Dr. Julian McIver Pleasants: Curriculum Vita
Recent Activities
Publications
- Gator Tales: An Oral History of the University of Florida, a collection of outstanding persons whose lives have been involved with the University of Florida. Published by the University Press of Florida and the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, September 2006.
- Orange Journalism: Voices from Florida Newspapers
University Press of Florida, August 2003. - Hanging Chads: Florida's 2000 Election Recount
Palmgrave Publishing, August 2004
Upcoming Publications
- And My Values Are Still There: Seminole Relations on Their Changing Society, 1970-2000 Indians, a compilation of oral history interviews conducted in the 1970s and 1990s about the Florida Seminole Indians . Written by Julian M. Pleasants and Harry A. Kersey, Florida Atlantic University. Publication sometime in 2008.
Oral History Projects
- Florida Politics, Florida Newspapers, Florida 2000 Election Recount,
Florida Water Management District, UF Women's Studies, Florida Independent
Alligator, Florida Business Leaders, College of Law, College of Medicine,
College of Nursing, Southern Regional Council, Florida Barge Canal, Florida
Growth Management, and others.
Personal Data
- 4051 Fearrington Post
Pittsboro, NC 27312
919-928-4647 - Birth: November 12, 1938; Pinehurst, North Carolina
- Marital Status:
Single
Higher Education
- A.B., Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, 1960
Scholarships: Grant-in-Aid, Dean's List eight semesters
KA Senior Scholarship Award - M.A. in American History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, August 1962
- Ph.D. in American History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, May 1971
- Scholarships: Resident Counselor Scholarship and Departmental Assistantship
- Dissertation: "The Senatorial Career of Robert Rice
Reynolds: 1933-1945"
Teaching Experience
- Instructor, Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina
January-June 1962 (European Survey and Recent US History) - Instructor, North Carolina State University Extension,
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
February-April 1963 (Recent Europe) - Assistant Professor, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee,
North Carolina
September 1966-July 1967 (European Survey, American Survey, North Carolina History) - Instructor (part-time), University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina
September 1966-June 1969 (Modern Civilization) - Assistant Professor of History and Social Sciences, University
of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
September 1969-June 1979 (Granted tenure in 1975) - Associate Professor of History and Social Sciences, University
of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
July 1979 to date (American History Survey [both halves], American Institutions, History of the Trans-Mississippi West, US 1945 to the Present, Graduate Seminar on Modern America, Honors courses) - Professor of History, University of Florida
2001-present - Director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, University of
Florida
2001-2007 - Director of the Oral History Internship Program, College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida
August 2002-2007 - Director Emeritus, Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, University of Florida, January 2008-present
- Professor Emeritus of History, University
of Florida, 2008-present
Courses Taught
- American History Survey (parts one and two)
- History of the U.S., 1945-present (graduate and undergraduate)
- History of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1803-1890
- Utopias
- History of the U.S. Between the Wars, 1914-1945
Areas of Specialization
Twentieth Century U.S. History and Southern History; Interdisciplinary Studies in American Civilization; The New Deal Period; History of the Trans-Mississippi West
Honors and Awards
- Rotary International Fellowship, University of Queensland, Australia, 1965-1966
- Humanities Council Research Grant, University of Florida, 1972
- Social Sciences Research Grant, Summer 1977
- Award of Merit for Outstanding Service to the City of Innsbruck, Austria, 1985, 1991
- Honorary Member, Golden Key Honor Society, 1990
- Honorary Member, Phi Alpha Theta, 1991
- Archie K. Davis Fellowship, 1990-91; 1996-97
- Travel Grant, Division of Sponsored Research, 1993
- Directory of American Scholars
- Who's Who in International Education
- Who's Who in the South 1993-94, 23rd edition
- Who's Who in Humanities, 2006
- Who's Who in America, 2007
Teaching Awards
- Chosen as one of Eight Outstanding Professors, University of Florida, 1972
- Chosen as one of Ten Outstanding Professors, University of Florida, 1974
- Runner-up, Thomas Jefferson Teaching Award, University College, 1978
- Honorable Mention, Teacher of the Year, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1982-83
- Norman Wilensky Teaching Award, 1983-84
- Finalist, John Mahon Undergraduate (History Department) Teaching Award, 1987, 1988, 1989
- John Mahon Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1991
- Teacher of the Year, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1989 (chosen by students)
- Faculty Award for Excellence in Instruction, College of Liberal Arts and Science, 1989 (chosen by peers)
- Most Inspiring Professor, 1989 (Panhellenic Council)
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, 1990
- State of Florida Teaching Improvement Award -- $5,000.00 permanent addition to base salary, 1995
Publications
Books
- Frank Porter Graham and the Senate Election of 1950 in North Carolina, first author, with A.M. Burns, University of North Carolina Press, 1990. Award of Merit, Society of North Carolina Historians, 1991.
