Public History Commons^™

Geraldine Donaldson

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Mother Georgia Ann Hagins

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Interpretive Vernacular: Pop Culture Is A Language, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

I trust people who sound like me. I trust people who speak the same language as me. Part of this comes from a simple fact of understanding. I speak very little Spanish, even less French.

But I also speak other languages, and trust people who speak to me in those languages. [excerpt]

Mr. David Buster Burns

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral Program for Mr. David Buster Burns on March 10, 2012 at Summer Hill Baptist Church

Confederates In The Dorm: Hidden In Plain Sight, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

You can imagine the terror in the young 21-year-old's eyes as he realized who was charging down the Cashtown Pike into Gettysburg on the 26th of June. You can feel the chill that might have run down his spine as he realized that the rebel army he had deserted, the one he had escaped by running to the Federal lines, was crashing down upon him again. And the deserter's fate during this war was simple: execution. [excerpt]

Rufus Miles Jr.

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Vera Bivins Cunningham

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

A. C. "Dub" Mcmillian

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Morgan County - Photographs Of 2012 West Liberty Tornado, W. Lynn Nickell

County Histories of Kentucky

Photographs of the West Liberty, Kentucky tornado of March 2, 2012.

Meaningless Landscapes Yield Meaningless Graffiti: Are We All To Blame?, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

It is a juvenile bit of graffiti. Someone has slathered spray paint across the chest and mustache of one of those iconic Gettysburg monuments: the 2nd company, Andrews (Massachusetts) Sharpshooters monument along "the Loop" just to the west of the Wheatfield. The news hist Facebook for me yesterday afternoon, when local historian and house history sleuth Kendra Debany posted the shocking photo on her wall. The kneeling figure now has two cartoonish blue female breasts and a blue handlebar adorning his lip. It is ridiculous. It is uncalled for. [excerpt]

Charlie Johnson

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

History Not Hokum: Learning From Specters, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

What are we to make of those who literally try to raise the dead at our nation's historical locations? Can ghost tours ever be a successful medium (pun intended) for interpretation? [excerpt]

Mr. Richard Coston

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Practical Necromancy: Raising The Dead For Fun & Profit, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

Our profession is a unique and somewhat strange one. We are paid, fundamentally, to give voice to the voiceless. History is taking the people of the past and breathing into their lungs, letting them speak and act again even though they are long dead. [excerpt]

Mrs. Buena "Bea" Raymond Lawton

African American Funeral Programs

Ms_Buena_-Bea-_Raymond_Lawton.pdf - Funeral program for Buena "Bea" Raymond Lawton

A Letter Of Man: "And What Is 'Truth'?", John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

Have you seen the letter making the rounds on the internet? It's been tough not to see the letter in the past week or so. And it certainly is powerful and meaningful. Jordan Anderson has struck a chord with modern audiences nearly 150 years after he dictated a snide and sarcastic letter to his former master. Reading over the former slave's word, it feels like he tailored his tone for the tongue-in-cheek, breezy style of the virtual world. [excerpt]

"Realize I Don't Want To Be A Miser": Giving Up Power, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

Oftentimes, 'the visitor is sovereign' is used as a crib notes version of, "the customer is always right." That's not what it was intended to mean. That is a gross bastardization of the concept, in fact. David Larsen in Meaningful Interpretation characterizes it succinctly: "it is the audience that will ultimately decide if they've had a meaningful experience, connected emotionally and intellectually, and believe the place is worth caring about and for." [excerpt]

Cheryl Blackwell Bryson

African American Funeral Programs

Program for the memorial service of Cheryl Blackwell Bryson, held at DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 East 56th Place, Chicago, Illinois on Sunday, January 29, 2012.

Mrs. Eula Mae Price

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Florrie E. Mincey-Bland

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Sit Down And Cry: Why Our Favorite Joke Is Demeaning, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

A family of visitors walks up to the information desk and smiles at the interpreter. "We have 15 minutes," the father says, "What should we do?"

The interpreter replies with a curt smile: "Sit down and cry." [excerpt]

Ulysses Clyde Lauderdale

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Ms. Deidra Thompson

African American Funeral Programs

Ms_Deidra_Thompson.pdf - Funeral program for Deidra Thompson

Victor Lamar Mcmillan

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Donald Lavert Gray

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Franklin Carson

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Mercel Knight Daniels

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral Program for Marcel Knight Daniels on Jan. 27, 2012 at Parrish Grove Baptist Church

Anniversaries, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

It has been one year since the birth of this blog. Not one year since our first post. If you run back in our roll, the first post was February 1st 2011. Still, this blog was born on this day one year ago, or at least the ethic which leads me to post week in, week out was. I didn't even realize that fact until a few weeks ago. [excerpt]

Corine C. Moore-Mainer

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Daisy Lee Lawton Dixon

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.