Historian of labor, race, and class in America. Social justice and higher education advocate.

Letter of the Week

  • I was chatting with my wife the other night, about pop culture and politics and TikToks and the baby growing inside of her and the dog and whatever else happened that day (marriages, especially good marriages, involve a lot of talking). We were talking about whatever political topic was dominating the news that day –

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About the Archivist

This is a curated selection of letters that left a mark on the world, on someone’s life, or just in the margins of time.

Each is transcribed with care and respect for the medium that first carried it: the typewritten page.