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Perri Meldon

The NPS Disability History Handbook: Collaboration, process, and community

07 December 2023 – Perri Meldon

interpretation, National Park Service, disability history, representation

The National Park Service (NPS) has no official mandate to interpret the lives of people with disabilities across the park system. To address this lack, the NPS Park History Program is creating the Disability History Handbook, a multi-authored anthology slated for publication in late 2024. Read More

Interpreting our Disabled Heritage: Disability and the National Park Service

16 March 2021 – Perri Meldon 1

interpretation, National Park Service, diversity, disability history, inclusion, accessibility

For nearly four years, I have collaborated with the National Park Service to embrace the culture and history of people with disabilities represented by its 400+ parks, historic sites, monuments, and battlefields. During my summer 2020 internship with the NPS, I contributed to this effort by writing an annotated bibliography on American disability history. Read More

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Black History Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Placement at York University
05 March 2024 – Leena Hussein and Alanna Brown
digital history, race, Canada, Black history
Editor’s Note: This is piece is written from two perspectives to reflect on a collaborative public history placement at York University in Toronto, Canada. The authors, Alanna Brown and Leena Hussein, are profiled at the end of the piece. Introduction: Credible sources are essential to improving both the reliability and credibility of Wikipedia as an academic resource. Read More