The Gettysburg Historical Journal is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that features original undergraduate student research and essays. It is produced by students at Gettysburg College and published annually. While the Gettysburg Historical Journal focuses on research in the field of history, we publish and encourage submissions from other disciplines that utilize historical viewpoints or methodologies, including sociology, anthropology, and classics.
Current Volume: Volume 24 (2025)
Complete Issue
Front Matter
Letter from the Editors
Emily B. Suter and Madeleine G. Ulman
Featured Piece: Be a Sankofa People
Scott Hancock
Articles
SPUTNIK: Starting Gun of the Space Race
Samuel K. Lavine

Editors
- Co-Editors-in-Chief
- Emily Suter
- Madeleine Ulman
- Assistant Editors
- Michael Aaron
- Camryn Counsil
- Jackson Dusart
- Greer Garver
- Samuel Hillesland
- Margaret Matheson
- Alex Meagher
- Danielle Russell
- Grayden Varisco
- Trevor Weakly