Inviting Contemporary Artists to Interact with a Historic House: A Q&A with Carol Ward
The monumental Palladian-style Morris-Jumel Mansion, perched atop one of the highest points of New York City at 160th Street, […]
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Gingersnaps and Lemonade
The holidays are upon us and if you are surprised you haven’t been in a retail establishment since oh, mid-September. […]
What a strange power there is in clothing. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer
The month of September was a blur. Here in the north-central part of Maryland, we were consumed by Civil War […]
Who Says You are a Historian?
Wow! I am thrilled about the response to my last post about living history practitioners. It seems I’ve hit a […]
The Care and Feeding of Living History Practitioners
Some colleagues and I were talking the other day about things they don’t teach you in museum studies/public history class. […]
Considering Copyright
Copyright and fair use are important topics for those of us working in the digital realm. Certainly, old photographs, letters, […]
The Things I Do
I was pondering what I would write about this month. Sitting at my desk, looking at my computer screen, I […]
How to Manage the Process
Digital or not, all projects can benefit from good, solid project management. In a previous career, I spent close to […]
Whose History is It Anyway?
It’s that time of year when a whole new flock of bright-eyed, idealistic, newly-minted public historians are pushed from their […]
Curbing the High Costs of Digitization
Working at a special collections library, I am only too aware of the high costs of providing digital access to […]