A monthly roundup of Gilded Age and Progressive Era news articles and blog posts from around the web.
Early bipartisan conservation efforts to protect migratory birds
The emergence of “new history” in the early twentieth century
1872 House Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs investigated attempts to defraud Native Americans of their military pensions
Presidential trips to Europe were acts of “memory” diplomacy
Comments on the assassination of President Garfield in the Bound Congressional Record
Oregon mountain renamed in honor of Chief Halito of the Yoncalla Kalapuya tribe
The importance of preserving America’s Chinatowns
Early recreational campgrounds appeared after the Civil War
This year’s “11 Most Endangered Historic Places” list includes two historic Chinatowns
A new postage stamp pays tribute to Chief Standing Bear
Search the Bound Congressional Record dating back to 1873
Deep sea mapping of the Titanic shipwreck
Assessing the People’s Party and Populism
Community efforts to preserve and share photographs of Arkansas’s “Little Poland”
How the federal government combatted food price discrimination in the early 1900s
Racialized social welfare in the post-Civil War South
A new play highlights the history of Chinese exclusion
Skagit River’s 1870s logjam and competing notions of progress
The great suffrage efforts of Dr. Mabel Ping Hua Lee
Union organization efforts of Samuel Gompers
Impressive ceilings in historic hotels
Nurses during the 1918 Influenza pandemic
Fictional pulp magazines promoted masculinity and combatted the Ku Klux Klan
The 150th anniversary of blue jeans
1904 marked the birth of the modern American military hospital
Exploring the history of immigration restriction and lotteries
Memorial Day’s roots in Black commemoration after the Civil War
Philadelphia’s Centennial International Exposition of 1876 almost went up in flames
Failed 1910 House bill would have made the United States a nation of hippo ranchers
Dr. George Chauncey on libraries and researching LGBTQ+ history
Lasting ramifications of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
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.