Will Stoutamire
@wstoutamire.bsky.social
Public historian | Associate Professor of History at the University of Nebraska at Kearney | Writes on the Antiquities Act, heritage, museums, & community history | Current Project -- Stealing Antiquity: Looting and Protecting the Past in Northern Arizona
The family that Legos together, stays together.
December 26, 2024 at 1:47 AM
The family that Legos together, stays together.
Double Trouble inspecting my end-of-semester Lego build.
December 22, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Double Trouble inspecting my end-of-semester Lego build.
Congratulations to all our UNK History graduates!
I am especially proud of Tawny Moore Painter, the first thesis graduate from our Public History MA program.
Tawny conducted dozens of oral history interviews to write a social history of the Sioux Ordinance Depot. She is a brilliant historian!
I am especially proud of Tawny Moore Painter, the first thesis graduate from our Public History MA program.
Tawny conducted dozens of oral history interviews to write a social history of the Sioux Ordinance Depot. She is a brilliant historian!
December 20, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Congratulations to all our UNK History graduates!
I am especially proud of Tawny Moore Painter, the first thesis graduate from our Public History MA program.
Tawny conducted dozens of oral history interviews to write a social history of the Sioux Ordinance Depot. She is a brilliant historian!
I am especially proud of Tawny Moore Painter, the first thesis graduate from our Public History MA program.
Tawny conducted dozens of oral history interviews to write a social history of the Sioux Ordinance Depot. She is a brilliant historian!
Tupelo wishes everyone a happy holiday!
December 18, 2024 at 5:13 AM
Tupelo wishes everyone a happy holiday!
Today, my Introduction to Public History students pitched their proposals for new #SportsHistory exhibits at the Buffalo County Historical Society, focusing on baseball, recreation, and women in sports.
Proud of what this group has managed to accomplish! Exhibits coming in 2025.
#publichistory
Proud of what this group has managed to accomplish! Exhibits coming in 2025.
#publichistory
December 18, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Today, my Introduction to Public History students pitched their proposals for new #SportsHistory exhibits at the Buffalo County Historical Society, focusing on baseball, recreation, and women in sports.
Proud of what this group has managed to accomplish! Exhibits coming in 2025.
#publichistory
Proud of what this group has managed to accomplish! Exhibits coming in 2025.
#publichistory
Just one more week...
December 9, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Just one more week...
My students are developing an exhibit on local baseball history for the county museum this semester. While doing newspaper research, we stumbled across two social clubs playing "burroball" - which is exactly what you think.
It's like a marriage of baseball and polo. Video below 👇
It's like a marriage of baseball and polo. Video below 👇
December 8, 2024 at 7:15 PM
My students are developing an exhibit on local baseball history for the county museum this semester. While doing newspaper research, we stumbled across two social clubs playing "burroball" - which is exactly what you think.
It's like a marriage of baseball and polo. Video below 👇
It's like a marriage of baseball and polo. Video below 👇
This "with" has the same issue.
November 26, 2024 at 9:35 PM
This "with" has the same issue.
Our dog has thoughts on the dog-free zone.
November 25, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Our dog has thoughts on the dog-free zone.
Describe your research in one painting
November 23, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Describe your research in one painting
When you decide to work from home for the morning but it's cold and rainy out and somebody has other plans...
November 18, 2024 at 4:26 PM
When you decide to work from home for the morning but it's cold and rainy out and somebody has other plans...
One of my projects involves the history of a former zoo, museum, and amusement park in Loup City, NE (pop. ~1,000). You haven't heard of it, I promise.
But they had looted materials from all over the world. And records at the local historical society are helping us find them/determine provenance.
But they had looted materials from all over the world. And records at the local historical society are helping us find them/determine provenance.
November 17, 2024 at 5:43 PM
One of my projects involves the history of a former zoo, museum, and amusement park in Loup City, NE (pop. ~1,000). You haven't heard of it, I promise.
But they had looted materials from all over the world. And records at the local historical society are helping us find them/determine provenance.
But they had looted materials from all over the world. And records at the local historical society are helping us find them/determine provenance.
Further west, at a small museum in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, friends have been working to preserve the Japanese Hall, built by a 1920s Japanese immigrant community and a locus of Japanese culture and language in western Nebraska for decades.
legacyoftheplains.org/plan-a-visit...
legacyoftheplains.org/plan-a-visit...
November 17, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Further west, at a small museum in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, friends have been working to preserve the Japanese Hall, built by a 1920s Japanese immigrant community and a locus of Japanese culture and language in western Nebraska for decades.
legacyoftheplains.org/plan-a-visit...
legacyoftheplains.org/plan-a-visit...
One of my colleagues has been digging into the story of Henry Chung, who graduated from Kearney High and Kearney Normal. Chung was a leader in the Korean independence movement.
They operated a paramilitary training school about a mile from where I'm sitting.
koreanamericanstory.org/written/the-...
They operated a paramilitary training school about a mile from where I'm sitting.
koreanamericanstory.org/written/the-...
November 17, 2024 at 5:43 PM
One of my colleagues has been digging into the story of Henry Chung, who graduated from Kearney High and Kearney Normal. Chung was a leader in the Korean independence movement.
They operated a paramilitary training school about a mile from where I'm sitting.
koreanamericanstory.org/written/the-...
They operated a paramilitary training school about a mile from where I'm sitting.
koreanamericanstory.org/written/the-...
