Tag: Strong National Museum of Play
A Sense of Place
Walking through the Nashville airport this morning, I was again struck by the one of the things that’s often cited as the importance of our work, history gives a sense of place. When I flew to Nashville in October 2006 to interview at AASLH, I was struck by how generic the airport was. It could [...]
Posted: September 8th, 2008 under General, Random Thoughts.
Tags: Anytown USA, Erie Canal, Hill Cumorah, honkytonk, Jack Daniels, Johnny Cash, Kent Whitworth, Kentucky Historical Society, Nashville, Rollie Adams, Seneca Falls, Strong National Museum of Play, Transformation, Underground Railroad, Willie Nelson
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In the Company of Our Peers
Yes, I’ve stolen a line from Carol Kammen’s latest column in History News. In the last couple of days, as I talked to colleagues about various items concerning the meeting, Carol’s words rang really true to me. “Annual Meetings remind us that we are professionals among others in a field that is often not quite [...]
Posted: September 4th, 2008 under Annual Meeting Events, General, Random Thoughts, Uncategorized.
Tags: Carol Kammen column, Erie Canal, George Eastman House, history, History News, in the company of my peers, location, Rochester, Rochester Museum & Science Center, Strong National Museum of Play, Three Stooges
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