Editor’s Introduction

Welcome to The Oral History Review 36.1. You should notice a few differences in this edition of the journal. First and foremost, in response to multiple comments, perhaps complaints, the font used in this edition is larger and somewhat different than that used in the previous two issues produced by Oxford University Press. Let us know if this is a better fit for your eyes. This is, after all, your journal—the journal of the Oral History Association.

A second difference that I hope you will appreciate is the addition of more photographs. So many times in previous editions, it seems as if we have been rather negligent in providing visual clues to the work presented by our authors. In this issue, Loh Kah Seng provided numerous photographs for us to select from which help to illustrate the changing conditions of Singapore in the aftermath of a devastating fire. Similarly, Kathleen Ryan provides the opportunity to match faces with stories in her exploration of women service members in World War I.

Finally, I want to offer my gratitude to those who often go unsung in the process of producing a journal: the anonymous reviewers. These are the folks to read the rawest of material, see the promise of an article, and make the suggestions that either turn the promise into reality, or aid in the decision to reject an article as lacking the qualities necessary to become part of the journal. Accordingly, for the last two years’ work, I thank Anne Aby, Jessica P. Albert, Willoughby Anderson, Yolanda Arauza, Curtis Austin, Teresa Barnett, Adam Barnhart, Lucinda McCray Beier, Lisa Krissoff Boehm, Shelley Bookspan, Kaye Briegel, Beverly Bunch-Lyons, David Carey, Jr., Thomas Charlton, Jeffrey G. Charnley, Yong Chen, Michael Chiarappa, Ann Short Chirhart, Susan Clemens-Bruder, Margaret S. Crocco, Emilye Crosby, Gloria Cuadraz, Dawne Curry, Andrew Darien, Brian Daugherity, Donna DeBlasio, Dawn Amber Dennis, Susan Dollar, Selika Ducksworth-Lawton, Josephine Dunn, Mary Erdmans, Amy Essington, Steve Estes, Mary Jo Festle, Natalie M. Fousekis, Max Paul Friedman, Michael Frisch, Jerry Garcia, Alice L. George, David M. Gerwin, Pamela C. Grundy, Paula Hamilton, Joyce Hanson, Tod Hartman, Christiane Harzig, Pamela Henson, Sarah Elizabeth Hickman, Kathy Hodges, Roger Horowitz, Ben Houston, Richard Hughes, Jerma A. Jackson, Katherine Jellison, Molly Wilkinson Johnson, Sandra Jowers-Barber, Daniel Kerr, Chad Kimmel, Mari Knirck, Betty Koed, Katherine Landdeck, Heather Lewis, Brad Lucas, Maura Mackowski, Elinor Mazé, Ann McCleary, Susan McCormick, Marjorie McLellan, Marian Mollin, Todd Moye, Philip F. Napoli, Carolyn A. Naseer, Kathryn Nasstrom, Elsa A. Nystrom, Paul A. Ortíz, Lisa Ossian, Dawn Nickeson, Craig Pascoe, Kurt Piehler, Sandy Polishuk, Kimberly Redding, Troy Reeves, Nolan Reilly, Don Ritchie, Philip Rubio, Thomas Saylor, Loh Kah Seng, Elly Shodell, Stephen Sloan, Susan Speaker, Amy Starecheski, Charles D. Thompson, Jr., Anne Valk, Jeffrey Veidlinger, Richard Verrone, Eileen Walsh, Margaret Weitekamp, Laura M. Wendling, Kathryn Wilson, Mary Wingerd, John Wolford, Jeffrey Yost, and Valerie Yow. Your work is not generally acknowledged in the publishing of any given essay, but rest assured that your work is important to the success of The Oral History Review.

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