Public History Matters – The Social Voice Project

Deconstructing Local History

by TSVPPublic History Matters October 9, 2021November 27, 2021Comments are Disabled

Deconstructing Local History <p style=”text-align: center;”>The Curious Case of the Wives’ Club</p> <figure> <img width=”1109″ height=”702″ src=”https://thesocialvoiceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/BEAVER-COUNTY-TIMES-1967-LEAGUE-OF-WOMEN-VOTERS-names.jpg” alt=”” loading=”lazy” /> <figcaption>Beaver County Times, April 24, 1967, date and caption enhanced for visibility.</figcaption> </figure> <p style=”text-align: center;”>The Artifact</p> This photo is a clipping from the Beaver County Times, a local newspaper published near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The …

Plagiarizing Local History

by TSVPPublic History Matters, Uncategorized September 4, 2021November 3, 2021Comments are Disabled

Plagiarism: Ripping off Local Historians and History <img width=”638″ height=”372″ src=”https://thesocialvoiceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/what-is-plagiarism-1-638.jpg” alt=”” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://thesocialvoiceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/what-is-plagiarism-1-638.jpg 638w, https://thesocialvoiceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/what-is-plagiarism-1-638-300×175.jpg 300w” sizes=”(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px” /> <p style=”text-align: center;”>Image: Inernational Journal of Research webpage: “Plagiarism” (August 20, 2020)</p> <h1>What Plagiarism Looks Like</h1> <img width=”1064″ height=”747″ src=”https://thesocialvoiceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/plagiarism-A-B.jpg” alt=”” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://thesocialvoiceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/plagiarism-A-B.jpg 1064w, https://thesocialvoiceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/plagiarism-A-B-300×211.jpg 300w, https://thesocialvoiceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/plagiarism-A-B-1024×719.jpg 1024w, https://thesocialvoiceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/plagiarism-A-B-768×539.jpg 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 1064px) 100vw, …

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Wait, What? History

by TSVPPublic History Matters May 28, 2021May 28, 2021Comments are Disabled

I Never Knew That! <h2>Hidden Histories and Mysteries Revealed</h2> <h3><strong>What’s Your “Wait, What?” History Moment?</strong></h3>”I didn’t know that” or “We never learned that in school” seems to be the most common reaction when hearing about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre–where mobs of White residents attacked Black residents and businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, …

The Need to Document Historical Images

by TSVPPublic History Matters March 16, 2021March 17, 2021Comments are Disabled

Photo: Used by permission from the Farkas Family Collection. c. 1915. Not in the public domain. “A photograph has much greater historical value if information is available about where and when it was taken and about any people in the photograph.” ~ Preserving History: How to Digitally Archive and Share Historical Photographs, Documents, and Audio Recordings …

Black History Month 2021

by TSVPPublic History Matters, TSVP, Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast February 11, 2021February 21, 2021Comments are Disabled

This special sampling from our veterans oral history archive presents the voices, images, and accounts of African-American veterans and others with a Western Pennsylvania connection.

Going Gentle Into that Good Night: Communities Don’t Let Historic Voices Go Silent

by TSVPPublic History Matters December 28, 2020December 28, 2020Comments are Disabled

Our voice resonates with life. ~Daisaku Ikeda, buddhist philosopher We recently heard the news through a local news source that Joseph Gasper passed away on December 20, 2020. He was one of our nation’s last US military survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Joe was most certainly the last survivor from the greater …

Radio Theater as Public History

by TSVPBeaver County History Podcast, Public History Matters, Radio Theater Podcast November 4, 2020November 5, 2020Comments are Disabled

Radio Theater as Public History “If history were told in the form a stories, it would never be forgotten.” ~ Rudyard Kipling Storytelling is one of humanity’s oldest and continuously practiced activities. In fact, anthropologists claim that there’s a tale still told around campfires in the Australian outback that dates back nearly 10,000 years. That …

On This Day, Years Ago

by TSVPPublic History Matters May 5, 2020January 15, 2022Comments are Disabled

On This Day, Years Ago <h2>Widening the Lens of Local History</h2> One of the most powerful tools public historians use is a simple question: Do you remember . . .? Of course, we have to frame the question within the scope of contemporary history–that is, within our life time and near-field memory. Simply living through …