This 2013 episode examines the real Robin Hood - and the question of whether there ever really was one.

This 2013 episode examines the real Robin Hood - and the question of whether there ever really was one.

Join Holly and Tracy as they bring you the greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class in this podcast by iHeartRadio.

Stuff You Missed in History Class

SYMHC Classics: Who was the Real Robin Hood?

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Tracy talks about a book that she didn't use for research on Viola Roseboro'. Holly talks about how wealth inequality has shaped science history.

Tracy talks about a book that she didn't use for research on Viola Roseboro'. Holly talks about how wealth inequality has shaped science history.

Behind the Scenes Minis: The Apostrophe and the Rich Guy

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Boyle is frequently described at the first modern chemist, but his work encompassed much more than that. Among other things, he was a founding member of the Royal Society.

Research:
Boyle, Robert. “An account of Philaretus during his Minority.” Accessed online: https://celt.ucc.ie/published/E650001-100.html
Boyle, Robert. “New experiments physico-mechanicall.” Oxford. 1660. https://archive.org/details/chepfl-lipr-AXA74/mode/1up?q=proportional
Boyle, Robert. “New experiments physico-mechanical, touching the air.” London. Richard Davis. 1682. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A29007.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext
Boyle, Robert. “The Sceptical Chymist.” London. J. Crooke. 1661. Accessed online: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/22914/pg22914.txt
“Copy of Sir Robert Boyle's Will.” Brief History of Blue. https://omekas.prattsi.org/s/HistoryofBlue/item/109
“December 31, 1691: Death of Robert Boyle.” This Month in Physics History. APS News. Dec. 1, 2016. https://www.aps.org/apsnews/2016/12/this-month-in-physics-history
Henderson, Felicity. “What Scientists Want: Robert Boyle’s To-do List.” The Royal Society. August 26, 2010. https://royalsociety.org/blog/2010/08/what-scientists-want-boyle-list/
Highmore, Nathaniel. “The history of generation. Examining the several opinions of divers authors, especially that of Sir Kenelm Digby, in his Discourse of bodies ...” 1651. Accessed online: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/kv5tr2uz/items
Martin, Christy. “Full Boyle.” Distillations Magazine. Science History Institute Museum and Library. May 13, 2012. https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/full-boyle/
Masson, Flora. “Robert Boyle: A Biography.” London: Constable & Company Ltd. 1914. Accessed online: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/73234/pg73234.txt
Principe, Lawrence M.. "Robert Boyle". Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Apr. 2026, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Boyle
“Robert Boyle (1627-1691): Sherborne School library benefactor.” The Old Shirburnian Society. https://oldshirburnian.org.uk/robert-boyle-1627-1691/
“Robert Boyle: wishlist of a Restoration visionary.” The Guardian. June 3, 2010. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/jun/03/robert-boyle-royal-society-wishlist
“The Royal Society of London.” National Museum Australia. https://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/exploration-and-endeavour/royal-society-london
Sweeney, Patricia E. “Robert Boyle.” Ebsco. 2022. https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/robert-boyle
West, John B. “The Original Presentation of Boyle’s Law.” Journal of Applied Physiology 1999 87:4, 1543-1545. https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jappl.1999.87.4.1543

