The Carpatho-Rusyns of Pennsylvania

On this New Year’s Eve, it’s a traditional time for reflection and resolution. My primary reflection is that 2023 wasn’t really what I thou...

Having already finished ¾ of my tenure at the Pennsylvania State Archives as a Scholar-in-Residence , I’d like to give a short update on how...

Last week I was surprised with this fascinating email from the Library of Congress: To Whom It May Concern: The United States Library of Con...

Not the mid-year review that strikes dread into many a supervised employee the world over (or is that just me?)… just a long-overdue update ...

After doing the kind of research I first undertook three decades ago, which had not been seriously undertaken as a comprehensive look at Car...

The adage “time flies” gets more and more evident with each passing year. It’s already been more than a year since I last updated this blog....

You might also call this blog “A Quiet Place.” It’s been almost a year of no posts, a year of hope and loss, isolation and longing, pr...