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HARRY FRITZ, HISTORY

Harry W. Fritz is Professor of History and Chairman of the Department of History at The University of Montana in Missoula . He graduated from Missoula County High School in 1956, and attended Dartmouth College (A.B. 1960), The University of Montana (M.A. 1962), and Washington University in St. Louis (Ph.D. 1971). Professor Fritz teaches courses in early American history, American military history, and Montana history. He has been UM's Teacher of the year (1972 and 1999) and Distinguished Service Award winner (1985). He has written several articles and lectured widely on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He is the author of Montana: Land of Contrast (1984; rev. ed., 2001) and co-editor of Montana and the West (1984), The Montana Heritage (1992), and The Montana Legacy (2002). In 1985 and 1987 he served in the Montana House of Representatives, and in 1991 and 1993 in the Montana Senate.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN CHAUTAUQUA

Harry Fritz is Abraham Lincoln during February of each year (and on special occasions). He is a member of the Abraham Lincoln Presenters, a national organization, and has appeared in such exotic locations as Colorado and Siapan. His “Abraham Lincoln Chautauqua” is a staple of the Speakers Bureau of the Montana Committee for the Humanities, (See www.humanities-mt.org, click on Speakers).

We are now approaching the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809-2009). Already the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission has been established in Washington, D.C. (See www.lincolnbicentennial.gov). Americans love anniversaries, so interest in Lincoln will be increasing.

In a nation which, shamefully, has no national holiday commemorating Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War, the next best thing is a personal appearance by the 16th President of the United States.

PROFESSIONAL VITA

Harry William Fritz

Spring 2003
Present Position

Professor and Chair,
Department of History,
The University of Montana

Personal

Birthplace and date: Salisbury , Maryland September 28, 1937
Marital status: Nancy Rice Fritz
Two children: Dan, Stacey

Contact Information

Phone: (406) 549-6712
FAX number: (406) 243-4076
Email: hfritz@selway.umt.edu
(office)

Present Position
Professor and Chair, Department of History, The University of Montana

Education
Ph.D., 1971, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (History)
M.A., 1962, Montana State University (now The University of Montana), Missoula, MT (History)
A.B., 1960, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire (Chemistry)
1956, Missoula County High School, Missoula, Montana

Employment
1980-Present, Professor, Department of History, The University of Montana 1978-1981, 1996- , Chairman, Department of History, The University of Montana 2000, 2001, International Summer Program, University College Northampton, England 1975-1980, Associate Professor, Department of History, The University of Montana 1976 (Fall), Visiting Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Houston 1975 (Summer), Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara 1970-1975, Assistant Professor, Department of History, The University of Montana 1967-1970, Instructor, Department of History, The University of Montana 1963-1966, Instructor, Department of History, University College, Washington University, St. Louis 1962-1965, Teaching Assistant, Department of History, Washington University, St. Louis

Courses Taught   United States History to 1815; to the Civil War; to 1896 Montana and the West; Contemporary Montana Colonial America: The 17 th Century, The 18 th Century The American Revolution The Age of Jefferson: The United States, 1789-1815 The Age of Jackson: The United States, 1815-1846 The Age of the Civil War: The United States, 1846-1877 History of American Political Parties (History of the 2000 Presidential Election) Afro-Americans to Emancipation History of American Law American Constitutional History: Through the Marshall Court American Military History Methodology: Research and Writing in History Historiography: History and Historians Teaching Discussion Sections in History Continuing Education and Summer Courses: England and the American Revolution Montana: Past and Present; Montana: Romance and Reality ROOTS: American Genealogy and Immigration The Marias River and Montana History Lewis and Clark in Montana The Nez-Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) Historic Trail History of the Great War (University College Northampton)

Academic Honors, Awards, Offices  
2003, Governor = s Humanities Award 2000, Grizzly Riders International Grant 1999, Distinguished Teacher Award , The University of Montana 1993, ROTC/USMA Military History Fellowship 1993, Montana Federation of Teachers Appreciation Award 1992, Montana Committee for the Humanities Appreciation Award 1991, UM Honors Program Recognition 1987, UM Foundation Board of Trustees Service Award 1986, History Teaching Alliance Grant, A The Constitution in the Classroom @ 1985-1986, Sabbatical Assignment 1985, Distinguished Service Award, The University of Montana 1977-1979, Phi Alpha Theta International Councillor 1974, Phi Alpha Theta, Beta Psi, BEST CHAPTER AWARD (Faculty Advisor) 1974, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2000 UM Merit Awards 1972, Phi Kappa Phi-UM Alumni Association TEACHER OF THE YEAR 1972, University Research Grant Program 1971, 1984, UM Summer Research Grants

