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05/12/2018

Congrats to our history seniors! Good luck with life after Haverford!

04/30/2018

Thanks to everyone who attended our first ever Spring Showcase event two weeks ago. It was a great afternoon with seniors sharing their thesis research and alums sharing their experiences at Haverford and beyond.

These photographs are courtesy of Reilly Milburn.

03/23/2018

Yesterday, some of our History Reading Group members had the amazing opportunity to get a private tour of the Museum of the American Revolution. They met with and attended a talk by Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf, the authors of the book they read, “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs”: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination! Thanks to the authors and the staff of the museum that made this possible!

03/19/2018

F. Page Newton Fund SPOTLIGHT- Casy Ross ‘10 "I was a summer intern at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City. The museum was going through a budget crisis that year - it was only one year after the markets crashed, so everything everywhere was kind of broken - and my internship was less robust that it was in the years prior and following my time there. It was still an interesting internship that exposed me to a lot of cool stuff despite whatever it lacked because it exposed me to many aspects of archival sciences and museum collections management that I hadn't experienced in the past. I worked in the Department of Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design, which was closed to the public at the time. That meant I got to spend most of the summer with the collection to myself, and their collection is pretty spectacular. I was trained in how to handle delicate original prints - some of which dated from the 15th and 16th centuries - and assisted the head Curator in cataloging and inventorying various parts of the collection including an entire series of original sketchbooks."

*Over the next few weeks, we will be highlighting some of the projects by past recipients of the F. Page Newton ‘75 History Fund. This fund supports local and long-distance travel and research for Haverford History majors that is integral to their curriculum. Learn more at: https://www.haverford.edu/history/resources.

03/05/2018

F. Page Newton Recipient Spotlight: Sarah E. Mills ‘09. "I was studying abroad in South Africa, as part of the Globalization and the Natural Environment program. As part of that program, we did a "mini thesis" about a topic related to the course, and as a history major with an interest in environmental studies and environmental history, I was interested in the history of indigenous methods of conservation and how those translated to modern-day and western conservation efforts, especially looking at plants with medicinal value that we've discovered via indigenous knowledge. I knew I wanted to carry forward that interest to my senior year Haverford thesis in some way. The F. Page Newton fund enabled me to stay in Cape Town (a place with incredible biodiversity and very many indigenous traditions) past the end of my study abroad program, to use the University of Cape Town's expansive library and resources, and to fly to Pretoria to visit the South African National Biodiversity Institute and the Pretoria Botanical Gardens which houses the National Herbarium and a large Medicinal Garden."

*Over the next few weeks, we will be highlighting some of the projects by past recipients of the F. Page Newton ‘75 History Fund. This fund supports local and long-distance travel and research for Haverford History majors that is integral to their curriculum. Learn more at: https://www.haverford.edu/history/resources.

02/26/2018

Here is a photo from our December event, where our senior History Majors celebrate turning in their thesis prospectus along with some members of our History faculty!

02/15/2018

Happy Valentine's Day! Here's an old rock shaped like a heart courtesy of Bryn Mawr College!

Stone Object
3 5/16 x 2 7/8 x 11/16 in. (8.4 x 7.3 x 1.7 cm)
Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Bryn Mawr College
70.6.17

02/08/2018

Here are some photos from the first meeting of the History Reading Group! This semester we are reading “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs”: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination by Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf.

01/18/2018

HISTORY MAJORS ABROAD: Micaela Gold '19. "I spent the fall 2017 semester studying abroad in Granada where I was able to learn about some of Spain's history. I took a class on the history of Sephardic Jews, the Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and who in the years since have lived all over the world. I am especially interested in how they have maintained a common identity despite being a diasporic community. One way they have done this is through the language judeoespañol, also known as Ladino, which uses words that are similar to Spanish, but written with Hebrew letters. In the class I was able to look at some newspapers written in judeoespañol and to try to read small bits of the language."

01/07/2018

HISTORY MAJORS ABROAD: Steve Lehman '19 "I began my semester abroad in Xalapa, Mexico, but had to relocate after my program was canceled almost half-way through. I ended up in Barcelona to finish what became a very strange five months, on a different continent, by accident. While I'm ending my whirlwind of a semester in Spain, I'd still love to focus my future thesis on some aspect of Mexican history. Now I just need to figure out what that will be..."

12/21/2017

SENIOR THESIS SPOTLIGHT: Rosemary Cohen '18: "In the spring of 1880, six Crow chiefs traveled to Washington, DC from their tribal land in what we now know as Montana to 'discuss' with the President right of way for the Northern Pacific Railroad, which would cut across their land. My thesis explores the chiefs' journey across the continent to the imperial center, and how by 'looking eastward,' the Crow chiefs' stories complicate the historiography of westward expansion and the frontier mindset during the nineteenth century."

This photo is Rosemary Cohen '18 on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana, on a Hurford Center-sponsored trip to visit the Little Bighorn College Library Special Collections at Crow Agency, MT over fall break.

12/14/2017

SENIOR THESIS SPOTLIGHT: Annika Ulrich, 18. "My thesis will examine the evolution of the Old Faithful built environment in Yellowstone National Park from the end of World War II to 1972. I became interested in Old Faithful because it represents a site that is both natural and constructed. For more than a century, visitors have marveled at the sublime natural spectacle that is the Old Faithful geyser. However, the development surrounding Old Faithful reflects the ongoing tensions between park visitors, the National Park Service, and private concessioners. All three parties influenced the park's ethos throughout this period, but they often clashed on whether the park should be preserved as a natural space or utilized as a resort-like vacation destination. Over the next few months, I look forward to exploring how these tensions influenced the area surrounding Old Faithful. Furthermore, I'll be considering how Cold War culture, consumerism, the rise of the middle class, and the onset of American environmentalism are reflected in the space."

This is a picture of Annika at the Gardiner, Montana entrance to Yellowstone. This was taken during her October visit to the park, which was sponsored by the F. Page Newton Fund. Behind her is the Roosevelt Arch, which bears the inscription "For the benefit and enjoyment of the people." This arch was dedicated by Theodore Roosevelt, a strong advocate of the National Parks.

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