The Saturday Evening Post » Jeff Nilsson http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com Home of The Saturday Evening Post Thu, 23 May 2013 20:18:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Still Learning http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2012/05/04/blogs/jeff-nilsson/still-learning.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=still-learning http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2012/05/04/blogs/jeff-nilsson/still-learning.html#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 19:05:05 +0000 Jeff Nilsson http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=57651 When I began working in the archives in 2009, I thought I’d soon get a fairly good idea of the Post’s archives. That was before I really understood the size of the collection. The Post—America’s oldest magazine—has an archive of over 9,000 issues, stretching back across 190 years. It’s a massive amount of periodicals that cover [...]

Still Learning The Saturday Evening Post

]]> When I began working in the archives in 2009, I thought I’d soon get a fairly good idea of the Post’s archives.

That was before I really understood the size of the collection.

The Post—America’s oldest magazine—has an archive of over 9,000 issues, stretching back across 190 years. It’s a massive amount of periodicals that cover almost every aspect of America’s history.

But it isn’t just the size of the collection that makes it hard to know. It’s also the surprising diversity.

I’ve been digging through them for three years, researching and writing articles for the Post’s website, and yet I’m still occasionally surprised by its contents. Again and again, I’ve found articles and non-fiction that defy my expectations of a “typical Post story.”

Just like the artwork of Norman Rockwell, Post articles usually contain more skill and thought than you get from a first impression.

 

Still Learning The Saturday Evening Post

]]> http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2012/05/04/blogs/jeff-nilsson/still-learning.html/feed 0 Inside Our Archives http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2012/04/30/archives/post-perspective/inside-our-archives.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inside-our-archives http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2012/04/30/archives/post-perspective/inside-our-archives.html#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:56:13 +0000 Post Editors http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=57347 Learn about the Post archives in this three-part video series.

Inside Our Archives The Saturday Evening Post

]]> Recently, Dick Wolfsie from WISH-TV stopped by our offices to talk with our history editor/archivist Jeff Nilsson and tour our archives. Below you can watch Wolfsie’s three-part series on The Saturday Evening Post to learn more about our history, peek inside our archives and library, and see more of those beautiful cover illustrations (like Rosie the Riveter):

Inside Our Archives The Saturday Evening Post

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