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Re-evaluating “ginger jars”
Read more: Re-evaluating “ginger jars”This is a follow-up post to summer research assistant Amber Remington’s post on different types of ginger jars that she found in her research. We received a wonderful email from subscriber Myron Lee who shared that the green hexangonal stonewares jars did not always hold preserved ginger! He sent Amber and I photos of similar…
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Summer 2026: New Research Assistants
Read more: Summer 2026: New Research AssistantsWhile the academic year research assistants are off on their own summer adventures, four Grinnell College students — Amber Remington ’28, Jenna Mack ’29, Emily Gonzalez ’29, and Alice Yan ’29 — have joined the Buried Chinatowns team. Each are part of a ten-week summer Mentored Advanced Projects (MAP) undergraduate research program and will be…
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National acknowledgment of the 1885 Rock Springs Chinese Massacre
Read more: National acknowledgment of the 1885 Rock Springs Chinese MassacreEarlier this month, Congressional Representative Judy Chu’s office asked Dr. Dudley Gardner and I to provide feedback on a draft of a resolution introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives recognizing the 1885 Rock Springs Chinese Massacre and the importance of education and historic preservation related to the massacre site. The resolution is finally out…
