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Save the Date for PubComm 13!
The Cooper Street Library and the surrounding park was donated to the city of Camden by Eldridge R. Johnson. The Neo-Classical building was constructed from 1914 to 1930. It is currently owned by...
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“Beers to Brassieres in 150 Years” and Beyond: New Developments at the Lower...
The bar at the Schneiders’ saloon. Visible on the bar is the 19th century version of a growler. Children living at 97 Orchard St. might have come down the stairs on the left to present their empty...
View ArticleDVRPC’s African American Heritage Tour Project
From the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission: On Monday, February 25, 5:30-7:45pm, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission is hosting an event to highlight its African American...
View ArticleZeros and Ones and Ones and Zeros
I accompanied my husband on a business trip to New York City not long ago. It was a whirlwind, less than 24 hour excursion, but I hadn’t been in a while and I always find the Big Apple both...
View ArticlePaterson’s Hinchliffe Stadium Named a National Historic Landmark
From H-New Jersey: The Christie Administration announced that Paterson’s Hinchliffe Stadium has been named a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The stadium is already...
View ArticleWhat’s it Worth to You?
Over the last few weeks I have been turning over in my mind and bouncing off colleagues the idea of admission fees, pro and con. Museum fees are hot button issue for many reasons. Few museums can...
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New Federal and State Parksin Maryland CommemorateLife and Legacy of Harriet...
Proposed visitor center for the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park, designed by GWWO, Inc./Architects. Courtesy GWWO, Inc. By Barbara Tagger I was a conductor on the Underground Railroad...
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How Best To Get The Word Out
The banks of the Delaware, below the battlefield grounds on which Fort Mercer once stood. Fort Mercer on the New Jersey side and Fort Mifflin on the Pennsylvania side were constructed in 1777 to defend...
View ArticleFox in the Hen House
The love of money, it is said, is the root of all evil. I think we can all agree, given the recent financial unpleasantness, the statement conveys a universal truth. As an executive director of a...
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Third Annual Public History Community Forum Comes to Rutgers-Camden
Mandi Magnuson-Hung, PubComm13 Committee Chair with Rutgers-Camden graduates preparing to give walking tours of Historic Cooper Street in Camden, New Jersey. (Photo: Charlene Mires) On April 26, 2013,...
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Columbia’s Master of Arts in Oral HistoryEducates the Next Generation of Oral...
OHMA students learn about archival practice at a visit to the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University. Photograph by Amy Starecheski, courtesy Columbia OHMA. By...
View ArticleWhat’s Old is New Again
It’s been a while since I’ve contributed a post here and I’m sorry for being MIA for so long. Over the past couple of months, I’ve been making the transition to a new job and to a new commuting scheme....
View ArticleNew for History Organizations! Register now for Public History Boot Camp
New Views on Immigration and Diversity for History Organizations December 12, 2013 MARCH / Camden County Historical Society When the U.S. Census Bureau announced in 2012 that Cumberland County, New...
View ArticleRegister now for Scholarship and Partnerships: The State of History in the...
Scholarship and Partnerships: The State of History in the National Parks A forum co-sponsored by the National Park Service, Northeast Region; the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH)...
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Shutdown After Action Report
I had a post almost ready to put up early in October about that opinion piece by the travel writer who said he hated museums, remember that? Seems a long time ago, now. Then the shutdown hit and blew...
View ArticleDon’t Be Hatin’
Hate. It ends up encompassing a spectrum of negative feelings; from annoyance (like when my cat Diderot upsets the kitchen trash for the upteenth time) to the mind-altering ire that fuels people to...
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New possibilities dawn for Bethlehem Steel Historic Site
Blast furnaces at Bethlehem Steel in Pennsylvania. Image courtesy of Bruce Ward. On January 30, a Northampton County grand jury called for the firing or resignation of Stephen G. Donches, once PR...
View ArticleYes, but what does it all MEAN?
This past fall I taught an undergraduate course on American material culture. It was my first go at this type of course. I’ve taught “traditional” history courses covering everything from medieval...
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Public/Digital | History/Humanities: Conceptualizing the Digital Public...
Original image taken from The Unix Chainsaw, a talk by Gary Bernhardt. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 On February 20, 2014, I gave a talk at Lehigh University in Bethelehem,...
View Article2014 Frederic M. Miller Lecture in Public History
A Hunger for Memory and Thirst for Justice: Nourishing Consciousness and Awakening Imagination Event flyer Miller Invite – Description By telling stories gathered along a personal and professional...
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