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Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Inventive Mind of Margaret E. Knight

Margaret E. Knight was an ingenious woman. She started tinkering with things when she was still just a tiny child, and the first invention that really improved the lives of those around her came about at the age of 12. 

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?A Lady in a Machine Shop.? Woman?s Journal, December 21, 1872. Accessed online: https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/view/drs:48852547$409i Bedi, Joyce. ?Margaret Knight.? Lemelson Center, Smithsonian. March 22, 2021. https://invention.si.edu/node/28532/p/609-margaret-knight Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Margaret E. Knight". Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Feb. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-E-Knight ?Gained Fame as Inventor.? The Boston Globe. Oct. 13, 1914. https://www.newspapers.com/image/430883835/?terms=%22margaret%20e.%20knight%22%20&match=1 ?The Inspiring Story of Margaret E. Knight.? National Inventors Hall of Fame. https://www.invent.org/blog/inventors/margaret-e-knight-paper-pag Knight, M.E. ?Clasp.? U.S. Patent Office. Oct. 14, 1884. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/1d/93/e6/029e560778fcd4/US306692.pdf Knight, Margaret E. ?Bag Machine.? U.S. Patent Office. July 11, 1871. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/8b/67/0a/1fa1f5f32874bc/US116842.pdf Knight, M.E. ?Improvement in Paper Bag Machine.? U.S. Patent Office. Oct. 28, 1879. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/bb/4b/1a/218335d174188c/US220925.pdf Knight, M.E. ?Rotary Engine.? U.S. Patent Office. January 6, 1903. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/de/9a/87/cea123cb8ba55a/US717869.pdf Knight, M.E. ?Skirt Protector.? U.S. Patent Office. Aug. 7, 1883. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/3a/cc/e8/cf6943b96a868f/US282646.pdf Knight, Margaret E. ?Sole Cutting Machine.? U.S Patent Office. Sept. 16, 1890. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/19/16/34/0c57840da89f4c/US436358.pdf ?Margaret E. Knight, ?Woman Edison,? Dead.? The Sun. Oct. 15, 1914. https://www.newspapers.com/image/145292345/?clipping_id=31861882 ?Patent Model for Paper Bag Machine.? Smithsonian ? National Museum of American History. https://www.si.edu/object/patent-model-paper-bag-machine%3Anmah_214303 ?Patented By Women.? Pittsburgh Dispatch. April 10, 1892. https://www.newspapers.com/image/76571393/?terms=%22margaret%20e.%20knight%22%20&match=1 PETROSKI, HENRY. ?The Evolution of the Grocery Bag.? The American Scholar, vol. 72, no. 4, 2003, pp. 99?111. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41221195 Sisson, Mary, and Doris Simonis, ed. ?Inventors and Inventions.? Marshall Cavendish. 2007. Smith, Ryan P. ?Meet the Female Inventor Behind Mass-Market Paper Bags.? Smithsonian. March 15, 2018. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/meet-female-inventor-behind-mass-market-paper-bags-180968469/ ?The Ames Manufacturing Company ? ? Boston Evening Transcript. Oct. 17, 1873. https://www.newspapers.com/image/734890555/?terms=%22margaret%20e.%20knight%22%20&match=1 ?Women As Inventors.? The Philadelphia Times. April 10, 1892. https://www.newspapers.com/image/52506300/?terms=%22margaret%20e.%20knight%22%20&match=1 ?Women Who Are Inventors.? New York Times. October 19, 1913. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/10/19/100654443.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

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2024-03-25
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SYMHC Classics: James G. Fair

This 2019 episode covers James G. Fair, known as the Silver King. But though Fair often appears on lists of the richest men in U.S. history, his image was also tainted by scandal. 

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2024-03-23
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Divorce, Marriage, and Manners

Holly and Tracy talk about there not being a national divorce law in the U.S. and how to pronounce Nevada. Tracy talks about the ways social rules are necessary but can be used in ways that are exclusionary. 

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2024-03-22
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Six Impossible Episodes: Etiquette Manuals

Books on etiquette don?t necessarily reflect rules everyone is actually following ? they?re more like what the author thinks the ideal standard of behavior should be. This episode looks at six such books from history. 

Research:

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Giovanni Della Casa". Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Feb. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giovanni-Della-Casa. Accessed 29 February 2024. Dukes, Hunter. ?The Age of Impoliteness: Galateo: or, A Treatise on Politeness and Delicacy of Manners (1774 edition).? The Public Domain Review. 2/27/2024. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/galateo/ Della Casa, Giovanni. ?Galateo: Or, A Treatise on Politeness and Delicacy of Manners.? Printed for J. Dodsley. 1774. Stanhope, Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield. ?Letters to His Son, 1746-47.? Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3351/pg3351-images.html Eyebright, Daisy. ?A Manual of Etiquette with Hints of Politeness and Good Breeding.? https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/eyebright/etiquette/etiquette.html Green, Edward S. ?National Capital Code of Etiquette.? Washington, D.C. : Austin Jenkins. 1920. https://archive.org/details/nationalcapitalc00greerich Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Emily Post". Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Sep. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emily-Post. Accessed 4 March 2024. Post, Emily. ?Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home.? Funk & Wagnalls. New York and London. 1922. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/14314/14314-h/14314-h.htm#Page_1

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2024-03-20
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Divorce Ranches

Divorce ranches sprung up in the 1930s when Nevada relaxed its divorce laws. This unique and controversial style of resort was incredibly popular for several decades before becoming obsolete.

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Brean, Henry. ?The rise and fall of Reno's quickie divorce industry.? Reno Gazette Journal. Sept. 18, 2017. https://www.rgj.com/story/life/2017/09/18/rise-and-fall-renos-quickie-divorce-industry/677065001/ Bromley, John. ?Two ?Divorce Ranches? Still Thriving.? Nevada State Journal. April 27, 1969. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1010901428/?terms=divorce%20ranch&match=1 Miller, Wendy. ?Divorce Ranch Owners Take Issue With Magazine Story.? Nevada State Journal. July 8, 1965. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1010619253/?terms=divorce%20ranch&match=1 ?Editor?s Comment ? Not New.? Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. June 5, 1931. https://www.newspapers.com/image/683040112/?terms=nevada%20divorce&match=1 Flat Rate Divorce Ranch Neely?s Latest Venture.? Shamokin News-Dispatch. January 7, 1932. https://www.newspapers.com/image/68323301/?terms=divorce%20ranch&match=1 ?High Society.? Reno Divorce History. https://renodivorcehistory.org/themes/the-rich-and-famous/high-society/ Holmes, A.S. (1999). ?Don?t Frighten the Horses?: the Russell Divorce Case. In: Robb, G., Erber, N. (eds) Disorder in the Court. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403934314_8 Jain, Priya. ?Betty Goes Reno.? Slate. July 21, 2010. https://slate.com/culture/2010/07/a-visit-to-the-glamorous-divorce-ranches-of-the-mad-men-era.html ?Mrs. Corey Gets a Divorce in Four Hours.? Reno Gazette-Journal. July 30, 1906. https://www.newspapers.com/image/147027965/?terms=Laura%20Corey&match=1 ?Nevada Divorces Invalid.? Fort Worth Star Telegram. Aug. 10, 1931. https://www.newspapers.com/image/635854363/?terms=nevada%20divorce&match=1 Nevada State Legislature. ?CHAPTER 125 - DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE.? https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-125.html ?Nevada;s Easy Divorces O.K. in Other States.? Evansville Press. June 9, 1931. https://www.newspapers.com/image/764481281/?terms=nevada%20divorce&match=1 ?Reno Divorce History.? University of Nevada, Reno Libraries. https://renodivorcehistory.org/ Salisbury, Vanita. ?Welcome to Splitsville: How Reno Became the Divorce Capital of the World.? Thrillist. July 22, 2022. https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/nevada-divorce-ranches-history Savanapridi, Shane. ?Las Vegas Divorce Ranches.? City of Las Vegas. Feb. 14, 2020. https://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/News/Blog/Detail/las-vegas-divorce-ranches#:~:text=The%20divorce%20ranch%20was%20the,bills%20to%20spur%20economic%20growth. ?Sisters Tell Tales From The 'Divorce Ranch.?? StoryCorps. NPR. July 16, 2010. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128545233 Wernick, Robert. ?Where You Went if You Really Had to Get Unhitched.? Smithsonian. June 1996. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/where-you-went-if-you-really-had-to-get-unhitched-1-41543097/ Vlosky, Denese Ashbaugh, and Pamela A. Monroe. ?The Effective Dates of No-Fault Divorce Laws in the 50 States.? Family Relations, vol. 51, no. 4, 2002, pp. 317?24. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3700329

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2024-03-18
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SYMHC Classics: Ambroise Paré

This 2021 episode covers sixteenth-century barber surgeon Ambroise Paré, who has been called everything from ?the gentle surgeon? to ?the father of modern surgery.?

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2024-03-16
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Arsenic and Arm Prosthetics

Holly talks about the various theories about events in Charles Francis Hall's life. Tracy discusses some of the troubling sources she came across while researching Götz von Berlichingen. 

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2024-03-15
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Götz of the Iron Hand

In the early 16th century Gottfried von Berlichingen was known as Götz of the Iron Hand because after an injury and amputation, he wore a prosthesis made of sheet iron that was painted to match his skin.

Research:

Ashmore, Kevin et al. ?ArtiFacts: Gottfried "Götz" von Berlichingen-The "Iron Hand" of the Renaissance.? Clinical orthopaedics and related research vol. 477,9 (2019): 2002-2004. doi:10.1097/CORR.0000000000000917 Beare, Mary. ?Reviewed Work: The Autobiography of Götz von Berlichingen by H. S. M. Stuart and Götz von Berlichingen.? The Modern Language Review, Vol. 52, No. 2 (Apr., 1957). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3718111 Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Götz von Berlichingen". Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Jan. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gotz-von-Berlichingen-German-knight. Accessed 26 February 2024. Cohn, H.J. (1989). Götz von Berlichingen and the Art of Military Autobiography. In: Mulryne, J.R., Shewring, M. (eds) War, Literature and the Arts in Sixteenth-Century Europe. Warwick Studies in the European Humanities. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19734-7_2 Cohn, Henry J. ?Gotz von Berlichengen and the Art of Military Autobiography.? From War, Literature and the Arts in Sixteenth-century Europe. J.R. Mulryne and Margaret Shewring, eds. Macmillan. 1989. Dean, Sidney E. ?Knight of the Iron Hand.? Medieval Warfare , JAN / FEB 2017, Vol. 6, No. 6. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/48578196 "Gotz von Berlichingen." Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1995. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1680143106/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=86100e8f. Accessed 16 Feb. 2024. Otte, Andreas. "Lessons Learnt from Götz of the Iron Hand." Prosthesis, vol. 4, no. 3, Aug. 2022, p. NA. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A746916281/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=7de2cbee. Accessed 16 Feb. 2024. Otte, Andreas. ?Letter to the Editor: ArtiFacts: Gottfried "Götz" von Berlichingen-The "Iron Hand" of the Renaissance.? Clinical orthopaedics and related research vol. 479,1 (2021): 210-211. doi:10.1097/CORR.0000000000001581 Otte, Andreas. ?Smart Neuroprosthetics Becoming Smarter, But Not for Everyone??EClinical Medicine. Vol. 2. August 2018. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(18)30025-7/fulltext Otte, Andreas. 2021. "Christian von Mechel?s Reconstructive Drawings of the Second ?Iron Hand? of Franconian Knight Gottfried (Götz) von Berlichingen (1480?1562)" Prosthesis 3, no. 1: 105-109. https://doi.org/10.3390/prosthesis3010011 Paisey, D.L. ?Reviewed Work(s): Götz von Berlichingen: Mein Fehd und Handlungen (Forschungen ausWürttembergisch Franken 17).? The German Quarterly, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Jan., 1983). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/404827 Schontal Monstery. ?Gotz von Berlichengen.? https://www.zisterzienserkloster-schoental.de/en/interesting-amusing/figures/goetz-von-berlichingen Scribner, Bob. ?Reviewed Work: Götz von Berlichingen: Mein Fehd und Handlungen by Helgard Ulmschneider.? The English Historical Review, Vol. 99, No. 392 (Jul., 1984). https://www.jstor.org/stable/569600 Streissguth, Tom. "Peasants War." The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of The Renaissance, edited by Konrad Eisenbichler, Greenhaven Press, 2008, p. 246. Gale In Context: World History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3205500243/WHIC?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-WHIC&xid=bb35c509. Accessed 28 Feb. 2024. Stuart, H.M.S., ed. ?Autobiography of Götz von Berlichingen.? London, G. Duckworth, 1956. Swain, Liz, and Susan E. Edgar. "Prosthetics." The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health, edited by Jacqueline L. Longe, 5th ed., vol. 5, Gale, 2023, pp. 3058-3062. Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX8506400998/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=a2ea618d. Accessed 16 Feb. 2024. Weisinger, Kenneth D. ?? Götz von Berlichingen": History Writing Itself.? German Studies Review , May, 1986, Vol. 9, No. 2 (May, 1986). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1429032

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2024-03-13
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Charles Francis Hall and His Mysterious Arctic Death

Charles Francis Hall was inspired by expeditions like Sir John Franklin?s push to find the Northwest Passage, but he repeated the pattern of doom when he made a try for the North Pole ? though he was the only one from his expedition to die. 

