Editor's Page

Friends of SHEAR

I am delighted again to be able to acknowledge an impressive list of Friends of SHEAR—the stalwarts of the organization who dug a wee bit deeper to give us some additional financial support. The inspiration and hard work of the presidential triumvirate of John Brooke, Paul Gilje, and Rosemarie Zagarri have secured for us a large cohort of Friends. I'd like now to express, on behalf of your journal and your society, our heartfelt thanks. To paraphrase the inimitable editors of yore, Larson and Morrison, our Friends are characterized not only by their obvious generosity, but also to a person by their longstanding devotion to, and support of, SHEAR. Separately, and taken with one another, they embody the collegiality, professionalism, and vitality that are the essence of SHEAR. In more ways than we can count, SHEAR is in their debt. Take a bow, please:

Dee E. Andrews

Douglas M. Arnold

Daniel D. Blinka

Frederick J. Blue

Anne M. Boylan

John L. Brooke

Scott M. Browne

Steven Bullock

Rand Burnette

Andrew Cayton

Frank Cogliano

Patricia C. Cohen

Vivian Bruce Conger

Mr. & Mrs. William C. Cook

Seth Cotlar

A. Glenn Crothers

Cornelia H. Dayton

Ruth Alden Doan

Kathleen DuVal

Carol Faulkner

Paul A. Gilje

Myra C. Glenn

Jennifer L. Goloboy

Annette Gordon-Reed

Amy S. Greenberg

Richard C. Greene

C. Dallett Hemphill

John R. Huston

Richard R. John

Jane N. Kamensky

Mary Kelley

Catherine Kelly

Susan E. Klepp

Gary J. Kornblith

Sidney Lapidus

John Larson

Carol Lasser

Joanne M. Lloyd

Bruce H. Mann

Robert McColley

Alexis McCrossen

Roderick A. McDonald

Michael A. Morrison

Joseph J. Morsman

John M. Murrin

Marion C. Nelson

Gregory Nobles

Lisa Norling

Barbara Oberg

Elaine Weber Pascu

Michael D. Pierson

Daniel Preston

Martin Quitt

Jack N. Rakove

Daniel K. Richter

Seth Rockman

Donald M. Roper

Anne Ruszkiewicz

Richard Samuelson

Jonathan D. Sassi

Randolph F. Scully

Sheila L. Skemp

H. E. Sloan

Gene A. Smith

James B. Stewart

Keiji Tajima

Alan S. Taylor

Tamara P. Thornton

Robert Tinkler

John R. Van Atta

Elizabeth R. Varon

Clarence E. Walker

Ronald G. Walters

Harry Watson

Samuel J. Watson

Julie Winch

Mary Young

Rosemarie Zagarri

Now I'd like to ask these aforementioned heroes, and as many of you as would like to join them (and see your name listed alongside theirs this time next year), to affirm friendship for SHEAR. The choices are the same—become a Sojourner Truth Friend for $500, a Thomas Skidmore Friend for $300, or a Nicholas Biddle Friend for $150—you pays your money, you takes your pick, receiving all the rights, privileges, and appurtenances attached to the category you choose. (Check out the back pages of this issue for the details.)

Sign up online, or send your check to:

Amy Baxter-Bellamy, Executive Coordinator

SHEAR

3355 Woodland Walk

Philadelphia, PA 19104-4531

It's that easy. Just one payment will cover your SHEAR membership, including your JER subscription and all the other benefits of membership. The SHEAR office will subscribe to the JER for you, and your support will be acknowledged each year in our winter issue.

Renew Your Membership: We Want You, Now

Did you notice a wee bit of colored paper flutter to the floor as you flipped excitedly through the pages of this latest issue of your favorite journal? If so, please don't consign it to the circular file. It's called a blow-in, and it's informing you that it is now time to renew your membership to SHEAR. You'll thus be ensured of uninterrupted delivery of the journal through 2010 and entitled to the benefits of SHEAR membership such as a 30 percent discount on all Penn Press book titles (see below for details). You will also receive the program for next year's SHEAR meeting included with the mailing of the journal's summer issue early next May so you can get your Rochester plans underway. But if you don't renew before the 2010 issues begin mailing, your copies have to be back-ordered (expensive for us, vexing for you), your membership benefits will be placed on hiatus...