Boyle is frequently described at the first modern chemist, but his work encompassed much more than that. Among other things, he was a founding member of the Royal Society.
Research:
<ul>
<li>Boyle, Robert. &ldquo;An account of Philaretus during his Minority.&rdquo; Accessed online: https://celt.ucc.ie/published/E650001-100.html</li>
<li>Boyle, Robert. &ldquo;New experiments physico-mechanicall.&rdquo; Oxford. 1660. https://archive.org/details/chepfl-lipr-AXA74/mode/1up?q=proportional</li>
<li>Boyle, Robert. &ldquo;New experiments physico-mechanical, touching the air.&rdquo; London. Richard Davis. 1682. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A29007.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext</li>
<li>Boyle, Robert. &ldquo;The Sceptical Chymist.&rdquo; London. J. Crooke. 1661. Accessed online: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/22914/pg22914.txt</li>
<li>&ldquo;Copy of Sir Robert Boyle's Will.&rdquo; Brief History of Blue. https://omekas.prattsi.org/s/HistoryofBlue/item/109</li>
<li>&ldquo;December 31, 1691: Death of Robert Boyle.&rdquo; This Month in Physics History. APS News. Dec. 1, 2016. https://www.aps.org/apsnews/2016/12/this-month-in-physics-history</li>
<li>Henderson, Felicity. &ldquo;What Scientists Want: Robert Boyle&rsquo;s To-do List.&rdquo; The Royal Society. August 26, 2010. https://royalsociety.org/blog/2010/08/what-scientists-want-boyle-list/</li>
<li>Highmore, Nathaniel. &ldquo;The history of generation. Examining the several opinions of divers authors, especially that of Sir Kenelm Digby, in his Discourse of bodies ...&rdquo; 1651. Accessed online: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/kv5tr2uz/items</li>
<li>Martin, Christy. &ldquo;Full Boyle.&rdquo; Distillations Magazine. Science History Institute Museum and Library. May 13, 2012. https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/full-boyle/</li>
<li>Masson, Flora. &ldquo;Robert Boyle: A Biography.&rdquo; London: Constable &amp; Company Ltd. 1914. Accessed online: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/73234/pg73234.txt</li>
<li>Principe, Lawrence M.. "Robert Boyle".&nbsp;Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Apr. 2026, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Boyle</li>
<li>&ldquo;Robert Boyle (1627-1691): Sherborne School library benefactor.&rdquo; The Old Shirburnian Society. https://oldshirburnian.org.uk/robert-boyle-1627-1691/</li>
<li>&ldquo;Robert Boyle: wishlist of a Restoration visionary.&rdquo; The Guardian. June 3, 2010. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/jun/03/robert-boyle-royal-society-wishlist</li>
<li>&ldquo;The Royal Society of London.&rdquo; National Museum Australia. https://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/exploration-and-endeavour/royal-society-london</li>
<li>Sweeney, Patricia E. &ldquo;Robert Boyle.&rdquo; Ebsco. 2022. https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/robert-boyle</li>
<li>West, John B. &ldquo;The Original Presentation of Boyle&rsquo;s Law.&rdquo; Journal of Applied Physiology&nbsp;1999&nbsp;87:4,&nbsp;1543-1545.&nbsp;https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jappl.1999.87.4.1543</li>
</ul>

Boyle is frequently described at the first modern chemist, but his work encompassed much more than that. Among other things, he was a founding member of the Royal Society.

Robert Boyle

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Viola Roseboro’ isn’t well-known today, but she played a big behind-the-scenes role in the careers of a lot of American writers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, shaping what’s thought of as the American literary canon. 

