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Communication, Arts, and the Humanities
The University of Maryland Global Campus
Back in Emmett’s childhood, if you got an orange and a book (Huckleberry Finn, Ragged Dick, or one of the other bestsellers of the day for avid readers, like Emmett), that was considered a well gifted Christmas. Emmett’s family had to count every single penny when it came to their household […]
Today’s post isn’t an homage to one of my all-time favorite movies; rather, it is an interesting side story that I might try to work on once I finish Emmett’s biography. While reading through an archive of Emmett’s student newspaper, I found information that indicates Emmett and his fellow graduating […]
Friends, I have 80 pages — a very rough draft — of a chapter finished. It needs editing, but I’m setting it aside for maybe a week. After the distance of a few days, I’ll be able to take a look at it with fresh eyes and a renewed writing […]
For our last installment on lack of judgment and common sense for 2014 (I hope), I share the following: The South Dakota highway safety director (he who approved the content of this attention-getting item) is expected to go before the South Dakota State Transportation Committee and answer questions about this […]
Even though the academic semester is over for most universities, work still continues. This is my favorite time of the year: Grades are posted, my desk is a little clearer, and I have more time to write during the actual workday (during most of the year, I have to get […]
I am thrilled to see this. Check this out from the WWOZ (New Orleans) blog: “Local preservationist Joseph Makkos is the recipient of 30,000 tubes filled with Times-Picayunes (and its predecessors The Daily Picayune and The Times-Democrat) from 1885 to 1930. Originally a part of the British Library’s collection, these […]
The excellent Angela the Archivist over at Stetson has this to share with us today: I had mentioned to Angela that I suspected Emmett’s diploma was in Latin, but because I didn’t have anything on hand from 1904 (when he graduated), I wasn’t sure. Nowadays, of course, most U.S. universities […]
Here’s the latest conumdrum from this week’s research: I find myself immediately reacting to what I read rather than remembering that life in 1914 did not include things I take for granted in 2014, such as: polio and flu vaccines, the EEOC, the 19th Amendment, compulsory public education for minor […]
This is a great story, folks. Last night, I had a message from “Tell My Story” reader Mark, who said: “Some years ago, I found (in a box of stuff at a Mt Vernon auction) a small B&W photo of a woman working in her flower garden. On the back […]
Last week, a colleague and I were discussing general research practices and how information is interpreted. She said: “If you (people in general) are only concerned with proving your theories and are not open to a different version, you may be published but you will still be wrong.” This comment […]
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