Lee Stout, Town&Gown
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In 1918, the Spanish Flu Outbreak and World War I Combined to Alter Life in the Region
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Penn State did not suspend classes for the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, because World War I had already brought a major temporary change to campus life.
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Penn State Diary: In 1918, the Spanish flu outbreak and World War I combined to alter life in the region
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As of late March, America was combating the spread of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, by adopting social-distancing measures. In response, Penn State, along with many other colleges and universities, […]
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Penn State Diary: Signing off for now
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In September 1990, Witt Yeagley, editor, and Mimi Barash Coppersmith, publisher, invited me to write a monthly column for Town & Gown magazine, and I happily accepted. With this August […]
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No Longer ‘Sleepy, Idyllic, and Unhurried,’ State College Continues to Evolve
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As a history guy, I naturally tend to see events as taking place within a larger context. Recently, I’ve found a book that does this for me in both history and geography. It’s The American College Town, by Blake Gumprecht, a professor of geography at the University of New Hampshire.
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No longer ‘sleepy, idyllic, and unhurried,’ State College continues to evolve
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As a history guy, I naturally tend to see events as taking place within a larger context. Recently, I’ve found a book that does this for me in both history […]
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1920s Penn State Wrestler Was the First Japanese Athlete to Win an Olympic Medal
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A bit of online archival digging soon identified a wrestler pictured on a wall at the U.S. Naval Academy as Katsutoshi Naito, a native of Hiroshima, Japan, who came to Penn State and earned a bachelor’s degree in horticulture. There was much more to his story.
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Penn State Diary: 1920s PSU wrestler was the first Japanese athlete to win an Olympic medal
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After 10 years of retirement, I don’t get many “questions for the archivist” anymore, but I had an unexpected one not too long ago. My wife and a group of […]
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Names of Places in Centre County Have Lessons to Teach
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My mailing address says, “State College,” my tax bill says, “Patton Township,” but when someone local asks, I say I live in “Park Forest,” and most people in the “Centre […]
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Penn State Diary: Names of places in Centre County have lessons to teach
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My mailing address says, “State College,” my tax bill says, “Patton Township,” but when someone local asks, I say I live in “Park Forest,” and most people in the “Centre […]
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Writing the Book on Beaver Stadium
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Lair of the Lion, a History of Beaver Stadium “hit the streets” this past August, much to the delight of Penn State football fans and to the co-authors as well. Professor […]