The University of Delaware has been working to make digital collections available on the World Wide Web, for some time now. The scope of those efforts is large and covers a vast amount of different resources, which are helpful when investigating Delaware’s past. The diverse body of material has many resources. There are virtual record groups of…
Preservation Success Story: 150 Year Old Jail Saved in Princess Anne
The question of what to do with an old, worn-out Maryland jail comes up occasionally. When it does, there are some that say these aging structures, relics from an earlier era, are just in the way of progress and have no value. But others argue that those aging walls, survivors of centuries, add to the…
Talking About the Mason Dixon Line: The Stories Behind a Geographic Boundary at Docent’s Workshop
I was pleased to talk about how to interpret the history of the Mason-Dixon Line at the Frederick Historic Sites Consortium’s Master Docent Series Workshop on February 16. This was the 22nd year for the program, which is geared toward providing educational opportunities that help volunteers working in museums share the stories of their communities…
Serving as Scholar for ALA, NEH Program – “Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War”
Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War is a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and American Library Association (ALA) reading and discussion program. Participants in this series read a common series of books, using the carefully selected titles to spark exploration, reflection, conversation and greater understanding of this pivotal period, throughout the sesquicentennial of the conflict. The Wicomico Public Library,…