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's episode is the first in a series of episodes on the history of Chinese Americans in California. We are beginning the series by...
In this introductory episode, we complete some table setting by looking at some of the history and development of railroads before diving into California...
In this episode, we wrap the section on the Democratic Party in California in the 1850's.