Research:
“4 New Features.” Washington D.C. Evening Star. 4/29/2013. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1913-04-29/ed-1/?sp=10&r=-0.115,-0.055,1.648,0.596,0
Dykeman, Wilma. “Tennessee Women: An Infinite Variety.” Newport. Wakestone Books. 1993.
Gorton, Stephanie. “The Strange, Forgotten Life of Viola Roseboro’.” The Paris Review. 2/24/2020. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/02/24/the-strange-forgotten-life-of-viola-roseboro/
Gregorie, Anne King. “Reviewed Work(s): Viola, The Duchess of New Dorp: A Biography of Viola Roseboro by Jane Kirkland Graham.” The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 57, No. 2 (Apr., 1956). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27566059
Howell, Isabel. “Reviewed Work(s): Viola, the Duchess of New Dorp, a Biography of Viola Roseboro' by Jane Kirkland Graham.” Tennessee Historical Quarterly, December, 1956. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42621315
McClure, S. S. “My Autobiography.” London: J. Murray. 1914. https://archive.org/details/myautobiography00mcclrich/
New York Times. “VIOLA ROSEBORO', FICTION EDITOR, 87; Former McClure's, Collier's Executive Dies--Helped O. Henry Get Start Bought Tarkington Stories Praised by Will Irwin.” 1/30/1945. https://www.nytimes.com/1945/01/30/archives/viola-roseboro-fiction-editor-87-former-mcclures-colliers-executive.html
Osborn, Scott C. “Reviewed Work(s): Viola, The Duchess of New Dorp: A Biography of Viola Roseboro by Jane Kirkland Graham.” The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 22, No. 2 (May, 1956). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2954261
“Person Annotations.” From “#0088: Transcription of Letter from Willa Cather to Viola Roseboro', June 14 [1903].” The Complete Letters of Willa Cather. Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. https://cather.unl.edu/writings/letters/let0088#ref001
Robinson, Phyllis C. “Willa: The Life of Willa Cather.” New York. Doubleday. 1983.
Roseboro, Viola. “Begging as an Avocation.” New York World. 12/11/1887. Via New York University “Undercover Reporting.” https://undercover.hosting.nyu.edu/s/undercover-reporting/item/13733
A. W.. “Reviewed Work(s): Viola, the Duchess of New Dorp. A Biography of Viola Roseboro' by Jane Kirkland Graham.” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984), Vol. 49, No. 1 (Spring,1956). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40189490
Schmalhofer, Stephen. “The Making of My Ántonia.” First Things. 12/17/2018. https://firstthings.com/the-making-of-my-ntonia/
Schmalhofer, Stephen. “Viola Roseboro’s literary garden.” The New Criterion. 12/12/2018. https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/viola-roseboros-literary-garden-10164/
Skaggs, Merrill M. “Viola Roseboro': A Prototype for Cather's ‘My Mortal Enemy’.” The Mississippi Quarterly , Winter 2000-01, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Winter 2000-01). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26476820
Skaggs, Merrill Maguire. “Willa Cather's New York: New Essays on Cather in the City.” Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. 2000.
Tarbell, Ida M. “All In The Day S Work An Autobiography.” The Macmillan Company. 1939. https://archive.org/details/allinthedayswork010810mbp/
The Georgia Historical Quarterly. “Reviewed Work(s): Viola, The Duchess of Nenx Dorp. A Biography of Viola Roseboro'. Two volumes in one by Jane Kirkland Graham.” Vol. 40, No. 2 (June, 1956). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40577676
Adkins, Gilbert R. “Two Daughters of Tennessee.” Franklin County Historical Review. 1986: XVII:1, 30-42.
Johanningsmeier, Charles. “Unmasking Willa Cather's ‘Mortal Enemy.’” Cather Studies. Vol. 5. https://cather.unl.edu/scholarship/catherstudies/5/cs005.johanningsmeier
Williams, Jay. “Author Under Sail: The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902.” University of Nebraska Press, 2014. Project MUSE. https://muse.jhu.edu/book/35026.

