Historical Attractions in DE Beach Towns
In addition to the cleanest beach-water in the nation, a wealth of dining options, arts and entertainment activities, recreational opportunities, natural areas, state parks, night life and tax-free...
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Mill Stories: Deindustrialization as Public History
Scrap metal from what was once the Sparrows Point plant, September 2015. The mill’s closing was announced on August 12, 2012; demolition began in early 2013 and is ongoing. Photograph by Bill Barry and...
View ArticleCall for Papers: James A. Barnes Conference
The James A. Barnes Club, Temple University’s graduate student history organization, is pleased to announce the Twenty-First Annual Barnes Club Graduate Student History Conference. The Barnes Club...
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NHD Philadelphia–Junior Division
The presentations of exhibits in the Overlook area at the National Constitution Center on March 16, 2016. Around the country, cities and schools are celebrating National History Day. On March 16, 2016,...
View ArticleBall-Sellers House in VA to Open for Season
The Ball-Sellers House, the oldest building in Arlington County, Virginia, will open to the public for the season on Saturday, April 2 at 1:00 p.m. The Arlington Historical Society received the house...
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The Value of Volunteering and Interning
In this day and age, one of the pieces of advice many of us hear is volunteering with an organization can be the gateway to a paying job, which likely leaves many of us wondering exactly how valid that...
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Historic Preservation Workshop: Make the Most of Your Historic District
Structures reports and national register documents provide a wealth of information, but how can you take the next step to uncover stories that will bring a historic district to life? At this half-day...
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History, Memory, and Disability Rights Public Humanities Program
“A regime of state-mandated segregation and degradation soon emerged that in its virulence and bigotry rivaled, and indeed paralleled, the worst excesses of Jim Crow.”–Justice Thurgood Marshall,...
View ArticleNancy Moses Appointed Chair of PHMC
Nancy Moses, independent consultant and the author of Smuggled, Sold: On the Hunt for Cultural Treasures (2015) and Lost in the Museum: Buried Treasures and the Stories They Tell (2008), has been...
View ArticleRadio Program Previews Upcoming MARCH Disability History Conference
On Sunday, October 30, 2016, Humanities Connection, a radio program sponsored by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH), focused on the topic of disability history and disability rights and...
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Register Now for Spring Historic Preservation Classes
Leo Blake, curator of the Walt Whitman House in Camden, speaks with participants in the September 17, 2016, workshop, “Getting Your Historic House (Museum) in Order: Foundation Documents for Managing...
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Neighborhood Organizations Partner to Put West Philadelphia History on the Map
Lancaster Avenue, at the intersection of Brooklyn and Brown Streets, Philadelphia, PA. Photo credit: Mariam Williams Philadelphia, PA—At the corner of Lancaster Avenue that intersects with Brown and...
View ArticleAHA Recognizes Public History, Educational Work of Mid-Atlantic Scholars,...
The American History Association recognized a number of scholars and professionals working in the Mid-Atlantic region for their contributions to the field of history, including two awards given for...
View ArticleCFP – Public Histories of the Mid-Atlantic
The Pennsylvania Historical Association invites proposals for its 2017 Annual Meeting to be hosted by the Lackawanna Historical Society, Scranton, Pennsylvania, October 12 – 14, 2017. The program...
View Article7th Annual Public History Community Forum
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities is proud to co-sponsor the 7th Annual Public History Community Forum, to be held on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, from 9AM to 3PM. We hope you will join...
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‘See You in the Streets’–Art and Public History Q&A with Artist and Author...
Editor’s note: On March 25, 1911, an inferno engulfed the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York’s Greenwich Village. Most of the 146 people who perished in the flames or on the concrete outside...
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Women’s History Featured in Latest Issue of The Public Historian
The May 2017 issue of The Public Historian, the journal of the National Council on Public History (NCPH), takes a look at how women’s history is represented in public with a number of essays and...
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MARCH Sponsors New Certificate Program in Historic Preservation
North side of 400 block of Cooper Street, c. 1916. Courtesy of the Camden County Historical Society. An innovative new program at Rutgers University–Camden will offer participants a unique opportunity...
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‘Talking Statues’ Arrives in New York City
Screenshot, map of New York City statues in Talking Statues project. www.newyorktalkingstatues.com Talking Statues, a Danish public history and art concept in which authors and actors give voice to...
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Multistoried Places the Focus of August Issue of The Public Historian
The essays in the August 2017 issue of The Public Historian all deal with the diverse historical narratives that reside in any historical site or event. From Jesuit missions to statues and monuments,...
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