Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society

Editors

Editor
Robert D. Sampson
Retired, Millikin University, Decatur
rsampson@illinois.edu

Contributing Editor
William Furry
Illinois State Historical Society, Springfield
PO Box 1800
Springfield, IL 62705-1800

Book Review Editor
Kelly O'Connor
History Department, Crown Center, 5th Floor
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL 60660
Kocon6@luc.edu

Special Projects Editor
Timothy D. Draper
Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove

Editorial Advisory Board

• Jenny Barker-Devine, Illinois College, Jackson
• Robert I. Girardi, Civil War Round Table, Company of Military Historians, Chicago
• Greg Hall, Western Illinois University, Macomb
• Kristin Hoganson, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
• Robert D. Johnston, University of Illinois at Chicago
  
• Theodore J. Karamanski, Loyola University Chicago
• Ann Durkin Keating, North Central College, Naperville
• Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston
• Arthur Martin, Jenner & Block, LLP, Chicago
• Robert McColley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Eileen McMahon, Lewis University, Romeoville
  
• Dominic Pacyga, Columbia College, Chicago
• Robert Paulett, Southern Illinois University, Eswardsville
• Shirley J. Portwood, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
• Barbara Posadas, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
• Debra Reid, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston
• Amy Tyson, Depaul University, Chicago
  
  

Staff

Executive Director
William Furry 

Office Manager
Mary Lou Johnsrud

Administrative Assistant
Kimberly Jones

PDF Policy

Upon publication, authors will receive a link to access their article free for three months. They are permitted to share the link (not the PDF) with friends, colleagues, and on social media.

PDFs are permitted and issued for the following:

• Tenure dossier.
• Special workshops the author is moderating.
• Other requests to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
• All PDFs will include a statement of copyright and a provision that the articles will not be photocopied, distributed, or used for purposes other than the terms agreed to by UIP.

Preprints are permitted for:

• University repositories; UIP requires a publication statement to be posted along with the preprint.
• Some journals have their own established policies and procedures for preprints. Please be sure to first check their respective Web sites before sending your request.

Postprints are permitted for:

• Non-profit archives and repositories; Articles must be at least one year old. UIP requires a publication statement to be posted along with the postprint and a link back to the journal of publication's home page on the UIP website.
• Personal and commercial Web sites; Articles must be at least three years old. UIP requires a publication statement to be posted along with the postprint and a link back to the journal of publication's home page on the UIP website.

Please contact the Intellectual Property Manager for more information.

Please send all requests to:

Angela Burton
Intellectual Property Manager
UIP-RIGHTS@uillinois.edu

Submissions

Please verify that all communications come from the editor directly (see “Editors” for contact information). There is no cost to submit or publish in the journal unless you have requested open access for your accepted article.

We welcome essays, articles, and documents about Illinois, or its Midwest region. Studies about literature, art, technology, law, or other subjects are also welcome.

Authors should follow The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th ed. (University of Chicago Press) or imitate notes in this journal; use endnotes. Authors who desire illustrations should provide them; authors are solely responsible for obtaining any rights or permissions to reproduce. Articles average 12,000 words (including notes) but we have accepted articles from 4,000 to 15,000 words.

Authors desiring to submit original articles for publication consideration may send an electronic copy (in .doc or .docx format) to Robert D. Sampson, Editor, JISHS, by email to rsampson@illinois.edu.

Send books for review to Kelly O'Connor, Book Review Editor, JISHS; History Department, Crown Center, 5th Floor, Loyola University Chicago, 1032 W. Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660; email: Kocon6@luc.edu.

Articles appearing in the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society are abstracted and indexed in both Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life. The Journal is a member of the Conference of Historical Journals.

Neither the editors nor the Illinois State Historical Society assume any responsibility for statements, whether of fact or opinion, made by contributors. 

Peer Review Policy

Submissions to the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society follow this procedure:

1. Identities of both reader and author(s) are not shared with either party. The reader receives an article with the author’s name removed. The reader’s report to the editor of the Journal, when forwarded to the author, does not include the reader’s name. It is a double-blind process.
2. Readers are selected based on their expertise and experience in the field addressed in the submission. Readers are primarily academics though some are lay historians who have expertise or are published authors in the field.
3. While some readers are members of the Journal’s editorial advisory board such duties ARE NOT part of their role on the board. Members of the advisory board primarily oversee the Journal through regular reports from the editor and their own observations. The board is, as indicated by name, a group that offers advice and guidance on the Journal’s overall mission and conduct. Most readers do not serve on the advisory board and have no direct connection with the Journal.
4. The editor may not forward a submission to a reader if the submission fails to meet Journal standards.
5. The Journal has compiled a list of readers by topics, regions, and period of history. The editor uses this list to select potential readers for a submission.
6. Readers, as noted above, are selected for their expertise and experience in each field or topic. They are not reimbursed for their work. They submit a detailed report, including criticisms and suggestions for improvements and one of three recommendations: 1. Publish without revision; 2. Publish only with revisions (ranging from minor to significant); and 3. Do not publish.

View our Publications Ethics and Malpractice Statement

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