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Happy International Talk-Like-A-Pirate-Day!

For those of you who don't regularly celebrate International Talk-Like-A-Pirate-Day, here's a brief description from…

Anne GoodSeptember 19, 2025

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Salt and Memory

My end-of-summer reading included "Time Shelter" by Georgi Gospodinov, a future dystopia about memory and…

Anne GoodAugust 27, 2025

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In the News, part 2: “America’s Oldest Firm Meets Its End”

A recent article on MSN announced: "America's Oldest Firm Meets Its End. Some Argue Its…

Anne GoodMay 27, 2025

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In the News, part 1: The Gulf of Mexico – A guest post by Stephanie Leitch

Earlier this year, an historical op-ed by Stephanie Leitch appeared in several news outlets: "Will…

Anne GoodMay 23, 2025

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Potato Apotheosis

A few of months ago, a headline in the Minnesota Daily proclaimed: “Paisley Purple potato…

Anne GoodJanuary 23, 2025

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“The Place of the Cure of the Soul”

I read an enchanting book over the holidays: Irene Vallejo’s Papyrus: The Invention of Books…

Anne GoodJanuary 13, 2025

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Something ancient; something new

My previous post, “The teeth of time,” drew inspiration from one of the brief tangents…

Anne GoodJuly 31, 2024

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“The teeth of time”

I have been reading The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt (New…

Anne GoodMay 22, 2024

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Contours of the Premodern World

“Archival Shouting”

In a recent article in Perspectives: The newsmagazine of the American Historical Association, Karin Wulf…

Anne GoodMay 13, 2024

Contours of the Premodern World

The Byrne Sisters at the James Ford Bell Library

Anne Frances (1775-1837), Mary (1776-1847), Letitia (1779-1849), and Elizabeth (fl. 1809-1849) Byrne were sisters and…

Anne GoodMarch 26, 2024

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Happy International Talk-Like-A-Pirate-Day!

Salt and Memory

In the News, part 2: “America’s Oldest Firm Meets Its End”

In the News, part 1: The Gulf of Mexico – A guest post by Stephanie Leitch

Potato Apotheosis

“The Place of the Cure of the Soul”

Something ancient; something new

“The teeth of time”

“Archival Shouting”

The Byrne Sisters at the James Ford Bell Library

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