Tag Archives: politics

Domestic Politics

Posted on November 15, 2016

Every four years, after each presidential election, there are newspaper op-eds claiming that the campaign that year was longer, nastier, and more divisive than ever. The truth of the matter is that presidential campaigns of the past could be just … Continue reading →

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Some Account of “Some Account of some of the Bloody Deeds of Gen. Jackson”

Posted on February 15, 2012

Editor’s note: this is the second of several posts by graduate students in the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture (WPAMC), written as part of their Material Life in America class. Please note that you can click on the images … Continue reading →

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Fishy Business: Historic Ephemera Traces History

Posted on September 7, 2011

E. Richard McKinstry is the Winterthur Library Director and Andrew W. Mellon Senior Librarian. He has served as president of the Ephemera Society of America, an experience that further enhanced his appreciation of printed ephemera and people who collect it. Especially during the … Continue reading →

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