Dickinson College students study the Founders with great care, because the college itself was part of the American Revolutionary era, established as a school in 1773 and first chartered as a college in 1783. The guiding spirit of the institution…
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African American, Cold War, Diplomacy, Education, Memory, Post-Vietnam, Poverty, Religion, Southern, Urban, Vietnam Era, Women, World War II
EXHIBIT –Remembering America Since 1945
In spring 2015, Dickinson students in History 118 (US Since 1877) conducted oral histories and produced essays with multi-media appendixes (such as podcasts or videos). Several of these extraordinary projects have been featured in this Storify essay summarizing their work.…
ESSAY –Oral History About Cold War
In spring 2015, Dickinson student Jordan Forry conducted a thoughtful, wide-ranging interview with his grandmother about the nature of life on the home front of the early Cold War. She recalls atomic bomb drills, but also remembers that her family…
Contributors
Student contributors for this project include undergraduates from Dickinson College and graduate students who have participated in Matthew Pinsker’s online courses for the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. In some cases, we also have middle and high school student contributors,…