SHGAPE Blog

Minding the GAPE – November 2022

November 30, 2022

Minding the GAPE – November 2022

By Kym MacEwan

Native American and Alaska Native Heritage Month, elections history, "Christmas creep," new research and resources on the Great Migration, porcelain dolls, the electric chair, and much more.

Minding the GAPE – October 2022

October 28, 2022

Minding the GAPE – October 2022

By Kym MacEwan

Jazz and crime syndicates, women's gun ownership, endangered historic places, Native American poets, the commercialization of Halloween, and much more.

Minding the GAPE – September 2022

October 3, 2022

Minding the GAPE – September 2022

By Kym MacEwan

Ragtime music, Latinos in Hollywood, the Landlord's Game, backlash against the Comstock Act, parental control versus academic freedom, loaning binoculars to the Navy, and much more.

Minding the GAPE – August 2022

September 1, 2022

Minding the GAPE – August 2022

By Kym MacEwan

Seances and women's rights, baby contests and eugenics, exhibiting the history of Black cinema, the rise of picture postcards, and much more.