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Keynote Address: The Dangers Of Institutional Silence In The War On Words, Hadley Drodge Apr 2026

Keynote Address: The Dangers Of Institutional Silence In The War On Words, Hadley Drodge

Public History Symposium

No abstract provided.


Contesting Imaginaries In The Digital Age: Considering Internet History, Cristian Dominguez Apr 2026

Contesting Imaginaries In The Digital Age: Considering Internet History, Cristian Dominguez

Public History Symposium

No abstract provided.


The Right Hand Of Allah: Slavery, Mobility, And The Dispersion Of Islam In The Indian Ocean World, Ellery Johnson Apr 2026

The Right Hand Of Allah: Slavery, Mobility, And The Dispersion Of Islam In The Indian Ocean World, Ellery Johnson

Public History Symposium

No abstract provided.


Brave, Faithful, And Reckless: The Horse Of The U.S. Marines, Alondra Mallia Apr 2026

Brave, Faithful, And Reckless: The Horse Of The U.S. Marines, Alondra Mallia

Public History Symposium

No abstract provided.


An Abundance Of Activities: Public History Projects At The Heritage Center Of Clark County, Part Ii, Elizabeth Day Apr 2026

An Abundance Of Activities: Public History Projects At The Heritage Center Of Clark County, Part Ii, Elizabeth Day

Public History Symposium

No abstract provided.


An Abundance Of Activities: Public History Projects At The Heritage Center Of Clark County, Part I, Ellen Moore Apr 2026

An Abundance Of Activities: Public History Projects At The Heritage Center Of Clark County, Part I, Ellen Moore

Public History Symposium

No abstract provided.


Reuniting Object And Origin: A Provenance Investigation, Erin Pence Apr 2026

Reuniting Object And Origin: A Provenance Investigation, Erin Pence

Public History Symposium

No abstract provided.


Preserving The Past, Opening The Doors: Digital Accessibility In Archives, Gabrielle Halcomb Apr 2026

Preserving The Past, Opening The Doors: Digital Accessibility In Archives, Gabrielle Halcomb

Public History Symposium

No abstract provided.


The Write Voice: Using Professional Writing To Preserve Cultural Heritage, Anna Fox Apr 2025

The Write Voice: Using Professional Writing To Preserve Cultural Heritage, Anna Fox

Public History Symposium

The goal of this capstone was to become familiar with the different voices that public history professionals take on in order to successfully preserve their collections and advocate for community histories. To gain experience with the internally focused informative voice, an orientation manual was written and digitized for the Sinclair College Archives, a local Dayton archive in which student workers, interns, and future archives professionals are frequently trained on the basics of archival processing and arranging materials for public use. For that same institution, a grant opportunity was selected, and a narrative application was written to gain experience using an …


Uncovering The Uncatalogued: Reviving The Museum’S Lost Catalog, Darrel Blevins Apr 2025

Uncovering The Uncatalogued: Reviving The Museum’S Lost Catalog, Darrel Blevins

Public History Symposium

Darrelll Blevins presents his work in creating a new exhibit for the Clark County Heritage Center.


“Gut Heil”: Dayton Turner’S Preservation During The First World War, Brandon Broering Apr 2025

“Gut Heil”: Dayton Turner’S Preservation During The First World War, Brandon Broering

Public History Symposium

Good greetings, or Gut Heil!, was a common greeting made by German-Americans in Dayton. These German-Americans and the lives of millions of Americans on April the sixth, 1917 were forever altered because of the United States’ decision to join the war effort. As the United States entered the First World War, domestically the population felt emboldened to aid in the war effort in every way possible. The First World War brought unprecedented hysteria towards German-Americans for fear of treason and espionage upon the war effort. Eventually even legislation was passed 1 to halt anyone in the United States from interfering …


From Kevin Mccallister To Captain America: The Fall Of The American Dream And The Rise Of American Power In Hollywood Films From The 1980s To The 2020s, Scotty Cypher Apr 2025

From Kevin Mccallister To Captain America: The Fall Of The American Dream And The Rise Of American Power In Hollywood Films From The 1980s To The 2020s, Scotty Cypher

Public History Symposium

Cypher take a look at what happened to suburbia in popular American movies, and why it has seemingly disappeared.


