commission (1961–66) and helped to edit the commission’s 15-volume Impact Series. He joined Huntington Library in San Marino, California, as senior research associate, served for a term as a visiting professor at the University of Oxford (1964–65), and wrote the final volumes…
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