Howard R. Lamar Explained

Howard Roberts Lamar (November 18, 1923 – February 22, 2023) was an American historian of the American West. In addition to being Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University since 1994, he served as President of Yale University from 1992 to 1993.^[1]

Biography

The Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders at Yale University was established in his honor.^[1]

Lamar died on February 22, 2023, at the age of 99.^[4]

Bibliography

• Dakota Territory, 1861–1889
• The Cruise of the Portsmouth, 1845–1847
• The Far Southwest, 1846–1912: A Territorial History
• The Trader on the American Frontier: Myth’s Victim
• The New Encyclopedia of the American West

See also

• List of presidents of Yale University

References

• Gould, Lewis L. (2000). "Howard Roberts Lamar" in Clio's Favorites: Leading Historians of the United States, 1945–2000 (Robert Allen Rutland, ed.). Columbia: University of Missouri Press.
• Kelley, Brooks Mather. (1999). Yale: A History. New Haven: Yale University Press. ; OCLC 810552

External links

• Howard Roberts Lamar Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Notes and References

1. Gould, Lewis L. (2000). "Howard Roberts Lamar" in Clio's Favorites: Leading Historians of the United States, 1945–2000, pp 84-97.
2. Book: Clio's Favorites: Leading Historians of the United States, 1945-2000. Rutland, R.A.. 2000. University of Missouri Press. 9780826213167. 84. 2016-12-21.
3. Web site: Emory Magazine | Feature: American West. www.emory.edu. Mar 8, 2021.
4. Web site: Howard R. Lamar, former Yale president and eminent historian . Yale News . 24 February 2023 . 24 February 2023.