In 2009, to help commemorate the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth, the House Divided Project at Dickinson College partnered with the Journal of American History to create a web-based exhibit that would showcase ways that newly emerging digital tools could reshape the…
Category: Memory
COLLECTION –Their Own Words
The Dickinson Library has digitized over 34,000 pages of text (both published and unpublished) that were written by Dickinsonians from the 18th,19th, and 20th centuries. The wide-ranging collection covers numerous topics, but the collection is especially strong for the following figures:…
COLLECTION –Lincoln’s Writings
NEH EDSITEMENT has named Lincoln’s Writings: The Multi-Media Edition as one of the “Best of the Humanities Web.” The site ranks 150 of Abraham Lincoln’s most teachable documents and provides an arsenal of multi-media learning resources around each one. This…
COLLECTION –Carlisle Indian School
The Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center is one of the newest and most ambitious primary source collections ever undertaken at Dickinson College. The project, led by co-directors Jim Gerencser, Susan Rose and Malinda Triller,aims to develop a comprehensive searchable database…
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.…
VIDEO –Interview on Sherman’s March
In this 2008 interview conducted at Dickinson College, historian Mark Neely was asked whether Sherman’s March to the Sea in 1864 and across the Carolinas in 1865 were examples of total war. He denied that they were and tried to…
VIDEO –Interviews with Underground Railroad Experts
In the summer of 2008, historian Fergus Bordewich (Bound for Canaan) and Harriet Tubman biographer Kate Clifford Larson (Bound for the Promised Land) visited Dickinson College as part of an NEH workshop on the Underground Railroad. They spoke about the subject in a…
VIDEO –Tour of Ford’s Theatre
Matthew Pinsker hosts a video tour for the Ford’s Theatre Society to help commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln Assassination. Tour of Ford’s Theatre (30 minutes / 9 segments)
Map –Summers with Lincoln
Created by high school student Chelsea Miller, this map is built around excerpts from a book written by one of her teachers, James Percoco, Summers With Lincoln (2008), documenting his experiences visiting Lincoln statues and memorials from across the country with his…