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(12/05/13 3:36pm)
Hey, everyone. It's Holly! Tom and I's last fall semester is winding down and winter break is slowly creeping its way closer. I really hope that we've entertained you with our blog posts and it has really been a privilege to write for all of you. I am in love with history and I'm so very glad to have been able to share that interest with everyone. This winter break, I'll be back home in California, catching up on my mile-long reading list and preparing for my exciting final undergrad semester.
I leave you with three of my favorite museums I've ever visited!
(12/03/13 2:41pm)
Hey, everyone, it's Holly! If you're a senior (or even a junior) it's about that time of year to start looking at graduate schools and send in applications. And what a time it is. Tom and I have been working on our own grad applications and it's been a doozy. Here are a few tips to get you through the process:
(10/22/13 5:00am)
Located on the corner of Orange and Forest Malls is a red adobe building called Moeur. This building was a part of a larger plan to really grow the ASU campus in the 30s. Spearheaded by President Grady Gammage, this new Campus Building Program would include many projects such as: obtaining ten acres adjoining the school, constructing a woman's physical education building, a new wing on the library, a remodel for Old Main, street paving, installing new boilers in classroom buildings, two new dorms, a swimming pool, and a 500-seat athletic stadium. It took some explaining to the school board, but to everyone's surprise, they accepted the proposal on the terms that Gammage would spread the work out and apply for Works Projects Administration (WPA) loans in order to pay for it all. Gammage made the announcement of the approval to the school from the steps of his home on the corner of what is now Palm Walk and Tyler Mall.
(10/03/13 4:00am)
I believe the phrase, "What the hell, McClellan!" was heard a lot in the White House. General George McClellan was the first General-in-Chief during the start of the Civil War. Now, he didn’t last very long in office. He was a headache for Lincoln and extremely criticized by citizens. In the Tumblr history community, he’s mostly a vehicle for jokes about retreating. Here’s a few reasons McClellan actually kind of sucked at his job.
(09/26/13 4:00am)
My heart is pumping. My hand is cramping. My eyes are flitting around the room from student to teacher and back to my paper,
(09/17/13 5:00am)
This weekend, Tom and I took a trip to California and
(09/12/13 3:00am)
The board next to the elevators reads "Arizona Collections" and "Archives". Level four of Hayden Library on the Tempe Campus is seldom seen and rarely heard of. With the exception of the archives and other historical research documents there aren't any books that the general student body needs.
What is up there is a historian's dream.
Access to hundreds of government documents and archive materials all in one place: The Luhrs Reading Room. This room, filled with research materials, is named after one of the most influential families of the Phoenix area. They were responsible for building the first skyscraper and paved the way for Phoenix to really become an industrial city.
However, this floor doesn't just have archive material sitting on shelves. It is also home to the Luhrs Gallery. This gallery is a mini-museum, exhibit cases with documents, artifacts, and plaques informing visitors of Arizona and its history.
The current exhibition is about the rise of Arizona State's immense interest in and research of new sustainable means of energy, mainly solar power.
(08/29/13 5:00am)
Many Harry Potter fans know that J.K. Rowling drew on many historical events and people for her books, especially when it came to the names of the characters. However, many of the aspects of the Wizarding War that drives the plot of the novels has a lot in common with other historical wars as well. Much of it comes from World War II (WWII), an event that rocked much of the UK.
(08/27/13 3:00am)
Welcome to Sparky’s Quill, your one stop blog for all things ASU, Arizona, US, and World History. I’m Holly, and I’m a senior history major with minors in religious studies and theatre. I am excited to start blogging about all of my favorite things again, especially Abraham Lincoln and Disneyland!
(04/28/13 1:23pm)
Hey, everyone, it’s Holly. So, finals are upon us already and another semester has gone by ridiculously quickly. As we get ready to say goodbye to friends and hello to our parents and summer jobs, we here at Sparky’s Quill want to leave you with a sentimental goodbye and our favorite historical Internet memes. I just want to say thank you to everyone who read our blog this semester and how grateful I am for being able to have this opportunity. I’ll be interning at the Museum of Tolerance back home in Los Angeles this summer and testing the waters before I jump into the field of Public History. I’ll be reading “Killing Lincoln” and “Game of Thrones” and immersing myself even further in the world of history (and fantasy).
