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Katherine G Aiken Faculty Member Emeritus

Publications

selected publications

• academic article

  • Balancing Act: Idaho's Campaign for Woman Suffrage.  Western Legal History.  30:33-44. 2019
  • PRESIDENTS WHO SHAPED THE AMERICAN WEST: Review.  Oregon Historical Quarterly.  119:546-547. 2018
  • The Homestead and Morrill Acts: Federal Policy Foundational to Idaho.  Idaho Landscapes.  32-45. 2013
  • Superhero History: Using Comic Books to Teach U.S. History.  OAH Magazine of History.  24:41-47. 2010
  • Idaho Exchanges.  Idaho Yesterdays.  48:7-9. 2007
  • Gender and the Congressional Career of Idaho's Gracie Pfost, 1952-1962.  Journal of the West.  42:44-51. 2003
  • A Woman's Place is in the House, Women in the U.S. House of Representatives: Idaho's Gracie Pfost as Case Study.  Rikkyo University American Studies Journal.  24:1-39. 2002
  • Odyssey of a Union: Communism and the Rise of the Northwest Metal Workers, 1960-1971.  Montana: The Magazine of History.  47:46-61. 1997
  • "When I Realized How Close Communism Was to Kellogg, I Was Willing to Donate Day and Night‟: Anti-Communism and the Bunker Hill Strike of 1960.  Labor History.  36:165-186. 1995
  • "Not Long Ago a Smoking Chimney was a Sign of Prosperity‟: Corporate and Community Response to Pollution at the Bunker Hill Smelter in Kellogg, Idaho.  Environmental History Review.  18:67-86. 1994
  • "It May Be Too Soon to Crow‟: Bunker Hill and Sullivan Company Efforts to Defeat the Miners‟ Union, 1890-1900.  Western Historical Quarterly.  24:309-331. 1993
  • Bunker Hill versus the Lead Trust: The Struggle for Control of the Metals Market in the Coeur d‟Alene Mining District, 1885-1918.  Pacific Northwest Quarterly.  84:42-49. 1993
  • From Mission to Hospital: The Detroit Florence Crittenton Home, 1897-1930.  Detroit in Perspective.  6:50-64. 1982

• article

  • Idaho and the American West.  The Idaho Humanities Council.  1994
  • Mining in the Coeur d'Alenes.  The Idaho Humanities Council.  1994
  • Women in Comics Can Be Good Role Models.  The University of Idaho Magazine.  10:16. 1993
  • "A Meeting Ground for those of Purpose Great": Women's Organizations in Idaho 1991

• book

  • University of Idaho: Campus History Series.  Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing Inc.. 2016
  • Idaho: the Heroic Journey.  Cherbo Publishing. 2006
  • Idaho's Bunker Hill: the Rise and Fall of a Great Mining Company, 1885-1981.  University of Oklahoma Press. 2005
  • Harnessing the Power of Motherhood: The National Florence Crittenton Mission, 1883-1925.  University of Tennessee Press. 1998

• chapter

  • Senator Church and His Constituents.  U.S. Security, Intelligence and Democracy: From the Church Committee to the War on Terror. Ed. Russel, Miller A.  Routledge. 76-96. 2008
  • Idaho.  The United States: The Story of Statehood for the Fifty United States. Ed. Shearer, Benjamin F.  Greenwood Press. 325-356. 2004
  • Sister Aimee Semple McPherson and the Interwar West, 1920-1940.  Western Lives: A Biographical History of the American West. Ed. Eutlain, Richard.  University of New Mexico Press. 305-326. 2004
  • Western Smelters and the Problems of Smelter Smoke.  Northwest Lands and Peoples. Ed. Goble, Dale D.  University of Washington Press. 501-522. 1999
  • The Struggles for Equality and Diversity, 1854-1975.  Documents Collection. Worth Publishers. 337-362. 1993
  • Don Samuelson.  Idaho Governors: Historical Essays on Their Administrations. Ed. Sims, Robert.  Boise State University Press. 176-181. 1992
  • Introduction.  Silver Strike. Ed. Stoll, William.  University of Idaho Press. ix-xix. 1991

