March 24, 2022Chevy Chase, Maryland Though I’ve loved working on Emmett Wilson’s story for (almost) ten years, I’ve had trouble writing up some of the sections of his story. Most of the problem has been a lack of complete information at any one time. The way the pieces of Emmett’s […]
September 20, 2015Pensacola, Florida I first met Nancy Rayburn online, over a year ago, on Tuesday, September 10, 2013. She had posted an extensive biography of Robert Anderson on the USGenWeb website. The text came from an obscure history book, and while the University of Maryland has a great InterLibrary […]
So, what do Emmett Wilson, Richard Nixon, and a bronze terrapin named Testudo all have in common? You can find all of three (in some format or the other!) at the National Archives II, located at the University of Maryland, College Park! I spent the afternoon on campus, and met […]
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