BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND:20210413T170000Z UID: 680bce255263b DTSTAMP:20250425T130213Z LOCATION: DESCRIPTION:Dr. Brian Leech will give a talk\, ¡°Animals/Vegetables/Minerals: Understanding \;the Environmental History of Swedish America through Veterinary Scrapbooks\, Farm Advertisements\, and \;Mining Diaries.¡± \;\n\nDr. Leech is an associate professor of history at Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø.\n\nHe will discuss what historians can learn about Americans¡¯ changing relationship to \;the environment through author Ernst Skarstedt¡¯s scrapbooks about animals and health in the Pacific Northwest\, promotional literature for \;the Andover Children's Home and Farm in Illinois\, and Alex Erickson¡¯s diary about the multi-racial coal community of Buxton\, Iowa.\n\nThe talk will be followed by a live Q&\;A with the speaker. \;\n\nThe lecture is part of the Lunchtime Lecture Series organized by the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center\, highlighting the work being done by scholars using materials in the Swenson Center library and archival collections. \;\n\nDr. Leech's recent research has focused the histories of food \;production\, energy policy\, and mining communities\, including a 2018 book \; "The City That Ate Itself: Butte\, Montana and \;its Expanding Berkeley Pit."\n URL;VALUE=URI:/about-us/events/2021/understanding-environmental-history-swedish-america-through-veterinary SUMMARY:Understanding the Environmental History of Swedish America through Veterinary Scrapbooks\, Farm Advertisements\, and Mining Diaries DTSTART:20210413T170000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR