On Doing Local History (American Association for State and Local History)

Since 1986 On Doing Local History has been an invaluable aid to local historians. Now Carol Kammen has completely updated and revised this classic to reflect more than fifteen years of experience working with local historians. She challenges all historians of the local to think about what they are doing and how they are doing it. She dispels the myth that amateur historians, who are frequent practitioners of local history, necessarily produce a history less rigorous or useful. For many years the author of a column in History News, Kammen's thoughtful, level-headed ideas and personable writing style will keep this book a classic for years to come.

History

Kammen, Carol

Americas

AltaMira Press

Since 1986 On Doing Local History has been an invaluable aid to local historians. Now Carol Kammen has completely updated and revised this classic to reflect more than fifteen years of experience working with local historians. She challenges all historians of the local to think about what they are doing and how they are doing it. She dispels the myth that amateur historians, who are frequent practitioners of local history, necessarily produce a history less rigorous or useful. For many years the author of a column in History News, Kammen's thoughtful, level-headed ideas and personable writing style will keep this book a classic for years to come.

For over thirty years, Carol Kammen’s On Doing Local History has been a valuable guide to professional and “amateur” historians alike. First published in 1986, revised in 2003, this book offers not only discussion of practical matters, but also a deeper reflection on local, public history, what it means, and why it is done. It is used in classrooms and found on the shelves of local historians across the U.S. The third edition features: 
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<li>Updates to chapters that focus on the current concerns and situation of local historians</li>
<li>A new chapter on how the field of history cooperates with other arts</li>
<li>A new chapter on writing a congregational history</li>
<li>Updated references</li>
</ul>
 With the same passion (and now even more experience) that drove her to write the first edition, Kammen has brought her seminal work into today’s context for the next generation of local historians. The new edition ensures that this classic will continue to move anyone interested in public history towards a better understanding of why they do what they do and how it benefits their communities.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

This is the third edition of a book that has become a classic in the public history field. First published in 1986, revised in 2003, On Doing Local History offers not only discussion of practical matters, but also a deeper reflection on local, public history, what it means, and why it is done. It is used in classrooms and found on the shelves of local historians across the U.S.

On Doing Local History offers local historians a new way of thinking about their work: questioning the sources they use and the subjects they investigate. This book recognizes the special circumstances facing local historian who study, write, and display the history of the communities in which they live. It considers the tradition of local history and the legacy of that tradition, and it looks at how local history is practiced today in many places around the world. An ideal text for classes on local history.

On Doing Local History: Reflections on What Local Historians Do, Why and What It Means (American Association for State and Local History)

Historical Study & Educational Resources

On Doing Local History: Reflections on What Local Historians Do, Why, and What It Means

Amer Assn for State & Local

The Peopling of Tompkins County: A Social History

Heart of the Lakes Publishing

Lives Passed: Biographical Sketches from Central New York

North Country Books Inc

The steep hills and dramatic gorges of Ithaca were the setting for a revolution in American education when, in the 1860s, a self-made man sought "to do the most good... to the poor and to posterity." Ezra Cornell's philanthropy, enhanced with funds from the Morrill Land Grant Act and enlarged by the vision of educator Andrew Dickson White, created what has been called the first American university―'a modern, democratic, research-oriented institution open to young men and women of all creeds and races. Reflecting the ideas of its founders, Cornell University has combined the industrial science and technology of America with the humanism of Athens to serve both the individual and society.
In her concise, generously illustrated account of Cornell, Carol Kammen places that bold vision in its nineteenth-century context―a time when higher education was restricted to a privileged few. Now the university enters the twenty-first century as an institution of international stature and a leader in educational opportunity.
Kammen, a noted local historian and lecturer in history at Cornell, tells the story of this great university with verve. Highlighting the text are excerpts from important documents and images from archives in the Cornell Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, selected by Susette Newberry, a Cornell archivist specializing in photography and media studies. Together, words and images illustrate the growth of the university, the origins of its famous schools and colleges, and its enduring commitment to excellence in education.

Cornell: Glorious to View

LaFeber,Walter

Cornell University Library

The Architectural Heritage of Tompkins County

Corth, Richard

Truame, Lynn Cunningham

Muratori, Fred

De Witt Historical Society

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