Tag Archives: history
Public History @ OSU
I read recently that most blogs start off in a burst of enthusiasm that lasts long enough to post two entries. Then the enthusiasm dies and the blog languishes. It looks like that’s what I’ve done here, started something, then … Continue reading
The Marine Fisheries Review / Soviet Whaling
Dr Phil Clapham of the National Marine Mammal Lab became involved in this effort during a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr Bob Brownell in 1995. Beginning in 2006, Yulia Ivashchenko (now Phil’s wife) joined the project to translate formerly secret Soviet … Continue reading
Sidney Holt / Three Lumps of Coal
Historians love counter-factuals. What would the world have been like if Lincoln didn’t go to the Ford Theater. So here’s a counter-factual for those who are interested in fisheries history, what if Sidney Holt had followed through with his 1945 … Continue reading