Rodman W. Paul

Rodman Wilson Paul (November 6, 1912 – May 15, 1987) was an American historian who taught at the California Institute of Technology. He was known primarily as a foremost authority on California mining and agricultural Native American history.

Life and career

Paul was born in Philadelphia and raised near

Paul wrote many books and articles, and was recognized with several awards including the 1984 Henry R. Wagner Memorial Award. He earned the Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities award and he was a fellow of the California Historical Society, served on the board of the Pasadena and Santa Barbara historical societies,^[3] and was a member of the NASA Historical Advisory Committee. The Mining History Association's Rodman Paul Award recognizes individuals who have contributed to the understanding of American mining history.^[4]

Bibliography

The following is a selected list of the works of Rodman Paul. Not listed are his many book reviews of works by other authors.

Books

• Paul, Rodman W. (1969). California Gold: The Beginning of Mining in the Far West. Lincoln: Univ. of Nebraska Press.
  OCLC 632259962
  .
• Paul, Rodman W.; Etulain, Richard W. (1977). The Frontier and the American West. Arlington Heights, IL: AHM Pub. Corp.
  OCLC 3420752
  .
• Paul, Rodman W. (1977). When Culture Came to Boise: Mary Hallock Foote in Idaho. Boise, Idaho: Idaho State Historical Society.
  OCLC 21726020
  .
• Paul, Rodman W. (1988). The Far West and the Great Plains In Transition, 1859-1900. New York: Harper & Row.
  ISBN 0060158360
  . Retrieved November 10, 2013.
• Paul, Rodman W.; West, Elliott (2001). Mining Frontiers of the Far West, 1848-1880. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
  OCLC 47044852
  .

• Paul, Rodman W. (Sep 1938). "The Origin of the Chinese Issue in California". The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 25 (2).
  JSTOR 1896498
  .
• Paul, Rodman Wilson (Nov 1958). "The Great California Grain War: The Grangers Challenge the Wheat King".
  JSTOR 3636810
  .
• Paul, Rodman Wilson (Jun 1960). "Colorado as a Pioneer of Science in the Mining West".
  JSTOR 1891277
  .
• Paul, Rodman Wilson (Feb 1964). "Mining Frontiers as a Measure of Western Historical Writing".
  JSTOR 3636376
  .
• Paul, Rodman W. (Dec 1967). "The Mormons As a Theme in Western Historical Writing". The Journal of American History. 54 (3).
  JSTOR 2937404
  .
• Paul, Rodman W. (Apr 1969). "The New Western History: A Review of Two Recent Examples". Agricultural History. 43 (2).
  JSTOR 4617668
  .
• Paul, Rodman W. (Aug 1975). "Historical Advisory Committees: NASA and the National Archives".
  JSTOR 3638034
  .
• Paul, Rodman W. (Apr 1978). "Frederick Merk, Teacher and Scholar: A Tribute". The Western Historical Quarterly. 9 (2). Utah State University: 141–148.
  JSTOR 966823
  .
• Paul, Rodman W. (Jan 1979). "A Tenderfoot Discovers There Once Was a Mining West". The Western Historical Quarterly. 10 (1). Utah State University: 4–20.
  JSTOR 967129
  .
• Paul, Rodman W. (Feb 1982). "After the Gold Rush: San Francisco and Portland".
  JSTOR 3639818
  .
• Paul, Rodman W.; Malone, Michael P. (Jan 1985). "Tradition and Challenge in Western Historiography". The Western Historical Quarterly. 16 (1). Utah State University: 27–53.
  JSTOR 968156
  .