Monthly Archives: February 2023

Just Who Did This Woman Think She Was: In Praise of Grace Raymond Hebard

Posted on February 27, 2023 by ahcadmin

“You are – I say it without a qualm – our star contributing editor. You have given us the most of any one on our list – and all good too.” When the editor of The Woman Citizen, Virginia Roderick, … Continue reading →

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Unsung Music Man Walter Scharf

Posted on February 20, 2023 by ahcadmin

Walter Scharf is one of the great, unsung composers & arrangers in film history. Anyone who finds themselves humming Pure Imagination from the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) is likely to recall, along with the melody itself, … Continue reading →

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A Madam’s Scrapbook: Remnants of Laramie’s Red-Light District

Posted on February 13, 2023 by ahcadmin

On the corner of the town stands a crazy, tumble-down rookery, full from cellar to shingles of liquors, gambling devices and everything that can be used to corrupt and rob men. Ruffians and tin-horn gamblers make night and day hideous … Continue reading →

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Resources in the Toppan Rare Book Library for Black History Month

Posted on February 6, 2023 by ahcadmin

Black History Month is celebrated annually in February. It honors all Black people from all periods of U.S. history, from the enslaved people first brought over from Africa in the early 17th century to Blacks living in the United States … Continue reading →

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