Author: Cory
Barnstorming the Midwest: Bloomington, Indiana
Between my trips to Saints Paul and Cloud and Iowa City, I presented or participated at three conferences relevant to various aspects of my dissertation: the Working Class Studies Association Conference (Bloomington, IN); and the back-to-back Midwestern History Association Conference and Agricultural History Society Annual…
Barnstorming the Midwest: Saints Paul and…Cloud?
I needed a little break after a week of camping in Pierre, so a little time spent among familiar papers in the Twin Cities–those of Saint Paul Mayor George Latimer–seemed just fine by me. Of course, given that the Minnesota Historical Society is closed on…
Rural Democrats? Don’t call it a comeback.
The 2016 elections, in addition to making what I am trying to get a PhD in about 100x more relevant than I ever could have done myself, have also led to a very, very obnoxious trend among national political outlets: a newfound fascination with rural…
Diverging Democrats: Minnesota and Wisconsin in the Farm Crisis Election
Key Points: (1) differences in strength of legislative affiliation between rural activist groups and urban legislators, and (2) better development of a language of economic progressive populism which more effectively—though not completely—bridged the rural-urban divide in Minnesota. Farmer’s Rally, State Capital, St. Paul, Minnesota, from…
Down-Ballot Elections in the Midwest, 2016
The following are excerpts from a larger panel titled “The New Midwestern Politics? The 2016 Election and Beyond” at the 2017 Midwestern History Association Conference, hosted at Grand Valley State University’s Pew Campus in Grand Rapids, MI, and hosted by the Ralph Hauenstein Center for…
Protected: 2017 WCSA Presentation
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Barnstorming: Pierre, South Dakota
Alternatively titled: Keeping Up A-Pierre-ances Having just returned from a brief trip to Dallas, I was in Minnesota long enough to do some laundry, spend a half-hour with my mom on Mother’s Day, get a few camping supplies, pack up the car, and catch four…
Mapping Party Control of State Legislatures in the Upper Midwest
In preparation for a panel on the Midwest in the 2016 elections for the Midwestern History Association Conference in Grand Rapids this June, I’m working on my particular focus: down-ballot elections. My biggest problem was this–besides saying “things didn’t go well for Democrats,” I had…
Reflections on a Semester in the Digital Past
The assignment: At the completion of the semester, you will write a reflective essay that summarizes your learning and growth during the class. These essays should be no more than 2,000 words. This is a chance for you to process your work and to consider…
