05 March 2019 – editors
From around the field this week: Make sure your voice is heard by providing public feedback to the NPS on their proposed changes to the National Register; proposals are due at the beginning of May for the DAR’s 2019 symposium; registration is now open for AASLH’s March webinar on budgets Read More
04 March 2019 – Sarah A. McDonald 2
The Shelby County Historical Society and Museum (SCHSM) is a small organization situated in rural western Iowa. For over fifty years, the SCHSM has stood as a point of pride for community members. Founded by local citizens eager to collect and preserve the history of Shelby County, the museum’s collection consists mainly of items, ranging from household objects to antique cars, related to life in rural Iowa. Read More
01 March 2019 – editors
methods, public engagement, community history, sense of place, collaboration, TPH 40.4, museums, MDOC Q&A, scholarship, Montpelier, race, The Public Historian, slavery
Editor’s Note: Want to know more about what it takes to develop an award-winning exhibition about the lives of enslaved people at a founding father’s historic site? We did, too! In this series, we will learn more about what went into the new permanent exhibition The Mere Distinction of Colour (MDOC) at James Madison’s Montpelier (JMM) in Virginia. Read More
27 February 2019 – Tim Grove
Does your organization think about relevance often? It should. Every history organization or department should constantly be thinking of ways to be more relevant to its various constituencies, from visitors coming through your doors to parents of potential students. But what does relevance mean? Read More
26 February 2019 – editors
Childhood, Consumerism, and Gender in Public History
The Public Historian is publishing a special issue on childhood, consumerism, and gender, inspired in part by the continuing popularity of the American Girl dolls and books. Read More
25 February 2019 – Erin Lawrimore
Since the North Carolina legislature legalized the operation of retail facilities by craft breweries in 1985, craft beer has become big business in the state. More than 300 independent breweries exist in North Carolina, a number that has quadrupled since 2010. Read More
22 February 2019 – editors
museums, MDOC Q&A, scholarship, Montpelier, race, The Public Historian, slavery, methods, public engagement, community history, sense of place, collaboration, TPH 40.4
Editor’s Note: Want to know more about what it takes to develop an award-winning exhibition about the lives of enslaved people at a founding father’s historic site? We did, too! In this series, we will learn more about what went into the new permanent exhibition The Mere Distinction of Colour (MDOC) at James Madison’s Montpelier (JMM) in Virginia. Read More
21 February 2019 – James F. Brooks
TPH 41.1, African American history, The Public Historian, walking tours, slavery, Native American, campus history, photography, heritage, Editor's Corner
Editor’s note: We publish The Public Historian (TPH) editor James F. Brooks’s introduction to the February 2019 issue of TPH here. The entire issue is available online to National Council on Public History members and to others with subscription access. Read More
20 February 2019 – Paul C. Thistle
The “Repair Work” theme of the 2019 NCPH Hartford, CT conference immediately makes me think about the need to repair prevailing working conditions in the public history field itself. I strongly believe this work must become part and parcel of the notion among public historians about the need for “repairing a broken world.” Read More
20 February 2019 – editors
From around the field this week: New legislation was signed that creates an archives for civil rights cold cases; proposals for the 2019 Mount Vernon symposium are due this Friday; applications are due on February 28 for NEH’s latest Sustaining DH Institute Read More