IU School of Liberal Arts

Thomas Alexander Mason

Campus Address: CA-313-E
Phone: (317)274-3811
Fax: (317) 278-7800
Email: masonta@iupui.edu
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Appointments

Adjunct Lecturer

Education

Ph.D., University of Virginia,1975. M.A., University of Virginia, 1970. B.A. with Highest Honors in History, Kenyon College, 1966.

Academic Interests

Early modern England, early America, Lew Wallace and the U.S. Civil War

Teaching

Western Civilization (H 113 and H 114)

Awards

Association for Documentary Editing, Distinguished Service Award, 1993. English-Speaking Union of the United States, Award of Merit, 2002; Lily Dabney Scholar, 1972.

Publications

Project Director, The Papers of Lew and Susan Wallace, 5 DVD-ROMs (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society Press; Bloomington: Lilly Library, Indiana University, forthcoming 2011). Edited, with Robert A. Rutland et al., The Papers of James Madison, vol. 14, 1791–93 (1983), vol. 15, 1793–95 (1985), vol. 16, 1795–97 (1989), Presidential Series, vol. 1, Mar.–Sept. 1809 (1984) (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia). Serving God and Mammon: William Juxon, 1582–1663, Bishop of London, Lord High Treasurer of England, and Archbishop of Canterbury (Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1985). Articles and reviews in encyclopedias, newspapers, scholarly journals, and online networks.

Service

American Association for State and Local History (Publications Committee, 2002– , 1989–92, Chair, 2006–8; Program Committee, 1991 and 1989 annual meetings). Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society (Editor, Magazine of Albemarle County History, 1984–86). Association for Documentary Editing (Cochair, Local Arrangements Committee, 2004 annual meeting; Councillor-at-Large, 1999–2002; Director of Publications, 1995–98; Chair, Constitution and Bylaws Committee, 1994–97; Editor, Documentary Editing, 1989–93). Conference of Historical Journals (Nominating Committee, 1990). Indiana Association of Historians (President, 2008–9).

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