Conference Materials

This is a page for materials generated during and after the 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting.

If you would like to contribute notes, tweets, blogposts, photos, or other items, email us at [email protected]

• The conference hashtag was #ncph2020.  Here it is on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Sessions

• S4. Public History on YouTube — presenters posted their presentations on YouTube
  • Joseph Hall-Patton, “New Media Frontier: The Scholarly Value of YouTube”
  • Tristan Johnson, “The Value of YouTube for Opening the Historical Narrative in Public History”
  • Matthew Beat, “Public History on YouTube in the Classroom”
• S8. Diasporic Desires: Queer API Storytelling & Community Building — this session received a new name, Gather, Connect, Amplify: QTAPI Testimony & Grassroots Community Building, and was held as a Twitter chat facilitated by GVGK Tang #NCPH2020 #s8
  • The chat was translated into a Thread Reader, for anyone who prefers a different format
• S10. The New Gentrification: A Thin Line Between Economic Development and Urban Displacement of Black People — Twitter chat facilitated by Ari Green #NCPH2020 #s10
• S12. Shared Wisdom: NCPH from the Pros — pre-recording available on YouTube and Twitter chat facilitated by Krista McCracken #NCPH2020 #s12
• S21. Documenting Campus Tragedy: An Ongoing Case Study and Discussion — presenters provided their presentation as both a PowerPoint and PDF
• S28. Studying Marginalized Populations: A Girlhood Case Study — YouTube videos available on the GirlMuseum channel
  • Tiffany Isselhardt, “Sites of Girlhood”
  • Jessie Swigger, “Girls in the Wonder House”
• S31. Our Story, Your Tour: Integrating New Technologies with Public History — presenters provided both a presentation and tour demonstration, and facilitated a Twitter chat #NCPH2020 #s31
• S35. Greetings from Savannah: The Hostess’s City’s Hidden (Public Histories) — PowerPoint presentation provided by Emily Beck
• S36. Interpreting Jewish History in Museums and Public History Settings — Twitter chat facilitated by Charlie Hersh, Emily Esten, Miryam Gordon, and Rebecca Brenner Graham #NCPH2020 #s36
• S37. Making RE:source a Resource for All: Narrating the History of Philanthropy for a General Public at the Rockefeller Archive Center — Twitter chat facilitated by the Rockefeller Archive Center #NCPH2020 #s37
  • Presenters invite you to check out their website
• S41. National Visitation Trends at History Organizations — Twitter thread by John Marks
• S42. Facilitating History in the “Flyover State”: Institutional Memory and the Midwest — Google doc summary of presentation
• S43. Barriers to History: Making History and Historical Research Accessible — Twitter chat facilitated by Selena Moon #NCPH2020 #s43
• S44. Public History and Gender Equity: A Long View of the Field — Google doc summary of presentation
• S45. The Historian’s Gaze: Moving Images and Visual Texts in Public Interpretation of Social Justice Issues — presentations available on this website
• S49. Threads of Change: Oral History in Action — Twitter chat facilitated by Western University’s Public History programs #NCPH2020 #s49
• S53. Storytelling Across Generations: Legacy Series, Georgia Journeys, and the Museum of History and Holocaust Education at Kennesaw State University — Twitter chat facilitated by Adina Langer #NCPH2020 #s53
• S55. Making the Private Public: Using Genealogical Research to Inform Museum Work — Twitter chat facilitated by Megan Churchwell #NCPH2020 #s55
• S57. Reimagining Slavery and Public History: Charting New Directions in the Field — Twitter thread from Denise Meringolo #NCPH2020 #s57
• S58. Suffrage at 100: Opportunities and Challenges for 19th Amendment Commemorations — Twitter chat facilitated by Katherine Kitterman #NCPH202 #s58
• S59. Is it Time to Mobilize? — Twitter chat facilitated by Sheila Brennan, David McKenzie, and Daniel Milowski #NCPH2020 #s59
• S62. The 1.5 Generation:  A Historical Uncovering and Stories of Latinx Education — PowerPoint presentation provided by Margarita Garcia Rojas and Prezi provided by Alondra Quechol-Ramirez
• S64. Beyond Bricks and Mortar: The Changing Practices and Philosophies of Historic Preservation — PDF of topics discussed

Workshops

• W5. Digital Public History Lab
  • Ashley Bowen created a Google Slides presentation for the breakout session Digital Project Management
• W7. From #MeToo to Prevention: Bystander Intervention Training for Public History and Museum Professionals — YouTube video of recorded presentation and numerous Google docs
• W9. Welcoming the Ghost: A Theoretical and Practical Exploration of Hauntings — Google site with summary of information and Twitter chat facilitated by Cathlin Goulding #NCPH2020 #w9

Working Groups

• WG1. Public Historians in Our Climate Emergency — Zoom meeting held and recorded
• WG2. Unsettling the “Nation of Immigrants:” Framing Inclusive Public Histories of Im/migration — pre-conferene blog post
• WG3. Challenging White Public History — post-conference blog post
• WG5. Public History Parents: Leaning In, Opting Out, and Finding Work-Life Balance — post-conference blog post

Tours

• T8. Feeding Atlanta Walking Tour — tour sites and information available via website
• T12. Displaced and Erased: The Black Experience in Decatur Walking Tour — tour sites and information available via website and ArcGIS StoryMap

Special Events

• Opening Plenary // Present at the Creation: A Conversation with Pioneers of the Public History Movement
  • A pamphlet from the first public history seminar, held in Santa Barbara, CA, May 19-20, 1978
  • “Bank History and Archives” article printed in The Maryland Historian, Spring 1979
  • The participant list from the First National Symposium on Public History, held in Montecito, CA, April 27-29, 1979
  • Q&A with Dr. Andy Anderson, Executive Vice President and Chief Historian, Wells Fargo & Company; Founder and Director, Wells Fargo Family & Business History Center, San Francisco, CA
• First Time Attendee and Conference Connections Meet-Up — Twitter chat facilitated by Krista McCracken
• Opening Reception — NCPH offered opening remarks on Twitter
• Poster Session — posters available for viewing on Instagram
• Awards Breakfast and Presidential Address — Twitter thread

Other Materials

• New Professional and Student Breakfast — Twitter chat held by the New Professional and Student Committee
• Pop-Up // Doing the Internal Work for the External Work: Interpretive Planning at Ford’s Theater — Twitter chat facilitated by David McKenzie
• NCPH Members Meeting — recording available on YouTube
• Pop-Up // Version Galore: Rocksteady and Reggae from JA to LA — PowerPoint and poster provided by Nina Cole, with an accompanying Spotify playlist
• Pop-Up // What is CampingCon? — Google doc summary of information

General

• “A few thoughts regarding online conferences” — post meeting recap by Megan R. Brett

Discussion