Oral histories battling climate change

15 February 2022 – Melody Hunter-Pillion

Editor’s note: Today we continue the “Our Climate Emergency” series with a post by Melody Hunter-Pillion that centers oral history methods as a way to battle climate change. 

“It’s different and it’s more severe . . . I’m not the scientists, but I can definitely tell you, it’s happening.”

Guidelines for historic tree preservation

05 October 2021 – Leah Glaser 2

Editor’s note: This is our first installment following an introduction by David Glassberg and Donna Graves for the “Public Historians in Our Climate Emergency” series. In Leah S. Glaser’s post, she reminds us of how trees and tree preservation play an important role in public history. Read More

Public historians in our climate emergency: an introduction

14 September 2021 – David Glassberg and Donna Graves

Editor’s note: This post begins our year-long series, Our Climate Emergency, co-edited with David Glassberg and Donna Graves. The goal of this series brings together a diverse cohort of public historians, all with different perspectives and backgrounds, to think about the role of public historians and the climate crisis. Read More

Interpreting climate change through human stories at coastal national park sites

02 January 2017 – Jackie Gonzales

Editor’s note: This is the third of a series of blog posts commissioned by The Public Historian on the topic of history and the interpretation of climate change in the national parks, extending the conversation on history in the national parks during this centennial year begun in its November 2016 issue. Read More

Cultural resources and climate change: bridging the relevancy gap

19 December 2016 – Rick Kendall 1

Editor’s note: This is the second of a series of blog posts commissioned by The Public Historian on the topic of history and the interpretation of climate change in the national parks, extending the conversation on history in the national parks during this centennial year begun in its November 2016 issue. Read More

History makes climate change more personal and relevant

05 December 2016 – Andrea Jones

Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of blog posts commissioned by The Public Historian on the topic of history and the interpretation of climate change in the national parks, extending the conversation on history in the national parks during this centennial year begun in its November 2016 issue.  Read More

Lake Effects: Missing the boat on climate change

19 September 2014 – Adina Langer 1

On August 24, 2014, the temporary exhibition Lake Effects closed its doors after a ten-month run at the Michigan Historical Museum. Attempting to absorb as much Great Lakes culture as I could before relocating to the southeastern United States, I visited the Michigan Historical Museum with my family in July. Read More