History@Dickinson
The History Department at Dickinson College provides courses in all areas of world history and with historians who employ a wide array of interdisciplinary and multi-media approaches. All History majors at Dickinson experience a core sequence of methods classes, beginning with the Introduction to Historical Methodology in History 204, continuing to Historiography and Advanced Historical Methods (History 304) and culminating with History 404, a capstone senior seminar.Blogroll
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Archive Collection – James Buchanan
Several political cartoons were included in the James Buchanan collection. A cartoon that interested me, depicted two eagles, one proud and strong, while the other was decrepit and stood upon legs of “Anarchy” and “Secession”. Under the strong eagle read, … Continue reading
Response to John D. Hartigan’s Archive Collection
As a student of Dickinson’s Study Abroad program, I found John D. Hartigan’s collection especially fascinating. In particular, I enjoyed reading his essay “Dickinson Plan of Foreign Career Preparation,” because it outlines Hartigan’s vision for change at Dickinson, hoping for … Continue reading
Archives Collection Analysis-White
My research was on author and political cartoonist Montagu Modder. I came across many interesting pieces of his, but the political cartoon regarding election turnouts caught my attention the most. The center of the cartoon is Uncle Sam holding a … Continue reading