• conference paper

  • Walking the Talk: Modeling Integration of Content and Pedagogy.  Teaching American History Project Directors Conference 2009. 2009
  • A Silent Partner: Gladys Hampton and the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival.  Jazz History Conference 2008. 2008
  • Three Historians: Will Work for Cash.  Pacific Northwest History Conference 2007. 2007
  • Gracie Pfost and Helen Chenoweth, An Unlikely Duo: Gender as an Issue in Idaho Politics.  Women's West Conference 2000. 2000
  • New Technology, Industrial Organization, and the Coeur d‟Alene Mining Wars.  Pacific Northwest Labor History Association 2000. 2000
  • Gender as an Issue in the 1952 Election of Idaho‟s Gracie Pfost.  American Historical Association - Pacific Coast Branch Conference 1995. 1995
  • The Proliferation of Government Regulation and Interference‟: Kellogg, Idaho‟s Bunker Hill Company and Government Efforts to Protect the Environment, 1970-1981.  American Society for Environmental History Conference 1995. 1995
  • An Independent Labor Union‟s Odyssey: The Northwest Metal Workers, Kellogg, Idaho, 1960-1971.  American Historical Association - Pacific Coast Branch Conference 1992. 1992
  • Idaho Representative Gracie Pfost and the Hells Canyon Controversy.  Pacific Northwest History Conference 1992. 1992
  • A Company, the Community and the Environment: Environmental Impact and the Bunker Hill Company of Kellogg, Idaho.  American Historical Association - Pacific Coast Branch Conference 1991. 1991
  • Entrepreneurial Risk-Taking at the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Company: Construction of the Lead Smelter, 1917.  Pacific Northwest History Conference 1991. 1991
  • CIO! Labor Organization and the New Deal in Idaho‟s Silver Valley, 1933-1942.  Pacific Northwest History Conference 1990. 1990
  • Miners and Smeltermen in the Silver Valley.  Miner‟s Culture or Mining Culture: A Conference on Occupational Tradition in the Silver Valley, 1990. 1990
  • From Mine to Company: The Bunker Hill, 1885-1900.  NEH Centennial West Conference 1989. 1989
  • Images of Women and the 1960 Mine-Mill Strike at the Bunker Hill Company.  Pacific Northwest History Conference 1989. 1989
  • Labor Relations at the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Company, 1892-1900.  Pacific Northwest History Association Conference 1988. 1988
  • The Shoshone County Anti-Communist Association vs. the Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers‟ Auxiliary: Women and Anti-Communism in Kellogg, Idaho, 1950-1960.  American Historical Association - Pacific Coast Branch Conference 1988. 1988
  • War in the Coeur d‟Alenes: The Bunker Hill and Sullivan Company and the Miners‟ Union, 1892-1900.  North American Labor History Conference 1987. 1987
  • Mary Heaton Vorse: A Preliminary Report.  The Northwest Women's Studies Association Conference 1982. 1982
  • Florence Crittenton Homes and the Idea of Unwed Motherhood.  Northwest Women's Studies Association Conference 1979. 1979
  • Militant Tactics and the Women‟s Social and Political Union.  West Coast Conference on British Studies 1974. 1974

• review

  • Working and Living: Women and Mining Communities.  Oral History Review. 119-125. 1999

presentations

• invited talk

  • Idaho Cities at a Crossroads, Speaker, Idaho Association of Cities 2008
  • Big Trouble, Speaker 2006
  • The Trial of the Century, Speaker, Association of Attorneys National Convention 2006 2006
  • Women and Mining in the Coeur d'Alenes, Speaker 2006
  • Labor Relations and the Bunker Hill Company, Speaker 1989

