November 29, 2004
H-OIEAHC on h-net
I choose to review H-OIEAHC, a discussion community on h-net that is dedicated to Early Colonial American Culture. H-net is an “international consortium of scholars in the humanities and social sciences” which sponsors a number of scholarly discussion communities. This... More
Posted by Anne Mason at 03:42 PM
November 08, 2004
American Memory
The American Memory Collection at the Library of Congress is a great archival collection. The Library of Congress was one of the pioneers for presenting archives digitally over the web, and they have probably been one of the best funded... More
Posted by Anne Mason at 05:27 PM
October 29, 2004
Project Proposal
At the National Register of Historic Places where I work, I have been diligently digitizing the nomination forms for properties on the National Register. As of yet, there is no good system devised to display these items on the internet.... More
Posted by Anne Mason at 12:13 PM
September 27, 2004
Narrative Questions
1. Cronon’s essay is about stories themselves and how they can be manipulated. Or as Cronon puts it, “My most visible narrative has of course been a story about storytellers who express their own times and political visions.” (p.1374) Cronon... More
Posted by Anne Mason at 04:38 PM
September 25, 2004
French and Indian War
I will be reviewing how the French and Indian War is presented on the web. With the upcoming 250th Anniversary of the General Braddock campaign in the colonies and the planned events associated with that, including a living history reenactment... More
Posted by Anne Mason at 05:33 PM
September 21, 2004
Valley of the Shadow
The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War. http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu Created and maintained by the Virginia Center for Digital History at the University of Virginia. Visited site on 20 September 2004. This site is a huge archive... More
Posted by Anne Mason at 10:13 AM
Scavenger Hunt
My Scavenger Hunt Results 1. Skipped this one after searching on google and yahoo without success 2. The poem is Evolution by Alice Duer Miller, found on google by searching the phrase, when all the women wanted it. Alice Duer... More
Posted by Anne Mason at 09:46 AM
What Historian's Do
Historians should strive to incease the body of knowledge about history, the past, and past events. Then, these ideas about history need to be recorded and presented to others in a usable format, for scholarship means nothing if it is... More
Posted by Anne Mason at 09:40 AM
September 06, 2004
Scavenger Hunt
My Scavenger Hunt Results 1. Skipped this one after searching on google and yahoo without success 2. The poem is Evolution by Alice Duer Miller, found on google by searching the phrase, when all the women wanted it. Alice Duer... More
Posted by Anne Mason at 10:10 AM