Viola Roseboro&rsquo; isn&rsquo;t well-known today, but she played a big behind-the-scenes role in the careers of a lot of American writers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, shaping what&rsquo;s thought of as the American literary canon.&nbsp;
Research:
<ul>
<li>&ldquo;4 New Features.&rdquo; Washington D.C. Evening Star. 4/29/2013. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1913-04-29/ed-1/?sp=10&amp;r=-0.115,-0.055,1.648,0.596,0</li>
<li>Dykeman, Wilma. &ldquo;Tennessee Women: An Infinite Variety.&rdquo; Newport. Wakestone Books. 1993.</li>
<li>Gorton, Stephanie. &ldquo;The Strange, Forgotten Life of Viola Roseboro&rsquo;.&rdquo; The Paris Review. 2/24/2020. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/02/24/the-strange-forgotten-life-of-viola-roseboro/</li>
<li>Gregorie, Anne King. &ldquo;Reviewed Work(s): Viola, The Duchess of New Dorp: A Biography of Viola Roseboro by Jane Kirkland Graham.&rdquo; The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 57, No. 2 (Apr., 1956). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27566059</li>
<li>Howell, Isabel. &ldquo;Reviewed Work(s): Viola, the Duchess of New Dorp, a Biography of Viola Roseboro' by Jane Kirkland Graham.&rdquo; Tennessee Historical Quarterly, December, 1956. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42621315</li>
<li>McClure, S. S. &ldquo;My Autobiography.&rdquo; London: J. Murray. 1914. https://archive.org/details/myautobiography00mcclrich/</li>
<li>New York Times. &ldquo;VIOLA ROSEBORO', FICTION EDITOR, 87; Former McClure's, Collier's Executive Dies--Helped O. Henry Get Start Bought Tarkington Stories Praised by Will Irwin.&rdquo; 1/30/1945. https://www.nytimes.com/1945/01/30/archives/viola-roseboro-fiction-editor-87-former-mcclures-colliers-executive.html</li>
<li>Osborn, Scott C. &ldquo;Reviewed Work(s): Viola, The Duchess of New Dorp: A Biography of Viola Roseboro by Jane Kirkland Graham.&rdquo; The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 22, No. 2 (May, 1956). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2954261</li>
<li>&ldquo;Person Annotations.&rdquo; From &ldquo;#0088: Transcription of Letter from Willa Cather to Viola Roseboro', June 14 [1903].&rdquo; The Complete Letters of Willa Cather. Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska&ndash;Lincoln. https://cather.unl.edu/writings/letters/let0088#ref001</li>
<li>Robinson, Phyllis C. &ldquo;Willa: The Life of Willa Cather.&rdquo; New York. Doubleday. 1983.</li>
<li>Roseboro, Viola. &ldquo;Begging as an Avocation.&rdquo; New York World. 12/11/1887. Via New York University &ldquo;Undercover Reporting.&rdquo; https://undercover.hosting.nyu.edu/s/undercover-reporting/item/13733</li>
<li>A. W.. &ldquo;Reviewed Work(s): Viola, the Duchess of New Dorp. A Biography of Viola Roseboro' by Jane Kirkland Graham.&rdquo; Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984), Vol. 49, No. 1 (Spring,1956). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40189490</li>
<li>Schmalhofer, Stephen. &ldquo;The Making of My &Aacute;ntonia.&rdquo; First Things. 12/17/2018. https://firstthings.com/the-making-of-my-ntonia/</li>
<li>Schmalhofer, Stephen. &ldquo;Viola Roseboro&rsquo;s literary garden.&rdquo; The New Criterion. 12/12/2018. https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/viola-roseboros-literary-garden-10164/</li>
<li>Skaggs, Merrill M. &ldquo;Viola Roseboro': A Prototype for Cather's &lsquo;My Mortal Enemy&rsquo;.&rdquo; The Mississippi Quarterly , Winter 2000-01, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Winter 2000-01). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26476820</li>
<li>Skaggs, Merrill Maguire. &ldquo;Willa Cather's New York: New Essays on Cather in the City.&rdquo; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. 2000.</li>
<li>Tarbell, Ida M. &ldquo;All In The Day S Work An Autobiography.&rdquo; The Macmillan Company. 1939. https://archive.org/details/allinthedayswork010810mbp/</li>
<li>The Georgia Historical Quarterly. &ldquo;Reviewed Work(s): Viola, The Duchess of Nenx Dorp. A Biography of Viola Roseboro'. Two volumes in one by Jane Kirkland Graham.&rdquo; Vol. 40, No. 2 (June, 1956). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40577676</li>
<li>Adkins, Gilbert R. &ldquo;Two Daughters of Tennessee.&rdquo; Franklin County Historical Review. 1986: XVII:1, 30-42.</li>
<li>Johanningsmeier, Charles. &ldquo;Unmasking Willa Cather's &lsquo;Mortal Enemy.&rsquo;&rdquo; Cather Studies. Vol. 5. https://cather.unl.edu/scholarship/catherstudies/5/cs005.johanningsmeier</li>
<li>Williams, Jay. &ldquo;Author Under Sail: The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902.&rdquo; University of Nebraska Press, 2014. Project MUSE. https://muse.jhu.edu/book/35026.</li>
</ul>

Viola Roseboro’ isn’t well-known today, but she played a big behind-the-scenes role in the careers of a lot of American writers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, shaping what’s thought of as the American literary canon. 

The Literary Life of Viola Roseboro'

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