This post is part of a series featuring behind-the-scenes dispatches from our Pohanka Interns working on the front lines of history this summer as interpreters, archivists, and preservationists. See here for the introduction to the series.

Every generation has plenty to remember about its time spent shaping the human story. But despite this, some generations are better at writing their stories than others. Or perhaps some generations leave more unfinished work for their descendants to sift through. Either way, the legacy of the Civil War still lays heavy on our shoulders. Here at Gettysburg, in particular, the memory of the …

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Mr. Willie Albert Reddick Sr. Jul 2015

Mr. Willie Albert Reddick Sr.

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral Program for Mr. Willie Albert Reddick Sr. on July 11, 2015 at Hope Community Baptist Church

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Mrs. Pearl Harden Parrish Jul 2015

Mrs. Pearl Harden Parrish

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral Program for Mrs. Pearl Harden Parrish on July 9, 2015 at Scarboro Grove Missionary Baptist Church

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Pearl Harden Parrish Jul 2015

Pearl Harden Parrish

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

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Once More Unto The Breach: 2015 Pohanka Interns Engage Public History, Kevin P. Lavery Jul 2015

Once More Unto The Breach: 2015 Pohanka Interns Engage Public History, Kevin P. Lavery

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Every summer, we feature posts on the blog that provide a behind-the-scenes view of what it’s like to practice history on the frontlines at some of the nation’s leading Civil War sites. Our contributors – Gettysburg College students doing summer internships under the auspices of CWI’s Brian C. Pohanka Internship Program – share their experiences giving tours, talking with visitors, and working with historical artifacts, educational programs, and archival collections. This summer, we’ve asked our Pohanka interns to reflect on an assortment of questions dealing with Civil War monuments and historical memory, broadening interpretation at Civil War battlefield sites, social …

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Lula Beatrice Thomas Jul 2015

Lula Beatrice Thomas

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

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Deacon Robert "Jaha" Wilbon Jr. Jul 2015

Deacon Robert "Jaha" Wilbon Jr.

African American Funeral Programs

Deacon_Robert--Jaha--Willbon_Jr.pdf - Funeral program for Deacon Robert "Jaha" Wilbon Jr.

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Traces Volume 43, Number 2, Kentucky Library Research Collections Jul 2015

Traces Volume 43, Number 2, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Traces, the Southern Central Kentucky, Barren County Genealogical Newsletter

Traces, the South Central Kentucky Genealogical Society's quarterly newsletter, was first published in 1973. The Society changed its name in 2016 to the Barren County Historical Society. The publication features compiled genealogies, articles on local history, single-family studies and unpublished source materials related to this area.

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Searching For Their Real Home: Dependent Black Children In Indianapolis, 1910-1940, John D. Ramsbottom Jul 2015

Searching For Their Real Home: Dependent Black Children In Indianapolis, 1910-1940, John D. Ramsbottom

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Concerns about the future for young people, reflected in contemporary headlines, were equally prominent in Indianapolis a hundred years ago. Then, as now, children whose parents neglected or abandoned them posed a special problem. In the midst of rapid social change that seemed to threaten traditional family stability, a small corps of professionals and volunteers worked to provide a nurturing environment.

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Old Leelanau County Jail Initial Conditions Assessment, Megan Blaha Jul 2015

Old Leelanau County Jail Initial Conditions Assessment, Megan Blaha

Historic Preservation Final Projects

In the winter 2015 term, Eastern Michigan University’s Historic Preservation Program partnered with the Leelanau Historical Society to initiate the development of a Conditions Assessment for the historic former Leelanau County Jail, located on land where the county seat had stood prior to its move to Suttons Bay Township in 2008. The purpose of this joint effort was to continue the efforts already begun by the Historical Society to save the jail. Since interest in development of the property the jail currently resides on persists, it has become imperative to create an assessment so that if the jail needs to …

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Rayfield Samuel Jun 2015