Research:

Besselss, Emil, and William Barr. ?Polaris: The Chief Scientist's Recollections of the American North Pole Expedition, 1871-73.? University of Calgary Press. 2016. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Charles Francis Hall". Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Jan. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Francis-Hall Dodge, Ernest S. and C.C. Loomis. ?HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS.? Dictionary of Canadian Biography. http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/hall_charles_francis_10E.html Harper, Ken. ?Murder at Repulse Bay Part 1.? Nunatsiaq News. Sept. 7, 2007. https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/Murder_at_Repulse_Bay_Part_1/ Harper, Ken. ?Murder at Repulse Bay Part 2.? Nunatsiaq News. September 14, 2007. https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/Murder_at_Repulse_Bay_Part_2/ Loomis, Chauncey C. ?Weird and tragic shores; the story of Charles Francis Hall, explorer.? New York. Knopf. 1971. Accessed online: https://archive.org/details/weirdtragicshore0000loom/page/388/mode/2up MOSELEY, H.  Besselss' Account of the ?Polaris? Expedition1 . Nature 24, 194?197 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/024194a0 Niekrasz, Emily. ?Wait. Did That Really Happen? Potential Poison on the Polaris.? Smithsonian Institution Archives. August 13, 2020. https://siarchives.si.edu/blog/wait-did-really-happen-potential-poison-polaris Page, Jake. ?Arctic Arsenic.? Smithsonian. Feb. 1, 2001. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/arctic-arsenic-71724451/ Phillips, Braden. ?This Arctic murder mystery remains unsolved after 150 years.? National Geographic. Nov. 22, 2022. https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/11/this-arctic-murder-mystery-remains-unsolved-after-150-years ?The Story of the Ice.? The New York Herald. Sept. 21, 1873. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030313/1873-09-21/ed-1/seq-5/

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2024-03-11
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SYMHC Classics: Stephens Island Wren

This 2017 episode covers the extinction of one New Zealand bird species that's often attributed to a single cat. While feline predation played a significant role in the end of the Stephens Island wren, the story is more complex.

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2024-03-09
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Fish Sandwich

Holly and Tracy discuss how neither of them like Sloppy Joes, and a cocktail recipe Holly found during research. Tracy shares how very much she adores Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer.

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2024-03-08
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Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer and the Coelacanth

The coelacanth was believed to have gone extinct about 66 million years ago, until one was spotted in South Africa in 1938. Naturalist and museum curator Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer played a key part in that event.

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Ashworth, Willam B. Jr. ?Scientist of the Day ? Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer.? Linda Hall Library. 2/24/2020. https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/marjorie-courtenay-latimer/ Bruton, Mike. ?Curator and Crusader: The Life and Work of Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer.? Pinetown Printers, 2019. Courtenay-Latimer, M. ?My Story of the First Coelacanth.? Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences. No. 134. 12/22/1979. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15956893#page/18/mode/1up Courtenay-Latimer, Marjorie. ?Reminiscences of the Discovery of the Coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae.? Interdisciplinary Journal of the International Society of Cryptozoology. Vol. 8. 1989. Hatchuel, Martin. ?The Coelacanth.? Knysna Museums. https://www.knysnamuseums.co.za/pages/the-coelacanth/ Jewett, Susan L. ?Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer: More than the Coelacanth!? Division of Fishes, Smithsonian Institution. Schramm, Sally. ?Marjorie Eileen Doris Courtenay-Latimer: Beyond the Coelacanth.? Biodiversity Heritage Library Blog. https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2019/03/marjorie-eileen-doris-courtenay-latimer.html Smith, Anthony. ?Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer.? The Guardian. 5/20/2004. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/may/21/guardianobituaries Smith, J.L.B. ?The Living C?lacanthid Fish from South Africa.? Nature 143, 748?750 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143748a0 Smith, J.L.B. ?The Search Beneath the Sea: The Story of the Coelacanth.? New York. Holt. 1956. Smith, J.L.B. Living Fish of Mesozoic Type.? Nature 143, 455?456 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143455a0 The Coelacanth : the Journal of the Border Historical Society. Vol. 42 No. 1 (2004). https://journal.ru.ac.za/index.php/Coelacanth/issue/view/143 Tyson, Peter. ?Moment of Discovery.? PBS Nova. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fish/letters.html Weinberg, Samantha. ?A Fish Caught in Time: the Search for the Coelacanth.? New York : HarperCollins Publishers. 2001. Yanes, Javier. ?The Woman Who Brought a Fish Back From the Dead.? BBVA Open Mind. 2/17/2023. https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/leading-figures/marjorie-courtenay-latimer-fossil-fish-coelacanth/

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2024-03-06
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Eponymous Foods ? Sandwiches Edition

Sloppy Joe, Hot Brown, and the Reuben are all well-known sandwiches, and they are all named after people. Though the specific person is argued in two of these cases. 

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?Bechamel.? Oxford Reference. https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095454669 ?Bechamel Sauce.? ChefIn. https://chefin.com.au/dictionary/bechamel-sauce/#:~:text=History%20of%20b%C3%A9chamel%20sauce,(wife%20of%20Henry%20II). Beck, Katherine. ?The Controversial Origins Of The Sloppy Joe.? Tasting Table. Jan. 26, 2023. https://www.tastingtable.com/968736/the-controversial-origins-of-the-sloppy-joe/ Blitz, Matt. ?The True Story of Ernest Hemingway?s Favorite Bar. Food & Wine. June 22, 2017. https://www.foodandwine.com/travel/bars/ernest-hemingway-favorite-bar-true-story Fix, John. ?Papa Wrote Here.? The Miami News. May 12, 1962. https://www.newspapers.com/image/302005791/?terms=sloppy%20joe&match=1 ?Hot Brown Sandwich History and Recipe.? What?s Cooking America. https://whatscookingamerica.net/history/sandwiches/hotbrownsandwich.htm ?The Brown Hotel.? Historic Hotels of America. https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/the-brown-hotel/history.php#:~:text=In%20the%20early%201980s%2C%20the,obtained%20the%20building%20in%202006. ?J. Graham Brown.? The Courier-Journal. August 8, 1927. https://www.newspapers.com/image/107676260/?terms=%22james%20graham%20brown%22&match=1 Kral, George. ?How the Gooey, Cheesy Hot Brown Became a Kentucky Icon.? Eater. Jan. 3, 2019. https://www.eater.com/2019/1/3/18165719/kentucky-hot-brown-history-recipe-brown-hotel-louisville ?LOUISVILLE?S CULINARY ICON, THE HOT BROWN.? The Brown Hotel. https://www.brownhotel.com/dining/hot-brown Manoff, Arnold. ?Reuben and His Restaurant: The Lore of a Sandwich.? Federal Writers Project. 1938. https://www.loc.gov/item/wpalh001447/ Martinelli, Katherine. ?True to Its Design, the Origin of the Reuben Sandwich Is Messy, Too.? Eat This, Not That! January 16, 2019. https://www.eatthis.com/reuben-sandwich-origin/ Matte, Lisa Curran. ?The Hotly Contested Origin Of The Reuben Sandwich.? Tasting Table. Nov. 13, 2022. https://www.tastingtable.com/1095929/the-hotly-contested-origin-of-the-reuben-sandwich Monaco, Emily. ?The Untold Truth of Sloppy Joes.? Mashed. March 28, 2023. https://www.mashed.com/270915/the-untold-truth-of-sloppy-joes/ ?National Sloppy Joe Day.? National Day Calendar. https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-sloppy-joe-day-march-18 Ngo, Hope. ?What Is Béchamel Sauce And What Is It Used For?? Mashed. June 2, 2021. https://www.mashed.com/413609/what-is-bechamel-sauce-and-what-is-it-used-for/ ?Pizza Sauce Brings Italian Food to Your Table.? The Sacramento Bee. Dec. 16, 1970. https://www.newspapers.com/image/619758051/?terms=sloppy%20joe&match=1 ?Philanthropist J. Graham Brown Dies.? The Courier-Journal. March 31, 1969. https://www.newspapers.com/image/109504942/?terms=%22james%20graham%20brown%22&match=1 Ramsey, Sarah. ?The History of the Kentucky Hot Brown Sandwich.? Wide Open Country. July 19, 2019. https://www.wideopencountry.com/the-history-of-the-kentucky-hot-brown-sandwich/ Ramsey, Sarah ?Where did the Sloppy Joe come from?? Wide Open Country. May 19, 2020. https://www.wideopencountry.com/sloppy-joe/ Scotti, Ippolita Douglas. ?Was bechamelle really French, or an ancient Florentine sauce?? Flapper Press. March 6, 2019. https://www.flapperpress.com/post/was-bechamelle-really-french-or-an-ancient-florentine-sauce Senyei, Kelly. ?Inside the Home of the Hot Brown Sandwich.? Epicurious. April 4, 2013. https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/hot-brown-sandwich-tips Singer, Phyllis. ?Sloppy joes have chapter in food history.? The Courier. June 19, 1992. https://www.newspapers.com/image/359626043/?terms=sloppy%20joe&match=1 ?Sloppy Joe?s Cocktails Manual.? 1932. Havana, Cuba. Accessed online: https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1932-Sloppy-Joe-s/II ?Sloppy Joe History: The Origins of this Iconic Comfort Food.? Blue Apron. https://blog.blueapron.com/a-history-of-the-sloppy-jo/#:~:text=The%20Sloppy%20Joe's%20history%2C%20however,and%20the%20sandwich's%20official%20name. Taliaferro, Georgianna. ?Sloppy Joe?s: From Behind the Bar.? The Virginian-Pilot. March 12, 1950. https://www.newspapers.com/image/845602519/?terms=sloppy%20joe&match=1 Town Hall Delicatessen. https://townhalldeli.com/ Valdes, Rosa Tania. ?Once Havana's most famous bar, Sloppy Joe's reopens after 50 years.? Reuters. April 12, 2013. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-sloppyjoes-idUSBRE93B18620130412/ ?Was the Reuben Sandwich invented in Omaha?? History Nebraska. https://history.nebraska.gov/was-the-reuben-sandwich-invented-in-omaha/ Weil, Elizabeth. ?My Grandfather Invented the Reuben Sandwich. Right?? New York Times. June 7, 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/magazine/my-grandfather-invented-the-reuben-sandwich-right.html Weil, Elizabeth. ?Who really invented the Reuben?? Saveur. Sept. 6, 2016. https://www.saveur.com/reuben-sandwich-origin-history/ Wenz, Rod. ?Louisville, State to Reap Benefits of Brown Legacy.? The Courier-Journal. April 10, 1969. https://www.newspapers.com/image/109539070/?terms=%22james%20graham%20brown%22&match=1

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2024-03-04
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SYMHC Classics: The End of Rinderpest

This 2020 episode examines how, though rinderpest was declared eradicated fairly recently, rinderpest's history goes way back. Eradicating the disease took a coordinated, international effort.

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2024-03-02
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Source Chasing and Measles Shots

Tracy mentions tracking down sources for quotes about Rebecca Crumpler during research. She and Holly also discuss measles vaccine protocols. 

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2024-03-01
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Measles: Historical Highlights

Though measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. decades ago, outbreaks do still happen here, and in other places it?s much more common. Before vaccines were widely available, it killed an estimated 2.6 million people worldwide each year.

Research:

"Measles cases rising alarmingly across Europe: WHO." IANS, 24 Jan. 2024, p. NA. Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A780229341/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=624cac48. Accessed 13 Feb. 2024. "The Medical Influence of Rhazes." Science and Its Times, edited by Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer, vol. 2, Gale, 2001. Gale In Context: World History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CV2643450171/WHIC?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-WHIC&xid=5ed3d18a. Accessed 13 Feb. 2024. Associated Press. ?Measles deaths worldwide jumped 40% last year, health agencies say.? 11/16/2023. https://apnews.com/article/measles-epidemic-children-who-cdc-bb62da7Measles%20deaths%20worldwide%20jumped%2040%%20last%20year,%20health%20agencies%20say Berche, Patrick. ?History of measles.? La Presse Médicale. Volume 51, Issue 3, September 2022. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0755498222000422 Carson-DeWitt, Rosalyn, MD, et al. "Measles." The Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health, edited by Brigham Narins, 2nd ed., vol. 2, Gale, 2020, pp. 675-680. Gale In Context: Environmental Studies, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX7947900178/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=5cb0c749. Accessed 13 Feb. 2024. Centers for Disease Control. ?Measles History.? https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html Conis E. Measles and the Modern History of Vaccination. Public Health Reports. 2019;134(2):118-125. doi:10.1177/0033354919826558 Düx A, Lequime S, Patrono LV, Vrancken B, Boral S, Gogarten JF, Hilbig A, Horst D, Merkel K, Prepoint B, Santibanez S, Schlotterbeck J, Suchard MA, Ulrich M, Widulin N, Mankertz A, Leendertz FH, Harper K, Schnalke T, Lemey P, Calvignac-Spencer S. Measles virus and rinderpest virus divergence dated to the sixth century BCE. Science. 2020 Jun 19;368(6497):1367-1370. doi: 10.1126/science.aba9411. PMID: 32554594; PMCID: PMC7713999. Home, Francis. ?Medical facts and experiments.? London, 1759. https://archive.org/details/b30785558/ Manley, Jennifer. ?Measles and Ancient Plagues: A Note on New Scientific Evidence.? Classical World, Volume 107, Number 3, Spring 2014, pp. 393-397. https://doi.org/10.1353/clw.2014.0001 Panum, Peter Ludwig. ?Observations made during the epidemic of measles on the Faroe Islands in the year 1846.? Gerstein - University of Toronto. https://archive.org/details/observationsmade00panuuoft Papania MJ, Wallace GS, Rota PA, et al. Elimination of Endemic Measles, Rubella, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome From the Western Hemisphere: The US Experience. JAMA Pediatr. 2014;168(2):148?155. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.4342 Patel, Minal K. et al. ?Progress Toward Regional Measles Elimination ? Worldwide, 2000?2019.? Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, November 13, 2020, Vol. 69, No. 45 (November 13, 2020). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/26967781 Ra?zi?, Abu? Bakr Muh?ammad ibn Zakari?ya?. ?A treatise on the small-pox and measles.? Translated by William Alexander Greenhill. 1848. https://archive.org/details/39002086344042.med.yale.edu/mode/1up Sydenham, Thomas. ?The works of Thomas Sydenham, M.D.? London, 1848. https://archive.org/details/b33098682_0002 The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. ?Measles.? History of Vaccines. https://historyofvaccines.org/history/measles/timeline West, Katherine. "THE RETURN OF MEASLES: With modern vaccine skepticism, the once-eliminated disease is surging in the U.S." EMS World, vol. 48, no. 6, June 2019, pp. 44+. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A711878059/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=8d0bb2cb. Accessed 13 Feb. 2024.

