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.
In this episode, we prepare for the arrival permanent settlements in California by looking at the events leading up to the Portola Expedition.
In this brief intermission in our story, I make a small plea to support our podcast. Here's a link to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/historyofcalifornia
In this special episode, we interview Dr. Damian Bacich, a California history expert and Spanish professor from San Jose State University. We talk mainly...