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Stereo Cards and the Science of Preserving History
This post is part of a new summer 2017 “DIY” (do-it-yourself) series by House Divided Project interns Rachel Morgan and Sam Weisman on how to make various types of primary source facsimiles; see posts...
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Social Networks in the House Divided Era
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Making Something to Write Home About
This post is part of a new summer 2017 “DIY” (do-it-yourself) series by House Divided Project interns Rachel Morgan and Sam Weisman on how to make various types of primary source facsimiles; see posts...
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Entering Oz – Bringing Color to History
Colorized photo of Mark Twain (Courtesy of Daily Mail) This post is part of a new summer 2017 “DIY” (do-it-yourself) series by House Divided Project interns Rachel Morgan and Sam Weisman on how to make...
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The Slave Hunt: Amos Barnes and Confederate Policy
The Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania in June 1863 had a profound effect on south central Pennsylvania’s African-American population. Numbering at least 5,000, local blacks fled the region in large...
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African Americans Buried at Gettysburg
Gooden headstone (Courtesy of Cooper Wingert) For the first twenty years of its existence, there were no black veterans buried in the Soldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg. That famous military...
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Beyond Gettysburg: Primary Sources for the Gettysburg Campaign
The Shelling of Carlisle occurred on July 1, 1863, even as the Battle of Gettysburg raged to the south. Alabama soldier Elihu Wesley Watson arrived in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in the summer of 1863 as...
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Augmented Reality in the Classroom
While phones can be a distraction in the classroom, with augmented reality (AR) they can help bring lessons to life and create an interactive learning experience. By simply aiming their phones at...
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Coverage of the Gettysburg Address
“He said, in substance, Ninety years ago our fathers formed a Government consecrated to freedom and dedicated to the principle that all men are created equal.” Centralia (IL) Sentinel November 26,...
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Teaching Gettysburg: New Classroom Resources
Federal dead on the field of battle, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Over the years, we have built up an array of special online resources designed to assist with teaching the story of Gettysburg, but this...
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