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A Postcard From The First Annual Bucks County Para-Con
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America is rapidly changing into a country where we worship strange gods.
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A Postcard from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Ann Arbor was the New Left’s primary incubator for the movement’s leading activists.
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A Postcard from Makhanda
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The Historical Association of South Africa held its biennial meeting at Rhodes University in Makhanda, South Africa.
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A Postcard From Paris
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Warm and welcoming, the Nubar Library is the place to go when researching Armenian history.
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A Postcard from Sacramento, CA
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It is fitting to research policy history in the heart of Sacramento.
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A Postcard from New Haven, CT
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“When I entered the Sterling Memorial Library, I felt as though I stepped into a cathedral.”
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A Postcard from Lubbock, TX
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I sometimes feel guilty about how much fun I have researching storm chasers.
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A Postcard from Charlottesville, VA
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Sometimes it is good to remind oneself how lucky and abnormal this profession can be.
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A Postcard from St. Louis
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The undergraduate panels I saw in St. Louis served as a good reminder that Slavic Studies is in good hands.
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A Postcard from Granada
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I arrived a day-and-a-half early and stayed a day late in order to do some exploring on my own.
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A Postcard from Augusta, GA
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A postcard from the annual meeting of the Georgia Association of Historians.
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Stumbling Stones
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Somewhat to my surprise, I didn’t go to my field’s major conference last November. Instead I accompanied a 97-year-old man to the town he fled in 1938.
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A Postcard from Singapore
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We were there to share our work on offshore islands across Southeast Asia — an exciting opportunity for a grad student like me, from a landlocked city.
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A Postcard from the 2019 NEMA Conference
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At museum conferences, there are usually no easily-portable solutions. Institutional differences matter.
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A Postcard From New Delhi
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Dogs can be found laying on cooler surfaces or in the shade. Cats saunter into the canteen meowing for attention but also a bite of your lunch.
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A Postcard From Washington, D.C.
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Seeing Railway Mail Service badges makes the postal carriers and clerks that I read about in other archives seem more real.
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A Postcard From South Bend, Indiana
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The divided research trip is a necessity for a full-time high school teacher.
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A Postcard From London
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Archival research can be like spending eight hours looking for lost keys.
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A Postcard From Petoskey and Ann Arbor, Michigan
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The architect of the contemporary anti-immigration movement comes from Petoskey.
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A Postcard From Belgium and Northeastern Congo
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When visiting these archives, the violent and extractive history of Belgium’s presence in the Congo was impossible to ignore.
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A Postcard from Frankfort, Kentucky and San Marino, California
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Always talk to your archivist.
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A Postcard From Lviv, Ukraine
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Thousands came here in the spring of 1947, attempting to flee famine in eastern and central Ukraine.