THE HIPPIE HISTORIAN

Gabrielle Bossy

Trains: Once Necessary, Now History

For this Friday’s romp to a historical site I thought I’d expose my readers to the train stations of Tillsonburg. I do plan on taking...

Gabrielle Bossy

“MY BACK STILL ACHES WHEN I HEAR THAT WORD…”

Whenever I say I’m from Tillsonburg, one of the first things people respond with is “Tillsonburg? My back still aches when I hear that...

Gabrielle Bossy

Sourcing the Unsourced

Neil Young performing at the Riverboat Coffeehouse, 1965. Photo credit: Manfred Buchheit This week for my digital history course I was...

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IAN H. CROSBY: DIGGING UP SOME OF MY PAST

Check out this cool medal my sister has from my great-grandpa! He was a first place shooting champion in 1932 with the National Rifle...

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Annandale National Historic Site- A Must See!

Every Friday I will be traveling to a different historic site or interesting place for historians (and the general public) to visit. ...

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Ordinary Men by Christopher Browning (Book Review)

If you’re looking for a book that really makes you question your previous notions, look no further than Christopher Browning’s Ordinary...

Gabrielle Bossy

Waging Heavy Peace by Neil Young (Book Review)

In his autobiography, Neil Young tells the intimate details of his life as a kid in Omemee, Ontario to a full-blown rock legend and let...

Gabrielle Bossy

So what exactly are the digital humanities?

After two hours of grappling with this very question in my Digital History course, and thinking about it since, I have finally begun to...

Gabrielle Bossy

Historical Friday Trip:The Western Archives

So I am a little late writing about this Friday’s visit to a site of historical interest but here it is! This past Friday my Public...