Remembrance as History
The sheer volume of surviving writings by those citizen and professional soldiers who experienced the Civil War firsthand is immense. Accounts in diaries, letters, periodicals and books stand as a
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The Loss of a Giant in the Collecting Community
In a 1988 MI interview, Mike McAfee was asked to share any words of wisdom he’d like to pass on to photo collectors. “Speaking as a curator,” Mike began, referencing
Illustrious Americans Meet the Revolution’s Last Men
By Edith Cuerrier One book was a lavish production by the great showman-photographer Mathew Brady for the parlor or library, resplendent with lithographs based on daguerreotypes of young America’s movers