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2022 May 5 - Bookworm #43 "The Importance of Companion Animals to U.S. Civil War Soldiers," Author Conversation with Marcy SacksIn this episode of the Clements Bookworm, Historian Marcy S. Sacks discusses her research examining the role of pets and other domesticated animals in helping U.S. Civil War soldiers both endure the…
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2022 March 18, Bookworm #41 - "Women in Photographs" Collector's Corner with Cynthia MotzenbeckerIn this episode of the Clements Bookworm, In celebration of Women's History Month, prolific collector Cynthia Motzenbecker shared and discussed historic images of women from her private…
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2022 February 18, Bookworm #40 – Buying Books in Nineteenth Century America with Clements Library Director Paul EricksonFew retail sectors have been as thoroughly transformed by the revolution in online commerce as the retail bookstore. The retail storefront dedicated primarily to the sale of printed books (new or…
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2022 January 21, Bookworm #39 - “Vanguard” Author Conversation with Martha S. JonesIn the standard story, the suffrage crusade began in Seneca Falls in 1848 and ended with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. But this overwhelmingly white women's movement did not…
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