Digital Harrisburg

Shedding a Whole New Light on Harrisburg

Researching the City Beautiful Movement gave me so much more appreciation for the city of Harrisburg. I really knew nothing about it, being from New Jersey; it took me until […]

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Local History Taught Through Digital Harrisburg

Digital History is opening my eyes to the different avenues […]

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Mira Lloyd Dock Beyond City Beautiful

As you know, our time working on the City Beautiful Project is coming to a close. I have been researching Mira Lloyd Dock for my part of the project. My research […]

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We’re Not Done Yet

Here at Messiah College, the first day of finals starts on May 9th. That leaves our class with only about 2 weeks to finish our City Beautiful project. Although the […]

Digital History

Losing the Training Wheels

Growing up in the digital age, my generation has been incredibly spoiled by our computers. After spending some time in the Pennsylvania State and Dauphin County Historical Society archives, I […]

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Mira Lloyd Dock and the Civic Club

According to their website, the Civic Club “is a service organization that supports and initiates community projects” and “build[s] a better and greater Harrisburg.” The club was formed in the […]

Digital History

Digitizing Harrisburg circa 1901

In early January, students in Harrisburg University’s Applied Geographic Information Systems (GIS) class were notified of the course requirement for a semester long applied GIS project. This course builds on […]

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Making Discoveries

With the work of our City Social projects finally finished, our focus now centers on our City Beautiful projects. This past week we spent a significant amount of time at […]

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Lessons from the Archives

One of my favorite parts of Messiah College’s Digital Harrisburg efforts has been the opportunity to explore local archives and delve headfirst into primary source research. As my fellow classmate […]

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