Talk:Kenneth M. Stampp

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-added some basic biographical detail and monographs. more to come. Stevewk 21:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

-added references (to be used during additional work), and more early career info, other details. Stevewk 03:02, 30 August 2006 (UTC); Stevewk 16:07, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

-composed paragraph on "The Era of Reconstruction." added to material on "Peculiar Institution." Stevewk 21:46, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

=divided paragraphs, TOC to the right. Stevewk 18:22, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was looking for a source to one of the article's claims (i.e. that Stampp has been criticized in a particular work for relying too much on secondary sources) and ran across this:

http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/32242.html

which contains an almost word for word copy of this article. The article goes well beyond this article, but, unlike sources that do attribute their copying to Wikipedia, this article did not. I have sent an email to the editor of the webpage (The History News Network) for clarification.

I apoligize for jumping the gun and assuming that Wikipedia was the copycat -- it appears that the opposite is very possible Tom (North Shoreman) (talk) 16:29, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

From the beginning of the article:

Kenneth Milton Stampp (12 July 1912–10 July 2009), Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of History Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley

What is "Alexander F. and May T. Morrison" have to do with anything? Is that part of the title of his professorship? If so, it needs to be clarified. For the average reader, like me, it is incomprehensible. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 18:39, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Although I have not looked into this, this is a normal way of referring to a chaired professor at a major university. Such "chairs" are basically endowed titles promoting a particular area of study. For example, Ed Smith an AGEC prof at Texas A&M has a "Coop Chair." I don't remember the specifics, but in academic writings, this is part of his well earned title. The average reader obviously needs to learn a little more.