Community

H-Radhist H-Radhist is an online discussion site dedicated to the discussing “historical, theoretical and political issues that routinely emerge from the study of history from a radical perspective, in which knowledge of the past is informed by the commitment... More

Archives/Research

Beginning in 1983 the Prelinger Archives began collecting ephemeral American films. The collection now claims to be in possession of over ten percent of these films made between 1927 and 1987. Using the Internet Archive, almost two thousand of... More

Proposal for Final Project

I'd like to continue on with the baseball theme from my earlier presentation. The sites that currently exist offer a wide range of things but no one site offers a comprehensive database for team rosters, player stats, and other pertinent... More

Digital Scholarship

After viewing the articles Hearsay of the Sun and The Difference Slavery Made in their online forms it is clear that these articles do fulfill the promise of digital scholarship to the extent that it is fullfillable. As the... More

Design

I chose the Pensacola Historical Society's website as an example of bad design. Their site breaks almost all guidelines regarding alignment, proximity and repetition. Alignment is nearly non-existent. The site is made up of a patchwork of tables with... More

Narrative

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 its possibilities." Do you agree? Why or why... More

Web Review Essay Proposal

I'm proposing a review of websites about the history of baseball. Being that baseball is "America's pastime", there are a number of sites dealing with baseball's history on a number of levels. Some of them are "official history" sites, others... More

Website Evaluation

Brainerd, Kansas: Time, Place and Memory on the Prairie Plains (http://www.rootinaround.com/brainerd/) Created by Kevin Roe, Reviewed September 18, 2004 Unsatisfied with life in New York City, Kevin Roe is drawn away from a job in journalism and advertising to his... More

Web History Scavenger Hunt

I was only able to find 8 of the 9 items on the list in almost exactly one half hour. I have them listed below in the order I found them. I went through first and tried to do all... More

What Historians Do

The primary goal for historians working in applied fields is to make availble information about the past in a manner that is widely usable. For example, museum currators take historical information and present it in a format that museum visitors... More