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  • Richardson's Rules of Order, Part I: Why Study History?
    Our first post comes from Heather Cox Richardson , professor of history at UMass, Amherst. Richardson is the author of a number of books on...
  • History through the Eyes of . . . Jean de Venette: Paris and the Black Death, 14th Century, #2
    Randall Stephens Jean de Venette (ca. 1308-ca. 1369), a Carmelite friar in Paris, wrote about the horrifying devastation brought on by the ...
  • Robogeo and Geo-Tagging Photos
    I am intrigued by GPS enabled cameras. There are only a few in production and they are fairly expensive as yet, but they offer the promise ...
  • Historic Maps and Digital Mapping Roundup
    . Historic Maps and Digital Mapping Roundup "Was your street bombed during the Blitz?" Telegraph , December 6, 2012 The year-long...
  • A Digital Toolbox for Graduate Students in History
    Readers, help me out here. What does a 21st century graduate student need to know in the way of digital tools and resources? I am trying to ...
  • What I Had Hoped Would be a Brief Tour of Indian Ledger Art
    History blogging is delicate proposition. I typically look for a topic which is sufficient to fill 3-5 paragraphs with perhaps that many lin...
  • Progress in the Battle to Save the Jensen-Byrd
    Jensen-Byrd building by Flickr user Terry Bain . (Thank you Terry for choosing Creative Commons licensing.) This morning we have some good n...
  • Fall Harvest Festival at the MAC on Saturday
    The Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture is throwing a big shindig on Saturday, September 22nd. The Fall Harvest Festival features a vari...
  • The Day the Archives Walked in the Door
    Eric B. Schultz Alan Lomax (left) with Richard Queen of Soco Junior Square Dance Team at the Mountain Music Festival, Asheville, North Carol...
  • Beatles History Roundup
    . Steve Marinucci, "Beatles' Apple has nothing to fear from 'Strange Fruit' film," Examiner , April 21, 2012 It fina...
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