November 29, 2004
Community
The History Channel’s Cold War Discussion Board is a forum for discussing all aspects of the Cold War Era during which the United States and Soviet Union had an openly adversarial relationship. The discussion group has been active since at... More
Posted by Matt Mc at 01:12 PM
November 08, 2004
Archives/Research Idea
I chose the Wright American Fiction, 1851-1875 website a product of Indiana University’s Digital Library Program. The goal of the program and website is to digitize every novel published in the U.S. between 1851 and 1875. The program uses Lyle... More
Posted by Matt Mc at 01:09 PM
October 28, 2004
Digital Project Proposal
My digital project proposal is a website on African-American churches and schools in Culpeper County, Virginia from 1866 to the the present (for churches) and to integration (for schools). The website will include images and locations of the churches and... More
Posted by Matt Mc at 07:54 AM
October 25, 2004
Digital Scholarship
In the spirit of full disclosure I should state that I am very skeptical that the Web has or will be able to provide a fundamentally different understanding of history than that of a book or journal. As a result,... More
Posted by Matt Mc at 04:03 PM
October 04, 2004
Design
An example of Good Design is the Chicago Historical Society's "Studs Terkel: Conversations with America" website. The design enables the browser to quickly determine the site's content. This is made easier by a simple white background that enhances contrast. The... More
Posted by Matt Mc at 01:41 PM
September 27, 2004
Narrative
I selected question 5 for my blog: 5. "One critic of Murray's book complains that "her utopianism colors all her arguments in this volume, leading her to ignore or play down the more disturbing consequences of technology while unabashedly embracing... More
Posted by Matt Mc at 12:17 PM
September 22, 2004
Review Essay Proposal
For my web review I propose to examine websites that cover the history of U.S. Navy ship design in the modern age. (Most naval historians date the modern age of naval design in the United States Navy to 1884 when... More
Posted by Matt Mc at 06:58 AM
September 20, 2004
Website Evaluation
Brainerd, Kansas: Time, Place, and Memory on the Web. (http://rootinaround.com/brainerd/). Created and maintained by Kevin Roe. Reviewed September 16-20, 2004. The Web site, Brainerd, Kansas: Time, Place, and Memory on the Web, recounts the history and current state of a... More
Posted by Matt Mc at 04:19 PM