Likely part of rehabilitation. Because of forced isolation, patients worked the switchboard and the mailroom. And they took up hobbies, like leather work, to help pass the time AND learn a new skill, since many could not return to regular factory/farm work.
A patient made this wallet.
A patient made this wallet.
November 16, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Likely part of rehabilitation. Because of forced isolation, patients worked the switchboard and the mailroom. And they took up hobbies, like leather work, to help pass the time AND learn a new skill, since many could not return to regular factory/farm work.
A patient made this wallet.
A patient made this wallet.
One of my favorites. The Sanabraska News, edited and published by patients at the Nebraska State TB Hospital. Only a couple issues still exist... and they are one of the only glimpses into patient life!
Such a cool piece of #socialhistory and #publichistory
Such a cool piece of #socialhistory and #publichistory
November 16, 2024 at 10:19 PM
One of my favorites. The Sanabraska News, edited and published by patients at the Nebraska State TB Hospital. Only a couple issues still exist... and they are one of the only glimpses into patient life!
Such a cool piece of #socialhistory and #publichistory
Such a cool piece of #socialhistory and #publichistory
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.
November 16, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.
Beautiful full moon and some pretty cool clouds tonight.
Remembering to breathe.
Remembering to breathe.
November 16, 2024 at 3:54 AM
Beautiful full moon and some pretty cool clouds tonight.
Remembering to breathe.
Remembering to breathe.
Friday night snuggles, breakfast for dinner, and a new episode of British Bake Off.
November 16, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Friday night snuggles, breakfast for dinner, and a new episode of British Bake Off.
Obviously this is a sobering document. But it's a first step in our efforts to unravel this story; the story of one of the first Black residents of central Nebraska.
And it's a story of the power of oral history. Of voice. Of being able to tell one's own story.
I hope to be able to share more soon
And it's a story of the power of oral history. Of voice. Of being able to tell one's own story.
I hope to be able to share more soon
November 15, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Obviously this is a sobering document. But it's a first step in our efforts to unravel this story; the story of one of the first Black residents of central Nebraska.
And it's a story of the power of oral history. Of voice. Of being able to tell one's own story.
I hope to be able to share more soon
And it's a story of the power of oral history. Of voice. Of being able to tell one's own story.
I hope to be able to share more soon
From elsewhere, we knew that she was born in Hancock, Maryland. We knew she was born enslaved. But her oral history named her enslaver - Jacob Leigel.
No Jacob Leigel lived in Hancock. But a Jacob Schlaegal did. Close.
He died in 1857. When she was about 7. And he enslaved a girl named Eliza. Her.
No Jacob Leigel lived in Hancock. But a Jacob Schlaegal did. Close.
He died in 1857. When she was about 7. And he enslaved a girl named Eliza. Her.
November 15, 2024 at 11:28 PM
From elsewhere, we knew that she was born in Hancock, Maryland. We knew she was born enslaved. But her oral history named her enslaver - Jacob Leigel.
No Jacob Leigel lived in Hancock. But a Jacob Schlaegal did. Close.
He died in 1857. When she was about 7. And he enslaved a girl named Eliza. Her.
No Jacob Leigel lived in Hancock. But a Jacob Schlaegal did. Close.
He died in 1857. When she was about 7. And he enslaved a girl named Eliza. Her.
We are still unpacking this document. She was at the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge? The Chicago World's Fair? She traveled to California and Canada? The interview shows her as everything the tour didn't - as a woman with agency/a story of her own.
For now, I want to focus on this part. Her birth.
For now, I want to focus on this part. Her birth.
November 15, 2024 at 11:28 PM
We are still unpacking this document. She was at the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge? The Chicago World's Fair? She traveled to California and Canada? The interview shows her as everything the tour didn't - as a woman with agency/a story of her own.
For now, I want to focus on this part. Her birth.
For now, I want to focus on this part. Her birth.
Helen (Kendall) Jensen, had interviewed Eliza Galloway. In 1928. As a high school student. And she published it in the Kearney High Echo.
Only a few issues of the Echo survive. But this one did. And, for the first time, we had Eliza Galloway's story in her own words.
It has changed everything.
Only a few issues of the Echo survive. But this one did. And, for the first time, we had Eliza Galloway's story in her own words.
It has changed everything.
November 15, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Helen (Kendall) Jensen, had interviewed Eliza Galloway. In 1928. As a high school student. And she published it in the Kearney High Echo.
Only a few issues of the Echo survive. But this one did. And, for the first time, we had Eliza Galloway's story in her own words.
It has changed everything.
Only a few issues of the Echo survive. But this one did. And, for the first time, we had Eliza Galloway's story in her own words.
It has changed everything.
Now faculty, I wanted to dig back into this story. To understand why it had such power here. And to maybe to figure out what was true vs. what was complete nonsense.
And a brief mention in a 1997 Kearney Hub story on a retiring journalist, Helen Jensen, changed everything.
There was an interview.
And a brief mention in a 1997 Kearney Hub story on a retiring journalist, Helen Jensen, changed everything.
There was an interview.
November 15, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Now faculty, I wanted to dig back into this story. To understand why it had such power here. And to maybe to figure out what was true vs. what was complete nonsense.
And a brief mention in a 1997 Kearney Hub story on a retiring journalist, Helen Jensen, changed everything.
There was an interview.
And a brief mention in a 1997 Kearney Hub story on a retiring journalist, Helen Jensen, changed everything.
There was an interview.