Stories from Jean McGavin

It was 1965, I was 11 or 12. I had 2 older brothers who had saved a lot of money delivering papers and I wanted a piece ...

I went to a wonderful college in upstate New York. It was the sister school to a very prestigious men’s liberal arts c...

I was a big fan of Winter Study at Kirkland. I transferred to Kirkland after my freshman year so I was not able to enjoy...

Kelly McEvers has been bearing witness as a reporter in Syria and other ravaged parts of the Middle East for some time. ...

Olfactory memories, are perhaps the most evocative. As a child growing up in the 1950’s in the suburbs of Northern Vir...

In early November of 2014, I visited Prague with a friend of mine whose parents were born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, ...

This is my Polio Vaccine Card given to me upon my first dose of the vaccine in 1964 when I was ...

It is Memorial Day, 2021, a day to honor Americans who died in service to their country. This Memorial Day we are eme...

A friend of History Chip recounted this story. We look forward to more from our new friend.My f...