SUMMARY OF READINGS

Week

Date

Topic

Assigned Readings

2

09/05

What is Public History?

  • Mooney-Melvin.  “Professional Historians and the Challenge of Redefinition.”  Gardner  5-21.

  • Schulz.  “Becoming a Public Historian. “  Gardner 23-40.

3

09/12

Popular History and Historical Memory

·         Wallace.  “Introduction: Battlefields of Memory.”  vii-xiv.

·         Wallace.  “The Battle of the Enola Gay.”  269-318.

·         Glassberg.  “Sense of History.”  3-22.

·         Glassberg.  “Remembering a War.”  25-57.

·         Glassberg.  “Celebrating the City.”  61-85.

·         Wallace.  “Ronald Reagan and the Politics of History.”  249-268.

  • Wallace.  “Mickey Mouse History: Portraying the Past at Disney World.”  133-157.

  • Wallace.  "Disney’s America."  159-174.
  • Seavey.  “Film and Media Producers: Taking History off the Page and Putting It on the Screen.”  Gardner 117-128.
  • Glassberg.  “Watching the Civil War.”  87-108.

4

09/19

Historic Preservation and Cultural Resources Management I.

  • Wallace.  “Preserving the Past:” A History of Historic Preservation in the United States.”  177-221.

  • Wallace.  “Preservation Revisited.”  223-246.

  • Lee, “Historic Preservationists and Cultural Resources Managers: Preserving America’s Historic Places.” Gardner 129-139.

5

09/26

Historic Preservation and Cultural Resources Management II.
  • Glassberg.  “Place and Placelessness in American History.”  109-127.
  • Glassberg.  “Rethinking New England Town Character.” 131-163.
  • Glassberg.  “Making Places in California.” 167-202.
  • Glassberg.  “Conclusion: Finding Our Place.” 205-211.

6

10/03

Archives
  • Tyron.  “Archivists and Records Managers.” Gardner 57-74.
  • Ham.  “Management Curators and Specialists.”  Gardner 169-185.
  •  D’Aniello.  “Librarians and Bibliographers.” Gardner 157-167.
  • Falk.  “Documentary Editors: Not as Boring as It Sounds.”  Gardner  87-101.
  • Greer.  “Editors and Publishers: Making Books for Readers.”  Gardner 103-115.

8

10/17

Museums and Historical Agencies I.
  • Wallace.  “Visiting the Past: History Museums in the United States.”  3-32.
  • Wallace.  “Museums and Controversy.”  115-129.
  • Wallace.  “Progress Talk: Museums of Science, Technology and Industry.”  75-85.
  • Franco.  “In Urban History Museums and Historical Societies.” Gardner 307-324.
  • Wallace.  “Boat People: Immigration History at the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.”  55-73.
  • Wallace.  “Razor Ribbons, History Museums, and Civic Salvation.”  33-54.

9

10/24

Museums and Historical Agencies II.
  • Bryan.  “In State Historical Agencies, Museums, and Societies: A Constant State of Change.”  Gardner 325-344.
  • Bunch.  ‘In Museums at the National Level: Fighting the Good Fight.”  Gardner 345-356.
  • Woodhouse.  “Museum Curators.” Gardner 187-201.
  • Howell.  “Interpreters and Museum Educators: Beyond the Blue Hairs.” Gardner 141-155.
  • McDaniel.  “At Historic Houses and Buildings: Connecting Past, Present, and Future.” Gardner 233-255.
  • Pretzer.  “At Historic Sites and Outdoor Museums: A High-Performance Act.”  Gardner 257-277.
  • Wallace.  “Industrial Museums and the History of Deindustralization.”  87-100.
  • Wallace.  “The Virtual Past: Media and History Museums.”  101-114.
  • Noble.  “At Historical Parks: Balancing a Multitude of Interests.”  Gardner 279-294.
  • Patterson.  “In Local Historical Agencies, Museums, and Societies.”  295-306.

10

10/31

History in Government and Business
  • Kraemer.  “Policy Advisors: Historians and Making Policy.”  Gardner  217-228.
  • Stiller.  “In Federal History Programs: Ensuring the Future.”  Gardner 357-369.
  • Adkins.  “In Businesses and Corporations: Serving as the Corporate Memory.” Gardner 371-384.
  • Cantelon. “As a Business: Hired, Not Bought.”  Gardner 385-395.

11

11/07

History in the Public Interest
  • Diaz and Russell.  “Oral Historians: Community Oral History and the Cooperative Ideal.”  Gardner 203-216.

13

11/28

Careers in Public History
  • Divine.  “Administrators: Students of History and Practitioners of the Art of Management.”  Gardner 45-56.
  • Warren-Findley.  “Contract Historians and Consultants.”  Gardner 75-86.