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Room & Board in D.C., 1914
Here’s an interesting item I found on the wonderful DC history resource, Ghosts of DC. It is a pocket directory of apartments, as printed by The Washington Times paper, from 1914. Emmett lived in the Congress Hall Hotel, which catered to congressmen, and was an easy commute. It was right […]
Two Steel Magnolias
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 […]
Driver’s Ed & Teachable Moments
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 […]
Common Sense and Lack Thereof
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 […]
“It’s Like Christmas”
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 […]
Gratias Ago Tibi, Fr. Brock
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 […]
21st Century Lens Syndrome
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 […]
The Class Prophet
A few days ago, I was reading through archived copies of Stetson University’s student newspaper, the Stetson Weekly Collegiate, and I noticed that in some of the issues printed either before or right after graduation, some of those papers printed the graduating class’ ‘Prophecy.’ This is a old tradition for […]
How Another Writer Handled A Bio Subject
I’m curious how other writers of historic bios handle their biographical subjects, particularly when the lives were short and relatively obscure, as was Emmett’s. I was intrigued with the story of Alonzo Hereford Cushing. Cushing was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor on November 6, 2014 — more than 150 […]
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