History Faculty - Dr. James M. Lindgren

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History Faculty - Dr. James M. Lindgren

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As anyone who has seen my office can attest, I'm a pack rat, and I wonder why people like me save material things. Call it "clutter" or call it "culture," it's the makings of a museum. At the same time, I believe that everything has some purpose in life. That's why I study and write about the preservation and interpretation of old buildings, curios, and "historic" places. For the last decade I've been immersed in maritime history. My courses on "US Historic Sites," "US History Museums," and "Historic Preservation" have changed course, too, as I write more about America's maritime heritage and its preservation. At least two books will come out of this. Preserving Maritime America: Politics, Culture, and Memory in the Making of Marine Museums will arrive in port first, but it will be followed by Remaking South Street Seaport: The Changing Fortunes of a Great Museum. A third maritime project is also in the making. Read the Shipping News to see when I make it to my destination!

Education

• Ph.D., College of William and Mary, 1984
• M.A., University of Dayton, 1977
• B.A., University of Dayton, 1972

Teaching Areas

• Public History
• U.S. Foreign Policy
• Late 19th/Early 20th Century U.S.

Research Areas

• U.S. Historic Preservation
• Historic Sites
• History Museums

Recent Publications

• Preserving Historic New England: Preservation, Progressivism and the Remaking of Memory (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995)
• Preserving the Old Dominion: Historic Preservation and Virginia Traditionalism (Charlottesville and London: University Press of Virginia, 1993)
• "'A Spirit That Fires the Imagination:' Historic Preservation and Cultural Regeneration in Virginia and New England, 1850-1950," in Giving Preservation a History: Histories of Historic Preservation in the United States, Randy Mason and Max Page, eds. (New York and London: Routledge, 2004)
• "'Let Us Idealize Old Types of Manhood': The New Bedford Whaling Museum, 1903-1941," The New England Quarterly (June 1999)
• "'The Blow Which Civilization Has Suffered': American Preservationists and the Great War, 1914-1919," The Public Historian (2005)
• "'The Survival of Truly Mediaeval Mannerisms in Construction and Detail': Cultural Politics and New England Antiquities in the Early Twentieth Century," in From William Morris: Building Conservation and the Arts and Crafts Cult of Authenticity, 877-1939, Chris Miele, ed., in Studies in British Art: Volume 10 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre, 2005).

Honors

• SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2005

Contact James Lindgren

Office: Champlain Valley Hall, 322
Phone: (518) 564-5219
E-mail: lindgrjm@plattsburgh.edu