Professional Associations
Organization of American Historians (Billington Prize Committee, 1995-1997) Society for the History of the Early American Republic The Society for Military History Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association, Inc. Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc. Bannack Historical and Museum Association Phi Alpha Theta University Teachers Union, AFL-CIO (President, 1989-1990)

Publications, Papers, Conferences
American Crossing: The Lewis and Clark Expedition (Greenwood Press, 2003, forthcoming) A The Core of Discovery, @ Montanan , 20, 2 (Winter 2002), 22-24 A Poised for Discovery, @ and A The Expedition Endures, @ in A America Looks West: Lewis and Clark on the Missouri, @ NEBRASKAland Magazine , 80, 7 (Aug-Sept 2002), 4-130, at 8-13, 94-99. A The Best Books about Montana, Twenty-first-century Edition, @ Montana the Magazine of Western History , 52,3 (Autumn 2002), 73-77. A Montana in the Twenty-first Century, @ in Harry W. Fritz, Mary Murphy, and Robert R. Swartout, Jr., eds., Montana Legacy: Essays on History, People, and Place (Helena: Montana Historical Society Press, 2002), 341-58. A Joseph Kinsey Howard, K. Ross Toole, and Montana: A Plundered Province, @ forthcoming. A Of Politics, Presidents and Bulldozers, @ Montanan , 17, 2 (Winter 2000), 16-21. Phi Alpha Theta International History Conference, Tampa, FL, December 26-29, 1999; San Antonio, TX, December 26-29, 2001. The Case for Battle History, Northern Great Plains History Conference, St. Paul, MN, September 29, 1994. A Montana Territory, @ in Ralph Y. McGinnis and Calvin N. Smith, eds., Abraham Lincoln and the Western Territories . (Chicago: Nelson Hall, 1994), 159-68. A The Initiative and Referendum in Montana: A Brief History. @ Montana Magazine (Sept./Oct. 1994), 32-34. A The Right of Revolution vs the Right of Revolution ( Luther v Borden ), and A When A Contract Obtained By Fraud Is Still A Contract ( Fletcher v Peck ), @ John W. Johnson, ed., Historic U.S. Court Cases, 1690-1990: An Encyclopedia (New York: Garland Publishing, 1992), 115-18, 161-64. 2 nd edition, 2001. A The Origins of Twenty-first-Century Montana, @ Montana: The Magazine of Western History , 42 (Winter 1992), 77-81. Reprinted in Robert R. Swartout, Jr., and Harry W. Fritz, eds., The Montana Heritage: An Anthology of Historical Essays (Helena: MHS Press, 1992), 263-72. Lewis and Clark in Western Montana, NEH, MCH, and Center for the Rocky Mountain West Conference, Missoula, September 13, 1992. Is Government Dead? Northern Great Plains History Conference, Grand Forks, ND, October 6, 1990. A The 1972 Montana Constitution in a Contemporary Context, @ Montana Law Review , 51, 2 (Summer 1990), 270-74. Montana = s Two Formative Decades: The 1880's and the 1980's, Centennial West Symposium, Billings, MT, June 23, 1989. A Republican Demise, Democratic Ascendency? Montana Politics, 1968-1988, @ in C. Brant Short, ed., Democratic Demise/Republican Ascendancy ? Politics in the Intermountain West (Pocatello, ID: Idaho State University Press, 1988), 25-33. A Montana in the Year 2000, @ Montana History Conference, September 12, 1986; Montana Magazine , September-October 1986, 62-68. The Underside of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Travail of Meriwether Lewis, Southern Historical Association, Houston, TX, November 16, 1985. Montana: Land of Contrast . Woodland Hills, CA: Windsor Publishing Co., 1984. Rev. ed., Sun Valley, CA: American Historical Press, 2001. A An Uncommon Man: K. Ross Toole, @ in Rex C. Myers and Harry W. Fritz, eds., Montana and the West: Essays in Honor of K. Ross Toole (Boulder, CO: Pruitt Publishing Co., 1984), 4-16. A Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Discovery of Montana, @ Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, 16 th Annual Convention, Great Falls, Montana, August 8, 1984; We Proceeded On , Vol. 10, 44 (November 1984), 26-29; WPO Publications No. 8 (November 1984). A Montana = s Decade of Revolution, 1965-1975, @ Northern Great Plains History Conference, Grand Forks, North Dakota, September 29, 1983; Montana Magazine , March/April 1984, 10-14. American Association for Higher Education 1983 National Conference, A Colleges Enter the Information Society, @ Washington, D.C., March 27-30, 1983. A The Best Books About Montana: A Reader = s Guide to the Treasure State, @ Montana: The Magazine of Western History (Winter 1982), 52-62. The North, the South, and England, 1650-1860, Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association, Eugene, Oregon, August 1981. The Five Best Books in History, Western Social Science Association, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, April 28, 1979; Phi Alpha Theta, Organization of American Historians, Detroit, Michigan, April 2, 1981. The Bow of Ulysses: Presidential Leaderhsip Under Jefferson and Madison, Northern Great Plains History Conference, Bismarck, ND, October 28, 1977. The Case for Political Party in the Age of Jefferson, Organization of American Historians, Atlanta, Georgia, April 7, 1977. Sex and Identity in Early America: Fawn Brodie = s Thomas Jefferson , Western Social Science Association, Tempe, Arizona, April 30, 1976. A Becoming a Nation, @ The Social Science Journal , 13, 3 (October 1976), 110-115 (review essay). University of Mississippi/NEH Conference, A Regionalism in America, @ Oxford, MS, May 13-17, 1980. Rice University/NEH Conference, A The Future of Undergraduate Law-Related Education in the United States, @ Houston, TX, November 26-28, 1979. Montana History Conference, 1978-1986, 1989-93, 1995, 2001. Phi Alpha Theta Northwest Regional Conference of History Students, 1970, 1972-1984, 1986, 1988-1990, 1992-95, 1997, 1999-2002. The War Hawks of 1812: An Historical Reality, Western Social Science Association, Denver, Colorado, May 1, 1975. Published as A The War Hawks of 1812: Party Leadership in the 12 th Congress, @ Capitol Studies , 5, 1 (Spring 1977), 25-42. Reprinted in Joel Silbey, ed., The United States Congress in a Transitional Era 1800-1841 (2 vols. Brooklyn: Carlson Publishing, Inc. 1991), I, 265-82. Periodization in American History: On the Unity of the Period 1763-1815, Rocky Mountain Social Science Association, El Paso, TX, April 25, 1974. John C. Calhoun: Defender of Majority Rule, Rocky Mountain Social Science Association, Laramie, WY, April 28, 1973. A Racial Interpretation of Tocqueville = s America, Rocky Mountain Social Science Association, Salt Lake City, UT, April 28, 1972. Published as A Racism and Democracy in Tocqueville = s America, @ The Social Science Journal , 13, 3 (October 1976), 65-76. A Quantitative Analysis of Voting Behavior in the House of Representatives, 1809-1817, Northern Plains History Conference, St. Cloud, Minnesota, October 31, 1969. The Collapse of Party: President, Congress, and the Decline of Party Action, 1809-1817, Ph.D. dissertation, 1971, Washington University. William Nisbet Chambers, Director. Rowland Berthoff, John M. Murrin, Walter Dean Burnham, Readers.

