With December comes the end of the semester and the culmination of projects and finals. This semester in Digital History, I learned and did a lot. I learned to make a website, curate images, and how to collect data for history. All the labs we did throughout this semester were to teach us and lead … Continue reading Tracing Outbreaks: A Digital Journey Through Harrisburg’s Disease History
As a current student in a Digital History class at Messiah University, I was tasked with creating a Story Map about an aspect of the history of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. For my Digital History Story Map, I chose the topic of the Wildwood Zoological Park that used to exist in the capital city. While the Zoological … Continue reading Researching Harrisburg’s Wildwood Zoological Park
By Phoebe Lemin During the Fall semester of 2024 I was able to learn valuable and applicable skills through the Digital History course offered at Messiah University. During the course I learned the behind the scenes of website building, databases, and public outreach. The course involved practical assignments such as simple website reviews that helped … Continue reading Learning Digital Skills Through History: Exploring Harrisburg with Mira Lloyd Dock
It's the final week of fall semester at Messiah University and as I type this, students are working hard to finish their projects and practicums in digital public humanities as well as a variety of exams, presentations, and projects for other classes. Earlier in the semester I noted here that students were then working on … Continue reading Concluding Fall Semester 2024: An Update on Student Activities
When I began researching the Wildwood Zoological Park that used to exist in the city of Harrisburg, I was skeptical that I would be able to find many, if any, valuable artifacts on the subject. Unfortunately, as I continued my research, I realized that my worries were right; almost all traces of the zoo are … Continue reading Digitizing Harrisburg’s Wildwood Zoological Park
Technology can be difficult to use, but it can also be a tool that can help us create something beautiful. The process of digitization is no different. The use of technology among historians has grown a lot during the past several decades and has allowed for a new advances and discoveries to be made. For … Continue reading Processing Paper Into The Digital: The Life of Genevieve Blatt
When it comes to the digital world, I try to avoid it. I have an aversion to technology and try to do without it, even at one point deleting social media and buying a flip phone. I have always felt out of place in the digital world. I remember in 2nd grade when we went … Continue reading Digitizing Disease
A business major might tell you that trading two quarters for one is a bad deal, but I’ve done it when I needed the one quarter for a collection. I collect coins from the 50 State Quarters Program, the America the Beautiful Quarters Program, and the American Women Quarters Program. A survey conducted by the … Continue reading Digitally Prioritizing a Quarter
By: Phoebe Lemin I never saw myself as someone who was that good at using technology. Certainly, I didn’t feel qualified to take on the task of digital history with my skills in technology. However, through my experience as a Public Humanities Fellows Student and after taking a Cybersecurity class, I felt like I could … Continue reading From Past to Pixels, Mira Lloyd Dock and the City Beautiful Movement
One evening, in my excitement (and haste) to search for a placed-based digitization project, I came across the title “Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital.” Immediately, its history captivated me, and my research on Harrisburg State Hospital and its creation in Harrisburg thus began. For two days, I had the opportunity to practice careful research at the … Continue reading Harrisburg’s Once “Lunatic Hospital” and Two Archive Visits Later…
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