Western History Association
| Formation | 1961 |
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| Founder | Ray Allen Billington |
| Founded at | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States |
| Type | NGO, Nonprofit |
| Headquarters | Lawrence, Kansas |
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Executive Director | Elaine Marie Nelson |
Main organ | The Western Historical Quarterly |
| Website | https://www.westernhistory.org/ |
The Western History Association (WHA), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was founded in 1961 at Santa Fe, New Mexico by Ray Allen Billington, et al. Included in the field of study are the American West and western Canada. The Western History Association was headquartered from 2012 to 2017 at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. From 2018 to 2020 the WHA was hosted on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. In 2020, the WHA relocated to the Department of History at the University of Kansas, where it receives support from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.