History 206: Public History

Public History

Lectures & Handouts

Fall 2008 Syllabus (PDF)	Unite 1 Writing Assignment (PDF)
Ranking the Presidents Assignment (PDF)
SBU history assignment (PDF)	Visiting a Museum Handout
Basics of Non Profits	Creating a Museum Curriculum

Links

General Interest

Temple of Liberty: Building the Capital for a New Nation	Frank Lloyd Wright: Designing for an American Landscape, 1922-32
National Park Service	Graduate Programs in Public History
National Archives and Record Administration	Library of Congress
History Matters	Guide to Museums and Cultural Resources on the Web
Museum Education Roundtable
Barry Mackintosh, Interpretation in the National Park Service	Presidential Libraries

Oral History

Smithsonian Center for Folk life and Cultural Heritage	NARA – Senate Oral History project
Center for Legislative Archives	WPA Federal Writers’ Project
Oral History Association	American Slave Narratives: Anthology
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum	Been Here So Long: Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives

Western New York Museums and Historical Societies

George Eastman House	Eldred World War II Museum
Strong Museum	Women's Rights National Historic Park
Susan B. Anthony House	Erie Canal Harbor Project
Case Knife Museum	Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society

Public History Associations

American Association for State and Local History
National Council on Public History
Society for History in Federal Government

Historic Preservation

Barn Again!	Cultural Resources Management Magazine Archives
International Council on Monuments and Sites	National Register of Historic Places
National Trust for Historic Preservation	National Preservation Institute
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training	National Trust's Main Street Program
National Parks and Conservation Association	National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Courses Dr. Payne Teaches	Public History
Short CV	Public History Career Page