This Festschrift acknowledges the scholarly work of Leo Schelbert and his mentorship of graduate students in the Department of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago where for 33 years he taught American history.
Wendy Everham earned her MA in history. She is the editor of Letters Written from America, 1849–1853. She is also the author of «The Recovery of the Feminine in an American Pietist Community: The Interpretive Challenge of the Theology of Conrad Beissel» featured in Pennsylvania Folklife.