• presentation

  • Idaho and the Great Depression, Speaker, Phi Alpha Theta Initiation 2009
  • Irrigation in the West, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 2009
  • The Idaho Coeur d'Alene Mining District, Speaker, Coeur d'Alene Library Discussion Series 2009
  • Western Myth, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 2009
  • Commencement Address, Speaker, University of Idaho Winter Commencement 2008 2008
  • Labor and Mining in Idaho, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 2008
  • The Silver and Gold Book: Women and Early Moscow, Speaker, Pleides 2008
  • The United States Constitution, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 2008
  • Silver Valley History, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 2007
  • Civil Rights in the 1950s and 1960s, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 2006
  • Idaho's Bunker Hill, Speaker 2006
  • Senator Frank Church and the Idaho Connection, Panelist, Bellwood Lecture Panel 2006
  • Korea and Vietnam, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 2005
  • Labor and Ethnicity in the Coeur d'Alenes, Speaker, Idaho's Journey for Human Rights 2005
  • Let's Talk About It: Home Below Hells Canyon, Speaker 2005
  • Terrorism and History, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 2005
  • Wonder Woman and Phi Beta Kappa: The Life of the Mind Meets Real Life in a Comic Strip, Speaker, Phi Beta Kappa Initiation 2005
  • Brown v. Board and Civil Rights, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 2004
  • Gracie Pfost and Helen Chenoweth: Idaho Women in the House, Speaker 2004
  • Let's Talk About It: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Speaker 2004
  • Much More Than a Hole in the Ground: Kellogg, Idaho's Bunker Hill Company, Keynote Speaker, Idaho State Historical Society Annual Meeting 2004
  • Pedagogy and Primary Sources: The Lewis and Clark Example, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 2004
  • Suffrage and Prohibition, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 2004
  • From Boycott to Consciousness Raising: Ella Baker and Jo Ann Robinson, Speaker 2003
  • Let's Talk About It: A Victorian Gentlewoman in the Far West, Speaker 2003
  • May Arkwright Hutton, Speaker 2003
  • The Left in the 1930s and 1950s: Making Historical Connections, Speaker, Idaho Humanities Council Summer Institute 2003
  • The Women's History Context for Reed v. Reed, Speaker and Panelist 2003
  • Kellogg, Idaho's Bunker Hill Company, Speaker, Mining History Conference 2002
  • That 'Motley Irish Crowd':Ethnicity and the Coeur d'Alene Mining Wars of the 1890s, Speaker, Idaho State University Centennial Academic Celebration of Idaho 2002
  • Water and the West, Speaker, Idaho Humanities Council Summer Institute 2002
  • What's a Nice Girl Like Me Doing in a Profession Like This?, Speaker, University of Idaho Interdisciplinary Colloquium 2002
  • Let's Talk About It: Grapes of Wrath, Speaker 2001
  • Let's Talk About It: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Speaker 2001
  • Racial Diversity in Idaho: Hispanics in the Silver Valley as a Case Study, Speaker, Idaho Humanities Council Summer Institute 2001
  • Let's Talk About It: Invisible Man, Speaker 2000
  • Let's Talk About It: Balsamroot, Speaker 1999
  • The Coeur d‟Alene Mining Wars, 100 Years Later, Speaker 1999
  • The United States in the 1920s: Hemingway's Milieu, Speaker 1999
  • Let's Talk About It: A Mormon Mother: An Autobiography, Speaker 1998
  • Let's Talk About It: Home Below Hell's Canyon, Speaker 1998
  • Mining and Idaho History, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 1998
  • Women's Suffrage in Idaho, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 1997
  • Baseball as a Case Study for Historical Inquiry, Speaker 1996
  • Gender as an Issue in the Career of Idaho Member of Congress Gracie Pfost, Keynote Speaker, Women's History Week Celebration 1996
  • Let's Talk About It: Invisible Man, Speaker 1996
  • Using History as a Lens to Explore Challenges Women Face in Nontraditional Employment Situations, Speaker, Hewlett-Packard Company Workshop 1996
  • Women and the Teaching Curriculum, Speaker, University of Idaho Fall Teaching Forum 1996 1996
  • Environmental issues and Mining, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 1995
  • The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Women's Suffrage Amendment, Speaker 1995
  • Women and Social Welfare During the Progressive Era, Speaker 1995
  • A New Look at Mining in Idaho, Speaker 1994
  • Let‟s Talk About It: We Sagebrush Folk, Speaker 1994
  • Mining Technology, Speaker 1994
  • Mining and the Depression, Speaker 1994
  • Mining and the Environment, Speaker 1994
  • Mining in Idaho, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 1994
  • Mining in North Idaho, Speaker 1994
  • The Coeur d‟Alene Mining Wars, Speaker 1994
  • The Silver Valley - Spokane Connection, Keynote Speaker, National University Continuing Education Association Regional Meeting 1994 1994
  • Idaho and WWII, Keynote Speaker, Latah County Historical Society Annual Meeting 1993 1993
  • Let‟s Talk About It: Billy the Kid, Speaker 1993
  • Let‟s Talk About It: Ceremony, Speaker 1993
  • Mining in Idaho, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 1993
  • Western Women‟s Voice, Speaker, Pacific Northwest Library Association 1993 1993
  • Women in Comics, Speaker 1993
  • Idaho Congresswoman Gracie Pfost, Speaker 1992
  • Let‟s Talk About It: A Bride Goes West, Speaker 1992
  • The Bill of Rights, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 1992
  • Idaho, the Homefront, and World War II, Speaker 1991
  • Let‟s Talk About It: A Bride Goes West, Speaker 1991
  • May Hutton, Speaker 1991
  • The Bill of Rights, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 1991
  • The Bill of Rights, Speaker 1991
  • The English Background to the Bill of Rights, Speaker, Whittenberger Foundation Teacher Summer Institute 1991
  • The University of Idaho Then and Now, Speaker 1991
  • Women and the Bill of Rights, Speaker 1991
  • Women‟s Organizations in Idaho, Speaker 1991
  • Women‟s Suffrage in Idaho, Speaker 1991
  • Abigail Scott Duniway, Speaker 1990
  • Let‟s Talk About It: We Sagebrush Folk, Speaker 1990
  • Let‟s Talk About It: We Sagebrush Folk, Speaker 1990
  • Let‟s Talk About It: We Sagebrush Folk, Speaker 1990
  • Mormon Migration, Speaker 1990
  • Mormon Migration, Speaker 1990
  • Two Constitutions Project, Speaker, Western States Humanities Council Conference 1990 1990
  • Women in History, Speaker 1990
  • Anti-Communism and the Bunker Hill Strike of 1960, Speaker, Phi Alpha Theta Initiation 1989
  • Let‟s Talk About It: We Sagebrush Folk, Speaker 1989
  • Margaret Sanger, Speaker 1989
  • The Idaho Constitution, Speaker 1989
  • The Idaho Constitutional Convention, Speaker 1989
  • The Idaho Constitutional Convention, Speaker 1989
  • The Idaho Constitutional Convention, Speaker 1989
  • William Clagett and the Idaho Constitutional Convention, Speaker 1989
  • Women‟s Suffrage and the Idaho Constitution, Speaker 1989
  • Women‟s Suffrage and the Idaho Constitution, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 1989
  • Women‟s Suffrage and the Idaho Constitution, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 1989
  • Emma Goldman, Speaker 1988
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Speaker 1987
  • Foreign Affairs and United States Constitution, Speaker 1987
  • Foreign Affairs and the United States Constitution, Speaker 1987
  • Foreign Affairs and the United States Constitution, Speaker 1987
  • The United States Constitution, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 1987
  • The United States Constitution, Speaker, Teacher In-Service Workshop 1987

