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The Origin of Vaccines – Or, Why We Have Cows to Thank

By Marielle Gage, Archivist Viruses have been the scourge of humanity since before the dawn of recorded history. From the earliest communities along the Tigris and Euphrates to the American Revolution, the fates of men, rulers, and even civilizations could …

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Coronavirus
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The World Was Wide Enough: Hamilton and the Growing World of Historical Musicals

By Margaret Long, Archivist In 2015, Lin Manuel Miranda’s musical, Hamilton took Broadway—and the world—by storm. What started off as a hip-hop/R&B musical about Alexander Hamilton’s life has turned into a smash hit that has played to sold-out audiences for …

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Popular Culture
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The Epidemic That Never Was: A Triumph of Public Health in Postwar New York

By Mimi Eisen, Historian For most of 2020, people across the globe anticipated the development of a vaccine to safeguard against COVID-19. The arrival of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s mRNA vaccines at the end of the year signaled a new phase …

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Coronavirus
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The Capitol Has Fallen! When the British Burned the Capitol Building

By Scott Vierick, Historian By 1814, the War of 1812 between the United States, Great Britain, and their American Indian allies had been raging for over two years. While most of the fighting had occurred along the border with Canada, …

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GameStop: Not the First Rodeo of Charging Bulls and Raiding Bears

By Mike Reis, Senior Vice President The current rodeo of the GameStop bulls versus the hedge fund bears is tearing up any remaining old cobblestones on Wall Street, not to mention the sheer capacity of the stock markets and its …

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Popular Culture

The History and Use of the Defense Production Act: Part 1

To fully understand the current relevance and application of the Defense Production Act (DPA) to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency, it helps to remember the two extraordinary wartime crises faced by Americans in the space of 10 …

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Contested Transition: Lincoln’s Victory and the Coming of the Civil War

By Scott Vierick, Historian In November 1860, the election of Abraham Lincoln sent shockwaves through the country. The winner of a bitter four-way contest, Lincoln’s platform, which including halting the westward expansion of slavery, was seen as a serious political …

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Showtime in Harpers Ferry: Separating Fact from Fiction in The Good Lord Bird

By Scott Vierick, Historian Since HAI’s three-part blog series on the story of John Brown, millions of people have tuned into Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird, about Henry “Onion” Shackleford, a fictional formerly enslaved teenager, and his encounters with the …

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“A Pleasant Thanksgiving With Nothing To Do”: A Holiday and a Pandemic

By Jen Giambrone, Historian Back in the spring, when quarantines and stay at home orders still felt new, I wrote a blog exploring reactions to the 1918 influenza pandemic. Now, as Americans everywhere ponder how their Thanksgiving celebrations might look …

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Variety is the Pumpkin Spice of Life: A PSL Retrospective

By Mimi Eisen and Colleen Kim, Historians As the days turn colder and darker, we couldn’t let autumn slip away without paying homage to its most iconic bastion: the pumpkin spice latte (PSL). From its sweet, humble beginnings at Starbucks …

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Popular Culture

Masterpiece Television: Celebrating 50 Years of PBS

By Scott Vierick, Historian Tonight on Frontline. This is Masterpiece Mystery! Let’s build a happy little cloud. Won’t you be my neighbor? Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street? Fifty years ago, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) …

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From Starchives to RED Files: The Depiction of Archives in Film

By Margaret Long, Archivist Archives have long been a part of society’s infrastructure as they contain vital documents, objects, and information about various operations of organizations or even society as a whole. It is no surprise, then, that archives have …

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  • How to Make the Most Out of Your Company’s Anniversary April 8, 2021
  • The Origin of Vaccines – Or, Why We Have Cows to Thank March 30, 2021
  • History Associates Incorporated Sponsors Lawdragon’s Inaugural Guide to Leading Environmental & Energy Lawyers March 24, 2021
  • (Re)building Museums: Reflections on the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums 2021 Symposium March 23, 2021
  • Chronicling Health and History: HAI’s Decades-Long Collaboration with the NIH March 18, 2021
  • The World Was Wide Enough: Hamilton and the Growing World of Historical Musicals March 11, 2021

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