Matthew Ballard
[caption id="attachment_1796" align="alignnone" width="612"] Amos Alonzo Stagg (left) and Stella Robertson Stagg (right) as newlyweds, c.1894; University of Chicago Photographic Archive, [apf1-07768]. Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.[/caption]Vol.…
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Matthew Ballard
Vol. 4, No. 49 After years of diligent work by the residents of Holley, the long-term preservation of the old Holley High School is finally secure. Historians commend those who…
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Matthew Ballard
[caption id="attachment_1764" align="alignnone" width="460"] Photograph of Frank A. Burton from a composite of the Rescue Hose Company in La Crosse, Wisconsin – courtesy of the La Crosse Public Library Archives.[/caption]…
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Matthew Ballard
Vol. 4, No. 12 While cataloging the Department of History’s collection of rare books, I came across a small booklet entitled From Serfdom to Culture written by “a white-haired Rochester…
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Matthew Ballard
Vol. 4, No. 11 Over 200 years ago, Caroline Phipps was born near Rome, New York on March 2, 1812 to Joseph and Mary Eames Phipps. Arad Thomas writes in…
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