A monthly roundup of Gilded Age and Progressive Era news articles and blog posts from around the web.
Conspiracy theories surrounding Warren G. Harding’s death
Photographs of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Wearing masks during the 1918 pandemic
Louis Pasteur’s impact on brewing beer
Using primary source images to teach about emancipation
Thinking critically about science and pseudoscience in the classroom
Railways and the rise of vacationing in the National Register of Historic Places
The rocky American history of the lottery throughout the centuries
Smithsonian’s origins as an American institution
Mining descendants bring a Michigan ghost town to life once a year
A list of this year’s National Trust for Historic Preservation awardees
The Library of Congress and C-SPAN explore “Books That Shaped America”
Students unearth Michigan State University’s first observatory
The progression of the traveling circus
Reviewing the record of the deadliest wildfires
150-year-old banyan tree still standing in Maui among lost historic landmarks
Global responses to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Milwaukee’s history hosting political debates
Bowling Green, Ohio’s gory display of the “Fingers in a Jar”
The life and travels of Chinese immigrant and businesswoman, Lai Ngan
Historical strategies to deal with summer heat waves
Entertainment and American exceptionalism in Wild West shows
The Equal Rights Amendment’s roots in the National Woman’s Party Conference
Rethinking U.S. history through North American history and African Diaspora history
Racialized frontier board games and Manifest Destiny
After serving in the United States Navy, Kym pursued her education and true passion of history. Kym taught as an adjunct for six years prior to continuing her education. She is currently a History PhD student and Fellow at the University of Montana, focusing on public health in the Progressive Era.