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2024-02-28
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'Doctress' Rebecca Crumpler

Rebecca Crumpler was the first Black woman in the United States to earn a medical degree. She also wrote one of the first, if not the first, medical texts by a Black person in the United States.

Research:

Allen, Patrick S. ??We must attack the system?: The Print Practice of Black ?Doctresses?.? Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory, Volume 74, Number 4, Winter 2018. https://doi.org/10.1353/arq.2018.0023 Boston African American National Historic Site. ?Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler.? National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/people/dr-rebecca-lee-crumpler.htm The Boston Globe. ?Boston?s Oldest Pupil.? 4/3/1898. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Rebecca Lee Crumpler". Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Jan. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rebecca-Lee-Crumpler. Accessed 7 February 2024. Cazalet, Sylvain. ?New England Female Medical College & New England Hospital for Women and Children.? http://www.homeoint.org/cazalet/histo/newengland.htm  ?The Colored People?s Memorial.? The News Journal. 17 Mar 1874. Crumpler, Rebecca. ?A Book of Medical Discourses: In Two Parts.? Boston : Cashman, Keating, printers. 1883. https://archive.org/details/67521160R.nlm.nih.gov/mode/2up Granshaw, Michelle. ?Georgia E.L. Patton.? Black Past. 12/19/2009. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/patton-georgia-e-l-1864-1900/  Gregory, Samuel. ?Doctor or Doctress?? Boston, 1868. https://digirepo.nlm.nih.gov/ext/dw/101183088/PDF/101183088.pdf Herbison, Matt. ?Is that Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler? Misidentification, copyright, and pesky historical details.? Drexel University Legacy Center. 6/2013. https://drexel.edu/legacy-center/blog/overview/2013/june/is-that-dr-rebecca-lee-crumpler-misidentification-copyright-and-pesky-historical-details/ Herwick, Edgar B. III. ?The 'Doctresses Of Medicine': The World's 1st Female Medical School Was Established In Boston.? WGBH. 11/4/2016. https://www.wgbh.org/lifestyle/2016-11-04/the-doctresses-of-medicine-the-worlds-1st-female-medical-school-was-established-in-boston Janee, Dominique et al. ?The U.S.?s First Black Female Physician Cared for Patients from Cradle to Grave.? Scientific American. 11/2/2023. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/americas-first-black-female-physician-cared-for-patients-from-cradle-to-grave/ Klass, Perri. ??To Mitigate the Afflictions of the Human Race? ? The Legacy of Dr. Rebecca Crumpler.? New England Journal of Medicine. 4/1/2021. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2032451 Laskowski, Amy. ?Trailblazing BU Alum Gets a Gravestone 125 Years after Her Death.? Bostonia. 8/7/2020. https://www.bu.edu/articles/2020/rebecca-lee-crumpler-first-black-female-physician-gets-gravestone-130-after-death/ Markel, Howard. ?Celebrating Rebecca Lee Crumpler, first African-American woman physician.? PBS NewsHour. 3/9/2016. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/celebrating-rebecca-lee-crumpler-first-african-american-physician "Rebecca Lee Crumpler." Contemporary Black Biography, vol. 89, Gale, 2011. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1606005213/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=0b5b3c23. Accessed 7 Feb. 2024. Sconyers, Jake. ?Dr. Rebecca Crumpler, Forgotten No Longer (episode 200).? HUB History. 8/30/2020. https://www.hubhistory.com/episodes/dr-rebecca-crumpler-forgotten-no-longer-episode-200/ "SETS IN COLORED SOCIETY.: MRS JOHN LEWIS IS THE MRS JACK GARDNER OF HER PEOPLE--MISS WASHINGTON A LEADER IN ARTISTIC CIRCLES--MEN AND WOMEN IN BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WALKS--THE PROMISE OF A POET." Boston Daily Globe (1872-1922), Jul 22 1894, p. 29. ProQuest. Web. 8 Feb. 2024 . Shmerler, Cindy. ?Overlooked No More: Rebecca Lee Crumpler, Who Battled Prejudice in Medicine.? New York Times. 7/16/2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/obituaries/rebecca-lee-crumpler-overlooked.html Skinner, Carolyn. ?Women Physicians and Professional Ethos in Nineteenth-Century America.? Southern Illinois University Press, 2014. Project MUSE. muse.jhu.edu/book/28490 Spring, Kelly A. ?Mary Eliza Mahoney.? National Women?s History Museum. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mary-mahoney Tracey, Liz. ?The ?Doctress? Was In: Rebecca Lee Crumpler.? JSTOR Daily. 3/9/2020. https://daily.jstor.org/the-doctress-was-in-rebecca-lee-crumpler/ Wells, Susan. ?Out of the Dead House: Nineteenth-Century Women Physicians and the Writing of Medicine.? University of Wisconsin Press, 2012. Project MUSE. muse.jhu.edu/book/16736

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2024-02-26
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SYMHC Classics: Three Astonishing Belles

This 2017 episode features three unique women, all of whom are notable. They each have a surprising aspect to their stories, and they each have the name Belle. 

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2024-02-24
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Behind the Scenes Minis: George and Mad Jack

Tracy shares why the story of George Washington Williams makes her so sad. Holly then offers some additional information about John Mytton that wasn't in the Wednesday episode. 

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2024-02-23
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John ?Mad Jack? Mytton

John Mytton is often called an eccentric, but that doesn?t really capture his whole story. Despite his wild behavior, he's something of a local hero, and sometimes a joke, but his life is sort of sad in many ways. 

Research:

Bibby, Miriam. ?Mad Jack Mytton.? Historic UK. https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Mad-Jack-Mytton/ Haskin, Frederic J. ?John Mytton ? Madcap.? Quad-City Times. June 8, 1938. https://www.newspapers.com/image/301169605/?terms=john%20mytton&match=1 ?Joh Mytton?s Follies.? Mnchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. March 1, 1907. https://www.newspapers.com/image/800081799/?terms=john%20mytton&match=1 ?The Late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston.? The Yorkshire Herald and the York Herald. May 10, 1834. https://www.newspapers.com/image/410154461/?terms=john%20mytton&match=1 Ludington, C. ?Happily, inebriety is not the vice of the age?. In: The Politics of Wine in Britain. Palgrave Macmillan, London. 2013. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306226_12 ?Madcap?s Progress.? Liverpool Daily Post. March 24, 1938. https://www.newspapers.com/image/891779638/?terms=john%20mytton&match=1 ?Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire, formerly M. P. for Shrewsbury, high sheriff for the counties of Salop and Merioneth and major of the North Shropshire yeomanry cavalry; with notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, eccentric and extravagant exploits.? London. Methuen. 1903. https://archive.org/details/memoirsoflifeofl00nimriala/page/n3/mode/2up ?On the 29th In the King?s Bench Prison ? ? Gloucestershire Chronicle. April 5, 1834. https://www.newspapers.com/image/793256607/?terms=john%20mytton&match=1 ?The remains of the late John Mytton ? ? The Morning Post. April 23, 1834. https://www.newspapers.com/image/396894049/?terms=%20LATE%20JOHN%20MYTTON%22&match=1 F.H. ?John Mytton, Junior.? The Standard. March 28, 1900. https://www.newspapers.com/image/409754772/?terms=john%20mytton&match=1

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2024-02-21
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George Washington Williams

George Washington Williams was one of the first people to publicly describe the atrocities being carried out in the Congo Free State under King Leopold II of Belgium. But so much happened in his life before that.

Research:

Berry, Dorothy. ?George Washington Williams? History of the Negro Race in America (1882?83).? The Public Domain Review. 9/12/2023. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/history-of-the-negro-race-in-america/ BlackPast, B. (2009, August 20). (1890) George Washington Williams?s Open Letter to King Leopold on the Congo. BlackPast.org. https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/primary-documents-global-african-history/george-washington-williams-open-letter-king-leopold-congo-1890/ Book, Todd. ?What Tarzan Taught Me about Ohio History.? 10/1/2017. https://www.ohiobar.org/member-tools-benefits/practice-resources/practice-library-search/practice-library/2017-ohio-lawyer/what-tarzan-taught-me-about-ohio-history/ Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "John Hope Franklin". Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Jan. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Hope-Franklin. Accessed 31 January 2024. Elnaiem, Mohammed. ?George Washington Williams and the Origins of Anti-Imperialism.? JSTOR Daily. 6/10/2021. https://daily.jstor.org/george-washington-williams-and-the-origins-of-anti-imperialism/ Franklin, John Hope. "Williams, George Washington." Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, edited by Colin A. Palmer, 2nd ed., vol. 5, Macmillan Reference USA, 2006, pp. 2303-2304. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3444701308/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=f3d8c89e. Accessed 30 Jan. 2024. Franklin, John Hope. ?Afro-American Biography: The Case of George Washington Williams.? Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society , Jun. 18, 1979. https://www.jstor.org/stable/986218 Franklin, John Hope. ?George Washington Williams and the Beginnings of Afro-American Historiography.? Critical Inquiry , Summer, 1978, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Summer, 1978). https://www.jstor.org/stable/1342950 Franklin, John Hope. ?George Washington Williams, Historian.? The Journal of Negro History , Jan., 1946, Vol. 31, No. 1. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2714968 Franklin, John Hope. ?George Washington Williams: A Biography.? University of Chicago Press. 1985. "George Washington Williams." Notable Black American Men, Book II, edited by Jessie Carney Smith, Gale, 1998. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1622000481/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=718fd3c3. Accessed 30 Jan. 2024. Hawkins, Hunt. ?Conrad and Congolese Exploitation.? Conradiana , 1981, Vol. 13, No. 2 (1981). https://www.jstor.org/stable/24634105 John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University. ?Dr. Franklin & Lea Fridman: George Washington Williams.? Via YouTube. 10/10/2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8WC5l2unNA McConarty, Colin. ?George Washington Williams: A Historian Ahead of His Time.? We?re History. February 26, 2016. https://werehistory.org/williams/ O?Reilly, Ted. ?In Search of George Washington Williams, Historian.? New York Historical Society Museum and Library.? 2/24/2021. https://www.nyhistory.org/blogs/in-search-of-george-washington-williams-historian O'Connor, A. (2008, January 23). George Washington Williams (1849-1891). BlackPast.org. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/williams-george-washington-1849-1891/ Ohio Statehouse. ?George Washington Williams.? https://www.ohiostatehouse.org/museum/george-washington-williams-room/george-washington-williams Simmons, Willam J. and Henry McNeal Turner. ?Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising.? Geo. M. Rewell & Company, 1887. https://books.google.com/books?id=2QUJ419VR4AC&

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2024-02-19
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Introducing: I Didn?t Know, Maybe You Didn?t Either! S3

Through a ?Mr. Rogers-styled-esque perspective B Daht presents #IDKMYDE (I Didn't Know, Maybe You Didn't Either) Podcast Series. An introspective interpretation of long lost history facts shared in an engaging, and informative way. Layered with originality and equipped with actual historical references and some hard truths, this journey of discovery is filled with comedy and entertainment for all ages to learn and be entertained.

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2024-02-18
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SYMHC Classics: Mary Breckinridge

This 2018 episode covers Mary Breckinridge, who advanced the medical field and found new ways to treat underserved communities. But there are problematic elements to her story.               

 

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2024-02-17
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Natalie Can't Be Contained

Tracy explains why Natalie Clifford Barney needed two episodes. She also shares some of the stories from Barney's stories that didn't make it into either of the episodes.

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2024-02-16
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Natalie Clifford Barney, Part 2

Part two of Natalie Clifford Barney week covers her life as a wealthy adult. She moved to France permanently, and established the salon which ran for 50 years and has become one of her most well-known efforts.

Research:

Barney, Natalie Clifford. ?POEMS & POÈMES: autres alliances.? Paris and New York. 1920. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49942/49942-h/49942-h.htm Conliffe, Ciaran. ?Natalie Clifford Barney, Queen Of The Paris Lesbians.? HeadStuff. 9/25/2017. https://headstuff.org/culture/history/natalie-clifford-barney-queen-of-the-paris-lesbians/ Craddock, James. ?Barney, Natalie.? Encyclopedia of World Biography (Vol. 33. 2nd ed.). 2013. Engelking, Tama Lea. ?The Literary Friendships of Natalie Clifford Barney: The Case of Lucie Delarue-Mardrus.? Women in French Studies, Volume 7, 1999, pp. 100-116. https://doi.org/10.1353/wfs.1999.0007 ?Natalie Clifford Barney.? Encyclopedia of World Biography Online. 2023. Goodman, Lanie. ?Wealthy, Scandalous and Powerful.? France Today. February/March 2020. O?Neil, Shannon Leigh. ?A Steamy Novel From ?the Amazon.?? The Gay & Lesbian Review. March-April 2017. Rapazzini, Francesco. ?Elisabeth de Gramont, Natalie Barney's ?Eternal Mate.?? South Central Review , Fall, 2005, Vol. 22, No. 3, Natalie Barney and Her Circle (Fall, 2005). https://www.jstor.org/stable/40039992 Ray, Chelsea. ?Natalie Barney (1876-1972): Writer, salon hostess, and eternal friend. Interview with Jean Chalon.? Women in French Studies, Volume 30, 2022, pp. 154-169. https://doi.org/10.1353/wfs.2022.0012 Robertson, Kieran. ?Amazon, Empress, and Friend: The Life of Natalie Clifford Barney.? Ohio History Connection. https://www.ohiohistory.org/amazon-empress-and-friend-the-life-of-natalie-clifford-barney/ Rodriguez, Suzanne. ?Wild Heart: Natalie Clifford Barney and the Decadence of Literary Paris.? Harper Collins. 2003. Washington Post. ?This Was Love Indeed!? 5/7/1911. https://www.newspapers.com/image/19409771/ Wickes, George. ?A Natalie Barney Garland.? The Paris Review. Issue 61, Spring 1975. https://www.theparisreview.org/letters-essays/3870/a-natalie-barney-garland-george-wickes

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2024-02-14
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Natalie Clifford Barney, Part 1

Natalie Clifford Barney was an incredibly privileged woman who hobnobbed with many notable intellectual and artistic figures in history. Part one covers her upbringing, her young adult life in Paris, and her massive inheritance.

