New book by professor emeritus on shelves at library

Baldwin of the times: Hanson W. Baldwin, a military journalist’s life, 1903-1991 by MSUM professor of history emeritus Robert B. Davies is on the shelf in the Livingston Lord Library at PN4874.B26 D38 2011. Among Baldwin’s memorable scoops were the loss of three American cruisers at the battle of Savo Island, the real story behind the U-2 spy incident, and […]

Professor emeritus James Kaplan publishes book

Dr. James M. Kaplan, professor emeritus at MSUM, has published a book about Birger Sandzén, a Swedish immigrant artist who came to America in 1894. In Birger Sandzén on Art, Music and Transcendence, published by Nordic Studies Press, Kaplan describes a brief cultural Camelot in America when immigrant artists, musicians and authors, nourished by the culture of the Old World, […]