28 March 2013 – editors
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28 March 2013 – editors 4
The Health/PAC Digital Archive is a complete collection of the influential Health/PAC Bulletin, which was published for nearly three decades until Health/PAC closed in 1994. Full-text searchable, it amounts to a documentary history of mid- to late-20th Century American health policy and politics. Read More
26 March 2013 – editors
ANNCT: Latest report on Senate archives and records available from Advisory Committee on the Records of U.S. Congress
ANNCT: History Workshop Online seeks two new editors. Click here for details. DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: May 15, 2013
CFP: Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia seeks volunteer contributors with experience/expertise in writing about Philadelphia area history. Read More
25 March 2013 – Abigail Perkiss
Read MoreIt is May 1, 1981. A jury of eight internationally renowned architects and sculptors has announced its pick for the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, set to be constructed at the western end of the Constitution Gardens on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
22 March 2013 – Jessica Cochran
Pick up a penny. On one side, we observe Lincoln as he was; on the other side, Lincoln as we have chosen to remember him. Public historians face the challenges and rewards of interpreting history for a population obsessed as much with “authenticity” as “legacy.” Read More
21 March 2013 – editors
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20 March 2013 – Yolanda Chávez Leyva 1
NCPH 2013 Awards, projects, art, public engagement, community history, memory, sense of place, museums, NCPH
Read MoreEditors’ Note: This series showcases the winners of the National Council on Public History’s annual awards for the best new work in the field. Today’s post is by Yolanda Chávez Leyva, co-director of Museo Urbano at 500 S. Oregon, the winner of the 2013 NCPH Public History Project Award.
18 March 2013 – editors
CFP: Poster Session at American Association for State and Local History conference, Sept. 20, 2013, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 10, 2013
CONF: Digital Directions: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections, July 21-23, 2013, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. Read More
15 March 2013 – Evan Kutzler 1
Part of what drew me to the University of South Carolina’s Ph.D. program in history in 2010 was the opportunity to engage with controversial topics while pursuing an M.A. in public history along the way. The summer after my first year in the program, I found a part-time job with a private non-profit organization looking for someone to produce a new guidebook for an historic property it managed: a farmhouse located on a former plantation in the hills of one of the Border States. Read More
15 March 2013 – editors
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Happy Birthday, History@Work! It’s hard to believe that our blog is one year old this week. Besides a vigorous record of analysis and insights on the field, History@Work has the distinction of being the foundation of NCPH’s expanding Public History Commons. Read More