Historical Research Archives

Thank you, Laura Ingalls Wilder

I first glimpsed Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books as a second grader. Our new school building opened that year and the…
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How writers choose names for their characters.

Often, I find myself weeping over the sepia photos while researching. It happened again this week. While researching World War I…
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Kathleen Chambers was the only little girl in a World War I camp in Egypt. Her father, Oswald Chambers served a chaplain…
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I’ve spent the last five years with research books learning about The Great War, World War I, WWI. With the 100th…
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I’ve just set aside everything to read a new book about the Romanov family. It’s only about the thirtieth book…
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