Richard Melzer

Biographic Data

ID717677
NAMERichard Melzer
GIVEN NAMESRichard
FAMILY NAMEMelzer
SIGNATUREMELZER R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of New Mexico
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1983
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX1

  • The Civilian Conservation Corps in Utah

    Open AccessRichard MelzerARTICLEJournal of American History2020

    Millions of young Americans suffered a crisis in arrested adolescent development during the darkest days of the Great Depression. Poverty-stricken, they did not have the normal coming-of-age experiences in American society, from finishing their education and landing their first job to living on their own and managing their own money. As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's favorite New Deal program, the Civilian Conservation Corps (Ccc) rescued 3 mi…

  • When We Were Young in the West

    Marilyn Irvin Holt, Richard MelzerARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly2005

    Journal Article When We Were Young in the West: True Stories of Childhood Get access When We Were Young in the West: True Stories of Childhood. Edited by Melzer Richard. (Santa Fe: Sunstone Press, 2003. 345 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, index. $19.95, paper.) Marilyn Irvin Holt Marilyn Irvin Holt Abilene, Kansas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 36, Issue 2, Summer 2005,…

  • Coming of Age in the Great Depression

    Donald C Swain, Richard MelzerARTICLEJournal of American History2001

    This is a detailed case study of how the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), possibly the most widely admired of all New Deal programs, evolved from concept to practical reality in New Mexico. Based on research in archival materials, agency records, newspapers, relevant historical studies, and oral history interviews with former CCC members, it documents the details of everyday life in the CCC camps of New Mexico. Well organized and unpretentious,…

  • Pancho Villa's Revolution by Headlines

    Richard Melzer, Mark Cronlund AndersonARTICLEJournal of American History2001Cited by: 1

    Journal Article Pancho Villa's Revolution by Headlines. By Mark Cronlund Anderson. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2000. xi, 301 pp. $34.95, ISBN 0-8061-3172-1.) Get access Richard Melzer Richard Melzer University of New Mexico, Valencia Campus Los Lunas, New Mexico Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 2, September 2001, Pages 686–687, https://doi.org/10.2307…

  • Coming of Age in the Great Depression

    Elizabeth Fones-Wolf, Elizabeth Fones‐wolf et al.ARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly2001

    Journal Article Coming of Age in the Great Depression: The Civilian Conservation Corps Experience in New Mexico, 1933–1942 Get access Coming of Age in the Great Depression: The Civilian Conservation Corps Experience in New Mexico, 1933–1942. By Melzer Richard. (Las Cruces: Yucca Tree Press, 2000. xii + 308 pp. Illustrations, map, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index. $25.00.) Elizabeth Fones-Wolf Elizabeth Fones-Wolf West Virginia University Se…

  • The Mexican War Correspondence of Richard Smith Elliott

    Richard Melzer, Richard Smith Elliott et al.ARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1999

  • Influenza 1918

    Richard Melzer, Robert KennerARTICLEJournal of American History1998

    Journal Article Influenza 1918. Prod. by Robert Kenner. Robert Kenner Films, 1998. 57 mins. (PBS Video, 1320 Braddock PL, Alexandria, VA 22314-1698) Get access Richard Melzer Richard Melzer University of New Mexico, Valencia Campus, Los Lunas, New Mexico Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 3, December 1998, Pages 1179–1180, https://doi.org/10.2307/2567379 Published…

  • Ernie Pyle in the American Southwest

    Ann Fabian, Richard MelzerARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1997

    Journal Article Ernie Pyle in the American Southwest Get access Ernie Pyle in the American Southwest. By Melzer Richard. (Santa Fe: Sunstone Press, 1996. 176 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $18.95, paper.) Ann Fabian Ann Fabian Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 28, Issue 1, Spring 1997, Pages 96–97, https://doi.org/10.2307/971234 Publish…

  • Critical Assembly

    Richard Melzer, Lillian HoddesonARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1994

    Journal Article Critical Assembly: A Technical History of Los Alamos during the Oppenheimer Years, 1943–1945 Get access Critical Assembly: A Technical History of Los Alamos during the Oppenheimer Years, 1943–1945. By Hoddeson Lillianet al. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993. xv + 509 pp. Illustrations, notes, indexes. $39.95.) Richard Melzer Richard Melzer University of New Mexico-Valencia Campus Search for other works by this author on:…

  • J. Reuben Clark

    Richard Melzer, Frank W FoxARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1983