HistoryThe National Episcopal Historians and Archivists took root in 1961 when the first "Conference of Historiographers" held at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, attracted 20-some historiographers, spouses and university folk. The organization answered the needs of diocesan officials and others who felt attention should be given to nurturing congregational, diocesan, and institutional historians as well as archivists and registrars. Since its first meeting, NEHA has provided a forum for exchanging ideas and giving mutual support.
Under the leadership of Dr. Arthur Ben Chitty, the association launched a newsletter that later became The Historiographer. Read more in NEHA: 40 years of service to the Church by Robert G. Carroon (The Historiographer, Spring 2002, Vol. XL, No. 2). |
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Founding Members
Meeting at the University of the South, August 1961
Rucker Agee (Alabama)
Allen D. Breck (Colorado) Lawrence L. Brown (Texas) Nelson R. Burr (Washington) Arthur Ben Chitty (University of the South) |
Thomas E. Jessett (Olympia)
Harold H. Kelley (California) Winnie Lowrance (researcher from Kansas)Nelson Rightmyer (Maryland) William M. Robinson (Florida) |
Dollie Shelton (Dallas)
Massey H. Shepherd, Jr. (University of the South) Blanche Taylor (Kansas) Earl R. Thorne (Kentucky) J. Wesley Twelves (Pennsylvania) |