Research:

Barney, Natalie Clifford. ?POEMS & POÈMES: autres alliances.? Paris and New York. 1920. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49942/49942-h/49942-h.htm Conliffe, Ciaran. ?Natalie Clifford Barney, Queen Of The Paris Lesbians.? HeadStuff. 9/25/2017. https://headstuff.org/culture/history/natalie-clifford-barney-queen-of-the-paris-lesbians/ Craddock, James. ?Barney, Natalie.? Encyclopedia of World Biography (Vol. 33. 2nd ed.). 2013. Engelking, Tama Lea. ?The Literary Friendships of Natalie Clifford Barney: The Case of Lucie Delarue-Mardrus.? Women in French Studies, Volume 7, 1999, pp. 100-116. https://doi.org/10.1353/wfs.1999.0007 ?Natalie Clifford Barney.? Encyclopedia of World Biography Online. 2023. Goodman, Lanie. ?Wealthy, Scandalous and Powerful.? France Today. February/March 2020. O?Neil, Shannon Leigh. ?A Steamy Novel From ?the Amazon.?? The Gay & Lesbian Review. March-April 2017. Rapazzini, Francesco. ?Elisabeth de Gramont, Natalie Barney's ?Eternal Mate.?? South Central Review , Fall, 2005, Vol. 22, No. 3, Natalie Barney and Her Circle (Fall, 2005). https://www.jstor.org/stable/40039992 Ray, Chelsea. ?Natalie Barney (1876-1972): Writer, salon hostess, and eternal friend. Interview with Jean Chalon.? Women in French Studies, Volume 30, 2022, pp. 154-169. https://doi.org/10.1353/wfs.2022.0012 Robertson, Kieran. ?Amazon, Empress, and Friend: The Life of Natalie Clifford Barney.? Ohio History Connection. https://www.ohiohistory.org/amazon-empress-and-friend-the-life-of-natalie-clifford-barney/ Rodriguez, Suzanne. ?Wild Heart: Natalie Clifford Barney and the Decadence of Literary Paris.? Harper Collins. 2003. Washington Post. ?This Was Love Indeed!? 5/7/1911. https://www.newspapers.com/image/19409771/ Wickes, George. ?A Natalie Barney Garland.? The Paris Review. Issue 61, Spring 1975. https://www.theparisreview.org/letters-essays/3870/a-natalie-barney-garland-george-wickes

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2024-02-12
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SYMHC Classics: Lola Montez

This 2021 episode covers Lola Montez, a figure whose life is hard to pin down. That's not because of a lack of documentation, but because that documentation repeats the completely fictional backstory she made up for herself.

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2024-02-10
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Mademoiselle and the Tunneler

Holly and Tracy discuss the unfortunate and gruesome event that allegedly happened at Anne-Marie-Louse's funeral. Harrison Dyar's compulsion and cruelty are also examined.

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2024-02-09
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Harrison G. Dyar, Jr., Entomologist and Tunneler

Harrison G. Dyar, Jr. is known today largely as a hobby tunneler. But he was also an influential entomologist, and his personal life was much more convoluted than any tunnel he ever dug. 

Research:

?Allen v. Allen.? The Pacific Reporter, Volume 193. https://books.google.com/books?id=cbyZAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA540&lpg=PA540&dq=wellesca+pollock&source=bl&ots=PvDosq-Q0D&sig=QTmSy0vOgN9DzncgGGpPagodRHE&hl=en&ei=dtjjTaWUNIfhiALuq5mkBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=allen%20v%2C%20allen&f=false Boardman, Larry. ?Reporter Exlores Tunnel Under Washington Streets.? The Modesto Evening News. Oct. 14, 1924. https://www.newspapers.com/image/689368625/?terms=Harrison%20G.%20Dyar&match=1 ?Claims Defendant in Divorce Case Is Fictitious.? Reno Gazette-Journal. May 22, 1916. https://www.newspapers.com/image/147642470/?terms=zella%20dyar%20wilfred%20allen&match=1 Dyar, Harrison G. ?THE NUMBER OF MOLTS OF LEPIDOPTEROUS LARVAE.? Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 1890. https://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/1890/023871.pdf Dyar, Harrison Gray. "A preliminary genealogy of the Dyar family." Gibson Bros. Washington, D.C. 1903. https://archive.org/stream/preliminarygenea03dyar/preliminarygenea03dyar_djvu.txt ?Entomologist of Renown Asks for Divorce.? Reno Gazette-Journal. Sept 20, 1916. https://www.newspapers.com/image/147654205/?terms=Harrison%20G.%20Dyar&match=1 Epstein, Marc. ?Moths, Myths, and Mosquitos: The Eccentric Life of Harrison G. Dyar, Jr.? Oxford University Press. 2016. Kelly, John. ?Dyar and Wellesca, together at last and above ground.? The Washington Post. Nov. 6, 2012. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dyar-and-wellesca-together-at-last-and-above-ground/2012/11/06/b620f998-2448-11e2-ac85-e669876c6a24_story.html Kelly, John. ?Inside the Tunnels of Washington?s Mole Man, Harrison G. Dyar.? The Washington Post. Nov. 3, 2012. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/inside-the-tunnels-of-washingtons-mole-man-harrison-g-dyar/2012/11/03/169851cc-1d41-11e2-9cd5-b55c38388962_story.html Kelly, John. ?1915 letter from Dyar?s mistress to his wife.? The Washington Post. Nov. 5, 2012. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/1915-letter-from-dyars-mistress-to-his-wife/2012/11/05/dc19bb56-1c61-11e2-9cd5-b55c38388962_story.html Kelly, John. ?Wellesca Pollock, before she Married Harrison G. Dyar.? The Washington Post. Oct. 30, 2012. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/wellesca-pollock-before-she-met-harrison-g-dyar/2012/10/30/52a7009e-1c4e-11e2-9cd5-b55c38388962_story.html ?Mix-up Over Mosquito Tale.? The Washington Herald. April 28, 1908. https://www.newspapers.com/image/48225958/?terms=Evelyn%20Mitchell&match=1 ?The Mole Man of Washington.? The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-mole-man-of-washington/2012/11/03/da7cc540-25f3-11e2-ac85-e669876c6a24_graphic.html ?Mrs. Zella Peabody Dyar filed suit ? ? The Washington Post. Oct. 8, 1915. https://www.newspapers.com/image/28826160/?terms=Zella%20Dyar&match=1 ?Mystery Allen Case Is Partially Lifted.? Nevada State Journal. Oct. 15, 2016. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1009663765/?terms=zella%20dyar%20wilfred%20allen&match=1 ?Mystery Tunnel Joins Two Homes.? The Washington Times. May 19, 1917. https://www.newspapers.com/image/79910879/?terms=dyar%20tunnel&match=1 ?Named Defendant in Suit for Divorce.? Evening Star. Oct. 7, 1915. https://www.newspapers.com/image/332095519/?terms=Zella%20Dyar&match=1 ?Sales of Realty.? Evening Star. March 12, 1906. https://www.newspapers.com/image/146325388/?terms=Harrison%20G.%20Dyar&match=1 Smith, Ryan P. ?The Bizarre Tale of the Tunnels, Trysts and Taxa of a Smithsonian Entomologist.? Smithsonian. May 13, 2016. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bizarre-tale-tunnels-trysts-and-taxa-smithsonian-entomologist-180959089/ ?Tunnel Puzzle Solved; ?Prof? a Human Mole.? Chicago Tribune. Sept. 27, 1924. https://www.newspapers.com/image/354882108/?terms=Harrison%20G.%20Dyar&match=1 ?Widow of Dr. H.G. Dyar Dies of Heart Ailment.? The Evening Star. June 23, 1940. https://www.newspapers.com/image/866032864/?terms=Harrison%20G.%20Dyar&match=1

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2024-02-07
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Anne-Marie-Louise d?Orléans

Anne-Marie-Louise d?Orleans has been described by historians as having been one of the richest heiresses in history, as an insurgent, as unaccomplished, as an Amazon, as a writer, and as a fool. And she was sort of all of those things. 

Research: 

Barine, Arvede, and Helen Meyer. ?La Grande Mademoiselle 1627-1652.? Putnam. 1902. Accessed online: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/50717/50717-h/50717-h.htm Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Anne-Marie-Louise d?Orléans, duchess de Montpensier". Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 May. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anne-Marie-Louise-dOrleans-duchesse-de-Montpensier DeJean, Joan. ?Against Marriage: The Correspondence of La Grande Mademoiselle.? Chicago University Press. 2002. ?France?s Mid-17th-Century Crisis: The Fronde (1648-1653).? University of Kentucky. https://history.as.uky.edu/france%E2%80%99s-mid-17th-century-crisis-fronde-1648-1653 Fraser, Antonia. ?Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King.? Anchor Books. 2007. ?La Grande Mademoiselle 1627-1693.? Chateau de Versailles. https://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/great-characters/grande-mademoiselle Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d?Orleans. ?Memoirs of Mademoiselle de Montpensier, grand-dughter of Henri Quatre, and niece of Queen Henrietta-Maria.? London, Colburn. 1848. https://archive.org/details/memoirsmademois02montgoog/page/n10/mode/2up Sackville-West, V. ?Daughter of France: the life of Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de Montpensier, 1627-1693, la Grande Mademoiselle.? Doubleday. 1959. Accessed online: https://archive.org/details/daughteroffrance00sack/page/30/mode/2up

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2024-02-05
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SYMHC Classics: Dr. Vera Peters

This 2015 episode examines how Dr. Peters helped revolutionize the treatment of both breast cancer and Hodgkin's lymphoma. But, at the time, her work was largely dismissed.

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2024-02-03
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Anthony's Secrets and Mammograms

Holly and Tracy discuss van Dyck's personal life and historical photography. They also discuss mammogram science and try to reassure listeners about the experience.

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2024-02-02
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A History of Mammography

The history of mammography begins with the discovery of X-rays in 1895. But it took a very long time for breast imaging to advance, in part because it wasn't prioritized. 

Research:

?The St George?s Four: Meet the women that shaped St George?s.? St. George?s University of London. 3/8/2019. https://www.sgul.ac.uk/news/the-st-george-s-four-meet-the-women-that-shaped-st-george-s American Physical Society. ?This Month in Physics History.? November 2001 (Volume 10, Number 10). https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200111/history.cfm Bassett, Lawrence W. and Richard H. Gold. ?The Evolution of Mammography.? AJR 150:493-498, March 1988. Bhidé, Amar et al. ?Case Histories of Significant Medical Advances: Mammography.? Harvard Business School Working Paper 20-002. 2021. CROWTHER, J. Röntgen Centenary and Fifty Years of X-Rays. Nature 155, 351?353 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155351a0 Davis, Devra. ?The Secret History Of Mammography.? HuffPost. 11/17/2011. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-secret-history-of-mam_b_364733 Haus, Arthur G. ?Historical Technical Developments in Mammography. Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment. ISSN 1533-0346. Volume 1, Number 2, April (2002) Kalaf, José Michael. ?Mammography: a history of success and scientific enthusiasm.? Radiol Bras. 2014 Jul/Ago;47(4):VII?VIII. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0100-3984.2014.47.4e2 Lerner, Barron H. ??To See Today With the Eyes of Tomorrow: A History of Screening Mammography.?? CBMH/BCMH I Volume 20:2 2003 / p. 299-321. Lerner, Barron H. ?Why Was the US Preventive Services Task Force?s 2009 Breast Cancer Screening Recommendation So Objectionable? A Historical Analysis.? The Milbank Quarterly, September 2022, Vol. 100, No. 3 (September 2022). https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/48713998 Lienhard, Dina A., "Mammography". Embryo Project Encyclopedia ( 2018-03-25 ). ISSN: 1940-5030 https://hdl.handle.net/10776/13056 Mao X, He W, Humphreys K, et al. Breast Cancer Incidence After a False-Positive Mammography Result. JAMA Oncol. Published online November 02, 2023. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.4519 Mekasut, Nitida. ?Mammography: From Past to Present.? The Bangkok Medical Journal. February 2011. https://www.bangkokmedjournal.com/sites/default/files/fullpapers/2010-1-Mekasut.pdf Nicosia, Luca et al. ?History of Mammography: Analysis of Breast Imaging Diagnostic Achievements over the Last Century.? Healthcare 2023, 11, 1596. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111596 Ritvo, Max. "The Role of Diagnostic Roentgenology in Medicine." New England Journal of Medicine 262, no. 24 (1960): 1201-09. Skloot, Rebecca. ?Taboo Organ: How a Pitt Alum Refused to Let Mammography Be Ignored.? Pittmed. April 2001. https://www.pittmed.health.pitt.edu/apr_2001/taboo_organ.pdf Warren, Stafford L. ?A Roentgenologic Study of the Breast.? The American Journal of Roentgenology and Radium Therapy 1930-08: Vol 24 Iss 2. Zenger, Ingo. ?The history of mammography.? Siemens. https://www.medmuseum.siemens-healthineers.com/en/stories-from-the-museum/history-mammography 

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2024-01-31
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Anthony van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck was a commercially successful painter in Antwerp and Italy, but he may have had the most influence in England when he served as court painter to King Charles I.

