Pastime Annex

The Pastime is the listserv for Grassroots History. The Annex, this space, is for posting research papers submitted for the seminar. Seminarians send their papers to Prof. Isern. He posts them here as pdf files.

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Saunders on Pine Ridge

It's a great pleasure to post the paper by Liz Saunders, "Early Agricultural Fairs on Pine Ridge Reservation: The Conflicting Policies of Assimilation and Agricultural Development." Get the paper here. The list is now open for comments on Liz's contribution.

posted by Tom Isern # 9:25 PM

Monday, June 04, 2007

TWO Papers

Here is an embarrassment of riches. We have before us two final papers, for the perusal of all. Take and look, and send your comments to the Pastime list. The papers are by Phil Darg and Janet Kruckenberg.

posted by Tom Isern # 9:00 AM

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Ghost Town Initiative - Up and Running

A conversation last week with Renee Devsi about the ghost town initiative prompted me to get materials in order so that new students can get on with their research. See the link at left of the home page; this leads to a number of documents detailing how to do ghost town research. I'll also be in touch now via the list. I'm getting a little excited about getting going on this line of research.

posted by Tom Isern # 7:54 PM

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Jeff's Paper

It's a pleasure here to post the paper by Jeff Armstrong: "Land and Freedom: The Political Legacy of Zay Zah and the White Earth Reservation Land Settlement Act, 1977-1997"

posted by Tom Isern # 12:57 PM

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Ghost Town Initiative

I have spoken with some of you about a new development in Grassroots History, the Ghost Town Initiative. I'm linking here some pages about this prospective research focus. I haven't yet hooked them up to the home page, because they are still under development, but I wanted to go ahead and get out this preliminary information for the benefit of anyone interested.

posted by Tom Isern # 8:27 AM

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Paper from Bill Cummings

It is a pleasure here to post this paper by Bill Cummings. Bill, with a study of the Trans-Oconee Republic, is stretching the borders of the Great Plains even beyond those envisioned by Walter Webb! Actually, the paper gets into the mix as a study of frontier expansionism rather than of region.

posted by Tom Isern # 12:39 PM

Monday, January 01, 2007

Kathleen's Paper

It's a pleasure to post here Kathleen Brokke's paper on Standing Rock: "Unearthing the Rock of Truth." It's a PDF file, so open in a new window and print from there. Enjoy! The list is open for comments on Kathleen's paper.

posted by Tom Isern # 2:59 PM