University of Pittsburgh: Department of History

Robert Doherty

University of Pittsburgh
Department of History
3528 Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
(412) 648-7457
paquin@pitt.edu

Education

1957 B.A. Denison University

1958 M.A. University of Pennsylvania

1962 Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

Academic Employment

1977-Present
Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh

1968-1977
Associate Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh

1965-1968
Assistant Professor of History, University of Massachusetts

1962-1965
Assistant Professor of History, Douglass College of Rutgers University

1962
Instructor, Swarthmore College

1959-1962
Instructor, Widener College

Non-Academic Professional Experience

1979-Present
Genealogical Advisor for Chippewa's in St. Ignace, Michigan. Conducted genealogical research to verify band membership primarily for the many members of the Paquin and Shomin families.

2001-2003
Advisor/Consultant to Prosecuting Attorney of Baraga County, Michigan. Advice on Chippewa usufructuary Rights. Work done as a public service

1990-1992
Advisor/Consultant to Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. Conducting historical research on territoriality and resource ownership among Chippewa Bands on the south shore of Lake Superior. In 1992, I presented expert testimony to the Federal Court in the Western District of Michigan in the form of 70 page affidavit and report. I do this work without pay as public service.

1987-1992
Advisor to William Rastetter, attorney for the grand Traverse Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians. Conducting historical research on resource use among the Chippewa and Ottawa of northern Lower Michigan.

1987
Advisor/Consultant to Grand Traverse Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians. Conducted historical research on criteria used to determine band membership among the Chippewa and Ottawa. Appeared in Status Conference before U.S. Federal Judge Richard Enslen.

1981-1985
Advisor/Consultant to William Rastetter, attorney for the Grand Traverse Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians. Conducted historical research on resource ownership among Chippewa and Ottawa in Michigan. Wrote a report to be presented in Federal Court and gave a deposition prior to an out-of-court settlement in March, 1985. Negotiated on behalf of the Grand Traverse Band for exclusive fishing rights in the Band's home waters.

1980-1985
Commercial Fishman Principal Owner and operator of a Great Lakes fishery that caught, processed and wholesaled fresh and smoked whitefish throughout upper Michigan.

Books Published

1992 Not First in Nobody's Heart, Co-authored with Ron Paquin (Iowa State University Press, 1992)

1990 Disputed Waters: Native American Fishing Rights in the Great Lakes, (University Press of Kentucky, 1990).

1977 Society and Power: A Comparative Study of FiveTowns in Massachusetts, 1800-1860, (University of Massachusetts Press, 1977).

1967 The Hicksite Separation: A Sociological Analysis of Religion in Early 19th Century America, (Rutgers University Press, 1967).

Articles Published

"Old Time Origins of Modern Day Sovereignty," to be published in the American Indian Quarterly (Winter, 2006).

"An Interview with Arthur Duhamel," in Fish for All, (Michigan State University Press, 2003), 72-91

"We Don't Want Them to Hold Their Hand Over Our Heads: The Economic Strategies of the L'Anse Chippewas," Michigan Historical Review (Fall, 1994), 47-70.

"The Invented Clifton", American Ethnologist (August, 1995), 610

"Indians as Mirrors," Carnegie Magazine (December, 1974), 390-395.

"Sociology, Religion, and Historians," Historical Methods Newsletter (September, 1973), 161-169.

"Social Bases for the Presbyterian Schism of 1837-1838" Journal of Social History (Fall, 1968) 69-79.

"Status Anxiety and Reform: Some Alternatives," American Quarterly (Summer Supplement, 1967), 329-337.

"A Response to Orthodoxy," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (April, 1966), 233-246.

"Non-Urban Friends and the Hicksite Separation," Pennsylvania History (October 1966), 432-445.

"The Growth of Orthodoxy," Quaker History (Spring 1965), 24-34.

"Religion and Society: Hicksite Separation of 1827," American Quarterly (spring, 1965), 63-80.

Unpublished Manuscript

Between 1979 and 1985, I tape-recorded interviews with many longtime residents of upper Michigan, Indian and non-Indian. Transcripts of longer interviews are more than 50 pages long and constitute abbreviated oral history. I also kept a journal during these years in which I recorded lengthy descriptions of people, places, and events along with my intellectual and emotional responses. The interview transcripts and journal total several hundred pages but the texts in their present form lack a unifying theme or purpose. I am not sure just what I want to do with these materials. I believe them to be important and do want to publish them. Currently some of them are appearing in an exhibit sponsored by the Great Lakes Maritime Institute. In September, 1999 I was interviewed (tape-recorded for later broadcast) by Michigan Public Radio about my research which led to the oral histories above.

