Thematic
-
“You Will Never Get Anything Useful or of Value Out of This”
Michelle M. Martin | Oct 18, 2016
-
History, Science, and Community: Native American Pasts
Patrick Manning | Oct 17, 2016
From the President -
Book History: A Perspectives Quick Study
Stephanie Kingsley | Oct 17, 2016
News -
Time to Right the Record: American Conservatism in the Archives
Michelle Nickerson | Oct 14, 2016
By Michelle Nickerson“We don’t have anything on conservative women, however . . .”This is what archivists would tell me during... -
Trans-ing History on the Web: The Digital Transgender Archive
Sadie Bergen | Aug 29, 2016
When College of the Holy Cross professor K.J. Rawson first imagined what would become the Digital Transgender Archive (DTA), he... -
Hero, Villain, or Anti-Hero? Archival Records and Dealing with the Contradictions of the Past
Allan Branstiter | Aug 24, 2016
I was wrapping up the second to last chapter of my MA thesis when I received a call from a... -
Historical Hat-Trick: Using Documents, Architecture, and Archaeology at George Washington’s Mount Vernon
Erin Holmes | Aug 10, 2016
This is the final post in a series by Erin Holmes, one of this year’s AHA Today blog contest winners. Her... -
The Other Drayton Hall: South Carolina Plantation Architecture in the Documentary Record
Erin Holmes | Jul 20, 2016
In 1861, former South Carolina governor William Bull burned down his house because he was worried that the Yankees might... -
Adapt and Overcome: What to Do When Your Archival Research Hits a Dead End
Allan Branstiter | Jul 12, 2016
At the close of the Civil War in 1865, Dr. Robert Kells—then the superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum—warned... -
Drug Traffickers and the Freedom of Information Act
Elaine Carey | Jul 1, 2016
I admit it: I stalk dead drug traffickers in libraries, archives, newspapers, databases, films, photos, literature, and documents. One of...
More Articles