Category Archives: Journalism

James E. Brodhead: A Wolverine Makes Good on Stage and Screen

Posted on August 27, 2013 by ahcadmin

James Easton Brodhead (1932-2012) was a character actor who worked in various motion picture, television, and theatre productions. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor’s degree in speech in 1954.  From 1950 to 1963, Brodhead appeared in … Continue reading →

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Harry C. Butcher papers: A Perspective into the Cold War

Posted on May 20, 2013 by ahcadmin

The American Heritage Center recently finished processing the papers of Harry C. Butcher. Butcher was a member of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s staff during World War II and wrote of his experiences in his book “My Three Years with Eisenhower.” In … Continue reading →

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Buddy Mays, Photojournalist of the Southwest

Posted on December 17, 2012 by ahcadmin

The AHC is pleased to announce that we have just recently completed a new online finding aid for the Buddy Mays papers. Buddy Mays was born in 1943 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. After high school, Mays served in the … Continue reading →

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Reporting from the Front: Richard Tregaskis, War Correspondent

Posted on April 5, 2012 by ahcadmin

Although not members of the armed forces, war correspondents risk their lives on missions to inform the world about what is truly happening in war zones. One such war correspondent was Richard Tregaskis (1916-1973), whose papers are held here at … Continue reading →

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