Andrew J. Bramlett
@andrewbramlett.bsky.social
History student at Kennesaw State University
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Happy Halloween from Peach State Past!
Did you know that grave robbery was once a major concern in Georgia? These two articles from Oakland Cemetery detail the history of Atlanta’s graverobbers.
Part 1: web.archive.org/web/20240909...
Part 2: web.archive.org/web/20240918...
Did you know that grave robbery was once a major concern in Georgia? These two articles from Oakland Cemetery detail the history of Atlanta’s graverobbers.
Part 1: web.archive.org/web/20240909...
Part 2: web.archive.org/web/20240918...
October 31, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Happy Halloween from Peach State Past!
Did you know that grave robbery was once a major concern in Georgia? These two articles from Oakland Cemetery detail the history of Atlanta’s graverobbers.
Part 1: web.archive.org/web/20240909...
Part 2: web.archive.org/web/20240918...
Did you know that grave robbery was once a major concern in Georgia? These two articles from Oakland Cemetery detail the history of Atlanta’s graverobbers.
Part 1: web.archive.org/web/20240909...
Part 2: web.archive.org/web/20240918...
I have a number of unusual postcards in my collection, but this is easily one of my favorites.
October 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I have a number of unusual postcards in my collection, but this is easily one of my favorites.
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43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
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Did you know that the Atlanta Braves' move to Cobb County in 2017 wasn't the first time the suburban county tried to lure a professional team with the promise of a new stadium?
Check out @andrewbramlett.bsky.social's new article in for more of this history!
atlantastudies.org/2025/10/20/c...
Check out @andrewbramlett.bsky.social's new article in for more of this history!
atlantastudies.org/2025/10/20/c...
October 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Did you know that the Atlanta Braves' move to Cobb County in 2017 wasn't the first time the suburban county tried to lure a professional team with the promise of a new stadium?
Check out @andrewbramlett.bsky.social's new article in for more of this history!
atlantastudies.org/2025/10/20/c...
Check out @andrewbramlett.bsky.social's new article in for more of this history!
atlantastudies.org/2025/10/20/c...
Today, my newest article was posted by the online journal Atlanta Studies. It looks at Cobb County’s attempts in the 1950s and ‘60s to build a professional baseball stadium in roughly the same area where Truist Park would open in 2017.
October 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Today, my newest article was posted by the online journal Atlanta Studies. It looks at Cobb County’s attempts in the 1950s and ‘60s to build a professional baseball stadium in roughly the same area where Truist Park would open in 2017.
Today, the Kennesaw State University Library celebrated the naming of the Robert B. Williams Rare Book Museum. Mr. Williams has been active at the university for forty years, and helped to start the museum in 1986.
September 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, the Kennesaw State University Library celebrated the naming of the Robert B. Williams Rare Book Museum. Mr. Williams has been active at the university for forty years, and helped to start the museum in 1986.
Last night, we had a great evening seeing “The Great Locomotive Chase” at the Strand Marietta. The movie premiered at the Strand in 1956. Yesterday was also the 90th birthday of the Strand.
It was great to see this classic on the big screen!
It was great to see this classic on the big screen!
September 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Last night, we had a great evening seeing “The Great Locomotive Chase” at the Strand Marietta. The movie premiered at the Strand in 1956. Yesterday was also the 90th birthday of the Strand.
It was great to see this classic on the big screen!
It was great to see this classic on the big screen!
Does anyone else remember ReceptioGate from a few years ago? I don’t know why I remembered it today, but I never saw how it all was resolved. Have there been any updates?
September 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Does anyone else remember ReceptioGate from a few years ago? I don’t know why I remembered it today, but I never saw how it all was resolved. Have there been any updates?
Yesterday evening, I had a great time leading a historic walking tour of Downtown Kennesaw for the City of Kennesaw Government’s Government 101 class. I spoke about city’s history and the Historic Preservation Commission.
Thank you to Anna Trapp and Darryl Simmons for arranging this tour!
Thank you to Anna Trapp and Darryl Simmons for arranging this tour!
September 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Yesterday evening, I had a great time leading a historic walking tour of Downtown Kennesaw for the City of Kennesaw Government’s Government 101 class. I spoke about city’s history and the Historic Preservation Commission.
Thank you to Anna Trapp and Darryl Simmons for arranging this tour!
Thank you to Anna Trapp and Darryl Simmons for arranging this tour!
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Wishing you a peaceful start to your day. We think this tune is “The Carnival of Venice.”
September 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Wishing you a peaceful start to your day. We think this tune is “The Carnival of Venice.”
In the late 1980s, the L. V. Johnson Library at Southern Polytechnic State University (now Kennesaw State University) was expanded. Surviving architectural elements from various demolished structures, including Atlanta's Terminal Station and Peachtree Arcade, were incorporated into the design. (1/7)
September 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In the late 1980s, the L. V. Johnson Library at Southern Polytechnic State University (now Kennesaw State University) was expanded. Surviving architectural elements from various demolished structures, including Atlanta's Terminal Station and Peachtree Arcade, were incorporated into the design. (1/7)
Today, we visited Rome, GA, and its historic Myrtle Hill Cemetery. I took the best photos from Myrtle Hill and created a post on my blog: ajbramlett.com/2025/09/06/t...
