Howard Henry Peckham

Born: 07/13/1910   Lowell
Died: 07/06/1995
Parents: H. Algernon, Harriet Peckham
Spouse: Dorothy
Children: Stephen, Angela

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Historical Americana: Books from Which Our Early History is Written Non Fiction Children University of Michigan Press 1980
Indiana: A Bicentennial History Non Fiction Children Norton 1978
Sources of American Independence : Selected Manuscripts from the Collections of the William L. Clements Library
- Editor
Non Fiction Children University of Chicago Press 1978
Campaigns of the American Revolution: An Atlas of Manuscript Maps
- Co-Authored with Douglas W. Marshall
Non Fiction Children University of Michigan Press 1976
The Declaration of Independence : Two Essays
- Co-Authored with Howard Mumford Jones
Non Fiction Children American Antiquarian Society 1976
The Toll of Independence : Engagements and Battle Casualties of the American Revolution
- Editor
Non Fiction Children University of Chicago Press 1974
The Ordeal of Henry Bird Non Fiction Children William L Clements Library 1971
Narratives of Colonial America, 1704-1765
- Editor
Non Fiction Children R. R. Donnelley 1971
Attitudes of Colonial Powers Toward the American Indian
- Editor with Charles Gibson
Non Fiction Children University of Utah Press 1969
Memoirs of the Life of John Adlum in the Revolutionary War
- Editor and Author of Introduction
Non Fiction Children Caxton Club 1968
Education in Early America: A Guide to an Exhibition in the Clements Library to Commemorate the Sesquicentennial Observance of the Founding of the University of Michigan Non Fiction Children University of Michigan 1967
The Making of the University of Michigan, 1817-1967 Non Fiction Children University of Michigan Press 1967
Life in Detroit Under Pontiac's Siege Non Fiction Children Wayne State University Press 1964
The Colonial Wars 1689-1762 Non Fiction Children University of Chicago Press 1964
Pontiac, Young Ottawa Leader Non Fiction Children Bobbs-Merrill 1963
Why the British Lost the American Revolution Non Fiction Children Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society 1963
Journals of Robert Rogers
- Author of Introduction
Non Fiction Children Corinth Books 1961
A List of Michigan Regiments of the Civil War in Which the Companies Came from Particular Towns
- Editor
Non Fiction Children Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission 1961
War for Independence, a Military History Non Fiction Children University of Chicago Press 1959
Treason of the Blackest Dye Non Fiction Children William Clements Library 1958
Rare Book Libraries and Collections
- Editor
Non Fiction Children University of Illinois Library School 1957
Nathanael Greene, Independent Boy Non Fiction Children Bobbs-Merrill 1956
A Bibliography of Indiana Imprints, 1804-1853
- Editor with Cecil Byrd
Non Fiction Children Indiana Historical Bureau 1955
Captured by Indians : True Tales of Pioneer Survivors Non Fiction Children Rutgers University Press 1954
William Henry Harrison, Young Tippecanoe Non Fiction Children University of Michigan Press 1951
Pontiac's Seige of Detroit
- Edited by Joe Norris
Non Fiction Children Wayne State University Press 1951
Letters from Fighting Hoosiers
- Editor with Shirley Snyder
Non Fiction Children Indiana War History Commision 1948
Invitation to Book Collecting: Its Pleasures and Practices, with kindred discussions of manuscripts, maps, and prints Non Fiction Adult New York : R.R. Bowker company 1947
Pontiac and the Indian Uprising
- Reprinted Wayne State University, 1994
History Adult Princeton University Press, University of Chicago Press 1947
Brief History of Indiana
- With Donald F. Carmony (Publication Years: 1946, 1953 4th ed.)
History Adult Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau 1946 -1953
Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the Williams L. Clements library
- Editor
Non Fiction Adult Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press 1942
Lexington to Fallen Timbers, 1775-1794 : episodes from the earliest history of our military forces
- Editor with R. G. Adams
History Adult Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press 1942
George Groghan, Journal of His Trip to Detroit in 1767 : with his correspondence relating thereto
- Editor
Michigan History Adult Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press 1939
Revolutionary War Journals of Henry Dearborn, 1775-1783
- edited from the original manuscripts by Lloyd A. Brown and Howard H. Peckham; with a biographical essay by Hermon Dunlap Smith.
Non Fiction , History Adult Chicago, The Caxton Club 1939
Old Fort Michilimackinac: reproductions of two maps from the papers of General Thomas Gage in the William L. Clements Library
- Contributor
Michigan History Adult William Clements Library, University of Michigan Press 1938
Indiana Historical Bulletin and American Heritage
- Editor (Publication Years: 1945-1953, 1949-1954)
Non Fiction Children
What is the aim or goal of your writing: In 2nd ed. he said, " I find American History more fascinating than most fictions."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Other - Historian

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
B.A. University of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 1951 -1953

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Director Clements Library, University of Michigan Ann Arbor 1953 -1977
Founder and Associate Editor American Heritage 1949 -1954
Editor Indiana Historical Bulletin 1945 -1953
Director Indiana Historical Bureau 1945 -1953
Curator of Manuscripts Clements Library, University of Michigan 1936 -1945
Editorialist The Grand Rapids Press Grand Rapids 1935

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