- In Search of Our Past: Readings in American History, editor. American Heritage Publishing Company, 1994, revised 1996, 244 pp.
- Buncombe Bob: The Life and Times of Robert Rice Reynolds, University of North Carolina Press, October 2000.
- Orange Journalism: Voices from Florida Newspapers, University Presses of Florida, August 2003.
- Hanging Chads: Oral History of Florida's 2000 Election Recount, Palmgrave Publishers, August 2004.
- Gator Greats: An Oral History of the University of Florida, University Presses of Florida, September 2006
Articles and Essays
- "Tarnished Knights: The Ku Klux Klan in the Reconstruction South," Southwest Louisiana Press, University of Southwest Louisiana, Essays on Man Series, 1976.
- "'Buncombe Bob' and Red Russian Fish Eggs: The Senatorial Election of 1932 in North Carolina," The Appalachian Journal, Winter 1976.
- "The Beginning of 'Buncombe Bob'," The State, August 1977.
- "Frederick Remington in Florida," Florida Historical Quarterly, July 1977.
- "Our Bob and the Seniority Fight," The State, June 1982.
- "Richard Thurmond Chatham," The Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Vol. 1, 1979.
- "Maxwell Struthers Burt," The Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Vol. 1, 1979.
- "James M. Gudger," The Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Vol. 2, 1986.
- "Alexander McIver," The Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Vol. 4, 1991.
- "John Wesley Umstead," The Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Vol. 5, 1996.
- Consultant in the revision of Rise to Globalism by Stephen Ambrose, Penguin, 1980, 1983.
- "Olla Ray Boyd: Pig-Breeding Political Perennial," The State, January 1986.
- "The Last Hurrah: Bob Reynolds and the U.S. Senate Race in 1950," The N.C. Historical Review, January 1988.
- "Carolina Casanova," The State, August 1988.
- "The Turner Thesis and the Role of the Frontier in American History," Magazine of History, Vol. 3, No. 2, Spring 1988.
- "Frank Graham and the Politics of the New South," pp. 176-211 in The Adaptable South: Essays in Honor of George B. Tindall, edited by Elizabeth Jacoway et al., Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1991.
- "A Question of Loyalty: Frank Porter Graham and the Atomic Energy Commission," The N.C. Historical Review, October 1992, pp. 414-437.
- Consultant to Michael Schaller, et al., Present Tense: The United States Since 1945, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992.
- Consultant and scriptwriter on the documentary "Dr. Frank: The Life and Times of Frank Porter Graham," Chapel Hill. Shown on statewide public television November 6, 1994, and on the History Channel. Winner of CINE Golden Eagle Award, runner-up at the Chicago International Film Festival, and runner-up in the Columbus, Ohio Film Festival.
- "The Golden Age: The 1920's and 1930's at the University of North Carolina," Carolina Alumni Review, Bicentennial Issue, Winter 1993, pp. 28-44. Solicited article.