Welcome And Introductory Remarks, Darrell Blevins Apr 2025

Welcome And Introductory Remarks, Darrell Blevins

Public History Symposium

This presentation was not submitted for inclusion in the repository.


The Schwarz Sisters And Local History, Julie Hale Mar 2018

The Schwarz Sisters And Local History, Julie Hale

Public History Symposium

No abstract provided.


Photographer Jane Reece’S Impact On Dayton History, Alyssa Stark Mar 2018

Photographer Jane Reece’S Impact On Dayton History, Alyssa Stark

Public History Symposium

No abstract provided.


The Arnold Family Papers, Amanda Norris Mar 2018

The Arnold Family Papers, Amanda Norris

Public History Symposium

No abstract provided.


Behind The Mask: Black Power And Representation In Comic Books, Derek Pridemore Mar 2018

Behind The Mask: Black Power And Representation In Comic Books, Derek Pridemore

Public History Symposium

No abstract provided.


African American Fraternal Organizations: Fostering Leadership And Civic Engagement, Samantha Martin Mar 2018

African American Fraternal Organizations: Fostering Leadership And Civic Engagement, Samantha Martin

Public History Symposium

No abstract provided.


They Killed Irwin: How Racist Zoning Policies Destroyed One Of Dayton’S Oldest Neighborhoods, Hadley Drodge Mar 2018

They Killed Irwin: How Racist Zoning Policies Destroyed One Of Dayton’S Oldest Neighborhoods, Hadley Drodge

Public History Symposium

No abstract provided.


Creative Nonfiction As Public History: Finding Narrative In Ursula Dogterom’S Wartime Letters, Margaret Breidenbaugh Mar 2018

Creative Nonfiction As Public History: Finding Narrative In Ursula Dogterom’S Wartime Letters, Margaret Breidenbaugh

Public History Symposium

No abstract provided.


Starting From Zero, Collaborative Exhibit Building In A Small Museum, April Neff Mar 2018

Starting From Zero, Collaborative Exhibit Building In A Small Museum, April Neff

Public History Symposium

No abstract provided.


Public History Newsletter Fall, 2015, Public History Concentration Oct 2015

Public History Newsletter Fall, 2015, Public History Concentration

Public History Newsletter

A five page newsletter created by the Public History Concentration at Wright State University.


Public History Newsletter Spring 2015, Public History Concentration Apr 2015

Public History Newsletter Spring 2015, Public History Concentration

Public History Newsletter

A ten page newsletter created by the Public History Concentration at Wright State University.


Public History Newsletter Fall 2014, Public History Concentration Oct 2014

Public History Newsletter Fall 2014, Public History Concentration

Public History Newsletter

A four page newsletter created by the Public History Concentration at Wright State University.


Public History Newsletter Spring 2014, Public History Concentration Apr 2014

Public History Newsletter Spring 2014, Public History Concentration

Public History Newsletter

A six page newsletter created by the Public History Concentration at Wright State University.


Public History Newsletter Fall 2013, Public History Concentration Oct 2013

Public History Newsletter Fall 2013, Public History Concentration

Public History Newsletter

A four page newsletter created by the Public History Concentration at Wright State University.


Public History Newsletter Spring 2013, Public History Concentration Apr 2013

Public History Newsletter Spring 2013, Public History Concentration

Public History Newsletter

A six page newsletter created by the Public History Concentration at Wright State University.


Public History Newsletter Fall 2012, Public History Concentration Oct 2012

Public History Newsletter Fall 2012, Public History Concentration

Public History Newsletter

A four page newsletter created by the Public History Concentration at Wright State University.


Public History Newsletter Spring 2012, Public History Concentration Apr 2012

Public History Newsletter Spring 2012, Public History Concentration

Public History Newsletter

A six page newsletter created by the Public History Concentration at Wright State University.


Public History Newsletter Winter 2012, Public History Concentration Jan 2012

Public History Newsletter Winter 2012, Public History Concentration

Public History Newsletter

A six page newsletter created by the Public History Concentration at Wright State University.