John Porter Bloom
Biographic Data
| ID | 1015850 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Porter Bloom |
| GIVEN NAMES | John Porter |
| FAMILY NAME | Bloom |
| SIGNATURE | BLOOM J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Shippensburg University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1960 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Inappropriation: The Contested Legacy of Y-Indian Guides
Journal Article Inappropriation: The Contested Legacy of Y-Indian Guides Get access Inappropriation: The Contested Legacy of Y-Indian Guides. By Paul Hillmer and Ryan Bean. (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2023. xiv, 255 pp. $35.00.) John Bloom John Bloom Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 111, Issue 1, June 2024, …
Derek CharlesCatsam. Flashpoint: How a Little‐Known Sporting Event Fueled America's Anti‐Apartheid Movement. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2021
In recent years, as professional athletes have promoted civil rights and protested racial inequities while in uniform in the United States, critics have decried their actions for mixing sports with politics.In his book Flashpoint: How a Little-Known Sporting Event Fueled America's Anti-Apartheid Movement, Derek Charles Catsam places political struggles at the center of a relatively obscure international athletic episode.In 1981, the South African…
Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert. Hopi Runners: Crossing the Terrain between Indian and American
Recent scholars and journalists who have explored Indigenous American sports have tended to focus upon the experiences and performances of athletes in modern European or European American institutions. A century earlier, journalists and ethnologists chronicled their observations of Native American sports in ways that often isolated such activities from the modern world, attempting to document the last vestiges of “dying” civilizations. As suggest…
To Die for a Lousy Bike: Bicycles, Race, and the Regulation of Public Space on the Streets of Washington, DC, 1963-2009
On August 11, 1972, District of Columbia police shot and killed Gregory Coleman, an African American teenager riding a bicycle that they had planted in front of a grocery store as part of a "bicycle stakeout" sting operation. At his memorial service a little over a week later, Gregory's father, Lancelot Coleman, said, "The whole thing was senseless that my son had to die for a lousy bike." Coleman's death foreshadowed a half-century of escalating…
J ohnson, J ack (1878–1946)
This entry explores the life of Jack Johnson, the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion. Overcoming tremendous odds, Johnson fought his way to the pinnacle of the boxing world. Along with his athletic career, he is as much recognized for his rebellious and colorful lifestyle, which he openly flaunted in defiance of the social conventions of his time. Public responses to his lifestyle included an eventual criminal conviction for…
Playing with the Lines
Playing with the Lines John Bloom (bio) Playing America's Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line. By Adrian Burgos Jr.Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. 384 pages. $55.00 (cloth). $21.95 (paper). In 1935, Roberto "Bobby" Estalella signed a contract to play baseball for the Washington Senators. Estalella was from Cuba, and for the financially tightfisted Senators' owner Clark Griffith, this worked to his advantage. Players from t…
The Battle of Glorieta: Union Victory in the West
Sports and the Politics of Identity and Memory: The Case of Federal Indian Boarding Schools During the 1930s
The federal government of the United States developed a complex System of boarding schools for Native Americans in the 19(th) century. This effort was generally insensitive and often brutal. In spite of such brutality many students managed to negotiate and create new understandings of traditions and cultural autonomy while in such schools. Now, however, some former students remember their lives as students with mixed emotions. Drawing on oral his…
Fear and irony on Tobacco Road: Notes from the Fourth Tobacco International Exhibition and Conference
Volunteers: The Mexican War Journals of Private Richard Coulter and Sergeant Thomas Barclay, Company E, Second Pennsylvania Infantry
Report of the Tobacco Policy Research Study Group on Tobacco Trade
Nicotine is the active pharmacological agent in tobacco products.1,2 The interaction of this alkaloid with nicotinic receptors in the central nervous system is the pharmacological basis for its addictive qualities. The chemical dependence regularly produced by nicotine results in prolonged exposure to the many toxic materials found in tobacco and tobacco smoke.3 These exposures lead, in turn, to the burden of illness and death caused by tobacco.4…
