{"id":291,"date":"2026-06-09T17:54:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tflac.triplefightmuseum.com\/?page_id=291"},"modified":"2026-07-04T18:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T18:05:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tflac.triplefightmuseum.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-palette-color-8-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-9470a01c wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-border-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-border-color is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-d616e27a wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-xx-large-font-size\">ABOUT TFLAC<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8459b7ee wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center has-border-color has-palette-color-5-border-color is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-d616e27a wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ab489691065afb93f6924c2e91bb0505 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(16.834px, 1.052rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.716), 26px);\">TFLAC Preserves Histories that Once Mattered &#8212; And Still Do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f371dde8 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-border-color has-palette-color-7-border-color is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-87660283 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:1px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What TFLAC Is<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE TRIPLE FIGHT Library and Archival Center \u2014 TFLAC \u2014 is a working primary source library and a department of THE TRIPLE FIGHT MUSEUM (TFM). It is not a proposal or a pilot. It is an institution already in operation, actively preserving, curating, and publishing materials drawn from a significant private collection assembled over more than twenty years by TFM Founder and Director Dan Perkins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The collection spans 1890 to 1929 and comprises hundreds of newspapers, photographs, postcards, posters, and printed artifacts \u2014 materials that give evidence to critical moments in American history that have faded from public memory. TFLAC exists to ensure they do not stay lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>TFLAC is currently digitizing and cataloging the full TFM Collection \u2014 work scheduled for completion by the end of 2027. Holdings are accessible digitally, at no charge, at tflac.triplefightmuseum.com.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-palette-color-9-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-palette-color-9-background-color has-background\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What TFM Studies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE TRIPLE FIGHT MUSEUM is a digital cultural institution focused on three categories of fights that helped shape American society from 1890 through 1929:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>F1 \u2014 FIGHTS in Rings: <\/strong>Boxers and Boxing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>F2 \u2014 FIGHTS Among Nations: <\/strong>Military and Wars<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>F3 \u2014 FIGHTS for Equality and Justice: <\/strong>Human Rights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The TFM Collection, housed at TFLAC and accessed digitally, reflects the evolution of these three fights and their convergence. Our work begins with evidence, not ideology. We do not avoid difficult histories, nor do we reduce them to simple narratives. We invite visitors to join us in wrestling with complexity \u2014 because understanding often emerges through careful inquiry rather than easy answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The collection preserves the evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stories emerge from the evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meaning emerges from the stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From that meaning comes a deeper understanding of the challenges we continue to face today. History, therefore, becomes more than something to remember. It becomes a tool of agency and self-determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-palette-color-9-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-palette-color-9-background-color has-background\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The TFM 6-Part Framework<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TFLAC organizes its work through a six-part analytical framework that structures how each subject is studied and presented:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Part 1 \u2014 THE TRIPLE FIGHT <\/strong>answers: Why does this subject belong within TFM?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Part 2 \u2014 ABOUT <\/strong>answers: What physical, social, political, economic, and cultural world shaped this subject \u2014 and how did this subject, in turn, shape that world?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Part 3 \u2014 FIGHTS IN RINGS <\/strong>examines competitive conflict.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Part 4 \u2014 FIGHTS AMONG NATIONS <\/strong>examines military and geopolitical conflict.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Part 5 \u2014 FIGHTS FOR EQUALITY AND JUSTICE <\/strong>examines civic, legal, and moral conflict.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Part 6 \u2014 OTHER <\/strong>recognizes that history is interconnected and invites visitors to explore additional dimensions that enrich understanding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-palette-color-9-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-palette-color-9-background-color has-background\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Director<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TFLAC is led by Dan Perkins, Founder and Director of THE TRIPLE FIGHT MUSEUM. A graduate of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Perkins has spent more than twenty years assembling the private collection that forms the foundation of the Library \u2014 driven by a conviction that these materials belong not in storage, but in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Truth is pursued. History is honored. Humanity is centered.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TFM \u2014 In the FIGHT FOR GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-palette-color-9-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-palette-color-9-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-6e3ae97e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--palette-color-4);border-top-width:4px;border-right-color:var(--wp--preset--color--palette-color-6);border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--palette-color-6);border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-color:var(--wp--preset--color--palette-color-6);border-left-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>See More<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe0a7de2 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe0a7de2 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tflac.triplefightmuseum.com\/\">TFLAC Home<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe0a7de2 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT TFLAC TFLAC Preserves Histories that Once Mattered &#8212; And Still Do. 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