Academic and Public Service
UNIVERSITY The Bookstore at UM, Store Board, 2000- Faculty Development Committee, 1990-1992 College Executive Committee, 1982-1984 University Planning Council, 1982-1984 Foundation Scholarship, 1979-1982 Curriculum Review, 1974-1976 Library and Archives, 1974, 1994-1995 Campus Development, 1970-1976 Parity Board, 1970-1972 Alumni College, 1973-1978, 1994 Faculty Senate, 1970-1976, 1981-1984 (ECOS, 1981-1984; Chairman, 1983-1984) COMMUNITY Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail Advisory Council, 1990-1991. Nez Perce National Historic Trail Foundation (President, 1991-1995). Centennial West: Celebrations of the Northern Tier States = Heritage (Sturgis and Aberdeen, SD; Grand Forks, ND), 1989 The Traveling Historians = Centennial Project, Montana Historical Society, 1989 Montana Committee for the Humanities Speakers Bureau A The Center of the Universe: Lewis and Clark in Western Montana, @ 1993-2003 A Montana in the 21 st Century, @ 1991-2003 A Is Government Dead? @ 1991-1996. A How the American System Works, @ 1984-1985 Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Montana, January 14-June 7, 1988 State Representative, 1985-1989; Senator, 1991-1995 Governor = s Lewis and Clark Trail Advisory Council, 1984-1994 Montana Arts Council Coal Tax Cultural and Aesthetic Projects Advisory Committee, 1984-2000. Governor = s Capitol Niches Committee, 1983 Democratic Central Committee, 1969-1975, 1995-1999; Vice-Chairman, 1973-1975, 1997-1999 Missoula County Trades and Labor Council, 1974-1976 Missoula County Special Elections Committee, 1972-1974 Numerous book reviews, commentator/chairman assignments at professional conventions, ad hoc committees, A proceedings @ publications, and papers, addresses, speeches, orations, and appearances at UM, in grade and high schools, at service clubs, for local, state, and professional conferences and conventions, on other campuses, at patriotic celebrations, and on TV.