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Featured Audio: Hessler Street Fair

This featured audio clip is from a 2008 interview with long time Hessler Rd. resident and activist, Pat Holland.  Holland has lived on Hessler Rd. since 1968, first as a student, and later as a homeowner.   Holland has come to value the unique character of the Hessler Neighborhood, expressed annually in the Hessler Street Fair.

What is Crowdsourcing and How Does it Apply to History?

One of the challenges of public and digital history projects is deciding what content will be included and what will be excluded.  Often times, a topic may be so scarcely documented that it’s inclusion is not possible.  We came across this dilemma more than once during last summer’s work on the Euclid Corridor Project. 

Aviation History Internships Available

The Center for Public History and Digital Humanities is pleased to announce two internship opportunities for CSU students at the International Women’s Air and Space Museum at Burke Lakefront Airport.  The first, available in summer or fall 2009, is a collections-based internship, while the second, available in fall 2009, involves researching the history of Ohio [...]

Cuyahoga County Archives Internships

The Center for Public History and Digital Humanities in the CSU History Department is pleased to announce an internship in Archival Processing and Digital Archives in partnership with the Cuyahoga County Archives.  Paid positions ($15/hour), funded by a grant from the Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners, are open for both summer and fall on a competitive basis [...]