Your grandfather brought back a copy of Mein Kampf from the frontlines in WWII. No museum wants it. What do you do with it?
material culture
In the 1955 manifesto, Discourse on Colonialism, Aimé Césaire argues that a “civilization that chooses to close its […]
May 1945, just six months after my husband Hal was born, World War II in Europe ended. However, […]
We were delighted to see one of the first posts in our Unofficial Archives series featured on the […]
I was fourteen years old when I first heard the story of my great grandfather Mateo Espinosa. My […]
In the summer of 2014, my grandma began digging into the old pile of long-forgotten photographs she hoarded […]
With a generator powering the house, my family reluctantly went through belongings at my sister’s home. While going […]
At its best, public history combines theory, practice, and experimentation. Rather than a set of skills, I approach […]
