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Telling the History of a Flood: Some Science Required

So, how much of a “history” can one really make out of a flood, anyway? It’s true that floods occur for a few days and result in damage and loss of life, but documenting this seems like a task better...

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Listening to History is as Good as Reading About It

Researching an event that happened less than fifty years ago has its perks. Unlike most events one could study, individuals and organizations that witnessed it are available to communicate with — not...

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Back to the Nineteenth Century

This summer, I’ve spent much of my time in the 1960s and 1970s, researching the 1969 flood. And, truly, they’re both decades rich in history (some might prefer I say “memories”). But it is nice to...

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The (Almost) Flood of 2015

While researching, it’s not uncommon that we begin to notice the world in a different way. For example, studying historic houses in Wooster makes a walk down Market Street all the more interesting....

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300 Hours, 200 Miles and One Exhibit

After about 300 hours of working and 200 miles of walking (who says history research isn’t good exercise?), our summer research with the Wooster Digital History Project is coming to a close. My fellow...

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Another Year, Another Project

Hello again! My name is Brandon Bell, and I’m a sophomore History and Geology double major at the College of Wooster. If you visited our blog or website last summer, you might remember that I...

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Review of Gallaudet University’s Timeline

As we make decisions about the structure of our own digital history exhibit, it’s good to look at previous examples to see what’s working well and what we could hope to do differently. The Historical...

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Review of “Explore Historic Newport:” A history tour app using OnCell

The title page for the app. All images used in this post are from the “Explore Historic Newport” application available online and are used under Fair Use. Another part of our project this year is the...

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[150 Team] We’re All Writers Now

In the past two weeks, we’ve been busy finishing our research in Special Collections so we could begin writing content for our website. Just as a quick reminder, our team will be writing short exhibits...

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[150 Team] New Kinds of Editing

When you begin a project in history, it’s pretty obvious that you’re going to be writing. And it’s only natural that editing comes after that — but working online ends up changing the process a little....

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