Tag: UMW
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Omeka is a site-building platform, sort of like WordPress, but its purpose is more to house the digital form of a collection, rather than to build a robust website. I’ve used it once before, but only in limited capacity. In HIST 299, myself and each of my classmates were tasked with archiving a news article…
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This semester (Spring, 2026) I decide to dip a little further into the digital side of history. How it works, why we do it, the benefits and drawbacks, etc. I work at the Digital Knowledge Center (DKC) at UMW, and love the work that I do there, but have also wondered how that work can…
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This paper was written as a part of the requirements for HIST 300E3: The Cold War, taught by Dr. Steven Harris in the Fall 2025 semester. We were tasked with utilizing a mix of primary and secondary sources to develop an argument about an aspect of the cold war. One of our primary sources was…
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As my inaugural post on what I hope to be the home for my historical research from here on out, I though I’d introduce one of the largest research projects I have ever embarked on. In the Spring 2025 semester at UMW, I took HIST 299: Intro to the Study of History with Dr. Claudine…
