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
It has been a bit since I had the privilege of writing about my projects on the Digital Harrisburg platform, and I am delighted to be back! This fall, I entered my final undergraduate semester and my last few months at Messiah University. Instead of being sad about the impending end, I have juggled as … Continue reading Videos, Oral Histories, and the Chester Fellowship
Image Credit: Aidan Hubley For May Term 2023, I joined a team of professors and students from Messiah University and Harrisburg University of Science and Technology and traveled to Greece. While we were there, we expected to gain exposure to a few archaeology skills, such as drone surveying, photogrammetry, and artifact illustration. Our focus was … Continue reading Digitizing Washingtonia: Telling the Story of the “American” Colony in Greece
The landing page of Harrisburg Historical, a collection of digital tours through the city. What if there was a way to conveniently access a diverse array of histories surrounding the Pennsylvania capitol in the palm of your hand? This is the very goal of Harrisburg Historical, an upcoming website and mobile application that will tell … Continue reading Harrisburg Historical: Developing a Digital Civil Rights Tour
As little yellow flowers started to bloom across the graveyard, honoring every ancestor that breathed life into them, the Spring 2023 semester has come to an end, and it is high time to wrap up everything that has been done to push this project forward until now. I was stunned momentarily when I stepped into … Continue reading Blossoming of Lincoln Cemetery
At the beginning of the semester, we chose three women to commemorate in the Civic Club’s Women’s History Garden. My partner, Kyle, and I completed extensive research on these women. We analyzed a variety of primary and secondary sources to inform our knowledge of these women and then created 1-page biographies on each woman. After … Continue reading The Newest Contributions to the Women’s History Garden
As a Public History major, I have been bestowed the honor of continuing the work that Rachel Petroziello had started last semester on the Lincoln Cemetery Mapping Project. For some context, Lincoln Cemetery is a historically Black cemetery in Penbrook, Pennsylvania, which is also an eternal resting place for some historically significant figures such as … Continue reading Taking the Mobile App to the Lincoln Cemetery: A First Glimpse of Lincoln Cemetery
