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'''Allan Nevins''' (1890-1971) was a historian and journalist who was prominent in Civil War history. He also famously wrote biographies of President Grover Cleveland, Hamilton Fish, Henry Ford, and John D. Rockefeller, among others. He died in [[California]] in 1971.

==Early Career==
Nevins earned a [[BA]] in English from the University of Illinois in 1913. He then worked in [[New York City]] as a journalist until his appointment to faculty at Columbia in 1929.

==Columbia Career==
After joining the faculty at Columbia, Nevins was quick to make an impact. He was named [[Dewitt Clinton]] Professor of History in 1931. In 1948 he created the first institutional oral history program to operate on a regular basis in the United States; the [[Columbia University Oral History Research Program]] continues to operate today, including recently helping to record experiences of survivors of the September 11th disaster.

Nevins also produced an impressive body of work at Columbia before his retirement in 19??. One area he excelled in was biographies. A coupling of extremely in-depth research and concise, coherent and journalistic prose led to excellent biographies of influential men from the 19th and early 20th Century, including Grover Cleveland, Abram Hewitt, Hamilton Fish, Henry Ford, John C. Frémont, Herbert Lehman, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry White. In the majority of cases, Nevins' accounts remain unequaled in scale and quality.

He also wrote one of the two definitive accounts of the American Civil War in ''Ordeal of the Union'' (The counterpart is Shelby Foote's ''The Civil War: A Narrative'', published in 1990). Nevins is probably most famous for this work. He worked on it from 1947 until his death in 1971.

His journalistic style of writing history has influenced subsequent historians, including Jean Strouse, Ron Chernow, David Nasaw, and T. J. Stiles.

==Other Accomplishments==
He was appointed Harmsworth Professor of American History at [[Oxford University]] twice, from 1940 to 1941 and from 1964 to 1965.

He was president of the American Historical Association in 1959.

[[Category:History professors|Nevins]]

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 ==Columbia Career==
-After joining the faculty at Columbia, Nevins was quick to make an impact.  He was named [[DeWitt Clinton]] Professor of American History]] in 1931.  In 1948 he created the first institutional oral history program to operate on a regular basis in the United States; the [[Columbia University Oral History Research Program]] continues to operate today, including recently helping to record experiences of survivors of the September 11th disaster.
+After joining the faculty at Columbia, Nevins was quick to make an impact.  He was named [[DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History]] in 1931.  In 1948 he created the first institutional oral history program to operate on a regular basis in the United States; the [[Columbia University Oral History Research Program]] continues to operate today, including recently helping to record experiences of survivors of the September 11th disaster.
 Nevins also produced an impressive body of work at Columbia before his retirement in 19??.  One area he excelled in was biographies.  A coupling of extremely in-depth research and concise, coherent and journalistic prose led to excellent biographies of influential men from the 19th and early 20th Century, including Grover Cleveland, Abram Hewitt, Hamilton Fish, Henry Ford, John C. Frémont, Herbert Lehman, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry White.  In the majority of cases, Nevins' accounts remain unequaled in scale and quality.

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 ==Columbia Career==
-After joining the faculty at Columbia, Nevins was quick to make an impact.  He was named [[DeWitt Clinton]] Professor of History in 1931.  In 1948 he created the first institutional oral history program to operate on a regular basis in the United States; the [[Columbia University Oral History Research Program]] continues to operate today, including recently helping to record experiences of survivors of the September 11th disaster.
+After joining the faculty at Columbia, Nevins was quick to make an impact.  He was named [[DeWitt Clinton]] Professor of American History]] in 1931.  In 1948 he created the first institutional oral history program to operate on a regular basis in the United States; the [[Columbia University Oral History Research Program]] continues to operate today, including recently helping to record experiences of survivors of the September 11th disaster.
 Nevins also produced an impressive body of work at Columbia before his retirement in 19??.  One area he excelled in was biographies.  A coupling of extremely in-depth research and concise, coherent and journalistic prose led to excellent biographies of influential men from the 19th and early 20th Century, including Grover Cleveland, Abram Hewitt, Hamilton Fish, Henry Ford, John C. Frémont, Herbert Lehman, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry White.  In the majority of cases, Nevins' accounts remain unequaled in scale and quality.

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	'''Allan Nevins''' (1890-1971) was a historian and journalist who was prominent in Civil War history. He also famously wrote biographies of President Grover Cleveland, Hamilton Fish, Henry Ford, and John D. Rockefeller, among others. He died in [[California]] in 1971.		'''Allan Nevins''' (1890-1971) was a historian and journalist who was prominent in Civil War history. He also famously wrote biographies of President Grover Cleveland, Hamilton Fish, Henry Ford, and John D. Rockefeller, among others. He died in [[California]] in 1971.

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 Nevins also produced an impressive body of work at Columbia before his retirement in 19??.  One area he excelled in was biographies.  A coupling of extremely in-depth research and concise, coherent and journalistic prose led to excellent biographies of influential men from the 19th and early 20th Century, including Grover Cleveland, Abram Hewitt, Hamilton Fish, Henry Ford, John C. Frémont, Herbert Lehman, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry White.  In the majority of cases, Nevins' accounts remain unequaled in scale and quality.
-He also wrote one of the two definitive accounts of the American Civil War in ''Ordeal of the Union'' (The counterpart is Shelby Foote's ''The Civil War: A Narrative'', published in 1990).  Nevins is probably most famous for this work.  He worked on it from 1947 until his death in 1971.
+He also wrote one of the two definitive accounts of the American Civil War in the slightly Union-biased ''Ordeal of the Union'' (The counterpart is Shelby Foote's slightly Confederate-biased ''The Civil War: A Narrative'', published in 1990).  Nevins is probably most famous for this work.  He worked on it from 1947 until his death in 1971.
 His journalistic style of writing history has influenced subsequent historians, including Jean Strouse, Ron Chernow, David Nasaw, and T. J. Stiles.