- "University of Florida Develops a Model Program for Recruitment of Minority Historians" (with Bob Zieger), Perspectives, April 1994, pp. 9-14.
- Consultant to Harcourt Brace on Quest for Identity: America Since 1945, 1994.
- "Claude Pepper, Strom Thurmond, and the 1948 Presidential Election in Florida," The Florida Historical Quarterly, Spring 1998, pp. 439-473.
- "Florida Seminole Indians at a Crossroads," Oral History: Challenges for the Twentieth Century, Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 216-222.
- "Call Your Next Case: H.F. 'Chub' Seawell, Jr., the Gubernatorial Election of 1952 and the Rise of the Republican Party in North Carolina," The North Carolina Historical Review, January 1999, Vol. LXXVI, #1, pp. 66-101.
- "Spessard L. Holland," American National Biography, Oxford University Press, 1999, Vol. 11, pp. 51-52.
- "Burnet R. Maybank," American National Biography, Oxford University Press, 1999, Vol. 14, pp. 763-64.
- "Robert R. Reynolds," American National Biography, Oxford University Press, 1999, Vol. 18, pp. 387-88.
- "Carolina Hotel" (Pinehurst, N.C.), The Encyclopedia of North Carolina, 2001.
- "First Union Bank," The Encyclopedia of North Carolina.
- "Lees-McRae College," The Encyclopedia of North Carolina.
- "North Carolina National Bank," The Encyclopedia of North Carolina.
- "North Carolina Outward Bound School," The Encyclopedia of North Carolina.
- "Samarcand Manor," The Encyclopedia of North Carolina.
- "Smith-Graham Campaign, 1950," The Encyclopedia of North Carolina.
- "Southern Pines, N.C.," The Encyclopedia of North Carolina.
- "Valle Crucis, N.C.," The Encyclopedia of North Carolina.
Recent Book Reviews
- J. David Gillespie, Politics at the Periphery, in the Georgia Historical Quarterly, Spring 1994.
- Johnson and Schaffer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory: The First Fifty Years, in the North Carolina Historical Review, July 1995.
- Nadine Cohodas, Strom Thurmond and the Politics of Change, in the Georgia Historica Quarterly, Fall 1995.
- Charles Reagan Wilson, Judgement and Grace in Dixie, in the Florida Historical Review, Fall 1996.
- Robert P. Steed, et al., Party Organizations and Actions in the American South, in the North Carolina Historical Review, October 1998.
Works in Progress
- Book on Florida governors based partly on oral history interviews. Research finished.
- Book on the Seminole tribe of Florida, based on oral history interviews. Written with Dr. Harry Kersey, Florida Atlantic University Professor of History and Leading Historian of Seminoles. Manuscript has been sent to publisher, University of Nebraska Press.
Recent Papers Presented and Oral History Workshops
- "Claude Pepper and the Election of 1948 in Florida," presented to the Conference of Florida Historians, Jacksonville, Florida, October 1997.
- "Frank Graham and the Politics of Race," presented to the European Association of Social Scientists, Lisbon, Portugal, April 1998.
- "Oral History in Florida," presented to the Florida Historical Association, Tampa, Florida, May 29, 1998.
- "Florida Seminole Indians at the Crossroads," presented to the International Oral History Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 15, 1998.
- "Planning for the Future: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Florida," presented to the Florida Conference of Historians, Ft. Myers, Florida, April 16, 1999.
- "The Forgotten Men: The CCC and Its Impact on Young Americans, 1933-1942," presented at the National Oral History Association meeting, October 2000.
- Oral history workshops presented to:
- U.S. Park Service, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 22, 1997.
- Orange County Historical Society, Orlando, Florida, May 10, 1997.
- Florida International University, June 25, 1997.
- Brevard County Historical Society, Cocoa, Florida, September 13, 1997.
- South Bay, Florida, May 1998.
- City of Orlando, April 1999.
- City of Micanopy, June 1999.
- City of Crystal Springs, August 1999.
