Public History and New Media

Historical Gotham

kelli-leigh-o — Sun, 12 May 2013 08:01:21 -0400

Signal boosting another blog I’m currently working on focusing on the history of 19th/20th century New York City through media.

historicalgotham: New York City Noir, 1935 (via)

kelli-leigh-o — Sat, 11 May 2013 16:01:50 -0400

historicalgotham:

New York City Noir, 1935 (via)

latimes: Keep calm and carry on (with trademarks) The iconic...

kelli-leigh-o — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:01:44 -0400

An original 1939 Ministry of Information 'Keep Calm and Carry On' poster, left, is seen on display at Christie's auction house in London.

Stuart Manley, seen at his book store with the iconic poster.

latimes:

Keep calm and carry on (with trademarks)

The iconic World War II-era phrase, which adorns items and merchandise worldwide, is, as it turns out, trademarked in Europe by a former TV producer.

As the fight over the trademark continues, the couple partially responsible for the slogan’s revitalization, Stuart and Mary Manley, began just by framing it in their secondhand book shop and selling copies of the poster. But now, they’re less-than-enthused about the torrent of parodies.

From Mary:

“I didn’t want it trivialized. But of course now it’s been trivialized beyond belief…. You want to keep up a standard, and ‘Keep calm and eat a cupcake’ doesn’t do that.”

Read more from our latest Column One report.

Photos: Henry Chu, Sang Tan / Los Angeles Times

ladyhistory: mypopsiclemelted: #museum #american #history...

kelli-leigh-o — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:01:06 -0400

ladyhistory:

mypopsiclemelted:

#museum #american #history #smithsonian #presidents (at National Museum of American History)

If there was an exhibit I would steal for my classroom, this would be IT.

Stage 1: Preliminary plan for my exhibit for the staff meeting...

kelli-leigh-o — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:30:29 -0400

Stage 1:
Preliminary plan for my exhibit for the staff meeting today.

I’ll go back to incorporate visitor evaluations and feedback, but this is the kind of “big idea” so far.

lostsplendor: Miss Sanderson’s Parasol Self-Defense,...

kelli-leigh-o — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:02:02 -0400

lostsplendor:

Miss Sanderson’s Parasol Self-Defense, 1908:

“Then Miss Sanderson came to the attack, and the demonstration showed her to be as capable with the stick as the sword. She passed it from hand to hand so quickly that the eye could scarcely follow the movements, and all the while her blows fell thick and fast. Down slashes, upper cuts, side swings, jabs and thrusts followed in quick succession, and the thought arose, how would a ruffian come off if he attacked this accomplished lady, supposing she had either walking-stick, umbrella, or parasol at the time? ”

- J. St. A. Jewell, “The Gymnasiums of London: Part X. — Pierre Vigny’s” Health and Strength, May 1904, pages 173-177. (via » Miss Sanderson and the womanly art of parasol self defence)

The National Digital Public Library Is Launched!

kelli-leigh-o — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:01:45 -0400

The National Digital Public Library Is Launched!:

thelifeguardlibrarian:

The Digital Public Library of America, to be launched on April 18, is a project to make the holdings of America’s research libraries, archives, and museums available to all Americans—and eventually to everyone in the world—online and free of charge.

Robert Darnton tells you how and why.

Look who got her first big girl desk at the museum!

kelli-leigh-o — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:55:07 -0400

Look who got her first big girl desk at the museum!

When every panel at the NCPH conference is amazing, but I can't travel because of school

kelli-leigh-o — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:01:35 -0400

thepublichistoriangradstudent:

I should be studying for my upcoming capstone exams. I logged...

kelli-leigh-o — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:28:29 -0400

I should be studying for my upcoming capstone exams.

I logged into Facebook and saw this post by a friend from high school.
Okay, so, if I fail horribly on Wednesday I may want to consider this as a solid Plan B, right?

The PHC was present at last night’s 50 Years of UCF event...

kelli-leigh-o — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:48:58 -0400

The PHC was present at last night’s 50 Years of UCF event hosted by the College of Arts and Humanities at the UCF Center for Emerging Media downtown last night.

Other affiliates including the Architecture MA program, Flying Horse Printing, and a silent auction for artwork by the Fine Arts students. Flying Horse was printing special cards for guests with UCF’ first mascot, the Citronaut, next to Knightro for guests to take home.

All in all, it was a really fun event!

ladyhistory: As someone who loves history, I’m afraid it won’t remember me.

kelli-leigh-o — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:31:00 -0400

ladyhistory:

As someone who loves history, I’m afraid it won’t remember me.

My write-up on History Harvest!

kelli-leigh-o — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:38:12 -0400

My write-up on History Harvest!

Just a couple photos from the PHC’s History Harvest...

kelli-leigh-o — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:18:00 -0500

Just a couple photos from the PHC’s History Harvest yesterday.

I’m working on transcribing interviews then doing the write-ups now. (Doing 4 different length ones.)

Overall it was a great event, and I think the class was excited about a lot of the items people brought in from the community.

We all know the real reason why most of us who grew up in the...

kelli-leigh-o — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:03:04 -0500

We all know the real reason why most of us who grew up in the 1990’s enjoy studying history.

I am struggling immensely to come up with a catchy title for my abstract for an upcoming PAT Regional Conference.

kelli-leigh-o — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:30:00 -0500

I tried looking up last year’s program to scour for inspiration and what some “catchy” titles were.

What did I find?

Not a single Public History paper was presented.

…. Okay, so I’m going to be that kid this year. Sigh.

Well, vive l’histoire publique.

todaysdocument: DOCUMERICA - one of our favorite series gets an...

kelli-leigh-o — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:35:15 -0500

todaysdocument:

DOCUMERICA - one of our favorite series gets an exhibit of its own!

usnatarchives:

Here’s a behind-the-scenes peak at the what our Exhibits staff are working on!

Bad fashion, odd fads, and disco dance music sum up the 1970s for many Americans. But “Searching for the Seventies: The DOCUMERICA Photography Project” takes a new look at the decade’s trends, fashions, and cultural shifts through color photographs taken for Project DOCUMERICA, a Federal photography project.

The exhibit opens March 8 and runs through September 8, 2013, at the National Archives in Washington, DC. Admission is free!

greatestgeneration: Lieselotte Fürst-Ramdohr, a friend of White...

kelli-leigh-o — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:31:11 -0500

greatestgeneration:

Lieselotte Fürst-Ramdohr, a friend of White Rose member Alex Schmorell, speaks of her involvement with the resistance group. She lost her husband on the Russian front and decided to join her friend in creating anti-Nazi leaflets.

I usually like to include a quote to entice you to hit play but with this one, I would have ended up quoting the whole podcast.

Look what is now live and ready to view! The museum now has its...

kelli-leigh-o — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:38:59 -0500

Look what is now live and ready to view!
The museum now has its website up and running. :)

My week, at a glance.

kelli-leigh-o — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:37:02 -0500

My week, at a glance.