Research in Progress

I have collected court records, books and articles, conducted research, and am interviewing environmental activists preparatory to writing a book on the politics of water in the upper Great Lakes region.

Grants and Fellowships

1995 Research grant, American Philosophical Society

1993 Research grant, Central Research and Development Fund (University of Pittsburgh)

1991 Research expense grant, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community

1985 Research expense grant, Grand Traverse Band

1984 Research stipend, Bureau of Indian Affairs

1984 Research grant, Bureau of Indian Affairs

1984 Research grant, Central Research and Development Fund (University of Pittsburgh)

1983 Research fellowship, Michigan Joint Bar Reform Project

1983 Research grant, Michigan Joint Bar Reform Project

1980 Research grant, Central Research and Development Fund (University of Pittsburgh)

1978 Research grant, Central Research and Development Fund (University of Pittsburgh)

1970 Faculty fellowship (University of Pittsburgh)

1969 Faculty fellowship (University of Pittsburgh)

1967-1968 Research fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities

1967 Research fellowship, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Labor Relations and Research Center

1967 Research Expense Grant, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Labor Relations and Research Center

1966 Research Fellowship, University of Massachusetts

1965 Research Fellowship, University of Massachusetts

1964 Research Expense Grant, American Association for State and Local History

1964 Research Fellowship, Rutgers University

1963 Research Expense Grant, American Association for State and Local History.

1963 Research Fellowship, Rutgers University

1957-1960 Faculty Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania

1957-1958 Tuition Fellowship, Denison University Research Foundation

Teaching

I began university teaching 40 years ago when I was 23 years old. During my career, I have taught a variety of courses, mostly involving the recent history of the United States (for example, Intellectual History, Religious History, Sports in American Society, The Role of Rivers in American Development). Since 1975, I have concentrated on Native American history and an interdisciplinary seminar required of undergraduate history majors.

I have spent much of my life outdoors: Setting and lifting fishing nets, sailing, backpacking, canoeing and running water. I have read a lot about these sorts of activities and also many of the classic natural histories: Annie Dillard, Also Leopold, Edward Abbey, and the like. I belong to many environmental organizations, local and national. I want to take these books, experiences, and political interests, and shape them into undergraduate courses; perhaps environmental history, an intellectual history of natural history, a history of recent environmental politics

Courses Taught

Native American: Traditional Cultures

Native Americans Today

A Natural History of North America (to be taught)


