Today, I have an interview for you with George Miles, curator of the Western American Collection at the Beinecke Library at Yale. We spend a lot of time talking with and about the work of historians, but ungirding that work is the work of librarians and archivists who diligently assemble collections that scholars can draw on to original research. Miles has a wealth of knowledge to share about the historiography of the west, the relationship between photography and the creation of the myth of the west, curating archives to be more inclusive, and much more.
Today, we have Langdon Moss on the show. Langdon is hosting a great new podcast called The Savage West where he unravels the complex...
Today, we have author and historian Ann Vileisis on the show. Ann is the author of a number of books and the focus of...
In the last episode on the first series about the railroads and California, we conclude by discussing how the Big Four sought to cement...