Tag Archive
23 May 2014 – Manon Parry 3
Sonya Michel’s recent post brings the behind-the-scenes issues that have plagued the National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) project for years into public view. In 2012, when the Huffington Post reported “National Women’s History Museum Makes Little Progress in 16 Years,” it listed a catalog of concerns, from the overblown CV of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to financial irregularities. Read More
01 April 2014 – Cathy Stanton
Regular visitors to the Public History Commons may have noticed that we’ve undergone a slight facelift recently. The History@Work blog, initially the sole occupant of this site, has gradually been joined by other projects: the News Feed, The Public Historian’s digital space, and now our new Library. Read More
07 January 2014 – Cathy Stanton 3
The Public Historian, advocacy, digital history, scholarship, sustainability, profession, conference
Google “public history” and “climate change” and you’ll quickly realize that public historians are only just beginning to talk about how their work relates to the increasingly urgent questions posed by the earth’s rapidly changing climate. You could make a case that environmental public history is itself still in its infancy, even though it’s been more than two decades since Martin Melosi, in his President’s Annual Address to the National Council on Public History, issued a call for “environmental history [to] be a means to make the value of history better understood to the public.”[1] Read More
31 October 2013 – Mary Rizzo 1
The Public Historian, National Historic Preservation Act, NCPH Board Member Posts, preservation, sense of place, scholarship, profession
A few weeks ago, I asked readers of History@Work to nominate articles on historic preservation and place from The Public Historian for a yearlong conversation in honor of the upcoming 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 2016. Read More
03 October 2013 – Mary Rizzo 7
sense of place, scholarship, profession, The Public Historian, National Historic Preservation Act, NCPH Board Member Posts, preservation
In the nomination form for the US National Register of Historic Places, one of the main criteria excludes “structures, sites and objects achieving historical importance within the past 50 years.” Using this criterion, if the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, which authorized the National Register, were a building, it would only become eligible for inclusion in 2016. Read More
13 June 2013 – Jennifer Dickey
Editor’s note: This post continues the series of conference city reviews published by The Public Historian in the Public History Commons
The Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum, April 20, 2013. NCPH Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Henriette Riegel, Executive Director. Tour Leader: Captain Michael Braham. Read More
10 June 2013 – Adina Langer 1
Canadian Agriculture Museum, methods, museums, conference, The Public Historian, conference city review
Editor’s note: This post continues the series of conference city reviews published by The Public Historian in the Public History Commons
The Ultimate Field Trip! April 20, 2013. NCPH Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Created by: Canada Agriculture Museum. Tour Leader: Franz Klingender, Curator of Agriculture at the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation. Read More
05 June 2013 – Jill Dolan 3
Editor’s note: This post continues the series of conference city reviews published byThe Public Historian in the Public History Commons
The Haunted Walk, April 17, 2013. NCPH Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Created by Haunted Walks, Inc.; Glen Shackleton, Founder; Denis Lamoureux, Guide. Read More
03 June 2013 – Marty Wilson 1
preservation, conference, The Public Historian, NCPH conference 2013, conference city review, Parks Canada
Editor’s note: This post continues the series of conference city reviews published by The Public Historian in the Public History Commons
Rideau Canal Tour, April 20, 2013,. NCPH Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Creators: Parks Canada. Tour leaders: JUAN SANCHEZ and BILL WYLIE. Read More
29 May 2013 – Annie Muirhead
conference, The Public Historian, NCPH conference 2013, conference city review, methods, public engagement, sense of place
Editor’s note: This post continues the series of conference city reviews published byThe Public Historian in the Public History Commons
Horaceville: Pinhey’s Point Historic Site, April 20, 2013. NCPH Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario. The Pinhey’s Point Foundation. Tour leader: Bruce Elliott. Read More