- Matheson Center, Gainesville, Florida, March 2000.
- Eastside Honors Program, 2002 and 2003.
- New York Times, 2000 Election, February 2003.
- NPR interview regarding 2000 election, February 2003
Professional Memberships
- Southern Historical Association
- Florida Historical Association
- Western History Association
- Oral History Association
- International Oral History Association
Community Service
- Faculty Advisor to University of Florida Young Democrats
- Faculty Advisor to University College Student Council
- Alachua County Young Democrats
- Board of Directors, Davison College Alumni Organization, Gainesville, Florida
- Director of the Upward Bound Program, University of Florida, 1971
- Board of Directors, Upward Bound
- Board of Directors, Equal Educational Opportunities Program
- Common Cause
- Big Brothers-Big Sisters
International Experience
- International Studies Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, 1980-1985
- Innsbruck Committee, Chair, 1981-2007
- Ambassador Award Scholarship Committee, 1986-2007
- Chaired Panel on Study Abroad Programs, University of Florida International Studies Conference, 1980
- International Studies Task Force to redesign international programs at the University of Florida, 1992
- Originator and organizer of the faculty and student exchange between the University of Florida and the University of Innsbruck (Austria), as well as the official Friendship Treaty between the two institutions which has resulted in numerous academic exchanges for both students and faculty
- Associate Director of the University of New Orleans-University of Florida Summer School in Innsbruck, Austria, from 1976-1991 (with two exceptions)
- Director of the UNO-UF Summer School in Innsbruck, Austria, 1992. Responsibility for 25 faculty, 7 staff, 250 students, and additional programs for high school students, senior citizens, and the University of Wisconsin
- Director of the University of Florida summer program at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England, 1994
- Invited visiting professor, University of Innsbruck, "America in the 1960's," May 1-7, 1994
- University of New Orleans, Certificate of Appreciation for Contributions to the 20-year UNO-UF Summer School in Innsbruck, Austria, October 1994
- Chaired session at the European Southern Studies Association, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, September 1995
- Paper presented to the European Association of Southern Studies, Lisbon, Portugal, April 1998
- Paper presented to the International Oral History Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 1998
University and Departmental Service
- Search Committee in Diplomatic History, 1976
- Search Committee in Urban History, 1986
- Search Committee in Southern History
- University Senate: elected 1978-80, 1980-82, 1984-86, 1998-2000
- Director of Upward Bound Program for Disadvantaged Students, University of Florida, May-September 1971
- Director of Minority Affairs, University of Florida, February-May 1971
- Director of Collegiate Scholars Minority Program, History Department, 1992-93
- Minority Mentor, 1993-93, 1994-95.
- Minority Affairs Committee (department), Chair
- Sabbatical Committee, Arts and Sciences, 1980
- Tenure Promotion Committee, History Department, 1980
- Senior Thesis Committee, History Department, 1981
- Scholarship Committee, Arts and Sciences, 1982
- Honors Committee, Arts and Sciences, 1984
- Search Committee, Dead for University Advising, 1989
- Member, College Committee to determine winners of CLAS Teaching Awards, 1990, 1992
- Undergraduate Committee, History Department, 1982-84, 1986-88, 1990-92
- Tenure Committee for Dr. Tom Gallant
- Tenure Committee for Dr. Kathryn Green, 1986-87
- Tenure Committee for Dr. Betty Smocovitis
- Tenure Committee for Dr. Kathryn Burns
- Lecture to Parents' Day, University of Florida, April 1987 and February 1990
- Lecture to UF retired faculty, 1987, 1998
- Lectures on the Old West and Twentieth Century American politics to Elderhostels and Senior Citizens' groups, 1992, 1993, 1994
- Keynote speaker representing UF faculty at convocation for all entering UF freshmen, August 1990
- Keynote speaker for the opening banquet at Family Weekend, University of Florida, February 1994
