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No Room at the Inn: Owen Wister Encounters Wyoming, July – August 1885
In July 1885, Owen Wister visited Medicine Bow in Wyoming Territory as part of his tour of the region, only to discover there were no rooms available in town to sleep. Instead of moving on when he arrived on July … Continue reading
Posted in 19th century, Authors and literature, Biography and profiles, Book history, Uncategorized, Western fiction, Western history, Wyoming history
Tagged Frank Wolcott, Frontier Life, Johnson County War, Medicine Bow, Owen Wister, The Virginian, Western Culture, Western fiction, Western Writers, Wyoming Travel
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Pearl Harbor’s Role in Popularizing Surfing
We all have our hobbies, ranging from knitting to metalworking, reading the classics, or computer programming, and many, many more. However, we do not always know the origins of our hobbies. Granted, the majority probably emerged in mundane circumstances, but … Continue reading
The Wizard of Oz – The Story Behind the Film
The 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, beloved by children and adults alike, holds a special place in cinematographic history. The award-winning movie is based on an adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Baum’s … Continue reading
Margaret Bryan: A Scientist Ahead of Her Time
April 23rd, World Book Day, is an ideal opportunity to showcase one of the AHC Toppan Rare Books Library’s books. Lectures on Natural Philosophy by Margaret Bryan is but one sample of the many rare books the AHC has to … Continue reading
Blacklisted! – The Albert Maltz Papers
Brooklyn-born Albert Maltz grew up in affluence. His Russian immigrant Jewish parents had made good in their new American home. Maltz’s education credentials were those of an elite. He studied philosophy at Columbia University, graduating in 1928. He then attended the … Continue reading
Posted in Authors and literature, Biography and profiles, Blacklisting, Cold War, Communism, Hollywood history, Hollywood Ten, Motion picture actors and actresses, motion picture history
Tagged Albert Maltz, Blacklisted Writers, Communist Party USA, Group Theatre, Hollywood Ten, House Un-American Activities Committee, Playwright, Screenplay Writing, Screenwriter
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Robert Bloch: From Pulp to Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho is based on a novel by Robert Bloch. It is the story of Norman Bates, a lonely motel caretaker who is seething with psychotic rage due to his mother’s domination. Robert Bloch was an author of … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Authors and literature, found in the archive, motion picture history, Pop Culture, popular culture, science fiction, Screenwriting, Uncategorized, writers and poets
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, book to film adaptations, Classic Films, Ed Gein, Film Adaptations, Horror Literature, Norman Bates, popular culture, Psycho, Psychological Thriller, Pulp Fiction, Robert Bloch
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Poet Drama in the Selden Rodman Papers
Selden Rodman (1909-2002) was a prolific author, biographer, poet, editor as well as an art collector and cultural critic. He published a book nearly every year of his adult life. He was a rebellious young man who, while attending Yale … Continue reading
Posted in Authors and literature, Journalism, Poetry, Political history, Politics, Uncategorized, writers and poets
Tagged Alfred Bingham, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Common Sense magazine, e e cummings, Edward Hopper, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, H.G. Wells, Jackson Pollock, James Joyce, New York City, Selden Rodman, The Harkness Hoot, Thomas Man, Yale University
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The Old-Time Saloon – Just History
Prohibition is little discussed today except in history classes. But if you’re interested in the still relevant political arguments that led to Prohibition in the first place, read the 1931 book The Old-Time Saloon: Not Wet, Not Dry—Just History by George … Continue reading
The Wyoming Art of Carrie Arnold
Carrie Arnold (1944-1998) was a Denver business woman with an active interest in Western history, which she expressed in drawings. She became a pen and ink illustrator for a number of Western books. She was commissioned by her friend Bill … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Authors and literature, commercial art, found in the archive, Local history, mining history, Uncategorized, Western history, women's history, Wyoming history
Tagged Artists, Carrie Arnold, Guernsey Wyoming, Hartville Wyoming, laramie, Sunrise Wyoming, Wyoming history
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George Teeple Eggleston and the America First Movement
Before the United States entered World War II, there was a popular movement to keep the U.S. out of the fray. The controversial America First Committee (AFC), founded in September 1940, was the foremost U.S. non-intervention pressure group against American … Continue reading →