Welcome back to the second installment of Throwback Thursday, where we examine something from the Harrisburg Telegraph exactly 100 years ago. October 6th, 1916 On this day a century ago, the Harrisburg Telegraph publish an article about an influential woman of Bedminster, Pennsylvania, a township two-and-a-half hours east of Harrisburg (by modern standards of travel). The … Continue reading #ThrowbackThursday 10/6/16: A School for Boys
At Digital Harrisburg, we are starting a new #ThrowbackThursday, where we examine an issue of the Harrisburg Telegram that came out exactly 100 years ago. September 22, 1916 On this day in Harrisburg history, an open-air dance was held in Market Square during the celebrations for the Harrisburg’s First Merchants’ Uniform Fall Opening, … Continue reading #ThrowbackThursday 9/22/1916
The eagerly-awaited documentary about the Harrisburg Giants will premiere tomorrow at the Midtown Cinema. For a sneak peak, you can watch this preview.
For our senior project in computer science, we are excited to be working for Digital Harrisburg, providing them with data cleansing services and advanced data analytics. At the first stage of the project, we looked into several data cleansing software applications to help clean the census records used by Digital Harrisburg. We have concluded that … Continue reading Digital Harrisburg’s Data Analytics
The fall semester here at Messiah College is coming to a close, which means that my time in Professor David Pettegrew’s Digital History course is almost up. But looking back at my work in the course and the projects I have completed, I realize just how much I have grown in both my understanding of … Continue reading Reflections: Stories of Harrisburg and Digital History
The semester has come to a close and it is hard not to reminisce over the vast amount of research we as a class did in Digital History. Up to this point I had been accustomed to standard historical study, however, Dr. Pettegrew's class completely altered my perception of what constitutes the field of historical … Continue reading A long time ago in a classroom far far away…
A city cannot function properly without the co-operation of its populace and, even so, it requires dedicated individuals to view it with a critical eye and decide where it requires improvement. Beyond that, it requires individuals who are willing to not only see these needs, but also to act upon them. Women committed to this … Continue reading Silhouettes and Passing Time
Sitting in the Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg this afternoon, I was glad to find myself with a little time to reflect on this past semester in Digital History. It was strange to realize how much we had accomplished in terms of reading, learning techniques, and project research. Project 1 seemed to fly by as … Continue reading Looking Backward and Looking Forward
During our last few Digital History class periods, we've gained an introduction to GIS (geographic information system). I'm familiar with the basics of GIS from my internship this summer. I worked for the Bureau for Historic Preservation, in the CRGIS (sculptural resources geographic information system) Office, but I really only used a program call GeoMedia. I am not overly familiar with ArcGIS, … Continue reading Have a Spatial Day
Whenever you live near someone for a significant period of time, you get to know them and understand them. Eventually, you may find that you have common interests or beliefs and can work together to affect change in your neighborhood such as creating a neighborhood watch group. This type of situation may have also taken … Continue reading Harrisburg League for Municipal Improvements: Spatial Perspectives
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