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 […]
If you think writing a book is about sitting down before a keyboard and ‘just doing it’, I say, maybe. It depends on how long you’ve been living with the subject. Personally, I feel like I know Emmett and several key ‘characters’ in his story well. I would never presume […]
Do you have any off-limit topics in family gatherings? Sure you do! We all do! And when you have a big family (like I do), you know there are several key topics you just don’t discuss, unless you want to have a meltdown on a holiday. I’ve been a witness […]
In case you are wondering why the odd entries lately (i.e., not a lot of direct research reporting), it is because I’m grading final papers and on Thanksgiving break at my in-laws’. There are 29 people (17 children from 16 on down) in my in-laws’ house this week. Eight dogs. […]
Yesterday, I mentioned that Emmett’s grandfather had a law partner, S.R. Mallory, and they worked in the Mallory Building in Pensacola during Reconstruction. My friend and colleague, the excellent Jacki Wilson at the Pensacola HIstorical Society sent me this: Jacki told me that what was on the original site of […]
In between writing and digging around in a new-to-me database this week, I’ve been reading microfilm copies of The West Florida Commercial and The Pensacola Observer, 1867-69. These newspapers were published during Reconstruction, and there are only scattered issues in existence. By 1871, both papers had ceased publication. With so […]
One of the nice things about discussing the research on Emmett’s book in the blog is that I hear from folks now and then who also have an interest in research, especially as it pertains to West Florida archives. This past week, as you recall, I posted about finding Emmett’s […]
What you see is what I’m reading over the next week. No, of course, I don’t have to get it all done in seven days, but I’m on a roll and the research is getting interesting. Once I get into a book, I can’t put it down (unless it is […]
One hundred years ago today, Minnie Kehoe didn’t have the privilege of walking a few blocks down the road to her voting precinct and casting a ballot, as I do today. And so, in honor of Minnie, and the privilege she worked for, I took Minnie into the voting booth […]
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