Mary-Jo Kline holds a Ph.D. in American
history from Columbia University and a degree in Library
and Information Science from Catholic University. She
worked for the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical
Society and headed the Papers of Aaron Burr at the New-York
Historical Society. She is the author of the standard
text in this field, A Guide to Documentary Editing.
As a librarian, she was on the staff of the Web-based
"American Memory" project at the Library of Congress and
served as American History Specialist for the Brown University
Library as well as a consultant to the Papers of John
Jay at Columbia. She is currently a resident scholar in
the history department of the University of Virginia.
E-mail Mary-Jo with your historical questions!
She will provide resources that will guide you to your
answer, including books and articles available at your
local library as well as helpful websites. Are you wondering
where to find a list of American presidents? What the
best resource is for researching the history of immigration
to the United States? Where to find historical records
of your town? Mary-Jo will send you research advice and
post selected questions and answers in the next issue
of HISTORY NOW.
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