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This week we @phillyhistory are faced with the hypothetical challenge of dispensing $10,000; $100,000; $1,000,000; and $10,000,000 to have maximum impact for public history. Here is my idea. image source

Emergency Plan According to the Heritage health index report on the state of America’s collections, which shows the conditions and preservation needs of America’s cultural history, our cultural artifacts

Is No Museum the Best Museum? This symbol, and many like it, mark the way to Santiago. It is the result of a multi-governmental collaboration with the private sector This Spring Break I walked the Camino

This week, the @phillyhistory topic is digital strategy. To create the best digital strategy, I decided to take an old written strategy and create an acronym! H-igh frequency - content creation must be

Many historical questions remain unanswered around the mysterious treaty between William Penn and other Delaware chiefs in 1683. While people have argued over whether or not such an event even took place,

This week, the students of @phillyhistory look to develop an analytical framework for success for the cultural sector. Rather than take an organization that struggles to survive, I chose to look at an

In reading the history of the Historical Society of Philadelphia and the dismal failures to manage its extensive collection of over 10,000 items and a world-famous research collection it is clear that

The Problem Philadelphia's cultural institutions need a boost. With the power of #Steem, this Philly history initiative @phillyhistory is starting to get closer to its goal of exploring history and empowering

In October, Catalonia attempted to declare independence, with a popular vote by referendum, from Spain. For a while, the small region of northern Spain took the lion's share of media attention. Still,

In this post, I will offer a quick survey of Glaswegian cultural institutions that are small, mid-sized, and large. This will help to highlight the pros and cons of such operations in order to look towards

What was a stroll in 1918 Philadelphia like for an aimless wanderer? Perhaps by walking aimlessly, we can #explore1918 and better understand Philadelphia history. Paris Street;Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte

In George Orwell’s 1984, political control is maintained through control of history. A character in the book says, "Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the

Would you work at the shipyard? Work at a shipyard might not seem too appealing to Steemians who like to write and consume information from the comfort of their home, but working at a shipyard was a good

This post is a part of the Philadelphia History Initiative (@phillyhistory). This week our class is considering where we would invest in the cultural sector, what problems we would tackle, and what impact

Disclaimer: The Following is about STEAM power not STEEM Steam Shovels are the Best I know most steemians don't think too much about steam, but it remains an important technology to understand as we

Not all Americans supported the United States' entrance into World War I. Based in Philadelphia, members of the Religious Society of Friends, better known as Quakers, founded an organization to serve the

When people think of war, music is not usually the first thing that comes to mind. However, when the United States fought World War I, the Federal Government deemed music an "essential industry"

People sat on rooftops to watch the Athletics during their World Series run in 1913. Shibe Park was infamous for the masses that gathered and sat on houses to watch the Athletics. Who were the Athletics?

The First Printing of the Irish Press Historians often use newspapers to learn about the past. The Digital Library at Villanova has made available multiple printings of the Irish Press a newspaper that

Are you interested in history? Do you listen to a podcast everyday? Then pay attention! What is Hour of History? I am a PhD student at Temple University in Philadelphia, where I study the past. At school