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September 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Today, we visited Rome, GA, and its historic Myrtle Hill Cemetery. I took the best photos from Myrtle Hill and created a post on my blog: ajbramlett.com/2025/09/06/t...
@beth-loves-epcot.bsky.social
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We are visiting Rome, GA today and started at Myrtle Hill Cemetery. I got some great photos on my camera, and hope to post more later today.
September 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We are visiting Rome, GA today and started at Myrtle Hill Cemetery. I got some great photos on my camera, and hope to post more later today.
The Merchants National Bank Building in Winona, Minnesota, was built in 1912 and designed by Purcell, Feick, and Elmslie. That same architectural firm designed almost twenty other bank buildings across the Midwest.
September 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The Merchants National Bank Building in Winona, Minnesota, was built in 1912 and designed by Purcell, Feick, and Elmslie. That same architectural firm designed almost twenty other bank buildings across the Midwest.
Next week, @monicacmiller.bsky.social will be speaking to the History Club at KSU about "The Tacky South," a book she co-edited. This will be a virtual presentation, and all are welcome to attend! The Zoom link for registration is kennesaw-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Next week, @monicacmiller.bsky.social will be speaking to the History Club at KSU about "The Tacky South," a book she co-edited. This will be a virtual presentation, and all are welcome to attend! The Zoom link for registration is kennesaw-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Today, a new edition of Georgia Backroads arrived in the mail, which contains my latest article for the magazine. (1/3)
August 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Today, a new edition of Georgia Backroads arrived in the mail, which contains my latest article for the magazine. (1/3)
It’s the first day of the semester at Kennesaw State University! Hooty hoo!
August 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
It’s the first day of the semester at Kennesaw State University! Hooty hoo!
One of my recent research projects was on Felton and Helen Dortch Longstreet in the 1912 election. It was a fascinating paper, and I look forward to when it is published. This post barely scratches the surface of Felton's complex life.
Born in 1835, Rebecca Latimer Felton was a witness to the Trail of Tears and lived to see the Great Depression. Felton was one of the first women to become a prominent figure in Georgia politics, and she advocated for women’s suffrage and school reform.
August 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
One of my recent research projects was on Felton and Helen Dortch Longstreet in the 1912 election. It was a fascinating paper, and I look forward to when it is published. This post barely scratches the surface of Felton's complex life.
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Kennesaw, Georgia
Population: 34,077
Photos from Google Places API
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennesaw,_Georgia
Population: 34,077
Photos from Google Places API
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennesaw,_Georgia
July 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Kennesaw, Georgia
Population: 34,077
Photos from Google Places API
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennesaw,_Georgia
Population: 34,077
Photos from Google Places API
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennesaw,_Georgia
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Please enjoy this Klimt Eastwood
August 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Please enjoy this Klimt Eastwood
Recently, the Save Acworth History Foundation (where I work as the archivist) were given personal papers and genealogical information from Kate Logan Good, a longtime Acworth resident and school teacher. Among these papers was an 1856 deed for land in Cobb County. (1/3)
July 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Recently, the Save Acworth History Foundation (where I work as the archivist) were given personal papers and genealogical information from Kate Logan Good, a longtime Acworth resident and school teacher. Among these papers was an 1856 deed for land in Cobb County. (1/3)
After finding this postcard, I have been researching more of the history of Lanier University this week. It is a fascinating - and largely overlooked - part of 1920s Georgia history. I’m hoping to do a project about it in the near future.
Lanier University, as shown in this postcard, is one of the shortest-lived and most unusual stories in Georgia's educational history. Of the extensive campus shown here, only the building on the far right was ever built.
July 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
After finding this postcard, I have been researching more of the history of Lanier University this week. It is a fascinating - and largely overlooked - part of 1920s Georgia history. I’m hoping to do a project about it in the near future.
I was researching in Atlanta newspapers today, and found this article from the May 25, 1913, Atlanta Journal titled "Where are the Pickles Yesterday?" (1/2)
July 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I was researching in Atlanta newspapers today, and found this article from the May 25, 1913, Atlanta Journal titled "Where are the Pickles Yesterday?" (1/2)
Love seeing Progressive Era Georgia politics referenced!
Lamartine Hardman
July 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Love seeing Progressive Era Georgia politics referenced!
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I write serious history—via biography—for a non-academic audience. So I'd like to say something about Ken Burns's remark, something that also explains why AI can't write history.
Pardon me for citing the example of one of my books, "Custer's Trials," on one of history's best-known figures.
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Pardon me for citing the example of one of my books, "Custer's Trials," on one of history's best-known figures.
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“We wanted to rid ourselves of the fashions of historiography,” Burns summarized at one event, “and make a film that simply shows what happened.”
That’s not how history works though. You’re making an argument about what happened & what mattered even if you don’t realize you’re doing it. 🗃️
That’s not how history works though. You’re making an argument about what happened & what mattered even if you don’t realize you’re doing it. 🗃️
“whatever you write, you are taking a stance on your subject and on the practice of history itself. the suggestion that other historians are not also interested in ‘show[ing] what happened’ is, at best, careless.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...
July 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I write serious history—via biography—for a non-academic audience. So I'd like to say something about Ken Burns's remark, something that also explains why AI can't write history.
Pardon me for citing the example of one of my books, "Custer's Trials," on one of history's best-known figures.
1/12
Pardon me for citing the example of one of my books, "Custer's Trials," on one of history's best-known figures.
1/12