Research

investigator on

• Jazz in the Schools  awarded by National Endowment for the Arts 2008
• Silver Mining in the West: Conflict and Community on the Frontier  awarded by National Endowment for the Humanities 2005 - 2006
• Much More than a Hole in the Ground: Kellogg, Idaho‟s Bunker Hill Company 1885-1981 -- Photographs  awarded by John Calhoun Smith Fund 2004
• America's Game: American Society and Baseball, 1845-present 1997
• Much More than a Hole in the Ground-Kellogg, Idaho‟s Bunker Hill Company  awarded by John Calhoun Smith Fund 1997
• America's Game: American Society and Baseball, 1845-present 1996
• History of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Smeltering Company in Kellogg, Idaho, 1885-1982, Part VII  awarded by John Calhoun Smith Fund 1995
• History of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Smeltering Company in Kellogg, Idaho, 1885-1982, Part VI  awarded by John Calhoun Smith Fund 1992
• History of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Smeltering Company in Kellogg, Idaho, 1885-1982, Part V  awarded by John Calhoun Smith Fund 1991
• Women's Suffrage in Idaho  awarded by Office of Research and Economic Development (ORED) 1991
• History of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Smeltering Company in Kellogg, Idaho, 1885-1982, Part IV  awarded by John Calhoun Smith Fund 1990
• Women's Clubs in Idaho  awarded by Idaho Humanities Council 1990
• Women's Organizations in Idaho  awarded by Idaho Humanities Council 1990
• Women's Suffrage in Idaho  awarded by Idaho Humanities Council 1990
• Women's Suffrage in Idaho  awarded by Idaho Humanities Council 1990
• History of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Smeltering Company in Kellogg, Idaho, 1885-1982, Part III  awarded by John Calhoun Smith Fund 1989
• Workshops on the Care and Management of Historical Photograph Collections 1989
• History of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Smeltering Company in Kellogg, Idaho, 1885-1982, Part II  awarded by John Calhoun Smith Fund 1988
• History of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Smeltering Company in Kellogg, Idaho, 1885-1982  awarded by John Calhoun Smith Fund 1987
• Humanities Program for Rurally Isolated Nontraditional Students  awarded by National Endowment for the Humanities 1985 - 1987
• Faculty Development Grant, University of Idaho NEH Project 1986
• Coeur d'Alene Humanities Program, Idaho Humanities Council 1985
• Course Development Grant, University of Idaho NEH Project 1985
• Cooperative Education Program 1984
• Developing Programs for Adult Learners 1982
• International Trade Awareness Program 1982

Contact

full name

• Katherine G Aiken