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Next we will begin posting H.A. McCormick's Life Sketch, Harry McCormick, Sr.'s account of young adulthood from 1863 to about 1902. We will also republish some of Editor McCormick's Observations from the Wynot Tribune, circa 1918.
For the record, H.A. McCormick is K.A. McCormick's grandfather and my great-grandfather. The Life Sketch was written in the late 1940s when Harry was almost 90.
Meanwhile, if you have a memoir or story to tell about growing up in a small town, leave me your contact information in a comment.
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Before there were web logs there were diaries, journals, and memoirs. Midland Passages is a narrative of life shaped in the small towns of the American heartland. "I'm bound away 'cross the wide Missouri."
Our Current Feature
Little Remembrances; or Eye-Witness oral history.
Previous Memoirs
The Antarctic Journal of a Young Man (1975) by S. A. McCormick begins on December 16, 2006.
Loose Ends (1929-1959) by K.A. McCormick begins on April 13, 2007.
Life Sketch (1863-1902) by H.A. McCormick, Sr. begins on April 29, 2007.
Excerpts from the 1918 Wynot Tribune begin on June 2, 2007. The Wynot Tribune was published by H.A. McCormick, Sr.
Under One Roof is a father and son comparison of the same small town events as viewed from both sides of the generation gap. It begins on September 15, 2007.
Auburn and Nemaha County, Soicial and Economic Trends, 1960-2003 begins on August 10, 2008. This is original research by Ken McCormick on the recent economic history of small-town Auburn, the county seat of Nemaha County, Nebraska. Although it is strictly the effort of an amateur historian (not being peer-reviewed or anything), Mr. McCormick's analysis and conclusions stand on their own merit.
The Prairie Curmudgeon. Having finally run out of material about small towns in the Midlands, I am temporarily forced to publish crusty, ill-tempered opinions of old men.
Eduard of Nemaha, a Comedy in Five Acts. This play was begun in 1973. Nemaha and Peru are two small towns in southeast Nebraska. For those of you who have perused The Antarctic Journal of a Young Man, you have already met Debrushka.
Richard M. Nixon, a Play in Five Acts
This play was concieved in 1973. It is an impression of the great tapestry of news and history as perceieved from the distance of a small town in the Midlands.
Loose Ends (1929-1959) by K.A. McCormick begins on April 13, 2007.
Life Sketch (1863-1902) by H.A. McCormick, Sr. begins on April 29, 2007.
Excerpts from the 1918 Wynot Tribune begin on June 2, 2007. The Wynot Tribune was published by H.A. McCormick, Sr.
Under One Roof is a father and son comparison of the same small town events as viewed from both sides of the generation gap. It begins on September 15, 2007.
Auburn and Nemaha County, Soicial and Economic Trends, 1960-2003 begins on August 10, 2008. This is original research by Ken McCormick on the recent economic history of small-town Auburn, the county seat of Nemaha County, Nebraska. Although it is strictly the effort of an amateur historian (not being peer-reviewed or anything), Mr. McCormick's analysis and conclusions stand on their own merit.
The Prairie Curmudgeon. Having finally run out of material about small towns in the Midlands, I am temporarily forced to publish crusty, ill-tempered opinions of old men.
Eduard of Nemaha, a Comedy in Five Acts. This play was begun in 1973. Nemaha and Peru are two small towns in southeast Nebraska. For those of you who have perused The Antarctic Journal of a Young Man, you have already met Debrushka.
Richard M. Nixon, a Play in Five Acts
This play was concieved in 1973. It is an impression of the great tapestry of news and history as perceieved from the distance of a small town in the Midlands.
Links to Previous Memoirs
- The Antarctic Journal of a Young Man (114)
- Loose Ends (99)
- Richard M. Nixon (40)
- Under One Roof (26)
- Eduard of Nemaha (23)
- Life Sketch (15)
- Auburn and Nemaha County (11)
- Little Remembrances (8)
- The Prairie Curmudgeon (8)
- The Wynot Tribune (1)
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3 comments:
well, i grew up in a small town. a small town where there were random drug checks once a month, and fathers threatened to throw the principal out the window. 400 kids in the elementary school, 400 kids in the high school. graduated with 60 people. so yeah..
WOW! I've also read "Life Sketch" many times as Harry McCormick is my great-great grandfather!
I do believe we've met once, back in 1992 at Grandma Lou's 90th Birthday celebration.
Perhaps we can get back in touch.
I have a picture of you sitting with Grandma Lou at sunset with the other great grandchildren.
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