James Danky (born 1947) is an American historian, bibliographer, and culture critic. He is currently a faculty associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Danky advocated for collecting alternative and small-press publications during his tenure at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Danky received an AB in history and philosophy from Ripon College (1970) and a MA in Library Science at the University of Wisconsin (1973). He served as the Newspapers and Periodicals Librarian for the Wisconsin Historical Society from 1976-2007. Danky is also a co-founder of the Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America and served as its director from 1992-2006.[1] From 1999 to 2009 he taught for the School of Journalism with a focus on race and media. Danky edit edited the series "" for the University of Wisconsin Press. from 2002 to 2022.
Honors and awardsedit
James Danky
Danky is the recipient of the American Library Association’s Bowker/Ulrich’s Serials Librarianship award (1987) and the Isadore Gilbert Mudge-R.R. Bowker Award (2002). In 1991, Danky was a Fulbright Scholar at the British Library, where his research focused on the alternative press in Britain, especially Afro-British publications. In 1998 he returned to London to teach American History at University College. He was named a Media Hero at the Institute for Alternative Journalism (1991), was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society (1996), and was a fellow at the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African-American Research at Harvard from 1997-1998.[2]
In 2007 friends and colleagues put on a two-day conference, "Alternative Print Culture: Social History and Libraries," the results of which were published in Library Trends, v.56, n.3; Winter, 2008.[3] This conference celebrated Danky’s contributions and collections at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Selected bibliographyedit
Danky, James P. and Denis Kitchen, Wisconsin Funnies: Fifty Years of Comics. West Bend, Museum of Wisconsin Art, 2020.
Danky, James P., "Studies on the Right with Chip Berlet," Exposing the Right and Fighting for Democracy, Celebrating Chip Berlet as a Journalist and Scholar, edited by Pam Chamberlain, Matthew N. Lyons, Abby Scher, and Spencer Sunshine. London and New York, Routledge 2022.
Danky, James African-American Newspapers and Periodicals, A National Bibliography. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1998.
Danky, James P. and Denis Kitchen. Underground Classics: The Transformation of Comics into Comix. New York: Abrams; Madison, WI: Chazen Museum of Art, 2009. ISBN0-8109-0598-1
Danky, James P., and Wayne A. Wiegand. Women in Print: Essays on the Print Culture of American Women from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2004.
Danky, James P., “Reading, Writing and Resistance: African-American Print Culture, 1880-1940.” In A History of the Book in America, Volume 4, edited by Carl Kaestle and Janice Radway. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. ISBN0-8078-3186-7
Danky, James P. “The Oppositional Press.” In A History of the Book in America, Volume 5, edited by Michael Schudson, David Paul Nord, and Joan Shelly Rubin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN0-8078-3285-5
Danky, James P. “Newspapers and Selected Periodicals.” In The Harvard Guide to African-American History, edited by Evelyn Brooks Higginbothum. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001. ISBN0-674-00276-8
Danky, James P., and Wayne A Wiegand, eds. Print Culture in a Diverse America. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1998. ISBN0-252-02398-6 (Carey McWilliams Prize Winner, 1988)
Danky, James P., and John Cherney. “Beyond Limbaugh: The Far Right’s Publishing Spectrum” Reference Services Review 24(1) (1996): 43-56.
Danky, James P., Ken Fones-Wolf, and Elliott Shore, eds. The German-American Radical Press: From the 1840s to the 1930s. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1992. ISBN0-252-01830-3
Danky, James P., ed. Native American Periodicals and Newspapers, 1828-1982: Bibliography, Publishing Record, and Holdings. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984. ISBN0-313-23773-5
Danky, James P., and Sanford Berman, eds. Alternative Library Literature: A Biennial Anthology (Ten Volumes). Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1982-2000. ISBN0-7864-1313-1 (2000/2001 ed.)
Danky, James P., ed. Women’s Periodicals and Newspapers from the 18th Century to 1982: A Union List of the Holdings of Madison, Wisconsin Libraries. Boston: GK Hall, 1982. ISBN0-8161-8107-1
Danky, James P., and Elliott Shore, eds. Alternative Materials in Libraries. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1982. ISBN0-8108-1508-7
Danky, James P., Neil Strache, et al. Black Periodicals and Newspapers: A Union List of Holdings in Libraries of the University of Wisconsin and the Library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. 2nd ed. Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1979. ISBN0-87020-178-6
Danky, James P., ed. Undergrounds: A Union List of Alternative Periodicals in Libraries of the United States and Canada. Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1974. ISBN0-87020-142-5
Referencesedit
^"CHPCMA History". Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
^"Introduction: Alternative Print Culture. - Free Online Library".
^"Project MUSE - Library Trends-Volume 56, Number 3, Winter 2008".
External linksedit
'Retire' Isn't the Final Word for James Danky: Wisconsin Historical Society's Newspaper and Periodicals Librarian Moving from the Past to the Future.
Dilevko, Juris. "An alternative vision of librarianship: James Danky and the sociocultural politics of collection development." Library Trends 56(3) (2008): 678-704
James P. Danky Papers at the American Library Association Archives
April 05, 2024
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James Danky born 1947 is an American historian bibliographer and culture critic He is currently a faculty associate at the University of Wisconsin Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication Danky advocated for collecting alternative and small press publications during his tenure at the Wisconsin Historical Society Danky at Columbia University in 2015 Contents 1 Biography 2 Honors and awards 3 Selected bibliography 4 References 5 External linksBiography editDanky received an AB in history and philosophy from Ripon College 1970 and a MA in Library Science at the University of Wisconsin 1973 He served as the Newspapers and Periodicals Librarian for the Wisconsin Historical Society from 1976 2007 Danky is also a co founder of the Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America and served as its director from 1992 2006 1 From 1999 to 2009 he taught for the School of Journalism with a focus on race and media Danky edit edited the series Print Culture History in Modern America for the University of Wisconsin Press from 2002 to 2022 Honors and awards edit nbsp James DankyDanky is the recipient of the American Library Association s Bowker Ulrich s Serials Librarianship award 1987 and the Isadore Gilbert Mudge R R Bowker Award 2002 In 1991 Danky was a Fulbright Scholar at the British Library where his research focused on the alternative press in Britain especially Afro British publications In 1998 he returned to London to teach American History at University College He was named a Media Hero at the Institute for Alternative Journalism 1991 was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society 1996 and was a fellow at the W E B Du Bois Institute for African American Research at Harvard from 1997 1998 2 In 2007 friends and colleagues put on a two day conference Alternative Print Culture Social History and Libraries the results of which were published in Library Trends v 56 n 3 Winter 2008 3 This conference celebrated Danky s contributions and collections at the Wisconsin Historical Society Selected bibliography editDanky James P and Denis Kitchen Wisconsin Funnies Fifty Years of Comics West Bend Museum of Wisconsin Art 2020 Danky James P Studies on the Right with Chip Berlet Exposing the Right and Fighting for Democracy Celebrating Chip Berlet as a Journalist and Scholar edited by Pam Chamberlain Matthew N Lyons Abby Scher and Spencer Sunshine London and New York Routledge 2022 Danky James African American Newspapers and Periodicals A National Bibliography Cambridge Harvard University Press 1998 Danky James P and Denis Kitchen Underground Classics The Transformation of Comics into Comix New York Abrams Madison WI Chazen Museum of Art 2009 ISBN 0 8109 0598 1 Danky James P and Wayne A Wiegand Women in Print Essays on the Print Culture of American Women from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Madison WI University of Wisconsin Press 2004 Danky James P Reading Writing and Resistance African American Print Culture 1880 1940 In A History of the Book in America Volume 4 edited by Carl Kaestle and Janice Radway Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008 ISBN 0 8078 3186 7 Danky James P The Oppositional Press In A History of the Book in America Volume 5 edited by Michael Schudson David Paul Nord and Joan Shelly Rubin Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2009 ISBN 0 8078 3285 5 Danky James P Newspapers and Selected Periodicals In The Harvard Guide to African American History edited by Evelyn Brooks Higginbothum Cambridge Harvard University Press 2001 ISBN 0 674 00276 8 Danky James P and Wayne A Wiegand eds Print Culture in a Diverse America Champaign IL University of Illinois Press 1998 ISBN 0 252 02398 6 Carey McWilliams Prize Winner 1988 Danky James P and John Cherney Beyond Limbaugh The Far Right s Publishing Spectrum Reference Services Review 24 1 1996 43 56 Danky James P Ken Fones Wolf and Elliott Shore eds The German American Radical Press From the 1840s to the 1930s Champaign IL University of Illinois Press 1992 ISBN 0 252 01830 3 Danky James P ed Native American Periodicals and Newspapers 1828 1982 Bibliography Publishing Record and Holdings Westport CT Greenwood Press 1984 ISBN 0 313 23773 5 Danky James P and Sanford Berman eds Alternative Library Literature A Biennial Anthology Ten Volumes Jefferson NC McFarland 1982 2000 ISBN 0 7864 1313 1 2000 2001 ed Danky James P ed Women s Periodicals and Newspapers from the 18th Century to 1982 A Union List of the Holdings of Madison Wisconsin Libraries Boston GK Hall 1982 ISBN 0 8161 8107 1 Danky James P and Elliott Shore eds Alternative Materials in Libraries Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1982 ISBN 0 8108 1508 7 Danky James P Neil Strache et al Black Periodicals and Newspapers A Union List of Holdings in Libraries of the University of Wisconsin and the Library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin 2nd ed Madison WI State Historical Society of Wisconsin 1979 ISBN 0 87020 178 6 Danky James P ed Undergrounds A Union List of Alternative Periodicals in Libraries of the United States and Canada Madison WI State Historical Society of Wisconsin 1974 ISBN 0 87020 142 5References edit CHPCMA History Archived from the original on 2012 06 30 Retrieved 2010 02 25 Introduction Alternative Print Culture Free Online Library Project MUSE Library Trends Volume 56 Number 3 Winter 2008 External links edit Retire Isn t the Final Word for James Danky Wisconsin Historical Society s Newspaper and Periodicals Librarian Moving from the Past to the Future UW School of Journalism and Mass Communication James Danky Dilevko Juris An alternative vision of librarianship James Danky and the sociocultural politics of collection development Library Trends 56 3 2008 678 704 James P Danky Papers at the American Library Association Archives Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Danky amp oldid 1174327576, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
