Essays and writings on history, architecture, archaeology and other fields.
I’ve done an extensive amount of original research into one of Iowa City’s two Civil War training camps and want to share what I found with my readers in this essay. For ease of reading online, I have broken it up into pages, each with a topical theme. The table of contents below will help you navigate them. Please enjoy! Continue reading Camp Pope: A Civil War Training Camp at Iowa City
The Nottoway plantation house burned down this week. It was built in 1858 for John Hampden Randolph, who by 1860 … Continue reading Historic Sites Should Do More than be Monuments to Glory
I’ve pulled together some images of various events, both formal and improvised that have taken place on the Pentacrest since 1839. Enjoy looking at them! Continue reading Celebration, Convocation, and Memorials: A Pictorial Review of Gatherings on the Pentacrest
Early experiments in Social Enterprise Continue reading Robert Owen and Social Enterprise
This is the story of Old Brick and a grass-roots organization led the effort to save the building. The effort started the Iowa City’s historic preservation movement. Continue reading Old Brick and the Origins of the Historic Preservation Movement of Iowa City
A New Map of Iowa: Accompanied with Notes by W. Barrows. Cincinnati: Engraved & published by Doolittle & Munson, 1845 … Continue reading Problems in Mapping Iowa’s Native Nations
Why is there a period or dot after the inscription on the Old Capitol reading IOWA. ? Continue reading I O W A. : An Unconventional Convention— Using a full stop at the end of a building inscription
My High School French instructor, Mr. Bechtel, had a lot of stories for his class but one he told us … Continue reading When Ingelheim am Rhein was in France
Building on a previous article on this topic that was featured in Old Gold, this post gives a brief history and a lot of images on the topic of Iowa State University when it was an alternate name for the University of Iowa. Continue reading Iowa State University, Iowa City, Iowa
I recently completed a blog post about the UI WC for the University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums. We usually don’t … Continue reading The University Water Closet—A Modern Answer to An Urgent Need