From a rough start to Roughstock: The National Western’s storied beginnings.
In this post, editor Kerri Clement briefly reviews the origin(s) of the National Western Stock Show, which is held in Denver every January.
What Happened in Vegas: Reflections on the Western History Association’s 2019 Conference
Erstwhile contributing editors Kerri Clement and Anna Kramer write about their experiences at the 59th annual conference of the Western History Association.
From Boulder to Berlin: A Glance at a Semester in the Archives
Erstwhile editor Katie Randall reflects on her experiences as a person of color while researching in German archives.
Dry Times in the Highest State: Colorado’s Prohibition Movement
Guest writer Sam Bock (M.A., CU Boulder) places Colorado’s early adoption of Prohibition in social and political context, suggesting the continuing resonances of those circumstances today. A public historian at History Colorado, Sam is developing an exhibit on the history of brewing in the Centennial State. “Beer Here! Brewing the New West” will open in Denver at the beginning…
Native but Foreign; a conversation with historian Brenden Rensink
This week, Erstwhile editor Kerri Clement caught up with Dr. Brenden Rensink to discuss his new book, Native but Foreign.
This Ain’t Your Grandfather’s Rodeo: Historical Perspectives on Writing about Rodeo
Guest editor Frank Whitehead, a Ph.D. candidate from the University of Arizona history department, writes about the tension inherent in both participating in rodeo and researching it for his dissertation.
Finding an Intellectual Home: Recap of the 2018 WHA
Contributing editor Kerri Clement recounts her time spent at the Western History Conference in San Antonio.
The Conservative Origins of the New York Times
Contributing editor Graeme Pente examines the founder of the New York Times. My friends on the political left—the left proper, as distinct from liberals or the figments of Fox News’s feverish imagination—have sometimes expressed shock or dismay at the hostility The New York Times shows to elements of their program. The liberal paper of record’s efforts…
Erstwhile Interviews Dr. Kent Blansett on A Journey to Freedom
Erstwhile’s Alessandra Link caught up with Dr. Kent Blansett (Associate Professor of History, University of Nebraska-Omaha) to discuss his latest publication, A Journey to Freedom: Richard Oakes, Alcatraz, and the Red Power Movement (Yale University Press, 2018). Dr. Blansett is also the Primary Investigator of the American Indian Digital History Project. An exhibit featuring items collected…
A Call to Share Researchers’ Personal Digital Archives
Erstwhile contributing editor Graeme Pente reflects on a summer of research and how researchers are amassing personal digital archives with thousands of photographs in each one. He believes we have an obligation to share them. Like many graduate students, I spent a good part of my summer rapidly snapping pictures of archival documents. I only had…
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