Research:

Blake, Robin. ?Anthony Van Dyck.?  Ivan R. Dee. 2009. ?Anthony Van Dyck.? The Art Story. https://www.theartstory.org/artist/van-dyck-anthony/ Maddicott, Hilary. ??Qualis vita, finis ita?: The life and death of Margaret Lemon, mistress of Van Dyck.? The Burlington Magazine. February 2018. https://www.burlington.org.uk/media/_file/generic/article-42279.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2dE5AscipktnTy4QDCc0CN_cYOlVYCPkNerrHsR0oi0V4zCUdiOpEz2to Solly, Meilan. ?Digital Art Detectives Identify Original van Dyck Portrait.? Smithsonian. Oct. 10, 2019. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/digital-art-detectives-identify-original-van-dyck-portrait-spanish-royal-180973308/ Liedtke, Walter. ?Peter Paul Rubens (1577?1640) and Anthony van Dyck (1599?1641): Paintings.? The Met. October 2003. https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rvd_p/hd_rvd_p.htm Vance, Heidi. ?15 Facts About Anthony van Dyck: A Man Who Knew Many Faces.? The Collector. Aug. 16, 2020. https://www.thecollector.com/anthony-van-dyck-painter/ ?In focus: Sir Anthony van Dyck.? National Portrait Gallery. https://www.npg.org.uk/assets/files/pdf/learning/NPG_VanDyck_14.pdf ?The Iconographie and Other Early Portrait Prints after Van Dyck.? The Frick Collection. https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/van_dyck/iconographie White, Christopher. ?Anthony van Dyck and the Art of Portraiture.? Modern Art Press. 2021. Wood, Jeremy. ?Dyck, Sir Anthony [formerlyAntoon] Van.? Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Sept. 23, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/28081

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2024-01-29
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SYMHC Classics: Orphan Tsunami

This 2013 episode covers a tsunami that struck the coast of Japan in January 1700, . It took a while -- a long while -- to figure out where the catalyzing earthquake had been.

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2024-01-27
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Succession and the Roeblings

Holly talks about her infatuation with the show "Succession," and why Tracy might not like it. Tracy talks about a unique bridge designed by John Roebling. 

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2024-01-26
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Emily Warren Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge

Emily Warren Roebling played a crucial role in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband became disabled. It?s a story of an engineering marvel and what mainstream U.S. society expected of women and disabled people in the 19th century. 

Research:

American Monthly Magazine. ?Mrs. Washington A. Roebling.? Daughters of the American Revolution. 1892. https://archive.org/details/americanmonthlymv17daug/ Ashworth, William B. Jr. ?Emily Warren Roebling.? Linda Hall Library. https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/emily-warren-roebling/ Bennett, Jessica. ?Emily Warren Roebling.? New York Times. 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/overlooked-emily-warren-roebling.html Bowery Boys. ?PODCAST: The Brooklyn Bridge.? 1/11/2008. https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2008/01/brooklyn-bridge.html Brady, Sean. ?The Brooklyn Bridge: Tragedy Overcome (Part 1).? The Structural Engineer. March 2015. Brady, Sean. ?The Brooklyn Bridge: Tragedy Overcome (Part 2).? The Structural Engineer. April 2015. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Emily Warren Roebling". Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Dec. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emily-Warren-Roebling. Accessed 9 January 2024. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Washington Augustus Roebling". Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Jul. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Washington-Augustus-Roebling. Accessed 9 January 2024. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. ?Mrs. Washington A. Roebling.? 3/1/1903. https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53405737/ ?Col. W.A. Roebling.? The Brooklyn Union. 5/16/1883. https://www.newspapers.com/image/541841261/ ?Cost of Marrying a Foreigner.? The Buffalo Review. 8/27/1889. https://www.newspapers.com/image/354435395/ ?Danger In It.? Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 10/1/1889. https://www.newspapers.com/image/50407904/ "Emily Roebling." Notable Women Scientists, Gale, 2000. Gale In Context: Science, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1668000367/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=0de2e1e2. Accessed 18 Dec. 2023. Flagg, Thomas R. "Brooklyn Bridge." Encyclopedia of New York State, edited by Peter R. Eisenstadt and Laura-Eve Moss, Syracuse UP, 2005, p. 223. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A194195370/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=a49d8b0e. Accessed 18 Dec. 2023. Hewitt, Abram S. ?Oration. From: Opening ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn bridge, May 24, 1883. Press of the Brooklyn Job Printing Department. 1883. https://archive.org/details/openingceremoni00bridgoog ?In the Dark.? The Brooklyn Union. 7/11/1882. https://www.newspapers.com/image/541767454/ ?John Roebling Ferry Accident.? Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 6/30/1869. https://www.newspapers.com/image/60752419/ Juravich, Nick. ?Emily Warren Roebling: Building the Brooklyn Bridge and Beyond.? New York Historical Society. 5/30/2018. https://www.nyhistory.org/blogs/emily-warren-roebling-beyond-the-bridge Library of Congress. ?Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge.? https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/june-12/ ?Mrs. Roebling Dead.? New-york Tribune. 3/1/1903. https://www.newspapers.com/image/467730770/ New York Historical Society. ?Life Story: Emily Warren Roebling (1843?1903).? Women & the American Story. https://wams.nyhistory.org/industry-and-empire/labor-and-industry/emily-warren-roebling/ Petrash, Antonia. ?More than petticoats. Remarkable New York women.? 2002. ?Battling Tetanus.? https://www.si.edu/spotlight/antibody-initiative/battling-tetanus Tiwari, Tejpratap S.P. et al. ?Tetanus.? Centers for Disease Control. 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/tetanus.htm ?With Women Lawyers.? The Woman's Journal 1899-04-08: Vol 30 Iss 14. https://archive.org/details/sim_the-womans-journal_1899-04-08_30_14/page/109/

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2024-01-24
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Stakhanovite Movement

In 1935, miner Alexei Stakhanov became a hero of labor in the Soviet Union, and the Stakhanovite movement began. But what was touted as an organic step forward to greater productivity by Stalin was truly a carefully planned PR effort.

Research:

Applebaum, Anne. "Holodomor". Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Jan. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/event/Holodomor Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "kulak". Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Nov. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/topic/kulak Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Stakhanov". Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Jun. 2008, https://www.britannica.com/place/Stakhanov Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. ?Industrialization, 1929-34.? https://www.britannica.com/place/Soviet-Union/Industrialization-1929-34 Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Lavrenty Beria". Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Dec. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lavrenty-Beria Kotkin, Stephen. ?Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941.? Penguin. 2017. ?Soviet leaders' gifts go on show.? BBC News. Nov. 15, 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6150746.stm Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Khrushchev?s secret speech". Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Feb. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/event/Khrushchevs-secret-speech Costea, Bogdan and Peter Watt. ?How a Soviet miner from the 1930s helped create today?s intense corporate workplace culture.? The Conversation. June 29, 2021. https://theconversation.com/how-a-soviet-miner-from-the-1930s-helped-create-todays-intense-corporate-workplace-culture-155814 ?Heroes of Labor.? Time. Dec. 16, 1935. https://web.archive.org/web/20071016224729/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,755449,00.html ?Khrushchev and the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party, ? U.S. Department of State. Office of the Historian. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1953-1960/khrushchev-20th-congress Knight, Amy. ?Beria: Stalin?s First Lieutenant.? Princeton University Press. 1995. Newman, Dina. ?Alexei Stakhanov: The USSR's superstar miner.? https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35161610 Overy, Richard. ?The Dictators: Hitler?s Germany, Stalin?s Russia.? Norton. 2006. Remnick, David. ?Soviets Chronicle Demise of Beria.? The Washington Post. Feb. 29, 1988. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/02/29/soviets-chronicle-demise-of-beria/f3793536-d798-44a1-943c-287b99f88340/ Schmemann, Serge. ?In Soviet, Eager Beaver?s Legend Works Overtime.? New York Times. Augst 31, 1985. https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/31/world/in-soviet-eager-beaver-s-legend-works-overtime.html SIEGELBAUM, LEWIS H. ?Stakhanovism and the Politics of Productivity in the USSR, 1935-1941.? Cambridge University Press. 1988. SIEGELBAUM, LEWIS H. ?THE MAKING OF STAKHANOVITES, 1935-36.? Russian History, vol. 13, no. 2/3, 1986, pp. 259?92. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/24655836 ?Stalin at the Conference of Stakhanovites.? Seventeen Moments in Soviet History. Michigan State University. https://soviethistory.msu.edu/1936-2/year-of-the-stakhanovite/year-of-the-stakhanovite-texts/stalin-at-the-conference-of-stakhanovites/ Davies, R. W., and Oleg Khlevnyuk. ?Stakhanovism and the Soviet Economy.? Europe-Asia Studies, vol. 54, no. 6, 2002, pp. 867?903. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/826287

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2024-01-22
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SYMHC Classics: Hypatia

This 2013 episode covers Hypatia, one of the earliest female mathematicians and astronomers. Though she wasn't the very first, she was among the greatest. At the time of her murder, she was the foremost mathematician and astronomer in the West, and possibly in the world.

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2024-01-20
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Shakespearean Floorboards

Tracy explains why there aren't any repatriations or exhumations in this week's edition of Unearthed! There's also discussion of all the ways a sandal might end up in a well. 

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2024-01-19
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Unearthed! in Fall/Winter 2023, Part 2

 

Finishing out discussion of things literally and figuratively dug up in the last months of 2023, we're covering shipwrecks, art, animals, and the miscellaneous category we call potpourri.

Research:

