I first read about this new website in the Washington Post and knew we had a PreserveCast must-get guest. Fortunately, we’ve been able to turn this into a two-part episode and will have an opportunity to talk with one of the lead professors and a PhD candidate who is helping to humanize the data they’ve uncovered with a new podcast. Time to get preserving!
As nearly anyone who has seriously studied American history can attest – there is no American story without the story of slavery. It is central to our origin and must be included in order to get a full and complete picture of our history. Unfortunately, the records of slavery are spread far and wide and […]
What we preserve tells as much about us as it does about the history itself. Preservation is a movement with a history unto itself – but all too often that story is overlooked in favor of the history of the sites that are preserved. Whitney Martinko, an associate professor of History at Villanova University, is […]
The American Civil War was the first war to be truly photo-documented. The haunting images stare back at us and make the brutal conflict real and humanize the tragedy. Yet, for all of the photos, many of the identities of the individuals captured are now unknown. Today, Civil War Photo Sleuth is using modern-day technology […]