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Category Archives: Journalism
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
Caroline Lockhart Elected to the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
If there was ever a woman who epitomized the saying, “Well behaved women rarely make history,” that person is Caroline Lockhart. She also sought fame—if not infamy—and she recently took one more step closer to her aspiration. It was announced … Continue reading
Posted in announcements, Authors and literature, Biography and profiles, Current events, found in the archive, Journalism, Local history, popular culture, Uncategorized, Western history, women's history, Wyoming history
Tagged Caroline Lockhart, Cody, Cody Stampede, Cody Wyoming, National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Western fiction, western history, women journalists, women's history
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A Glimpse into History: FDR’s 1933 Inauguration Through Grace Robinson’s Eyes
On March 4, 1933, newly elected President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave the first of many inaugural addresses. This inauguration came in the midst of turmoil for the United States as the Great Depression was upon the country, causing life to … Continue reading
The June Vanleer Williams Story
African-American journalist and editor June Vanleer Williams is not necessarily well-known, but what a rich life she led. Williams was an actress, a casting director, a journalist, a playwright, a poet, and an active member in Karamu House, which is the … Continue reading
Posted in African American history, Authors and literature, Current events, found in the archive, Journalism, Motion picture actors and actresses, motion picture history, popular culture, Uncategorized, Under-documented communities, women's history
Tagged Black Journalists, Cleveland History, Entertainment industry, Journalism, June Vanleer Williams, Karamu House Theater, popular culture, today in history
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“Has This Student Newspaper Gone Too Far?”
How far is too far when it comes to parody? Young Joe Jacobucci found out when he edited the traditional parody issue of the University of Wyoming student newspaper “The Branding Iron” in 1934.
Living the Reel Life: The Journey of Child Actor Dick Moore
Born John Richard Moore, Jr., “Dickie” made his silver screen debut at eleven months old when he portrayed the infant Francois Villon (fifteenth-century poet and scoundrel) in the silent film The Beloved Rogue (1927). Cast for his resemblance to the … Continue reading
“The Land Divided, The World United:” Reporting from the Panama Canal
A newly digitized collection, the Eleanor McIlhenny papers, provides researchers with a glimpse into the keen reporting of of woman journalist working in the Panama Canal zone from the pre- to post-WWII era. The University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center (AHC) has … Continue reading
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 →