11.   It belonged to J. Marvin Hunter, a retired newspaperman and amateur historian.

12.   Nathaniel Orlowek, an amateur historian who has studied the case for years, argues that exhumation is the only way to disprove theories of a government cover-up.

13.   One paper was delivered by an amateur historian named Michael Thurmond, who by day is the state labor commissioner.

14.   Probably none of this would surprise a Marge Schott or the amateur historians of talk radio.

15.   School children have come by the bus load, along with New Age devotees, amateur historians and top-ranking archaeologists from around the country.

16.   Some may have found that inspiration from a talk given by Daniel J. Boorstin, the librarian of Congress emeritus and self-described amateur historian.

17.   The amateur historians among the Braves disagreed.

18.   The operatic voice is a collection of conventions arrived at in the past, and its fans become amateur historians by necessity.

19.   The other is aimed at everyone from professional to amateur historians who want to learn how to use electronic data bases in their research.

20.   The story eventually found its way to Bud Hardcastle, a Purcell, Okla., used car dealer and amateur historian.