Allan Nevins

Allan Nevins (1890-1971) was an American historian and journalist, and Chairman of the American Heritage Advisory Board. He was known for his extensive work on the history of the Civil War and his biographies of such figures as President Grover Cleveland, Hamilton Fish, Henry Ford, and John D. Rockefeller. Nevins was also chairman of the history department at Columbia University, and President of the American Historical Association.

Articles by this Author

The Place of Franklin D. Roosevelt in History, June 1966 | Vol. 17, No. 4

To what extent did greatness inhere in the man, and to what degree was it a product of the situation?

“A Set of Mere Money-Getters”?, June 1963 | Vol. 14, No. 4

Were the great business tycoons of the nineteenth century only that? A distinguished historian says no—most emphatically

Lincoln Takes Charge, October 1960 | Vol. 11, No. 6

His shrewd handling of the Radical Republican bid for power at the end of 1862 established him as the unquestioned leader of the Union

Untitled, October 1960 | Vol. 11, No. 6

Comment by Allan Nevins, De Witt Clinton professor emeritus at Columbia University, chairman of the Advisory Board of AMERICAN HERITAGE, and author of many books, including John D. Rockefeller:

He Did Hold Lincoln’s Hat, February 1959 | Vol. 10, No. 2

Senator Douglas’ act is verified, at last, by first-hand testimony

Henry Ford And His Peace Ship, February 1958 | Vol. 9, No. 2

American Heritage Book Selection -- Ford: Expansion and Challenge, 1915-1933

The Needless Conflict, August 1956 | Vol. 7, No. 5

If Buchanan had met the Kansas problem firmly we might have avoided civil war The fourth in a series on TIMES OF TRIAL IN AMERICAN STATECRAFT

A Record Filled With Sunlight, June 1956 | Vol. 7, No. 4

John Charles Frémont never succeeded in living up to his fame, yet he was one of America’s great explorers

How A Great Historian Studied A Great American, February 1956 | Vol. 7, No. 2

Published here for the first time, Douglas Southall Freeman’s letters to the Carnegie Corporation telling of his research on Washington show

Frederick T. Gates And John D. Rockefeller, April 1955 | Vol. 6, No. 3

“Speculators In Theories”: Henry and Brooks Adams, December 1955 | Vol. 7, No. 1

Henry Ford, December 1954 | Vol. 6, No. 1

—a complex man

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