- Policy and Personnel Committee, History Department, 1988-90 and 1993-94
- Teaching Committee, History Department, 1990-92
- Curriculum Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1987-89
- Curriculum Committee, History Department, 1982-84, 1986-88, 1991-94
- Faculty advisor, Phi Alpha Theta, History Honorary Society, 1992-93
- Technology Committee, Department of History, 1993-1995
- Graduate Committee, ex officio, Department of History, 1993
- Associate Chair, Department of History, 1993-94
- Taught 1-hour experimental course, The Freshman Experience, Fall 1991 and Fall 1992
- TIP Committee, Department, 1995
- Commencement Marshal, 1995-96
- Preview adviser, 1996-97
- Speech to History Department Awards Banquet, April 1999
- Member, Board of Directors, The Florida Historical Society, 1999-2002
- Organized Sam Proctor Award for Best Oral History Project, given by the Florida Historical Society
- Judge for Arthur Thompson Prize, Best Article in the Florida Historical Quarterly, 2000
- Organized and raised funds for the Augustus M. Burns III Memorial Lecture; set up the visit of Dr. Steve Ambrose, first Burns lecturer
- Invited to spend a "shadow" day with Senator Bob Graham, April 12, 2000
- Chair, Search Committee, Department of History, Florida Historian, Fall 2002-Spring 2003
- Director, Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, August 1996-2007
- Organized new projects: Florida politicians since 1945, Seminole Indians book, death row inmates, Florida newspapers, Civilian Conservation Corps in Florida, UF Olympians, 2000 Florida Elections, UF Women's Studies, State of Florida Water Management Districts, Southern Regional Council, UF College of Nursing, Everglades Restoration Project, Florida Growth Management, Cross-Florida Barge Canal, and catalogue/index of 12 major oral history collections to go online and in print.
- Reorganized staff functions, processing of interviews, upgraded equipment, etc.
- Applied for grants, state-wide workshops, participation in regional, national, and international oral history organizations.
- Grants, totaling approximately $350,000:
- Historic Preservation Council - Seminole Project ($20,000)
- Shands Medical Center - history of the medical school ($36,500)
- Private Grant from an attorney in Palm Beach - Seminole Project ($10,000)
- Lattner Foundation - Seminole Project ($1,000)
- Arthur Vining Davis Foundation (renewed) - History of Community Colleges ($10,000)
- Law School - history of the Law School ($8,000)
- Florida Press Association - Florida Newspapers Project ($31,000)
- Independent Florida Alligator - History of the Alligator ($9,000)
- Everglades Restoration Project - history of the Everglades ($30,000)
- Gainesville Sun - articles on distinguished Floridians ($3,500)
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UF - digitizing holdings ($15,000)
- Research and Graduate Programs, UF - digitizing holdings ($15,000)
- UF Women's Studies ($2,000)
- Southern Regional Council - transcribing and editing only ($10,000)
- University of Florida Foundation - history of alumni and donors ($15,000)
- UF College of Nursing - history of Florida nursing ($13,000)
- Florida 2000 Elections Project ($20,000)
- State Water Management District - history of Florida districts since 1987 ($75,000)
- Florida Middle District Court Judges ($12,000)
Military Service
- 1/Lt. Army Intelligence, 1962-64
- 111th Intelligence Corps Citation for Outstanding Performance of Duty, 1964
- Cold War Certificate of Recognition by Secretary of Defense, 2000
Travel
- Visits to sixty-two countries, 1965-present
- Languages: French and Spanish, reading. A smattering of German.
References
- Dr. George B. Tindall
Department of History
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina - Dr. Gordon H. Mueller
Vice-Chancellor
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana - Dr. Stephen E. Ambrose
Professor of History
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana - Dr. George McGovern
4012 Linnean Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008 - Dr. Kermit L. Hall
Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio - Dr. Erich Thoni
Institut fur Finanz Wissenschaften
Universitat Innsbruck
Innrain 52
Innsbruck, Austria A-6020