The Mexican War: Journal and Letters of Ralph W. Kirkham
Journal Article The Mexican War: Journal and Letters of Ralph W. Kirkham Get access The Mexican War: Journal and Letters of Ralph W. Kirkham. Edited by Miller Robert Ryal. (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1991. xxi + 141 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $34.50.) John Porter Bloom John Porter Bloom Carmichael, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Q…
Manuel Alvarez, 1794-1856: A Southwestern Biography
Journal Article Manuel Alvarez, 1794–1856: A Southwestern Biography. By Thomas E. Chávez. (Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1990. xii + 243 pp. $24.95.) Get access John Porter Bloom John Porter Bloom Carmichael, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 2, September 1991, Page 654, https://doi.org/10.2307/2079571 Published: 01 September 1991
California Conquered: War and Peace on the Pacific, 1846-1850
The Territorial Papers of the United States
Journal Article The Territorial Papers of the United States. Volume XXVII: The Territory of Wisconsin Executive Journal, 1836–1848, Papers, 1836–1839. Comp. and ed. by John Porter Bloom. (Washington: National Archives and Records Service, 1969. xiv + 1438 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, and index. $13.50.) Get access Francis Paul Prucha Francis Paul Prucha Marquette University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Sch…
The Territorial Papers of the United States: Volume XXVIII-The Territory of Wisconsin, 1839-1848
Journal Article The Territorial Papers of the United States: Volume XXVIII—The Territory of Wisconsin, 1839–1848 Get access The Territorial Papers of the United States: Volume XXVIII—The Territory of Wisconsin, 1839–1848. Edited by Bloom John Porter. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1975. viii, 1321 p. Illustration, maps, index. $20.10.) Robert C. Nesbit Robert C. Nesbit University of Wisconsin Search for other works by …
The American Territorial System
The American Territorial System
Journal Article The American Territorial System Get access The American Territorial System. Edited by Bloom John Porter. (Athens: Ohio University Press, 1973. xv, 248 p. Bibliographical sketches. $10.00.) Ted B. Hinckley Ted B. Hinckley San José State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 6, Issue 2, April 1975, Pages 180–181, https://doi.org/10.2307/967984 Publish…
The Continental Nation--Our Trinity of Revolutionary Testaments
Journal Article The Continental Nation-Our Trinity of Revolutionary Testaments Get access John Porter Bloom John Porter Bloom editor of The Territorial Papers of the United States, Senior Specialist for Western History National Archives and Records Service, and twelfth president of the Western History Association, delivered this paper at the Fourteenth Annual WHA Conference, held in Rapid City, South Dakota, October 2–5, 1974 Search for other wor…
The American Territorial System
Journal Article The American Territorial System. Ed. by John Porter Bloom. (Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1974. xv + 248 pp. Tables and notes. $10.00.) Get access George M. Dennison George M. Dennison Colorado State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 61, Issue 3, December 1974, Pages 773–774, https://doi.org/10.2307/1899952 Published: 01 December 1974
North America Divided: The Mexican War, 1846-1848
Ten Years of Western History Conferences: An Appraisal
Journal Article Ten Years of Western History Conferences: An Appraisal Get access John Porter Bloom John Porter Bloom National Archives Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 1971, Pages 113–115, https://doi.org/10.2307/967702 Published: 01 January 1971
The Territorial Papers of the United States: Volume XXVII - The Territory of Wisconsin Executive Journal, 1836-1848; Papers, 1836-1839
Journal Article The Territorial Papers of the United States: Volume XXVII — The Territory of Wisconsin Executive Journal, 1836–1848; Papers, 1836–1839 Get access The Territorial Papers of the United States: Volume XXVII — The Territory of Wisconsin Executive Journal, 1836–1848; Papers, 1836–1839. Compiled and edited by Bloom John Porter. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1969. xiv, 1438 p. Illustrations, tables, index. $13…
Wyoming: A Political History, 1868-1896
Journal Article Wyoming: A Political History, 1868–1896. By Lewis L. Gould. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1968. xiii + 298 pp. Illustration, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $10.00.) Get access John Porter Bloom John Porter Bloom National Archives Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 55, Issue 4, March 1969, Pages 872–873, https://doi.org/10.2307/1900179 Publishe…
America's Frontier Heritage
