The Letterjoy Blog
Meet Our First Guest Curator
This week, I'm thrilled to announce our homage to guest lectures, the Letterjoy Guest Curator Program. Our first guest curator is... (Read More)
Meet Our First Guest Curator
This week, I'm thrilled to announce our homage to guest lectures, the Letterjoy Guest Curator Program. Our first guest curator is... (Read More)
Read Physicist Edward Teller's Poem About Mesons
Everyone who saw Oppenheimer is familiar with physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer's love of poetry. If you saw the film, you also know of his strained relationship with the exceedingly pro-H-bomb Dr.... (Read More)
Read Physicist Edward Teller's Poem About Mesons
Everyone who saw Oppenheimer is familiar with physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer's love of poetry. If you saw the film, you also know of his strained relationship with the exceedingly pro-H-bomb Dr.... (Read More)
Every Book We Know That Abraham Lincoln Read
In our series on famous defense attorneys, we shared with readers a letter about Abraham Lincoln's famous "almanac case". If you aren't familiar, the "almanac case," argued in 1858, was... (Read More)
Every Book We Know That Abraham Lincoln Read
In our series on famous defense attorneys, we shared with readers a letter about Abraham Lincoln's famous "almanac case". If you aren't familiar, the "almanac case," argued in 1858, was... (Read More)
Introducing "Letters About Writing"
Dear readers, Happy November! As a “word nerd,” I love reading letters from famous authors, but since these rarely qualify as “American history,” they rarely fit the criteria for inclusion... (Read More)
Introducing "Letters About Writing"
Dear readers, Happy November! As a “word nerd,” I love reading letters from famous authors, but since these rarely qualify as “American history,” they rarely fit the criteria for inclusion... (Read More)
The CIA Once Tried To Use Trained Cats For Eavesdropping. It Didn't Go Well.
I've been digging into declassified CIA files this month to find some letters for our "Spytech" theme. While doing so, I came across quite a few quirky projects, but one stood... (Read More)
The CIA Once Tried To Use Trained Cats For Eavesdropping. It Didn't Go Well.
I've been digging into declassified CIA files this month to find some letters for our "Spytech" theme. While doing so, I came across quite a few quirky projects, but one stood... (Read More)
Remember When Theodore Roosevelt Wrote an Infamous Murderer a Letter?
I was digging around in the archives at the University of Chicago last month when I came across something peculiar: A letter from President Theodore Roosevelt to one "Master Richard... (Read More)
Remember When Theodore Roosevelt Wrote an Infamous Murderer a Letter?
I was digging around in the archives at the University of Chicago last month when I came across something peculiar: A letter from President Theodore Roosevelt to one "Master Richard... (Read More)