Fall 2006

Quotation: "History does not refer merely, or even principally, to the past. On the contrary, the great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all we do." James Baldwin.


J387 Course Information

Class Meets MWF, 12-12:50 p.m., 221 Allen Hall

Calendar and Readings

Assignments and Examinations


Professor Steve Ponder, 310 Allen Hall.

Office Hours: MWF 1-2:20 p.m., and by appointment. E-mail: sponder@uoregon.edu Telephone: (541) 346-3514. Phone messages and e-mail will be answered during office hours and otherwise on a time-available basis.

Graduate Teaching Fellows

Mary Erickson, 319 Allen. Office Hours M 11-12. E-mail: mericks1@uoregon.edu.

Kathleen Ryan, 319 Allen. Office Hours: W 2:30-3:30. E-mail: kryan5@uoregon.edu


Online Resources

Knight Library Research Guides

Journalism, U.S. History

Museums and collections

AdAccess, Advertising History, Historic Advertising Public Service Campaigns, Journalism History Links, Labor Press History, Library of Congress American Memory Collection, Museum of Public Relations, Museum of Television and Radio, National Archives