Kaitlyn has experience writing for several different mediums. She has written academically and for entertainment. Check out her work below!
Master’s Thesis
Kaitlyn Weldon. Missions Unaccomplished: Female Missionaries, Native American Rights, and Media in the Nineteenth-Century American West. Master’s Thesis, 2020.
Magazine Articles
“All Aboard: The Heritage Express Trolley and Canadian County Historical Museum are tickets to the past.” Oklahoma Today. November/December 2024. Pages 24-25.
Blog Work
The Active Historian Blog
I regularly write for my blog, The Active Historian. I explore Western history and fashion. Here’s a link!
“Breaking Trail” Blog Series @ NCWHM
Kaitlyn wrote the “Breaking Trail” blog series for the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. The series explored some of the diverse stories that make up Western history in the Museum’s collections. Here is a brief selection of her work from the NCWHM.
“Breaking Trail: Abilene the Longhorn Museum Mascot.”
“Breaking Trail: Cheyenne Frontier Days.”
“Breaking Trail: The Real Story of Jackson Sundown, the Cowboy in the Museum Logo.”
“Breaking Trail: Bonnie McCarroll.”
“Breaking Trail: Bobcat Twister, the “Famous Educated Steer.”
“Breaking Trail: Pendleton Round-Up.”
“Breaking Trail: The Life of Bill Pickett.”
“Breaking Trail: Los Kineños.”
YouTube Scripts
Do You Remember?, Inc.
I ghost wrote YouTube scripts for Do You Remember? Below is selection of my best-performing scripts. (View numbers: April 2024.)
“Insane Things That Happened At Woodstock,” Do You Remember, December 15, 2021. [2.5 million+] *Pitched, Researched, & Wrote script. Won Ellie Award for Best Script 2021.
“The Real Reason NORMAN FELL Left Three’s Company,” Do You Remember, February 7, 2022. [3.3 million+ views]
“Top 10 Most HATED 1970s Bands!,” Do You Remember, October 15, 2021. [2.8 million+ views]
“Classic Hollywood Stars Who Were Always Drunk,” Do You Remember, September 20, 2021. [2.1 million+ views]
“JUNGLE PAM: THE SAD STRANGE STORY,” Do You Remember, October 22, 2021. [1.9 million+ views]
“10 Celebs Who ABSOLUTELY HATE Clint Eastwood,” Do You Remember, September 7, 2021. [1.7 million+ views]
“THE UNTOLD TRUTH GRACE SLICK,” Do You Remember, July 28, 2021. [1.5 million+ views]
“Frank Sinatra EXPOSED Marilyn Monroe’s True Cause of Death,” Do You Remember, [1.3 million+ views]
“DONNA DOUGLAS: THE SAD STRANGE STORY,” Do You Remember, November 16, 2021. [1 million+ views]
“ADRIENNE BARBEAU: THE SAD STRANGE STORY,” Do You Remember, December 16, 2021. [958K+ views]
Internet Articles
Ranker – Weird History
“13 Minority Military Units Who Shaped American History,” Ranker Weird History, March 4, 2021.
“What Cleopatra Actually Looked Like,” Ranker Weird History, January 28, 2021.
“The Actual Reasons Political Parties Exist,” Ranker Weird History, December 21, 2020.
“Women From History So Tough They Sound Made Up – But Aren’t,” Ranker Weird History, December 9, 2020. [30K+ views]
Academic Conference Presentations
“‘Blue Star’ of the Show: Corabelle Fellows, Dime Museums, and Media in the Nineteenth Century.” Western History Association Conference. Portland, Oregon. (October 2021). *Virtual Presentation at the Pre-Con.
“Cattle Queens: Female Ranchers in the American West, 1870-1920.” Rural Women’s Studies Association Conference. University of Guelph. Ontario, Canada (May 2021). *Virtual
“Twisted Legacies: How Media Affects Historical Memory.” Mountain-Plains Museum Association Conference. Research Paper Competition. (September 2020). *Virtual
- Participant’s Choice Winner
“Activist, Victim, or Savior?: The Many Faces of Caroline Weldon.” Northern Great Plains History Conference. Wisconsin Consortium. Eau Claire, Wisconsin (September 2020). *Virtual
“Missions Unaccomplished: Female Missionaries, Native American Rights, and Media in the Nineteenth-Century American West.” Family and Graduate Student Housing (FGSH) Research Symposium. Stillwater, Oklahoma (July 2020). *Virtual
- Most Interesting Topic Award
“Home, Home on the Plains: Homesteading Women in Dakota Territory.” Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference. University of Oklahoma. Norman, Oklahoma (February 2020).
- 3rd Place in Graduate Student American History
“Unconventional Pioneers: Women in Late Nineteenth Century Dakota Territory.” Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference. Cameron University. Lawton, Oklahoma (March 2019).
- 2nd Place in Graduate Student American History
Panel Text for Museum Exhibitions
The Active Historian 