Stop Apologizing
I led a guest researcher into my collections storage building and found myself doing something that I hate seeing others do: I apologized to him for the condition of the building. It was a retrofitted ranch house, a mediocre place to store collections. He responded exactly as I do whenever I’m in the position I… Continue reading Stop Apologizing
Who Knew? Finding Multicultural Stories in Your Own Attic
Excerpt of an article written in 2006 by Martha B. Katz-Hyman, Independent Scholar ALHFAM members can access the full text of this article and thousands more though the A.S.K. database. Not a member? Join today! For many historic sites and living history museums, making collections more relevant to cultures and peoples not usually associated with… Continue reading Who Knew? Finding Multicultural Stories in Your Own Attic
The Future of the Past
The Future of the Past
Last year the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation conducted a survey of over 40 living history organizations. Read the results in this blog written by director of education Mark Howell.… Continue reading The Future of the Past
The Asiatic Cholera Pandemic of 1832
In many ways the 1830s is a distant mirror of today. A time of promise but also unsettling social, political and technological changes, it, too, faced and survived its own pandemic: the Asiatic cholera, which appeared in the United States in 1832. … Continue reading The Asiatic Cholera Pandemic of 1832
Working From Home
Working from home seems like a new challenge, but until about 1850, over half of all families farmed and worked where they lived. … Continue reading Working From Home
Yellow Fever: Savannah’s Dreadful Pestilence
With the concerns today over Covid 19 what can we learn about past epidemics? Read excerpts from a past proceedings over yellow fever epidemics. What will the future think of this pandemic?… Continue reading Yellow Fever: Savannah’s Dreadful Pestilence
