SHGAPE Blog

“Faces of the First Red Scare”: Documenting Red Scare Deportees

January 13, 2025

“Faces of the First Red Scare”: Documenting Red Scare Deportees

By Chelsea Gibson

Below is an interview with Dr. Kenyon Zimmer, a historian of transnational radicalism. Recently, as I was editing a piece for our blog, I stumbled across his personal website where he has published a comprehensive digital archive of Red Scare deportees. I thought our readers could benefit from this resource, both for their own research and for the classroom. It is also a wonderful example of a digital history project, and Zimmer gives us insight into the surprising responses he’s had to it.

Minding the GAPE – December 2024

January 6, 2025

Minding the GAPE – December 2024

By Kym MacEwan

Rereleasing an 1891 country song recording, evolving depictions of Santa Claus, historical holiday drinks and the history of punch, Black self-publishers, acrimonious elections of the past, investigating deaths at Indian boarding schools, and much more

Minding the GAPE – November 2024

December 2, 2024

Minding the GAPE – November 2024

By Kym MacEwan

The fight for Native American voting rights, witches in the Wizard of Oz, “catvertising,” Thanksgiving memories from the 1800s, and much more.

Minding the GAPE – October 2024

November 5, 2024

Minding the GAPE – October 2024

By Kym MacEwan

Preserving LGBTQ+ history, Teddy Roosevelt pillow covers, mining history in Colorado and Michigan, the Pinkerton detective agency, Detroit’s Mexicantown, and much more.