Des Moines, Iowa — A northwest Iowa native has been named the editor of a state historical publication.
The State Historical Society of Iowa tells us they have named Sanborn native Andrew Klumpp the new editor of the Annals of Iowa, a scholarly journal of Iowa history first published in 1863. Klumpp replaces the retiring Marv Bergman, who has edited the Annals since 1986.
Susan Kloewer, administrator of the State Historical Society of Iowa, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs and publisher of the Annals says, “We’re excited to have Andrew join our team as the new editor of the Annals of Iowa and carry on this publication’s 157-year tradition. His background as a native Iowan and expertise in teaching and research will serve him well in his new role.”
Klumpp is a Ph.D. candidate in American Religious History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He completed his undergraduate education at Northwestern College in Orange City and his master’s work at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He specializes in religious and intellectual history, and his research examines the intersection of religion, imperialism and settler colonialism in the 19th-century Midwest.
Klumpp assumed his new role with the Annals last week and will office full time out of the State Historical Building at 600 E. Locust in Des Moines. He can be reached at andrew.klumpp@iowa.gov.
More information about the Annals of Iowa, the State Historical Society of Iowa and the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs is available at iowaculture.gov.
