The Chester Way Tour project combines place-based, often forgotten, stories of Harrisburg's history from the 19th to the 20th century that illuminate the civil rights effort of the region. The first story of this tour, which I’m delighted to share, begins with the first European settler of Harrisburg, John Harris, a mulberry tree, and the rumored account … Continue reading Before Harrisburg: John Harris and Hercules
Dominic Gomez This semester, I decided to return to the Center of Public Humanities to contribute another story once again. Roughly a year ago, I began my involvement with the Center as a Fellow working on a Curatescape story for the ongoing series of stories-in-place on the untold narratives of Black History in the Harrisburg … Continue reading The Untold Tale of Fort Couch
In this current semester, I am engaging in a project as part of a humanities projects course, Humanities Projects 1, where I have taken on the responsibility of managing the Instagram and Facebook accounts for Digital Harrisburg. Digital Harrisburg is a website platform dedicated to preserving and showcasing the rich history of Harrisburg, focusing on … Continue reading Revitilizing Social Media
For the past several weeks, I have been working on editing and critiquing articles about Harrisburg’s 19th century African American community for the Digital Harrisburg blog. My role in this project is to ensure that the text students generate is clear and understandable to the public. The process is simple. First, my professor forwards the links … Continue reading Digital Harrisburg meets Quality Control
The light at the end of the tunnel is near for my seven-month-long project, “Finding Washingtonia” documentary (for background, see my previous post here). This film project has taught me much about myself and the world around me. I'm grateful for the opportunities to capture and tell people's stories that are unique and impactful to … Continue reading Finding Washingtonia: A New Trailer
Over this past semester, I have had the honor of creating and organizing a Digital Public Humanities online archive. This archive holds a large quantity of digital audio, video, and photo files that students have created over the years through the work of the Center for Public Humanities. My goal was to design an easy-to-use … Continue reading Harrisburg Historical plus an Archival Preservation and Content Project
As the semester draws to a close, so does the culmination of our labor—the completion of the "Along the Chester Way" Story Map. This semester-long project was a combined effort of three key individuals: Kelan Amme, Cade Smucker, and me. Kelan and Cade headed the research and writing portion of the project. Meanwhile, I was … Continue reading Concluding the Chester Way Story Map
The final week of the Fall 2023 semester is upon us, and thus our student team is putting the final touches on our contribution to the Chester Way Civil Rights Tour on the Harrisburg Historical website. If you’re new to this story, Harrisburg Historical is a Curatescape project by Messiah University, the T. Morris Chester Welcome … Continue reading A Tour Takes Shape: December Update on Harrisburg Historical
This past May, I joined a team led by Dr. Pettegrew to travel across the Atlantic Ocean to the magnificent country of Greece. Our main goal was to use sources related to Samuel Gridley Howe and available maps to try and locate the Washingtonia colony of 1829. Our team comprised some Messiah University History students, … Continue reading Finding Washingtonia, a Greek Refugee Colony
Image Credit: Dan Gleiter My name is Joshua Flores. I am a senior-level digital media major with a concentration in interactive design studying at Messiah University. This semester I enrolled in the Humanities Project course and became involved with the Commonwealth Monument Project Heritage tours which includes the T. Morris Chester & the Chester Way … Continue reading Along the Chester Way: Visualizing History with Story Maps
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