COVID-19 and the urgency to capture its history

PROPOSAL TYPE

Traditional Panel

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
  • Consulting
  • Government Historians
  • Oral History
RELATED TOPICS

I will present a paper on my consulting work in 2021-22 with a military retirement home in Washington, DC.  The home wanted to capture its immediate history of fighting (their words) COVID-19.  Read More

Go the Distance: Methods and Approaches to Nominations for the National Register

PROPOSAL TYPE

Workshop

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
  • Consulting
  • Government Historians
  • Preservation
ABSTRACT

This workshop is aimed at both the beginner and mid-career public historian who wish to improve their understanding of nominations and their basic mechanics.  Read More

The Holocaust and Genocide: Proving Atrocities

PROPOSAL TYPE

Traditional Panel

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
  • Government Historians
  • Memory
  • Oral History
ABSTRACT

I would like to present on the historical urgency faced during and immediately after atrocities are committed, by focusing on the Holocaust specifically and other recent genocides more generally. Read More

Urgency to Preserve Collective Memory in National Parks

PROPOSAL TYPE

Traditional Panel

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
  • Government Historians
  • Memory
  • Oral History
ABSTRACT

The diverse history of the National Parks is widely unappreciated due to the lack of documentation of primary sources. Over the course of the history of the National Parks, there have been integral stories from all different backgrounds and experiences that were not and have not been documented. Read More

“The Future of the Society is Hidden:” Whiteness, Commemoration, the Daughters of Utah Pioneers

PROPOSAL TYPE

Orphan Paper in need of a wider group

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Government Historians
  • Material Culture
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Place
  • Reflections on the Field
  • Social Justice
ABSTRACT

This paper will address to founding of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) using their recently-opened museum archives. Read More

Public History for the Public, by the Public: An Exploration of Government-funded Public History Programs

Brandi Burns, Boise City Dept. of Arts and History

PROPOSAL TYPE

Collaborative Conversation

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Advocacy
  • Government Historians
  • Public Engagement
ABSTRACT

Government historians form a fascinating sphere of the public history field. Read More

Infrastructure: Historical Impacts and Possibilities

ANNE SALSICH, OBERLIN college

PROPOSAL TYPE

Pecha Kucha

SEEKING

  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Environment
  • Government Historians
  • Labor and Economy
  • Place
  • Preservation
  • Public Engagement
  • Social Justice
ABSTRACT

This collaborative session would bring multiple cultural perspectives to bear on infrastructure inequality and opportunity. Read More

Putting Stories “Back on the Map”: Digital Mapping at the National Park Service

megan woods, national parks of boston

Proposal Type

Traditional Panel

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Digital
  • Government Historians
  • Place
Abstract

Rooted in place-based learning and engagement, the National Park Service seeks to foster visitors’ connection to their site, whether a historic structure or a natural resource. Read More

Making the Private Public: Using Genealogical Research to Inform Museum Work

MEGAN CHURCHWELL, PUGET SOUND NAVY MUSEUM

Proposal Type

Traditional Panel

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Government Historians
  • Museums/Exhibits
Abstract

Exploring the overlap between genealogical research and public history practice, Curator Megan Churchwell will present several case studies of genealogical research performed in a museum setting, with uses including: To inform museum exhibits incorporating Sailors’ stories; To research previously undocumented museum artifact collection;  To tell a more engaging story utilizing artifacts from a Sailor’s life

Description

Exploring the overlap between genealogical research and public history practice, Curator Megan Churchwell will present several case studies of genealogical research performed in a museum setting, with uses including:

  • To inform museum exhibits incorporating Sailors’ stories
  • To research undocumented museum artifact collections
  • To tell a more engaging story utilizing artifacts from a Sailor’s life

My goals for the session include discussing how to conduct genealogical research, when is it appropriate to conduct this kind of research in a museum setting, and some thoughts regarding privacy concerns. Read More

9/11 and the New-York Historical Society Docent

RONALD BROWN, TOURO COLLEGE

Proposal Type

Traditional Panel

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Government Historians
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
Abstract

Events following 9/11 unfolded with earth shattering speed. The New-York Historical Society immediately organized an ongoing 9/11 exhibit. Read More