I mean this is probably entirely unlikely but I'd love to see the system of the cultural sector (at least in Philadelphia, if not ubiquitously) overhauled completely. I mentioned before (and this is by

I'm reminded of the conversation we had in class a month or so ago where we talked about how back in like, the 1990s people would come to philanthropists and pitch their projects or talk about their needs.

This is fantastic, thank you for teasing a lot of this apart! This post is especially valuable in the context of the most recent one. I agree with you on all fronts, particularly that this is currently

I'm certainly inclined to agree with you. If we were to tag this onto the existing digital scholarship fellowship and maybe add a caveat about engaging LGBTQ projects as part of their fellowship that could

Great post, and 10/10 for outstanding usage of Chidi .gifs! I personally love the Jefferson description of people working for the public trust as public property. One of the many reasons I came to Temple's

That's a fair point, but given they would be the ones writing it, I think they could work around it. An organization could write up something like this and still provide themselves with avenues for selling

How so? Do you mean that they would see something like this as an imposition to them acting in the best financial interests of their organization?

This is a fantastic suggestion! Thanks so much!

When I refer to "order" I refer to the archival phrase "original order," that is, how the collector originally structured his collection. Did try to structure them chronologically?

Is able to produce a plan to advocate for long-term change. Whatever that means is up to them- whether that means they sit in at school board meetings or partner with local businesses or regularly meet

To follow up on my comment from the previous post, from the position of presenting the money and asking how these organizations would use it, I am most inclined to support the Free Walking Tours idea.

One of the biggest things I took away from our last class meeting was the need for funders to consider the existing needs in nonprofits and to simply put forth the money to support whatever that intent

This is outstanding Cynthia, great job! I wonder if encouraging museums and other brick-and-mortar historical institutions to move beyond their walls would be a way of improving their representation of

These are all great questions that I wish I had answers to, but would need to ask first because none of the information is publicly available. As for how they might apply these resources, I submit it could

These are all excellent points and I thank you for raising them! One thought I had is that, should this be something towards which we would like to put the funds, recipients could use it to fund an intern

This is so interesting! I've never heard of pellagra before, but this reminds me of a story a former German professor told my class. Interestingly he corroborated Fairchild's "pickiness" argument,

This is an interesting point and I think it's a useful comparison to make. A single super Starbucks is entirely improbable because, however popular, Starbucks remains a capitalist colossus. Similarly,

Thank you for the clarification about the History Center proposal! I found that a little unclear as I was reading. I agree that if foundations were only to fund to projects in collaborative ventures that

Thanks so much for your input! Maybe an interesting follow-up post could be looking to see if that concept of brotherly love was better incorporated into the consciousness of World War I at home, especially

I think I agree that access to the internet as a means of decentralization to a degree mitigates the need to capitalize on the production and dissemination of history. I wonder, however, if instead of