(04/24/13 4:00am)
Holly:
(04/21/13 2:31pm)
Everyone on the Tempe campus has passed by it at some point during their ASU career. For some, it’s where all of their classes are held. The W.P. Carey School of Business is regarded as one of the top business schools in the country. Well, whenever I pass by that Starbucks’ extremely long line, I wonder where the name W.P. Carey came from. After a little digging, I found out that William P. Carey was actually a really cool guy.
(04/14/13 1:31pm)
The blue uniformed men stand perfectly in line, staring ahead of them. The rifles in their hands are shaking, a sign of their nervousness.They watch as a line of grey uniforms march slowly into their position. There is no talking, no whispering, no noise. The silence is broken by a command. A high ranking officer yells for them to get ready. The command to fire on the enemy is given and the whole grassy field is suddenly a haze of smoke and littered with bodies. A crowd of onlookers cheers and the men all stand up again, smiling, shaking hands and congratulating each other.
(04/07/13 4:15pm)
A lot of people think that the Civil War took place strictly between the mostly northeastern states and The South. Although The South stretched all the way to Louisiana, we don’t normally consider Arizona being a part of that geographic region. Well, believe it or not, the American Civil War made it all the way over to the southwest. Pichacho Peak State Park is located in southern Arizona. During the California Gold Rush, a wagon road was constructed through the mountain and it was deemed “Picacho Pass.” After the Gold Rush settled down, the pass was used by the Butterfield Overland Stage Company to transport people and goods to the west. However, one of the most interesting events that happened there is known as the most western battle of the Civil War.
(03/31/13 3:48pm)
Right now, popular media is in a love affair with historical bio-pics and that’s great! “Lincoln,” starring Daniel Day-Lewis and directed by Stephen Spielberg, made great box-office numbers and walked away from this year’s Academy Awards with two Oscars. Another movie in this vein recently released was “Hyde Park on Hudson” starring Bill Murray as Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This one was a flop, going in and out of movie theaters with few people even acknowledging its existence. However, the biggest issue with both of these movies was the controversy over their historical inaccuracy, which was rampant among academic communities. Historians say the films are entirely misconceptions about the past, embellished for entertainment. However, I don’t see films as a detriment to historical academia, but a way for those who aren’t the biggest history buffs to explore historical themes.
(03/24/13 12:44pm)
With all of the debate about Sparky’s new look whirling around campus, we here at Sparky’s Quill wanted to take a look at how our beloved mascot has evolved over the years.
(03/20/13 4:00am)
Hey there! We hope you all had an amazing Spring Break! Tom and I were lucky enough to visit my parents in California and visit one of my favorite places ever. For all of you Southern California kids, you’ll probably agree when I say one of the defining qualities of our part of the state is Disneyland.
(03/10/13 5:39pm)
Who is Frank Lloyd Wright? He was an inventor, a businessman, but most of all, an architect. His notable buildings include the Guggenheim Museum in New York, Fallingwater in Pennsylvania and Gammage Auditorium right here on the ASU Tempe campus. He created buildings for wealthy clients out of his first home that he designed and built himself in 1911 in Wisconsin. He named it Taliesen.
(03/03/13 5:00am)
In the past 20 years, historical preservation and archiving have made the jump into an American cultural hobby. From official historic landmarks to preservation programs offered by graduate schools, we’ve come to realize how important it is to save our history. The Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institute are the leading organizations in the efforts to save our history. Here are three things you may not have known about their archiving efforts.
(02/24/13 5:18am)
Today marks the 85th annual Academy Awards. There’s some big competition at this year’s Oscars. With Seth Macfarlane hosting, it’s gearing up to be a night of laughs as well as its traditional sophistication. But what’s the story behind this yearly tradition of highlighting the best new movies?