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Conservation

Editor’s corner: addressing the legacy of eugenics in California State Parks

23 August 2023 – Sarah H. Case

State Parks, Eugenics, white supremacy, racial violence, TPH, 2023 Annual Meeting, Conservation

Editors’ Note: We publish the editor’s introduction to the August 2023 issue of The Public Historian here. The entire issue is available online to National Council on Public History members and to others with subscription access.

The current issue features multiple authors who detail a model of publicly engaged, collaborative, and activist historical work. Read More

NCPH Award Q&A – Acadia Job Corps Conservation Center (AJCCC) in Maine’s Acadia National Park, Part II

14 March 2023 – Laura Miller and Angela Sirna

Conservation, National Park Service, African American history, NCPH 2022 awards

Editor’s Note: Want to learn more about the Acadia Job Corps Conservation Center in Maine’s Acadia National Park? We sat down with Laura Miller and Angela Sirna and learned about his program’s impact on the community and individual corpsmen. This post is part of a series of reflections from winners of NCPH awards in 2022. Read More

NCPH Award Q&A – Acadia Job Corps Conservation Center (AJCCC) in Maine’s Acadia National Park, Part I

08 March 2023 – Laura Miller and Angela Sirna 1

National Park Service, African American history, NCPH 2022 awards, Conservation

Editors’ Note: This post is part of a series of reflections from winners of NCPH awards in 2022. Laura Miller, Independent Historical Consultant, with Angela Sirna, National Park Service, won honorable mention-individual for “An Island Apart”: The Job Corps at Acadia National Park, 1966-1969."