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History Department

Diana L. Davis Magnuson

Professor of History

Director of Archives, BGC History Center

Diana Magnuson
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
M.A., University of Minnesota
B.A., Bethel College

e-mail at: d-magnuson@bethel.edu

Courses:


American Beginnings
The American Civil War
A New Nation
Social Welfare in America
History of Women in America



Census Historian, Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota
www.ipums.umn.edu

EDUCATION


1995, University of Minnesota, Ph.D. History
Dissertation Title: Making a Modern Census: A Social History of the U.S. Census, 1850-1940.

1992, University of Minnesota, M.A., History
1988, Bethel College, B.A., History and Political Science, cum laude

PUBLICATIONS

Making the Modern Census, 1790-1930, Mellen Press, forthcoming.

"Who Counts? The Politics of Census-Taking in Contemporary America: A Review Essay," Historical Methods 35 (Winter 2002).

"The 1880 Census," Encyclopedia of the Census (Margo J. Anderson, ed.), Congressional Quarterly, 2000.

"The 1890 Census," Encyclopedia of the Census (Margo J. Anderson, ed.), Congressional Quarterly, 2000.

"The 1900 Census," Encyclopedia of the Census (Margo J. Anderson, ed.), Congressional Quarterly, 2000.

"The 1910 Census," Encyclopedia of the Census (Margo J. Anderson, ed.), Congressional Quarterly, 2000.

"The 1920 Census," Encyclopedia of the Census (Margo J. Anderson, ed.), Congressional Quarterly, 2000.

"The 1930 Census," Encyclopedia of the Census (Margo J. Anderson, ed.), Congressional Quarterly, 2000.

"Pre-Computer Tabulation Systems," Encyclopedia of the Census (Margo J. Anderson, ed.), Congressional Quarterly, 2000

Persevere, Läsare, and Clarion, (with G. William Carlson), Bethel College and Seminary, 1997.

"Celebrating the Service of an Extraordinary Bibliophile," The Standard 87 (July 1997).

"Who and What Determined the Content of the U.S. Population Schedule Over Time," Historical Methods 28 (Winter 1995).

"Comparability of the Public Use Microdata Samples: Enumeration Procedures," (with Miriam L. King), Historical Methods 28 (Winter 1995).

"Historical and Current Perspectives on Undercounts in 19th Century Census Data," (with Miriam L. King), Social Science History Journal 19 (Winter 1995).

"Sources of Change in the U.S. Census: Examples from the Population Schedule, 1850-1990," All U.C.-Economic History Conference, Riverside, 1995.

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, Preliminary Version 1, (with Steven Ruggles and Matthew Sobek), Social Research Laboratory, 1993.

"A Procedural History of the Enumeration Process in the 1880 U.S. Census," (with Miriam L. King), Appendix B, 1880 Public Use Sample, 1993.

1880 Public Use Microdata Sample, United States Census of Population, (with Steven Ruggles, et al) Social History Research Laboratory, 1993.

1850 Public Use Sample, Preliminary Version 0.1, (with Russel Menard, et al), Social History Research Laboratory, 1993.

"The Social Construction and Uses of the 1880 U.S. Census," (with Miriam L. King), American Statistical Association, 1991 Proceedings of the Social Statistics Section.