Alberge, Dalya. ?That?s not a potato: mystery of Egyptian treasures found buried in grounds of Scottish school.? The Guardian. 11/19/2023. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/19/thats-not-a-potato-mystery-of-egyptian-treasures-found-buried-in-grounds-of-scottish-school Anderson, Sonja. ?This Mysterious Hillside Carving Is Actually Hercules, Researchers Say.? Smithsonian. 1/2/2024. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/england-cerne-abbas-giant-is-really-hercules-once-used-to-rally-troops-180983522/ ?Runestones reveal the power of a Viking queen.? Phys.org. 10/13/2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-runestones-reveal-power-viking-queen.html Babbs, Verity. ?Archaeologists Discover Ancient Roman Baths Beneath a Museum in Croatia.? Artnet. 12/12/2023. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/roman-baths-split-croatia-2406697 Babbs, Verity. ?The $4 N.C. Wyeth Painting Finally Sold?for Real This Time.? ArtNet. 12/19/2023. https://news.artnet.com/market/wyeth-thrift-store-painting-finally-sold-2411412 Fordham, Alice. ?Fossil footprints in New Mexico suggest humans have been here longer than we thought.? NPR. 10/7/2023. https://www.npr.org/2023/10/07/1204031535/fossil-footprints-in-new-mexico-suggest-humans-have-been-here-longer-than-we-tho Innes-Leroux, Matthew. ?Evidence from the remains of 1918 flu pandemic victims contradicts long-held belief that healthy young adults were particularly vulnerable.? EurekAlert. 10/9/2023. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1003882 Jeffrey S. Pigati et al. ,Independent age estimates resolve the controversy of ancient human footprints at White Sands.Science382,73-75(2023).DOI:10.1126/science.adh5007 Kuta, Sarah. ?Metal Detectorist Unearths Bronze Age Jewelry in Swiss Carrot Field.? Smithsonian. 10/20/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bronze-age-jewelry-uncovered-in-carrot-field-in-switzerland-180983109/ Kuta, Sarah. ?New U.S. Quarter Honors Maria Tallchief, America?s First Prima Ballerina.? Smithsonian. 11/3/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/osage-ballerina-maria-tallchief-featured-on-the-us-quarter-180983186/ Lawson-Tancred, Jo. ?How a Scottish Schoolboy Digging for Potatoes Uncovered a Trove of Egyptian Antiquities.? Artnet News. 11/20/2023. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/school-boy-digging-for-potatoes-finds-egyptian-antiquities-2396736 Lawson-Tancred, Jo. ?How Do You Make $191,000 From a $4 Painting? You Don?t.? ArtNet. 11/29/2023. https://news.artnet.com/market/nc-wyeth-thrift-store-painting-didnt-sell-2400888 Lisbeth M. Imer et al, A lady of leadership: 3D-scanning of runestones in search of Queen Thyra and the Jelling Dynasty, Antiquity (2023). DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2023.108 Martin, Nick. ?The White Sands discovery only confirms what Indigenous people have said all along.? High Country News. 9/24/2021. https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.11/indigenous-affairs-archaeology-the-white-sands-discovery-only-confirms-what-indigenous-people-have-said-all-along Matthew R. Bennett et al. ,Evidence of humans in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum.Science373,1528-1531(2021).DOI:10.1126/science.abg7586 Morcom Thomas and Helen Gittos. ?The Cerne Giant in Its Early Medieval Context.? Speculum. Vol. 99, No. 1. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/727992#_i9 Nowakowski, Teresa. ?New Memorial Honors Victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.? Smithsonian. 10/25/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-memorial-honors-the-victims-of-the-triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire-180983081/ Olaya, Vicente. ?The Roman well-cleaner who lost a sandal 2,000 years ago in Spain.? El Pais. 10/17/2023. https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-10-17/the-roman-well-cleaner-who-lost-a-sandal-2000-years-ago-in-spain.html Paterson, Colin. ?Shakespeare found, claims Norfolk theatre.? BBC. 10/4/2023. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67007980 Reed, Betsy. ?New Mexico footprints are oldest sign of humans in Americas, research shows.? The Guardian. 10/6/2023. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/06/footprints-humans-americas-oldest-sign-new-mexico Richard E. Bevins et al, The Stonehenge Altar Stone was probably not sourced from the Old Red Sandstone of the Anglo-Welsh Basin: Time to broaden our geographic and stratigraphic horizons?, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104215 Schrader, Adam. ?Hundreds of Artifacts Stolen From the British Museum May Have Been Sold for Scrap.? ArtNet. 12/12/2023. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-independent-review-complete-after-massive-theft-2407800 Sherwood, Harriet. ?Archaeologists uncover rare 18th-century cold bath under Bath Assembly Rooms.? The Guardian. 10/8/2023. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/08/archaeologists-uncover-rare-18th-century-cold-bath-under-bath-assembly-rooms Smail, Gretchen. ?Did Shakespeare Perform on These Newly Discovered Floorboards?? Smithsonian. 10/10/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-shakespeare-perform-on-these-floorboards-180983033/ The History Blog. ?Excavation of 6th c. folding chair complete.? 10/18/2023. http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68535 The History Blog. ?Medieval skeleton with prosthetic hand found in Bavaria.? 8/28/2023. http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68609 University of Oxford. ?New research shows the Cerne Abbas Giant was a muster station for King Alfred's armies.? Phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-cerne-abbas-giant-muster-station.html Wade, Lizzie. ?Human footprints near ice age lake suggest surprisingly early arrival in the Americas.? Science. 9/23/2021. https://www.science.org/content/article/human-footprints-near-ice-age-lake-suggest-surprisingly-early-arrival-americas Wei-Haas, Maya. ?New Evidence That Ancient Footprints Push Back Human Arrival in North America.? New York Times. 10/5/2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/science/footprints-tracks-new-mexico-age.html Whiddington, Richard. ?A Norwegian Family Went Searching for a Lost Earring in Their Backyard. They Found Viking Artifacts Instead.? Artnet News. 10/20/2023. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/norway-viking-brooches-2374065 Davis, Nicola. ?Seaweed was common food in Europe for thousands of years, researchers find.? The Guardian. 10/17/2023. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/17/seaweed-was-common-food-in-europe-for-thousands-of-years-researchers-find University of York. ?Study reveals our European ancestors ate seaweed and freshwater plants.? Phys.org. 10/17/2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-reveals-european-ancestors-ate-seaweed.html University of Vienna. ?Archaeologists discover 5,000-year-old wine at the tomb of Meret-Neith in Abydos.? Phys.org. 10/9/2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-archaeologists-year-old-wine-tomb-meret-neith.html Schrader, Adam. ?Archaeologists Excavating the Tomb of Egypt?s First Female Pharaoh Found Hundreds of Jars Still Holding Remnants of Wine.? ArtNet. 10/18/2023. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/egypt-pharaoh-merneiths-2373062 Pflughoeft, Aspen. ?1,900-year-old winery ? that made drinks for ancient Romans ? found in France. See it.? Miami Herald via Yahoo News. 11/30/2023. https://news.yahoo.com/1-900-old-winery-made-203204865.html University of York. ?Early Neolithic farmers arriving on the Baltic coast bucked trends and incorporated fish into their diets.? Phys.org. 10/17/2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-early-neolithic-farmers-baltic-coast.html Public Library of Science. ?Mummified poop reveals pre-Columbian cultures of the Caribbean consumed a diversity of plants.? Phys.org. 11/11/2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-mummified-poop-reveals-pre-columbian-cultures.html Jelissa Reynoso-García, Jelissa, et al. ?Edible flora in pre-Columbian Caribbean coprolites: Expected and unexpected data.? PLoS One. 10/11/2023. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0292077 Elysha McBride et al, What Bit the Ancient Egyptians? Niche Modelling to Identify the Snakes Described in the Brooklyn Medical Papyrus, Environmental Archaeology (2023). DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2023.2266631 Winder, Isabelle Catherine and Wolfgang Wüster. ?Ancient Egypt had far more venomous snakes than the country today, according to new study of a scroll.? Phys.org. 10/17/2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-ancient-egypt-venomous-snakes-country.html Binswanger, Julia. ?This Ancient Egyptian Burial Chamber Was Filled With Spells to Ward Off Snake Bites.? Smithsonian. 11/14/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-ancient-egyptian-burial-chamber-was-filled-with-spells-to-ward-off-snake-bites-180983247/ Janssen, Tom. ?Study shows beavers had a big influence on how people in the Stone Age lived.? Phys.org. 10/17/2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-beavers-big-people-stone-age.html Siehoff, Jonas. ?Early humans hunted beavers, 400,000 years ago.? EurekAlert. 11/29/2023. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1009496 Langley, Michelle et al. ?Bringing a shark to a knife fight: 7,000-year-old shark-tooth knives discovered in Indonesia.? Phys.org. 10/27/2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-shark-knife-year-old-shark-tooth-knives.html Dietz, Helena. ?On the trail of a great mystery.? EurekAlert. 10/24/2023. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1005687 University of Konstanz. ?Origin of ancient mummified baboons found in Egypt? ScienceDaily. 10/24/2023. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231024110554.htm Binswanger, Julia. ?Ancient Egyptians Kept Baboons in Captivity and Mummified Their Remains.? Smithsonian. 12/11/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-shows-ancient-egyptians-worshiped-baboons-but-gave-them-poor-living-conditions-180983391/ Meiling, Chen. ?Archaeologists uncover rare sheep-drawn carriage in Xi'an.? China Daily. 10/26/2023. https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202310/26/WS653a3b80a31090682a5eaf07.html Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav et al. ?The Origins of Saddles and Riding Technology in East Asia: Discoveries from the Mongolian Altai.? Antiquity (2023): 1?17. Web. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/origins-of-saddles-and-riding-technology-in-east-asia-discoveries-from-the-mongolian-altai/95BA971FD64B2A7544D4BEF6694A8E14 ?Earliest 'true' saddle in east Asia discovered.? Phys.org. 11/11/2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-earliest-true-saddle-east-asia.html Lavery, Ryan. ?Researchers, Coast Salish people analyze 160-year-old indigenous dog pelt in the Smithsonian?s collection.? EurekAlert. 12/14/2023. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1010435 Strickland, Ashley. ?Rare ?treasure box? of French letters opened and read after 265 years.? CNN. 11/6/2023. https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/06/world/french-letters-national-archives-scn/index.html Chien, Min. ?French Love Letters, Sealed for 265 Years, Are Opened?and Read?for the First Time.? ArtNet. 11/14/2023. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/french-love-letters-written-during-seven-years-war-read-for-the-first-time-2392940 Fee, Jenny. ?UPDATED: Owner of Pageturners sells mysterious 318-year-old Bible to local collector.? Independent Advocate. 11/12/2023. https://www.indianola-ia.com/news/updated-owner-of-pageturners-sells-mysterious-318-year-old-bible-to-local-collector/article_3cec849e-7698-11ee-8fee-538f106de6d6.html D'Angelo, Bob. ?Bible printed in 1705 discovered in Iowa retirement home.? Boston 25. 11/15/2023. https://www.boston25news.com/news/trending/bible-printed-1705-discovered-iowa-retirement-home/3TCHA336WVHFTEZKF7XSP5SWZ4/ KCRG Staff. ?Bible older than the US found in Indianola retirement home.? https://www.kcrg.com/2023/11/15/bible-older-than-us-found-indianola-retirement-home/ Rivers Cofield, Sara. ?Bennett's Bronze Bustle.? Commitment to Costumes blog. 2/17/2014. https://commitmentocostumes.blogspot.com/2014/02/bennetts-bronze-bustle.html ?'Cryptogram' in a silk dress tells a weather story.? 12/14/2023. https://www.noaa.gov/heritage/stories/cryptogram-in-silk-dress-tells-weather-story The History Blog. ?3rd c. Roman shipwreck recovered whole from seabed.? 10/9/2023. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68464 Kuta, Sarah. ?100-Year-Old Shipwreck Discovered 800 Feet Below Lake Superior.? Smithsonian. 10/17/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/100-year-old-shipwreck-discovered-in-lake-superior-180983083/ Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. ?Shipwreck Society Discovers a World War One Era Steel Bulk Freighter 100 Years after it sinks.? https://shipwreckmuseum.com/shipwreck-society-discovers-a-world-war-one-era-steel-bulk-freighter-100-years-after-it-sinks/ Williams, Ashley R. ??An incredible find?: Florida road crews discover 19th-century boat buried in St. Augustine.? CNN. 10/14/2023. https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/14/us/florida-19th-century-boat-st-augustine-trnd/index.html Kuta, Sarah. ?Father and Daughter Discover 152-Year-Old Shipwreck While Fishing in Green Bay.? Smithsonian. 12/18/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/father-and-daughter-discover-152-year-old-shipwreck-while-fishing-in-green-bay-180983468/ ?San Jose galleon: Shipwreck to be recovered with billions in treasure.? 11/12/2023. https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/67342273 Shuttleworth, Peter. ?Newport medieval ship's timber dated to within months.? BBC. 11/3/2023. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-67302907 Bryant, Miranda. ??We have a lot of cracks?: Swedes seek to save Vasa warship ? again.? The Guardian. 12/26/2023. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/27/we-have-a-lot-of-cracks-swedes-seek-to-save-vasa-warship-again Kuta, Sarah. ?117-Year-Old Shipwreck Found in Puget Sound.? Smithsonian. 11/27/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/shipwreck-in-puget-sound-180983317/ Kuta, Sarah. ?Anchor From 1906 Shipwreck Found in Florida.? Smithsonian. 12/8/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/anchor-from-1906-shipwreck-found-in-florida-180983394/ The History Blog. ?Obsidian from Neolithic shipwreck recovered off Capri.? 11/23/2023. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68849 The History Blog. ?Europe?s oldest functioning compass found in Estonia wreck.? 11/25/2023. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68863 Cascone, Sarah. ?A Secret Room in a 16th-Century Italian Chapel, Where Michelangelo Hid?and Drew?for Months, Opens to the Public.? Artnet. 10/31/2023. https://news.artnet.com/art-world-archives/michelangelo-secret-room-museum-of-medici-chapels-2387647 Olson, Amy. ?A 15th century French painting depicts an ancient stone tool.? EurekAlert. 10/17/2023. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1005048 Key, Alastair et al. ?Acheulean Handaxes in Medieval France: An Earlier ?Modern? Social History for Palaeolithic Bifaces.? Cambridge Archaeological Journal (2023): 1?17. Web. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/acheulean-handaxes-in-medieval-france-an-earlier-modern-social-history-for-palaeolithic-bifaces/14EF16E3BBAAE1A14CEA98BB3997C6C3 Whiddington, Richard. ?This 15th-Century Painting Might Actually Depict a Prehistoric Tool, New Research Suggests.? Artnet. 10/29/2023. https://news.artnet.com/art-world-archives/prehistoric-hand-axe-fouquet-painting-2383607 National Trust. ?The devil in the detail: A fiend re-emerges from the canvas of a painting by Joshua Reynolds.? 10/30/2023. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/services/media/fiend-re-emerges-from-the-canvas-of-joshua-reynolds-painting

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Unearthed! in Fall/Winter 2023, Part 1

We're closing out the last three months of 2023 by talking about things literally and figuratively dug up during that time, kicking it off with lots of updates of prior episodes, things dug up from the garden, edibles and potables, and books and letters.

