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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

HATE AND SELF-DOUBT IN AMERICAN POLITICS: Sen. J. W. Fulbright’s 1963 Examination of The American Character

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Years ago I viewed elections as competitive sporting events in which political teams gave their all, sometimes winning and sometimes losin...
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Monday, October 29, 2012

Olly and Her Modern Dance Group in early 1930's Vienna

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Last Spring, while visiting Vienna, I bought a large box full of post cards at the Saturday flea market located by the Naschmarkt. Sorti...
Friday, October 26, 2012

The 1972 Viennale Film Festival: Propaganda in the 1930s and 1940s

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For eight days in March 1972, I spent several hours a day sitting in a movie theater underneath the Albertina Museum, less than a block aw...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Arkansas' Frontier History through the Eyes of Friedrich Gerstäcker: The Conference

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The University of Arkansas conference on The Legacy of Friedrich Gerstäcker: Arkansas and the Wild West provided several scholarly pers...
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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Jerry Climer for Arkansas Secretary of State

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FORTY YEARS AGO, in October 1972, I was driving around the state of Arkansas in the Climermobile, a large motor home whose use had been do...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Pioneer Tales: Joseph Glanzmann’s Story of German-Speaking Immigrants Settling Near Altus, Arkansas

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Arkansas Echo February 23, 1894 and March 2, 1894 This time an old letter that was laid aside in order to be used in the history...