Listen to my recent interview with Delaware Public Media here: https://www.delawarepublic.org/show/the-green/2024-07-12/history-matters-laura-earls-discusses-new-role-as-director-of-the-read-house-gardens

I am currently the lead researcher and an associate producer of Dr. Zara Anishanslin's forthcoming podcast Thing for Things: The History Podcast Where Things Happen and Stuff Matters. The first season will discuss material culture during the Age of Revolutions. Check for updates at www.thing4thingspodcast.com.

My most recent op-ed in the Washington Post's Made by History column: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/05/18/solution-formula-shortage-isnt-calling-more-breastfeeding/

In December 2021, I published an article with Lady Science magazine: https://www.ladyscience.com/features/augmenting-the-maternal-breast-2021

The images below are from "Collecting Wilmington: Place, Perspective, and Memory," an exhibit I worked on at Delaware Historical Society. Learn more here: https://dehistory.org/collections/exhibitions/collecting-wilmington-perspective-place-memory/

These cases hold both published and manuscript pieces from the Paul Preston Davis Collection of Delawareana. Alt text: There are two side-by-side exhibit cases. Both have yellow backgrounds with text. Books are displayed in both cases.

This is the rear view of a book cradle that I made for the nineteenth-century ledger on display in the case depicted to the left. Alt text: Vertical view of the spine of an open book being supported by a book cradle.

This is the front view of the ledger pictured in the center. Alt text: A ledger is held open and upright in a book cradle. There are handwritten notes in the debit and credit columns on both visible pages.