History Tech

I’m excited to announce that my thematic research collection, entitled “Service and Sacrifice: Clemson Men in World War II”, is finally online! As you know, this has been a semester-long project based on items in Clemson University’s Special Collections and Archives. It’s so fulfilling to see my hard work finally pay off. For the last … Read more

The time has come to finally create my thematic research collection about Clemson Men in World War II. To do this, I’m using an open-source platform called Omeka S, which allows me to upload digital surrogates of my archival items as well as to create pages in a sort of mini website. This is the … Read more

My latest foray into digital history techniques involved creating a story map. We’ve been learning about how to incorporate space and time into historical narratives in Deep Maps and Spatial Narratives by Bodenhamer, Corrigan, and Harris. This was a new concept to me, as I’m used to reading a scholarly monograph (or any historical work, … Read more

I recently learned about TimelineJS, which is an open-source JavaScript-based tool that enables anyone to build visually rich, interactive timelines. Beginners like me can create a timeline using a Google Sheets template, while experts can use JSON to create custom installations. Since I’m creating a thematic research collection about Clemson men in World War II, I … Read more