To Die for a Lousy Bike: Bicycles, Race, and the Regulation of Public Space on the Streets of Washington, DC, 1963-2009
On August 11, 1972, District of Columbia police shot and killed Gregory Coleman, an African American teenager riding a bicycle that they had planted in front of a grocery store as part of a "bicycle stakeout" sting operation. At his memorial service a little over a week later, Gregory's father, Lancelot Coleman, said, "The whole thing was senseless that my son had to die for a lousy bike." Coleman's death foreshadowed a half-century of escalating…
The Mexican War
Journal Article The Mexican War. By Otis A. Singletary. The Chicago History of American Civilization. Edited by Daniel J. Boorstin. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1960. x + 181 pp. Illustrations, selected reading, and index. $3.75.) Get access John Porter Bloom John Porter Bloom Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 47, …
America's Frontier Heritage
The Far Southwest, 1846-1912: A Territorial History
Journal Article The Far Southwest, 1846–1912: A Territorial History. By Howard Roberts Lamar. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1966. xii + 560 pp. Map, illustrations, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $10.00.) Get access John Porter Bloom John Porter Bloom Territorial Papers of The U.S., National Archives Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 53, Issue 4, March 1967, …
Wyoming: A Political History, 1868-1896
Journal Article Wyoming: A Political History, 1868–1896. By Lewis L. Gould. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1968. xiii + 298 pp. Illustration, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $10.00.) Get access John Porter Bloom John Porter Bloom National Archives Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 55, Issue 4, March 1969, Pages 872–873, https://doi.org/10.2307/1900179 Publishe…
Ten Years of Western History Conferences: An Appraisal
Journal Article Ten Years of Western History Conferences: An Appraisal Get access John Porter Bloom John Porter Bloom National Archives Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 1971, Pages 113–115, https://doi.org/10.2307/967702 Published: 01 January 1971
The Territorial Papers of the United States: Volume XXVII - The Territory of Wisconsin Executive Journal, 1836-1848; Papers, 1836-1839
Journal Article The Territorial Papers of the United States: Volume XXVII — The Territory of Wisconsin Executive Journal, 1836–1848; Papers, 1836–1839 Get access The Territorial Papers of the United States: Volume XXVII — The Territory of Wisconsin Executive Journal, 1836–1848; Papers, 1836–1839. Compiled and edited by Bloom John Porter. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1969. xiv, 1438 p. Illustrations, tables, index. $13…
North America Divided: The Mexican War, 1846-1848
The American Territorial System
Journal Article The American Territorial System. Ed. by John Porter Bloom. (Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1974. xv + 248 pp. Tables and notes. $10.00.) Get access George M. Dennison George M. Dennison Colorado State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 61, Issue 3, December 1974, Pages 773–774, https://doi.org/10.2307/1899952 Published: 01 December 1974
The American Territorial System
The American Territorial System
Journal Article The American Territorial System Get access The American Territorial System. Edited by Bloom John Porter. (Athens: Ohio University Press, 1973. xv, 248 p. Bibliographical sketches. $10.00.) Ted B. Hinckley Ted B. Hinckley San José State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 6, Issue 2, April 1975, Pages 180–181, https://doi.org/10.2307/967984 Publish…
The Continental Nation--Our Trinity of Revolutionary Testaments
Journal Article The Continental Nation-Our Trinity of Revolutionary Testaments Get access John Porter Bloom John Porter Bloom editor of The Territorial Papers of the United States, Senior Specialist for Western History National Archives and Records Service, and twelfth president of the Western History Association, delivered this paper at the Fourteenth Annual WHA Conference, held in Rapid City, South Dakota, October 2–5, 1974 Search for other wor…
The Territorial Papers of the United States
Journal Article The Territorial Papers of the United States. Volume XXVII: The Territory of Wisconsin Executive Journal, 1836–1848, Papers, 1836–1839. Comp. and ed. by John Porter Bloom. (Washington: National Archives and Records Service, 1969. xiv + 1438 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, and index. $13.50.) Get access Francis Paul Prucha Francis Paul Prucha Marquette University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Sch…
The Territorial Papers of the United States: Volume XXVIII-The Territory of Wisconsin, 1839-1848
