What is MakingHistory?

I’m a historian, teacher, researcher, and writer. I have been a professor at a Northern Minnesota university for the past six years; but due to a budget crisis that will be ending this year. This is my blog and the place I share work in progress. The blog is free and you can get access to all of the work in progress without a paid subscription. But you can support me and the work with a paid subscription, so if you’re able and especially if you’re getting value that you are using in your own work or life, please consider contribution. Thanks!

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Subscribe to get blog posts about what I’m working on. This is free. There’s also an option to join a “paid subscription” community, which supports the work I put into this and will entitle you to additional, more in-depth content.

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Be part of a community of people who share your interests. The paid subscription (which is only $5 per month or $50 annually) will give you access to all the stuff I’m working on, including books I’m writing in more or less realtime.

I typically have several projects running simultaneously, which I’ll subdivide into “channels” listed in the header on my page. Things like Note-Making, Primary Sources, and Freethought which includes my biography of Dr. Charles Knowlton.

In addition to writing little blog essays, I often turn these musings into audios or videos. I post some of those on YouTube and some on Vimeo. All will be available here, and most as part of the free membership.

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