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Alberge, Dalya. ?That?s not a potato: mystery of Egyptian treasures found buried in grounds of Scottish school.? The Guardian. 11/19/2023. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/19/thats-not-a-potato-mystery-of-egyptian-treasures-found-buried-in-grounds-of-scottish-school Anderson, Sonja. ?This Mysterious Hillside Carving Is Actually Hercules, Researchers Say.? Smithsonian. 1/2/2024. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/england-cerne-abbas-giant-is-really-hercules-once-used-to-rally-troops-180983522/ ?Runestones reveal the power of a Viking queen.? Phys.org. 10/13/2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-runestones-reveal-power-viking-queen.html Babbs, Verity. ?Archaeologists Discover Ancient Roman Baths Beneath a Museum in Croatia.? Artnet. 12/12/2023. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/roman-baths-split-croatia-2406697 Babbs, Verity. ?The $4 N.C. Wyeth Painting Finally Sold?for Real This Time.? ArtNet. 12/19/2023. https://news.artnet.com/market/wyeth-thrift-store-painting-finally-sold-2411412 Fordham, Alice. ?Fossil footprints in New Mexico suggest humans have been here longer than we thought.? NPR. 10/7/2023. https://www.npr.org/2023/10/07/1204031535/fossil-footprints-in-new-mexico-suggest-humans-have-been-here-longer-than-we-tho Innes-Leroux, Matthew. ?Evidence from the remains of 1918 flu pandemic victims contradicts long-held belief that healthy young adults were particularly vulnerable.? EurekAlert. 10/9/2023. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1003882 Jeffrey S. Pigati et al. ,Independent age estimates resolve the controversy of ancient human footprints at White Sands.Science382,73-75(2023).DOI:10.1126/science.adh5007 Kuta, Sarah. ?Metal Detectorist Unearths Bronze Age Jewelry in Swiss Carrot Field.? Smithsonian. 10/20/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bronze-age-jewelry-uncovered-in-carrot-field-in-switzerland-180983109/ Kuta, Sarah. ?New U.S. Quarter Honors Maria Tallchief, America?s First Prima Ballerina.? Smithsonian. 11/3/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/osage-ballerina-maria-tallchief-featured-on-the-us-quarter-180983186/ Lawson-Tancred, Jo. ?How a Scottish Schoolboy Digging for Potatoes Uncovered a Trove of Egyptian Antiquities.? Artnet News. 11/20/2023. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/school-boy-digging-for-potatoes-finds-egyptian-antiquities-2396736 Lawson-Tancred, Jo. ?How Do You Make $191,000 From a $4 Painting? You Don?t.? ArtNet. 11/29/2023. https://news.artnet.com/market/nc-wyeth-thrift-store-painting-didnt-sell-2400888 Lisbeth M. Imer et al, A lady of leadership: 3D-scanning of runestones in search of Queen Thyra and the Jelling Dynasty, Antiquity (2023). DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2023.108 Martin, Nick. ?The White Sands discovery only confirms what Indigenous people have said all along.? High Country News. 9/24/2021. https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.11/indigenous-affairs-archaeology-the-white-sands-discovery-only-confirms-what-indigenous-people-have-said-all-along Matthew R. Bennett et al. ,Evidence of humans in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum.Science373,1528-1531(2021).DOI:10.1126/science.abg7586 Morcom Thomas and Helen Gittos. ?The Cerne Giant in Its Early Medieval Context.? Speculum. Vol. 99, No. 1. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/727992#_i9 Nowakowski, Teresa. ?New Memorial Honors Victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.? Smithsonian. 10/25/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-memorial-honors-the-victims-of-the-triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire-180983081/ Olaya, Vicente. ?The Roman well-cleaner who lost a sandal 2,000 years ago in Spain.? El Pais. 10/17/2023. https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-10-17/the-roman-well-cleaner-who-lost-a-sandal-2000-years-ago-in-spain.html Paterson, Colin. ?Shakespeare found, claims Norfolk theatre.? BBC. 10/4/2023. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67007980 Reed, Betsy. ?New Mexico footprints are oldest sign of humans in Americas, research shows.? The Guardian. 10/6/2023. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/06/footprints-humans-americas-oldest-sign-new-mexico Richard E. Bevins et al, The Stonehenge Altar Stone was probably not sourced from the Old Red Sandstone of the Anglo-Welsh Basin: Time to broaden our geographic and stratigraphic horizons?, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104215 Schrader, Adam. ?Hundreds of Artifacts Stolen From the British Museum May Have Been Sold for Scrap.? ArtNet. 12/12/2023. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-independent-review-complete-after-massive-theft-2407800 Sherwood, Harriet. ?Archaeologists uncover rare 18th-century cold bath under Bath Assembly Rooms.? The Guardian. 10/8/2023. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/08/archaeologists-uncover-rare-18th-century-cold-bath-under-bath-assembly-rooms Smail, Gretchen. ?Did Shakespeare Perform on These Newly Discovered Floorboards?? Smithsonian. 10/10/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-shakespeare-perform-on-these-floorboards-180983033/ The History Blog. ?Excavation of 6th c. folding chair complete.? 10/18/2023. http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68535 The History Blog. ?Medieval skeleton with prosthetic hand found in Bavaria.? 8/28/2023. http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68609 University of Oxford. ?New research shows the Cerne Abbas Giant was a muster station for King Alfred's armies.? Phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-cerne-abbas-giant-muster-station.html Wade, Lizzie. ?Human footprints near ice age lake suggest surprisingly early arrival in the Americas.? Science. 9/23/2021. https://www.science.org/content/article/human-footprints-near-ice-age-lake-suggest-surprisingly-early-arrival-americas Wei-Haas, Maya. ?New Evidence That Ancient Footprints Push Back Human Arrival in North America.? New York Times. 10/5/2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/science/footprints-tracks-new-mexico-age.html Whiddington, Richard. ?A Norwegian Family Went Searching for a Lost Earring in Their Backyard. They Found Viking Artifacts Instead.? Artnet News. 10/20/2023. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/norway-viking-brooches-2374065 Davis, Nicola. ?Seaweed was common food in Europe for thousands of years, researchers find.? The Guardian. 10/17/2023. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/17/seaweed-was-common-food-in-europe-for-thousands-of-years-researchers-find University of York. ?Study reveals our European ancestors ate seaweed and freshwater plants.? Phys.org. 10/17/2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-reveals-european-ancestors-ate-seaweed.html University of Vienna. ?Archaeologists discover 5,000-year-old wine at the tomb of Meret-Neith in Abydos.? Phys.org. 10/9/2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-archaeologists-year-old-wine-tomb-meret-neith.html Schrader, Adam. ?Archaeologists Excavating the Tomb of Egypt?s First Female Pharaoh Found Hundreds of Jars Still Holding Remnants of Wine.? ArtNet. 10/18/2023. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/egypt-pharaoh-merneiths-2373062 Pflughoeft, Aspen. ?1,900-year-old winery ? that made drinks for ancient Romans ? found in France. See it.? Miami Herald via Yahoo News. 11/30/2023. https://news.yahoo.com/1-900-old-winery-made-203204865.html University of York. ?Early Neolithic farmers arriving on the Baltic coast bucked trends and incorporated fish into their diets.? Phys.org. 10/17/2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-early-neolithic-farmers-baltic-coast.html Public Library of Science. ?Mummified poop reveals pre-Columbian cultures of the Caribbean consumed a diversity of plants.? Phys.org. 11/11/2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-mummified-poop-reveals-pre-columbian-cultures.html Jelissa Reynoso-García, Jelissa, et al. ?Edible flora in pre-Columbian Caribbean coprolites: Expected and unexpected data.? PLoS One. 10/11/2023. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0292077 Elysha McBride et al, What Bit the Ancient Egyptians? Niche Modelling to Identify the Snakes Described in the Brooklyn Medical Papyrus, Environmental Archaeology (2023). DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2023.2266631 Winder, Isabelle Catherine and Wolfgang Wüster. ?Ancient Egypt had far more venomous snakes than the country today, according to new study of a scroll.? Phys.org. 10/17/2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-ancient-egypt-venomous-snakes-country.html Binswanger, Julia. ?This Ancient Egyptian Burial Chamber Was Filled With Spells to Ward Off Snake Bites.? Smithsonian. 11/14/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-ancient-egyptian-burial-chamber-was-filled-with-spells-to-ward-off-snake-bites-180983247/ Janssen, Tom. ?Study shows beavers had a big influence on how people in the Stone Age lived.? Phys.org. 10/17/2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-beavers-big-people-stone-age.html Siehoff, Jonas. ?Early humans hunted beavers, 400,000 years ago.? EurekAlert. 11/29/2023. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1009496 Langley, Michelle et al. ?Bringing a shark to a knife fight: 7,000-year-old shark-tooth knives discovered in Indonesia.? Phys.org. 10/27/2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-shark-knife-year-old-shark-tooth-knives.html Dietz, Helena. ?On the trail of a great mystery.? EurekAlert. 10/24/2023. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1005687 University of Konstanz. ?Origin of ancient mummified baboons found in Egypt? ScienceDaily. 10/24/2023. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231024110554.htm Binswanger, Julia. ?Ancient Egyptians Kept Baboons in Captivity and Mummified Their Remains.? Smithsonian. 12/11/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-shows-ancient-egyptians-worshiped-baboons-but-gave-them-poor-living-conditions-180983391/ Meiling, Chen. ?Archaeologists uncover rare sheep-drawn carriage in Xi'an.? China Daily. 10/26/2023. https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202310/26/WS653a3b80a31090682a5eaf07.html Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav et al. ?The Origins of Saddles and Riding Technology in East Asia: Discoveries from the Mongolian Altai.? Antiquity (2023): 1?17. Web. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/origins-of-saddles-and-riding-technology-in-east-asia-discoveries-from-the-mongolian-altai/95BA971FD64B2A7544D4BEF6694A8E14 ?Earliest 'true' saddle in east Asia discovered.? Phys.org. 11/11/2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-earliest-true-saddle-east-asia.html Lavery, Ryan. ?Researchers, Coast Salish people analyze 160-year-old indigenous dog pelt in the Smithsonian?s collection.? EurekAlert. 12/14/2023. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1010435 Strickland, Ashley. ?Rare ?treasure box? of French letters opened and read after 265 years.? CNN. 11/6/2023. https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/06/world/french-letters-national-archives-scn/index.html Chien, Min. ?French Love Letters, Sealed for 265 Years, Are Opened?and Read?for the First Time.? ArtNet. 11/14/2023. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/french-love-letters-written-during-seven-years-war-read-for-the-first-time-2392940 Fee, Jenny. ?UPDATED: Owner of Pageturners sells mysterious 318-year-old Bible to local collector.? Independent Advocate. 11/12/2023. https://www.indianola-ia.com/news/updated-owner-of-pageturners-sells-mysterious-318-year-old-bible-to-local-collector/article_3cec849e-7698-11ee-8fee-538f106de6d6.html D'Angelo, Bob. ?Bible printed in 1705 discovered in Iowa retirement home.? Boston 25. 11/15/2023. https://www.boston25news.com/news/trending/bible-printed-1705-discovered-iowa-retirement-home/3TCHA336WVHFTEZKF7XSP5SWZ4/ KCRG Staff. ?Bible older than the US found in Indianola retirement home.? https://www.kcrg.com/2023/11/15/bible-older-than-us-found-indianola-retirement-home/ Rivers Cofield, Sara. ?Bennett's Bronze Bustle.? Commitment to Costumes blog. 2/17/2014. https://commitmentocostumes.blogspot.com/2014/02/bennetts-bronze-bustle.html ?'Cryptogram' in a silk dress tells a weather story.? 12/14/2023. https://www.noaa.gov/heritage/stories/cryptogram-in-silk-dress-tells-weather-story The History Blog. ?3rd c. Roman shipwreck recovered whole from seabed.? 10/9/2023. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68464 Kuta, Sarah. ?100-Year-Old Shipwreck Discovered 800 Feet Below Lake Superior.? Smithsonian. 10/17/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/100-year-old-shipwreck-discovered-in-lake-superior-180983083/ Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. ?Shipwreck Society Discovers a World War One Era Steel Bulk Freighter 100 Years after it sinks.? https://shipwreckmuseum.com/shipwreck-society-discovers-a-world-war-one-era-steel-bulk-freighter-100-years-after-it-sinks/ Williams, Ashley R. ??An incredible find?: Florida road crews discover 19th-century boat buried in St. Augustine.? CNN. 10/14/2023. https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/14/us/florida-19th-century-boat-st-augustine-trnd/index.html Kuta, Sarah. ?Father and Daughter Discover 152-Year-Old Shipwreck While Fishing in Green Bay.? Smithsonian. 12/18/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/father-and-daughter-discover-152-year-old-shipwreck-while-fishing-in-green-bay-180983468/ ?San Jose galleon: Shipwreck to be recovered with billions in treasure.? 11/12/2023. https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/67342273 Shuttleworth, Peter. ?Newport medieval ship's timber dated to within months.? BBC. 11/3/2023. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-67302907 Bryant, Miranda. ??We have a lot of cracks?: Swedes seek to save Vasa warship ? again.? The Guardian. 12/26/2023. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/27/we-have-a-lot-of-cracks-swedes-seek-to-save-vasa-warship-again Kuta, Sarah. ?117-Year-Old Shipwreck Found in Puget Sound.? Smithsonian. 11/27/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/shipwreck-in-puget-sound-180983317/ Kuta, Sarah. ?Anchor From 1906 Shipwreck Found in Florida.? Smithsonian. 12/8/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/anchor-from-1906-shipwreck-found-in-florida-180983394/ The History Blog. ?Obsidian from Neolithic shipwreck recovered off Capri.? 11/23/2023. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68849 The History Blog. ?Europe?s oldest functioning compass found in Estonia wreck.? 11/25/2023. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68863 Cascone, Sarah. ?A Secret Room in a 16th-Century Italian Chapel, Where Michelangelo Hid?and Drew?for Months, Opens to the Public.? Artnet. 10/31/2023. https://news.artnet.com/art-world-archives/michelangelo-secret-room-museum-of-medici-chapels-2387647 Olson, Amy. ?A 15th century French painting depicts an ancient stone tool.? EurekAlert. 10/17/2023. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1005048 Key, Alastair et al. ?Acheulean Handaxes in Medieval France: An Earlier ?Modern? Social History for Palaeolithic Bifaces.? Cambridge Archaeological Journal (2023): 1?17. Web. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/acheulean-handaxes-in-medieval-france-an-earlier-modern-social-history-for-palaeolithic-bifaces/14EF16E3BBAAE1A14CEA98BB3997C6C3 Whiddington, Richard. ?This 15th-Century Painting Might Actually Depict a Prehistoric Tool, New Research Suggests.? Artnet. 10/29/2023. https://news.artnet.com/art-world-archives/prehistoric-hand-axe-fouquet-painting-2383607 National Trust. ?The devil in the detail: A fiend re-emerges from the canvas of a painting by Joshua Reynolds.? 10/30/2023. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/services/media/fiend-re-emerges-from-the-canvas-of-joshua-reynolds-painting

 

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2024-01-15
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SYMHC Classics: Benjamin Banneker

This 2013 episode covers Benjamin Banneker, a man of color in Colonial America who became an accomplished scholar despite having almost no formal schooling.

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2024-01-13
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Wow, Phones

Holly and Tracy talk about how actuarial science informs other fields, the book "The Player," and insurance mentions in Terry Pratchett's writing. 

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2024-01-12
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The Birth of Actuarial Science and Life Insurance, Pt. 2

As life insurance and assurance became more common, companies that offered coverage ran into in problems in the 18th and 19th century. Part 2 also covers how Insurance has been used by gamblers as a grisly amusement.