Robert Doherty University of Pittsburgh Department of History 3528 Posvar Hall Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (412) 648-7457 paquin@pitt.edu Education 1957 B.A. Denison University 1958 M.A. University of Pennsylvania 1962 Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Academic Employment 1977-Present Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh 1968-1977 Associate Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh 1965-1968 Assistant Professor of History, University of Massachusetts 1962-1965 Assistant Professor of History, Douglass College of Rutgers University 1962 Instructor, Swarthmore College 1959-1962 Instructor, Widener College Non-Academic Professional Experience 1979-Present Genealogical Advisor for Chippewa's in St. Ignace, Michigan. Conducted genealogical research to verify band membership primarily for the many members of the Paquin and Shomin families. 2001-2003 Advisor/Consultant to Prosecuting Attorney of Baraga County, Michigan. Advice on Chippewa usufructuary Rights. Work done as a public service 1990-1992 Advisor/Consultant to Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. Conducting historical research on territoriality and resource ownership among Chippewa Bands on the south shore of Lake Superior. In 1992, I presented expert testimony to the Federal Court in the Western District of Michigan in the form of 70 page affidavit and report. I do this work without pay as public service. 1987-1992 Advisor to William Rastetter, attorney for the grand Traverse Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians. Conducting historical research on resource use among the Chippewa and Ottawa of northern Lower Michigan. 1987 Advisor/Consultant to Grand Traverse Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians. Conducted historical research on criteria used to determine band membership among the Chippewa and Ottawa. Appeared in Status Conference before U.S. Federal Judge Richard Enslen. 1981-1985 Advisor/Consultant to William Rastetter, attorney for the Grand Traverse Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians. Conducted historical research on resource ownership among Chippewa and Ottawa in Michigan. Wrote a report to be presented in Federal Court and gave a deposition prior to an out-of-court settlement in March, 1985. Negotiated on behalf of the Grand Traverse Band for exclusive fishing rights in the Band's home waters. 1980-1985 Commercial Fishman Principal Owner and operator of a Great Lakes fishery that caught, processed and wholesaled fresh and smoked whitefish throughout upper Michigan. Books Published 1992 Not First in Nobody's Heart, Co-authored with Ron Paquin (Iowa State University Press, 1992) 1990 Disputed Waters: Native American Fishing Rights in the Great Lakes, (University Press of Kentucky, 1990). 1977 Society and Power: A Comparative Study of FiveTowns in Massachusetts, 1800-1860, (University of Massachusetts Press, 1977). 1967 The Hicksite Separation: A Sociological Analysis of Religion in Early 19th Century America, (Rutgers University Press, 1967). Articles Published "Old Time Origins of Modern Day Sovereignty," to be published in the American Indian Quarterly (Winter, 2006). "An Interview with Arthur Duhamel," in Fish for All, (Michigan State University Press, 2003), 72-91 "We Don't Want Them to Hold Their Hand Over Our Heads: The Economic Strategies of the L'Anse Chippewas," Michigan Historical Review (Fall, 1994), 47-70. "The Invented Clifton", American Ethnologist (August, 1995), 610 "Indians as Mirrors," Carnegie Magazine (December, 1974), 390-395. "Sociology, Religion, and Historians," Historical Methods Newsletter (September, 1973), 161-169. "Social Bases for the Presbyterian Schism of 1837-1838" Journal of Social History (Fall, 1968) 69-79. "Status Anxiety and Reform: Some Alternatives," American Quarterly (Summer Supplement, 1967), 329-337. "A Response to Orthodoxy," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (April, 1966), 233-246. "Non-Urban Friends and the Hicksite Separation," Pennsylvania History (October 1966), 432-445. "The Growth of Orthodoxy," Quaker History (Spring 1965), 24-34. "Religion and Society: Hicksite Separation of 1827," American Quarterly (spring, 1965), 63-80. Unpublished Manuscript Between 1979 and 1985, I tape-recorded interviews with many longtime residents of upper Michigan, Indian and non-Indian. Transcripts of longer interviews are more than 50 pages long and constitute abbreviated oral history. I also kept a journal during these years in which I recorded lengthy descriptions of people, places, and events along with my intellectual and emotional responses. The interview transcripts and journal total several hundred pages but the texts in their present form lack a unifying theme or purpose. I am not sure just what I want to do with these materials. I believe them to be important and do want to publish them. Currently some of them are appearing in an exhibit sponsored by the Great Lakes Maritime Institute. In September, 1999 I was interviewed (tape-recorded for later broadcast) by Michigan Public Radio about my research which led to the oral histories above. Research in Progress I have collected court records, books and articles, conducted research, and am interviewing environmental activists preparatory to writing a book on the politics of water in the upper Great Lakes region. Grants and Fellowships 1995 Research grant, American Philosophical Society 1993 Research grant, Central Research and Development Fund (University of Pittsburgh) 1991 Research expense grant, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community 1985 Research expense grant, Grand Traverse Band 1984 Research stipend, Bureau of Indian Affairs 1984 Research grant, Bureau of Indian Affairs 1984 Research grant, Central Research and Development Fund (University of Pittsburgh) 1983 Research fellowship, Michigan Joint Bar Reform Project 1983 Research grant, Michigan Joint Bar Reform Project 1980 Research grant, Central Research and Development Fund (University of Pittsburgh) 1978 Research grant, Central Research and Development Fund (University of Pittsburgh) 1970 Faculty fellowship (University of Pittsburgh) 1969 Faculty fellowship (University of Pittsburgh) 1967-1968 Research fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities 1967 Research fellowship, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Labor Relations and Research Center 1967 Research Expense Grant, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Labor Relations and Research Center 1966 Research Fellowship, University of Massachusetts 1965 Research Fellowship, University of Massachusetts 1964 Research Expense Grant, American Association for State and Local History 1964 Research Fellowship, Rutgers University 1963 Research Expense Grant, American Association for State and Local History. 1963 Research Fellowship, Rutgers University 1957-1960 Faculty Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania 1957-1958 Tuition Fellowship, Denison University Research Foundation Teaching I began university teaching 40 years ago when I was 23 years old. During my career, I have taught a variety of courses, mostly involving the recent history of the United States (for example, Intellectual History, Religious History, Sports in American Society, The Role of Rivers in American Development). Since 1975, I have concentrated on Native American history and an interdisciplinary seminar required of undergraduate history majors. I have spent much of my life outdoors: Setting and lifting fishing nets, sailing, backpacking, canoeing and running water. I have read a lot about these sorts of activities and also many of the classic natural histories: Annie Dillard, Also Leopold, Edward Abbey, and the like. I belong to many environmental organizations, local and national. I want to take these books, experiences, and political interests, and shape them into undergraduate courses; perhaps environmental history, an intellectual history of natural history, a history of recent environmental politics Courses Taught Native American: Traditional Cultures Native Americans Today A Natural History of North America (to be taught)