JAEH authors are asked to follow the guidelines in the Chicago Manual of Style (14th edition of later). In addition, may we emphasize the following:

Please use IBM-compatible versions of MS Word 2003.

Use 12 pt. Times New Roman font thorough (text and notes).

Label diskette with draft number and software used.

Insert page numbers (upper right), but use no other headers or footers.

Turn automatic hyphenation off.

Double-space all text, long quotes, and notes.

Use regular roman type (caps. and lowercase) for subheads: not all caps.

For book title or emphasis, italicize or underline: no boldface.

CMS omits hyphens on adjectives like “Italian American” and uses lowercase for the words “black” and “white.” If you strongly prefer alternative practice regarding hyphenation, capitalization, or other usages, the JAEH will try to honor your preference. Please be consistent in usage.

Write out “nineteenth century,” “twentieth century,” etc.
Use hypen when an adjective, omit hyphen when a noun. Thus,
“in the nineteenth century” (no hyphen), but “nineteenth-century wars” (hypenate)

Please use the following form for these terms:
World War I, World War II, Vietnam War

Do not insert a space before an endnote number.

For publication information in book citations, the JAEH shortened citations that omit name of publisher. Thus, use
John Q. Author, Title (Place, date), 127-28
Separate “place” and “date” by a comma, not a colon.
When name of state appears in name of press, omit abbreviation for state, hence “Athens: Ohio University Press”

For publication information in journal citations, please use the following form:
Journal Name 65, no. 2 (Spring 1955): 127-28

Print manuscript single-sided.

Tables/Illustrations
a) Do NOT submit color artwork files. Hard copy color photos are OK for scanning.
b) Do NOT submit JPG files.
c) Do NOT submit figures or examples as Word files or embedded within a Word document.
d) Do submit grayscale files of 300 dpi or better for photos.
e) Line art and music examples should be submitted as bitmap files at 1200 dpi or better.

Electronic manuscript submission guidelines
a) The hard copy printout should match the electronic document completely. No hand-marked corrections should appear on the paper copy that are not in the file.
b) Do not embed tables and illustrations in the text. They should appear at the end of the manuscript.
c) Insert “call outs” where tables and/or illustrations should appear,
e.g., <insert Table 1 about here>.
d) Microsoft Word is the preferred file format. Submissions as PDFs are not acceptable.
e) Do not apply “styles” to the various levels of heading. Use straight Times New Roman text.