Research:

Bell, John. ?London?s Remembrancer ? ? E. Cotes. London. 1665. Accessed online: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/A27350.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext Bellhouse, David R. ?A New Look at Halley?s Life Table.? Journal of the Royal Statistical Society.? 174, Part 3, pp. 823?832. 2011. https://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/epidemiology/hanley/c609/material/BellhouseHalleyTable2011JRSS.pdf Bennetts, N., (2019). MORGAN, WILLIAM (1750 - 1833), actuary and scientist. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 22 Dec 2023, from https://biography.wales/article/s12-MORG-WIL-1750 Boyce, Niall. ?Bills of Mortality: tracking disease in early modern London.? The Lancet. April 11, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30725-X Chatfield, Michael and Vangermeersch, Richard, "History of Accounting: An International Encyclopedia" (1996). Individual and Corporate Publications. 168.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/acct_corp/168 CLARK, GEOFFREY. ?Life Insurance in the Society and Culture of London, 1700-75.? Urban History, vol. 24, no. 1, 1997, pp. 17?36. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44612859 de Roover, Florence Edler. ?Early Examples of Marine Insurance.? The Journal of Economic History, vol. 5, no. 2, 1945, pp. 172?200. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/2114075 Fouse, L. G. ?Policy Contracts in Life Insurance.? The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 26, 1905, pp. 29?48. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1011003 ?James Dodson?s tables of premiums, 1756.? Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. https://www.actuaries.org.uk/learn-and-develop/research-and-knowledge/library-services/historical-collections/archive-equitable-life-assurance-society/highlights-equitable-life-archive/james-dodson-s-tables-premiums-1756 Eggen, Olin Jeuck. "Edmond Halley". Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Dec. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edmond-Halley Greenwood, Major. ?The First Life Table.? Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. October 31, 1938. Volume 1, Issue 2. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rsnr.1938.0017 Harford, Tim. ?What makes gambling wrong but insurance right ?? BBC News. March 20, 2017. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-38905963 Ivry, David A. ?Historical Development of Some Basic Life Insurance Terminology.? The Journal of Insurance, vol. 28, no. 3, 1961, pp. 65?69. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/250376 Lewin, Chris. ?The Creation of Actuarial Science.? ZDM ? Mathematics Education. 2001. Vol. 33. https://subs.emis.de/journals/ZDM/zdm012i2.pdf Ogborn, M.E. ?The Professional Name of Actuary.? Journal of the Institute of Actuaries. 1956. https://web.archive.org/web/20081217144303/http://www.actuaries.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/25382/0233-0246.pdf Rose, I. Nelson. ?How Insurance Became (Mostly) Not Gambling.? Gaming Law Review and Economics.Nov 2014.864-872.http://doi.org/10.1089/glre.2014.1892 ROWELL, A. H. Journal of the Institute of Actuaries (1886-1994), vol. 88, no. 3, 1962, pp. 387?89. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41139514. Accessed 27 Dec. 2023. Thomas, R., & Chambers, Ll. G., (1959). PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791), philosopher. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 27 Dec 2023, from https://biography.wales/article/s-PRIC-RIC-1723 ?Actuary Overview.? Best Jobs. U.S. News and World Report. https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/actuary Walford, Cornelius. ?History of Life Assurance in the United Kingdom.? Journal of the Institute of Actuaries and Assurance Magazine, vol. 25, no. 2, 1885, pp. 114?33. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41135809 Walford, Cornelius. ?History of Life Assurance in the United Kingdom (Concluded).? Journal of the Institute of Actuaries (1886-1994), vol. 26, no. 6, 1887, pp. 436?65. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41136141 Whittle, Matt. ?How To Become An Actuary: Responsibilities, Practice Areas And Certifications.? Forbes. Nov. 29, 2022. https://www.forbes.com/advisor/education/become-an-actuary/

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2024-01-10
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The Birth of Actuarial Science and Life Insurance, Pt. 1

Actuarial science is all about calculating risk ? risk of injury, illness, death, risk of market shifts and financial outcomes. Part one covers the earliest population tables and early examples of life insurance and assurance. 

Research:

Bell, John. ?London?s Remembrancer ? ? E. Cotes. London. 1665. Accessed online: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/A27350.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext Bellhouse, David R. ?A New Look at Halley?s Life Table.? Journal of the Royal Statistical Society.? 174, Part 3, pp. 823?832. 2011. https://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/epidemiology/hanley/c609/material/BellhouseHalleyTable2011JRSS.pdf Bennetts, N., (2019). MORGAN, WILLIAM (1750 - 1833), actuary and scientist. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 22 Dec 2023, from https://biography.wales/article/s12-MORG-WIL-1750 Boyce, Niall. ?Bills of Mortality: tracking disease in early modern London.? The Lancet. April 11, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30725-X Chatfield, Michael and Vangermeersch, Richard, "History of Accounting: An International Encyclopedia" (1996). Individual and Corporate Publications. 168.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/acct_corp/168 CLARK, GEOFFREY. ?Life Insurance in the Society and Culture of London, 1700-75.? Urban History, vol. 24, no. 1, 1997, pp. 17?36. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44612859 de Roover, Florence Edler. ?Early Examples of Marine Insurance.? The Journal of Economic History, vol. 5, no. 2, 1945, pp. 172?200. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/2114075 Fouse, L. G. ?Policy Contracts in Life Insurance.? The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 26, 1905, pp. 29?48. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1011003 ?James Dodson?s tables of premiums, 1756.? Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. https://www.actuaries.org.uk/learn-and-develop/research-and-knowledge/library-services/historical-collections/archive-equitable-life-assurance-society/highlights-equitable-life-archive/james-dodson-s-tables-premiums-1756 Eggen, Olin Jeuck. "Edmond Halley". Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Dec. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edmond-Halley Greenwood, Major. ?The First Life Table.? Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. October 31, 1938. Volume 1, Issue 2. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rsnr.1938.0017 Harford, Tim. ?What makes gambling wrong but insurance right ?? BBC News. March 20, 2017. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-38905963 Ivry, David A. ?Historical Development of Some Basic Life Insurance Terminology.? The Journal of Insurance, vol. 28, no. 3, 1961, pp. 65?69. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/250376 Lewin, Chris. ?The Creation of Actuarial Science.? ZDM ? Mathematics Education. 2001. Vol. 33. https://subs.emis.de/journals/ZDM/zdm012i2.pdf Ogborn, M.E. ?The Professional Name of Actuary.? Journal of the Institute of Actuaries. 1956. https://web.archive.org/web/20081217144303/http://www.actuaries.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/25382/0233-0246.pdf Rose, I. Nelson. ?How Insurance Became (Mostly) Not Gambling.? Gaming Law Review and Economics.Nov 2014.864-872.http://doi.org/10.1089/glre.2014.1892 ROWELL, A. H. Journal of the Institute of Actuaries (1886-1994), vol. 88, no. 3, 1962, pp. 387?89. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41139514. Accessed 27 Dec. 2023. Thomas, R., & Chambers, Ll. G., (1959). PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791), philosopher. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 27 Dec 2023, from https://biography.wales/article/s-PRIC-RIC-1723 ?Actuary Overview.? Best Jobs. U.S. News and World Report. https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/actuary Walford, Cornelius. ?History of Life Assurance in the United Kingdom.? Journal of the Institute of Actuaries and Assurance Magazine, vol. 25, no. 2, 1885, pp. 114?33. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41135809 Walford, Cornelius. ?History of Life Assurance in the United Kingdom (Concluded).? Journal of the Institute of Actuaries (1886-1994), vol. 26, no. 6, 1887, pp. 436?65. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41136141 Whittle, Matt. ?How To Become An Actuary: Responsibilities, Practice Areas And Certifications.? Forbes. Nov. 29, 2022. https://www.forbes.com/advisor/education/become-an-actuary/

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2024-01-08
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SYMHC Classics: Alfred Wegener

This 2019 episode covers the career Alfred Wegener had outside of his ideas around what we now understand as plate tectonics, which had both detractors and supporters. 

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2024-01-06
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Planning for Pigeons

Holly and Tracy talk about the new year and the ways they use calendars. Tracy mentions the birds that often receive ire from humans.

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2024-01-05
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The Great English Sparrow War

In the 19th century, a heated dispute arose over the house sparrow and its introduction into North America. Elliot Coues and Thomas Mayo Brewer held opposing opinions on the matter which they defended their entire lives. 

Research:

Mosco, Rosemary. ?Meet the Little Brown Bird That Holds a Mirror Up to Humanity.? Audubon. 4/5/2023. https://www.audubon.org/news/meet-little-brown-bird-holds-mirror-humanity Wills, Matthew. ?The Great Sparrow War of the 1870s.? JSTOR Daily. 6/23/2016. https://daily.jstor.org/the-great-sparrow-war-of-the-1870s/ Sterling, Keir B. et al, editors. ?Thomas Mayo Brewer.? From Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists.? Greenwood Press. 1997. https://academicworks.cuny.edu/yc_pubs/9/ Glass, Chris. ?The House Sparrow in Boston, Part I.? Boston Public Library Blog. 7/28/2022. https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/the-house-sparrow-in-boston-part-i/ Glass, Chris. ?The House Sparrow in Boston, Part II.? Boston Public Library Blog. 7/28/2022. https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/the-house-sparrow-in-boston-part-ii/ Glass, Chris. ?The House Sparrow in Boston, Part III.? Boston Public Library Blog. 7/28/2022. https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/the-house-sparrow-in-boston-part-iii/ Ashworth, William B. ?Scientist of the Day ? Thomas Mayo Brewer.? Linda Hall Library. 11/21/2018. https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/thomas-mayo-brewer/ Burton, Adrian. ?Suffering sparrows.? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. doi:10.1002/fee.2632. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/fee.2632 Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Elliott Coues". Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Sep. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elliott-Coues. Accessed 11 December 2023. Allen, J.A. ?Biographical Memoir of Elliot Coues: 1842-1899.? Read before the National Academy of Sciences, April 1909. https://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/coues-elliott.pdf Evening star. [volume], July 28, 1886, Image 1. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1886-07-28/ed-1/seq-1/ Coues, Elliott. ?Psychic Research? and ?Can Ghosts Be Investigated?? The Nation. 12/25/1884. https://books.google.com/books?id=5ixMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA543#v=onepage&q&f=false Dearborn, Ned. ?How to Destroy English Sparrows.? Government Printing Office. 1910. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc85667/m1/1/ Gurney, J.H. et al. ?The House Sparrow.? London, W. Wesley and Son. 1885. https://archive.org/details/housesparrow00gurn/ Cutright, Paul Russell. ?Elliott Coues : naturalist and frontier historian.? Urbana : University of Illinois Press. 1981. Thomas Mayo Brewer. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 15 (May, 1879 -May, 1880). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25138584 Brodhead, Michael J. ?Elliott Coues and the Sparrow War.? The New England Quarterly , Sep., 1971, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Sep., 1971). https://www.jstor.org/stable/364783 Anderson, Warwick. ?Climates of Opinion: Acclimatization in Nineteenth-Century France and England.? Victorian Studies , Winter, 1992, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Winter, 1992). https://www.jstor.org/stable/3828004 Osborne, Michael A. ?Acclimatizing the World: A History of the Paradigmatic Colonial Science.? Osiris , 2000, Vol. 15, Nature and Empire: Science and the Colonial Enterprise (2000). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/301945 Fine, Gary Allen and Lazaros Christoforides. ?Dirty Birds, Filthy Immigrants, and the English Sparrow War: Metaphorical Linkage in Constructing Social Problems.? Symbolic Interaction , Vol. 14, No. 4 (Winter 1991). https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/si.1991.14.4.375 Coates, Peter. ?Eastenders Go West: English Sparrows, Immigrants, and the Nature of Fear.? Journal of American Studies , Dec., 2005, Vol. 39, No. 3, British Association for American Studies 50th Anniversary (Dec., 2005). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27557692 Coues, Dr. Elliott. ?The Ineligibility of the European House Sparrow in America.? The American Naturalist. Vol. XII, No. 8 August 1878. Allen, J.A. ?Notes on Some of the Rarer Birds of Massachusetts (Continued).? The American Naturalist , Feb., 1870, Vol. 3, No. 12 (Feb., 1870). https://www.jstor.org/stable/2446674 Robbins, Chandler S. ?Introduction, Spread, and Present Abundance of the House Sparrow in North America.? Ornithological Monographs , 1973, No. 14, A Symposium on the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) and European Tree Sparrow (P. Montanus) in North America (1973). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40168051 Coues, Elliott. ?On the Present Status of Passer Domesticus in America With Special Reference to the Western States and Territories.? United States Geological Survey. Extracted from the Bulletin of the Survey Vol. V. No. 2. Barrows, Walter R. and C. Hart Merriam. ?The English Sparow (Passer Domesticus) in North America, Especially in its Relations to Agriculture.? United States Department of Agriculture Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy. Bulletin 1. Government Printing Office. 1889. https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=ofwYAAAAYAAJ&pg=GBS.PA1&hl=en ?Thomas Mayo Brewer.? Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, Vol. 5, No. 2 (APRIL, 1880). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24723261?seq=1 Brewer, T.M. ?The European House-Sparrow.? The Atlantic. May 1868. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1868/05/the-european-house-sparrow/628410/ ?Zoology.? The American Naturalist, Vol. 8, No. 9 (Sep., 1874), pp. 553-565. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2448426?seq=4 ?Zoology.? The American Naturalist, Vol. 8, No. 7 (Jul., 1874), pp. 425-441 (17 pages). https://www.jstor.org/stable/2447653?seq=12

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2024-01-03
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Almanacs and Day Planners

People have kept diaries and recorded notes since writing was invented. But planners as we think of them today have their roots in almanacs. 

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