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Patrick Spero, Williams The Politics of the Presidency

The Politics of the Presidency I wanted to share with everyone the videos and other material from my course on the American Presidency from Washington to Lincoln.

Here’s the archive of RealClear History articles with the videos. Students may find the written overviews and the ads a good way to get a brief survey of […]

Susan Van Dyne (on preserving Occupy Wall St)

Activist Archivists on preserving Occupy Wall St

Maida Goodwin, Smith, YWCA exhibit

“Abundant Life To All: The YWCA of the USA”

Kelly Anderson- Voices of Feminism oral history project at the SSC

A Ford Foundation grant allowed the Sophia Smith Collection to conduct oral histories with 60+ grassroots activists, organizers, and cultural workers in an effort to expand our holdings on 20th century women’s activism. The collection is important to historians of the feminism as well as students at Smith who use the collection regularly. The project […]

Kelly Anderson- student oral history project

In a seminar I teach called “Documenting Lesbian Lives,” the students conduct, transcribe, and edit a full-length oral history. The materials are then deposited at the SSC for future researchers. You can access the project description and transcripts online here: http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/lives/lives-intro.html

Working with students in History of Hamilton College class

A Student’s Exhibit of Scrapbooks from the Archives

Carol Lasser, Oberlin College

Example of an earlier archival project:

http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com/oberlin/doclist.htm

Middelbury online history

Andrew Wentink

Middlebury online history

Holly Allen, Middlebury – online exhibit

Here is a link to the American Studies Web Museum, a permanent curricular resource at the College:

Recent course exhibits for the American Studies Web Museum

 

Ken Grossi

King-Crane Commission Digital Collection

Shansi: Oberlin and Asia