History Archive
The American Founding in Public Memory
Abstract: This presentation concerned the role of journalism in forging early collective memory of the American Revolution. Journalists pre-dated history scholars by decades. Their stories of revolutionary events and people were […]
“A Possibility of a Lady Competitor:” Helen Preece and the 1912 Olympic Modern Pentathlon
Abstract: On July 7, 1912, the Louisville Herald printed the story of Helen Preece, a teenaged English girl set to be the first and only woman to compete in the […]
Below-the-Line Labor and Infrastructure in Hollywood
From the ragtag crews of 1910s productions to the organized backlots of Classical Hollywood to the runaway productions of the last fifty years, Hollywood has employed a wide array of […]