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DHI Mythbusters Edition – The Truth About The Petrified Tree
Lillian and Walt Disney, September 1957 DHI Myth Busters Edition: The Truth about the Petrified Tree By Todd James Pierce [This article is also available in an audio edition as part of the DHI...
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New Podcast – DHI – 008 Fess Parker
DHI Podcast: Fess Parker A new podcast is up, with a Fess Parker interview. Did you know that Fess once wanted to build his own “Disneyland”? He even bought the land. Details are in the podcast....
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DHI at Destination D
DHI at Destination D This weekend at WDW, DHI’s own Jeremy Marx roll’s out the CGI version of the Tower of the Four Winds, freshly unpacked from the 1964 World’s Fair. As we are pretty sure that...
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WALT DISNEY’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AT THE INSTITUTE
DHI’s WALT DISNEY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION UNDERWAY ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE If you haven’t been over to our Disney History Institute Facebook page lately, you should check it out. There are a lot of rare...
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JOURNAL OF A DISNEY HISTORIAN~Walt’s Birthday, Christmas & So Much More!
JOURNAL OF A DISNEY HISTORIAN Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday Walt by Paul F. Anderson A GRANDFATHER’S LOVE Those of us with children (or grandchildren) have sometime in our lives received a...
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WALT DISNEY’S PASSING: The Admiral’s Rah-Rah Eulogy
IN MEMORY OF WALT DISNEY (1901-1966)Admiral Joseph Fowler by Paul F. Anderson December 15th marks the passing of Walt Disney, and many of us our thinking about him today. I hope everyone will take a...
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DHI 009 – Walt at Christmastime
New DHI Podcast – Walt at Christmastime by Todd James Pierce and Paul F. Anderson Join us for our Holiday offering–a selection of Christmas letters written in the 1930s and 1940s by Walt and Roy...
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Before Lincoln – The First Disney Human Animatronic
Confucius animatronic head beside early Abe Lincoln figure Before Lincoln – The First Disney Human Animatronic by Todd James Pierce So what was the first Disney Audio-Animatronic in human form—a...
View ArticleDHI is moving! Update: Completed!
Or at least the site is. Over the next few days, we will be moving to a new server, and over time more new and better features will be made available to all of our readers. Wish us luck! Update: We...
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Satellite – View of America 1959
Satellite – View of America by Todd James Pierce By now, there are very few areas in Disneyland, back in the 1950s, of which I haven’t seen clear pictures. There’re still things on my list: such as...
View ArticleDisney Studio Fiction – Keller in Effects
Keller in Efects Effects Animators in the 1950s — I think most people here know that, in addition to working on DHI, I also direct a creative writing program at a university in California. Very rarely...
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Pinto Colvig’s Lost Memoir
Pinto Colvig’s Lost Memoir by Todd James Pierce A few years ago, while doing some archival work, I came across a full memoir written by Pinto Colvig, an early animator, film actor, and voice actor...
View ArticleNew Podcast – DHI 010 – Interview with Blaine Gibson
DHI Podcast 010 – Blaine Gibson by Todd James Pierce Earlier this month, Blaine Gibson, Disney animator and sculptor, passed away at the age of 97. I was lucky enough to interview Blaine multiple...
View ArticleNew Podcast – DHI 011 – The Pinto Colvig Story
NEW DHI PODCAST – The Pinto Colvig Story So who was Pinto Colvig? The voice of Goofy, the voice of multiple dwarfs in Snow White, the voice of practical pig, a sound effects man, and an animator. One...
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American Experience: Early Problems?
American Experience: Early Problems Race and Culture at Disneyland in the 1950s by Todd James Pierce Yesterday I woke to find a handful of messages about an American Experience clip that had been...
View ArticleA Few Things I Noticed about American Experience: Walt Disney
A Few Things I Noticed about American Experience: Walt Disney by Todd James Pierce Having just watched the first episode of the PBS American Experience on Walt Disney, I strongly agree with Disney...
View ArticleA Few Things I Noticed about American Experience: Walt Disney – Part Two
A Few Things I Noticed about American Experience: Walt Disney – Part Two by Todd James Pierce Like many of you, I’ve just finished watching the second half of American Experience: Walt Disney. [My...
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Disneyland: The First Christmas
Disneyland: The First Christmas by Todd James Pierce Christmas at Disneyland is now big business, with special parades, shows and rich theming throughout the park. A massive live Christmas tree...
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Disney and the Rose Parade – 1955
Disney and the Rose Parade – 1955 by Todd James Pierce Growing up in Santa Barbara, my family made multiple trips to the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena. I’m old enough to have seen...
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Walt’s Final New Year’s – 1966
Walt’s Final New Year’s – 1966 by Todd James Pierce Here’s the part of the story that most people know: On January 1, 1966, as Grand Marshall for the Tournament of Roses Parade, Walt Disney began...
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