Journal Article The Territorial Papers of the United States: Volume XXVIII—The Territory of Wisconsin, 1839–1848 Get access The Territorial Papers of the United States: Volume XXVIII—The Territory of Wisconsin, 1839–1848. Edited by Bloom John Porter. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1975. viii, 1321 p. Illustration, maps, index. $20.10.) Robert C. Nesbit Robert C. Nesbit University of Wisconsin Search for other works by …
California Conquered: War and Peace on the Pacific, 1846-1850
Manuel Alvarez, 1794-1856: A Southwestern Biography
Journal Article Manuel Alvarez, 1794–1856: A Southwestern Biography. By Thomas E. Chávez. (Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1990. xii + 243 pp. $24.95.) Get access John Porter Bloom John Porter Bloom Carmichael, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 2, September 1991, Page 654, https://doi.org/10.2307/2079571 Published: 01 September 1991
Report of the Tobacco Policy Research Study Group on Tobacco Trade
Nicotine is the active pharmacological agent in tobacco products.1,2 The interaction of this alkaloid with nicotinic receptors in the central nervous system is the pharmacological basis for its addictive qualities. The chemical dependence regularly produced by nicotine results in prolonged exposure to the many toxic materials found in tobacco and tobacco smoke.3 These exposures lead, in turn, to the burden of illness and death caused by tobacco.4…
The Mexican War: Journal and Letters of Ralph W. Kirkham
Journal Article The Mexican War: Journal and Letters of Ralph W. Kirkham Get access The Mexican War: Journal and Letters of Ralph W. Kirkham. Edited by Miller Robert Ryal. (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1991. xxi + 141 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $34.50.) John Porter Bloom John Porter Bloom Carmichael, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Q…
Fear and irony on Tobacco Road: Notes from the Fourth Tobacco International Exhibition and Conference
Volunteers: The Mexican War Journals of Private Richard Coulter and Sergeant Thomas Barclay, Company E, Second Pennsylvania Infantry
Sports and the Politics of Identity and Memory: The Case of Federal Indian Boarding Schools During the 1930s
The federal government of the United States developed a complex System of boarding schools for Native Americans in the 19(th) century. This effort was generally insensitive and often brutal. In spite of such brutality many students managed to negotiate and create new understandings of traditions and cultural autonomy while in such schools. Now, however, some former students remember their lives as students with mixed emotions. Drawing on oral his…
The Battle of Glorieta: Union Victory in the West
Playing with the Lines
Playing with the Lines John Bloom (bio) Playing America's Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line. By Adrian Burgos Jr.Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. 384 pages. $55.00 (cloth). $21.95 (paper). In 1935, Roberto "Bobby" Estalella signed a contract to play baseball for the Washington Senators. Estalella was from Cuba, and for the financially tightfisted Senators' owner Clark Griffith, this worked to his advantage. Players from t…
J ohnson, J ack (1878–1946)
This entry explores the life of Jack Johnson, the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion. Overcoming tremendous odds, Johnson fought his way to the pinnacle of the boxing world. Along with his athletic career, he is as much recognized for his rebellious and colorful lifestyle, which he openly flaunted in defiance of the social conventions of his time. Public responses to his lifestyle included an eventual criminal conviction for…
To Die for a Lousy Bike: Bicycles, Race, and the Regulation of Public Space on the Streets of Washington, DC, 1963-2009
On August 11, 1972, District of Columbia police shot and killed Gregory Coleman, an African American teenager riding a bicycle that they had planted in front of a grocery store as part of a "bicycle stakeout" sting operation. At his memorial service a little over a week later, Gregory's father, Lancelot Coleman, said, "The whole thing was senseless that my son had to die for a lousy bike." Coleman's death foreshadowed a half-century of escalating…
Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert. Hopi Runners: Crossing the Terrain between Indian and American
Recent scholars and journalists who have explored Indigenous American sports have tended to focus upon the experiences and performances of athletes in modern European or European American institutions. A century earlier, journalists and ethnologists chronicled their observations of Native American sports in ways that often isolated such activities from the modern world, attempting to document the last vestiges of “dying” civilizations. As suggest…
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