The following 250+ examples of outstanding student work derive from some of the best submissions over the last decade to Prof. Pinsker\u2019s Dickinson College classes<\/a>\u00a0(including undergraduate, online graduate and special summer high school seminars) and also from the hard-working summer interns at the\u00a0House Divided Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n NOTE:\u00a0 This post has been updated with new entries through Fall 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n Close reading essays<\/em><\/p>\n Audio document readings<\/em><\/p>\n Video document readings<\/em><\/p>\nHistory Methods \/ Research Journal Posts<\/h3>\n
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Kira Bergeron:\u00a0\u00a0Working with Ancestry<\/a> (Spring 2025)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Evangeline Clausson:\u00a0Looking Past the Veil<\/a> (Spring 2025)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Evangeline Clausson:\u00a0Katharine Drexel<\/a> (Spring 2025)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Evangeline Clausson:\u00a0Saint and Sinner<\/a> (Spring 2025)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Evangeline Clausson:\u00a0\u00a0Book Reviews<\/a> (Spring 2025)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- Fiona Clarke,\u00a0Using Ancestry with Class of 1868<\/a>\u00a0(Fall 2016)<\/li>\n
- Fiona Clarke,\u00a0College Archives and Class of 1868<\/a>\u00a0(Fall 2016)<\/li>\n
- Amanda Donoghue,\u00a0Researching Indian School at CCHS<\/a> (Fall 2021)<\/li>\n
- Katelyn Duffy,\u00a0Research Journal:\u00a0 Secondary Sources<\/a> (FYS Fall 2025)<\/li>\n
- Katelyn Duffy,\u00a0Research Journal:\u00a0 Primary Sources<\/a> (FYS Fall 2025)<\/li>\n
- Tom Forte,\u00a0Researching Fifteenth Amendment at CCHS<\/a>\u00a0(Fall 2017)<\/li>\n
- Sarah Goldberg,\u00a0Researching Temperance Reform in Black Atlanta<\/a>\u00a0 (2017-18)<\/li>\n
- Peter Hass:\u00a0Archives and Taney<\/a> (Spring 2025)<\/li>\n
- Colin Macfarlane, Researching Henry W. Spradley<\/a>\u00a0(Spring 2011)<\/li>\n
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Oskar Martin:\u00a0\u00a0Photos, Churches<\/a> (Spring 2025)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
<\/a>Oskar Martin:\u00a0Tracing Back the Butchers<\/a> (Spring 2025)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- Leah Miller,\u00a0A New Lincoln Letter<\/a>\u00a0(Spring 2012)<\/li>\n
- Rachel Morgan,\u00a0Johnson Family & Genealogical Research<\/a>\u00a0(Summer 2017)<\/li>\n
- Samantha Reiersen,\u00a0Class of 1862 and Ancestry<\/a>\u00a0(Fall 2016)<\/li>\n
- Maddie Rosato,\u00a0Research Journal: Secondary Sources<\/a> (FYS Fall 2025)<\/li>\n
- Maddie Rosato,\u00a0Research Journal: Primary Sources<\/a> (FYS Fall 2025)<\/li>\n
- Becca Solnit,\u00a0Researching India Lobby During WWII<\/a>\u00a0(2011-12)<\/li>\n
- Becca Stout,\u00a0Dickinson\u2019s janitors<\/a>\u00a0(Spring 2018)<\/li>\n
- James van Kuilenburg,\u00a0Researching Henry W. Spradley<\/a>\u00a0(Fall 2019)<\/li>\n
- Cooper Wingert,\u00a0Dickinson\u2019s founders and slavery<\/a>\u00a0(Spring 2018)<\/li>\n
- Cooper Wingert,\u00a0Researching Fugitive Slave Law<\/a>\u00a0(2019-20)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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