A first-person account of log cabin living as a young wife and mother. Most of us can name at least one or two historically significant memoirs, such as Elie Wiesel's Night or the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Such first-person accounts of history add richness … [Read more...] about Vintage Book Review: A Woman’s Story of Pioneer Illinois by Christiana Tillson [A Vibrant Retrospective]
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Project Log: 18th Century Handsewn Shortgown Jacket
Intellectual Effort and Tedium I hold great respect for the good people who made it through life in the tough centuries before my birth. I want to know them better and appreciate their ways of life, and I believe they were more like us than many will admit. As a twenty-first … [Read more...] about Project Log: 18th Century Handsewn Shortgown Jacket
A life of layers: the Lens of Material Culture
Some bits of material culture come and go. Others stick with us for centuries. I am fascinated by what stays and what goes. How do our objects, our clothing, our pastimes reflect our present and our past? These are questions I want to explore here. I hope you join me … [Read more...] about A life of layers: the Lens of Material Culture
