Historical Essays

These selections reflect my academic interests deriving from my Master's Degree in Liberal Studies, with a concentration in History and Literature.  

Research Projects: Primary and secondary source research covering a broad span of history.

• Adolf Hitler: A Rhetorical Analysis  
• Arthur of the Britons: The Complete Series
• Audio Documentary: News from the Front: Memories of a World War II Refugee
• Battle of the Little Bighorn Video Library
• Early Czech History
• František Palacký (1798-1876): Early Years
• František Palacký: From the Pan-Slavic Congress of 1848 to his Death and Legacy
• Green Grass and Rainbows: The Murder of Doreen Gaul, November 1969
• Hildegard von Bingen: Her Life and Music
• Hitler: The Whole Story (1989)
• Paleo-Indian Artifacts from the Hannacroix Creek
• PBS Frontline: Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?
• Photo: Unknown Italian Army Unit Circa Early 1940s
• Rechel Miller's Letter to Her American Sister: Hawick, Scotland, May 1888
• Take This Statue Down!
• The Antikythera Mechanism: A Relic of Ancient Greek Science
• The Assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald
• The Bloodied Face of Democracy: Tiananmen Square 25 Years Later
• The Impact of the Repeal of the Fairness Doctrine on Talk Radio
• The Lost Voice of Radio Beijing
• The Mystery of the Little Bighorn Battlefield
• The Nazi Seizure of the German Peoples’ Community
• Vlad Dracula: The Dragon’s Shadow, 1431-1460
• Vlad Dracula: The Dragon’s Shadow, 1460-1476

Retro-Vision History: This series of articles explore how the past viewed itself and the future by reviewing archival audio and film from business, education, news media, and television. All videos hosted on the Aeolus 13 Umbra YouTube channel.

• 1971 Coca-Cola Commercial: I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke  
• 1971 Keep America Beautiful PSA: The “Crying Indian”  
• 1971 Radio Free Europe PSA: “The IN Sound from Outside”  
• Apollo 11: As It Happened
• Chronicles of Change (1975): NYS Museum Educational Film
• Duck and Cover and DIE!: Rehearsing for the Nuclear Holocaust
• Early Experiments in Computer-Generated Imagery (1957 – 1976)
• Ephemeral Films (1931-1960): A Look Back on an America That Was
• Howard K. Smith Commentary on Television and the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, July 20, 1969
• In Search of . . . Atlantis
• In Search of . . . The Bermuda Triangle
• In Search of . . . Inca Treasure
• In Search of . . . The Dark Star
• In Search of . . . The Easter Island Massacre
• James Burke: Balanced Anarchy — The Day the Universe Changed
• JFK Assassination: As It Happened
• Mego 1970s Action Figure and Games Toy Commercials
• NASA Space Reports Video Compilation
• National Geographic: The Violent Earth (1973)
• Radio Documentary: The Cool Rebellion with Howard K. Smith
• Rare Video: ABC News Panel on Moon Landing with Howard K. Smith, July 1969
• Rare Video: Sci-Fi Writers' Round Table - July 1969
• Retro TV Commercials: A Resource for Historical Study
• The Futurists: CBS News — McGraw Hill Educational Film (1967)
• The Making of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1966)
• The Voyager Spacecraft Golden Record
• The Westinghouse Total Electric Home (1960)
• Victory at Sea: The Complete Series
• Year 1999 A.D. (1967)

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