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APHSNY Conference Session: HistoryForge Discovering Home Through Local History

  • Mon, September 18, 2023
  • 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM


HistoryForge: Discovering Home through Local History (Streaming)

WHEN: Monday, September 18th 4:15-5:30pm

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

WHERE: AHPSNY Conference, Ithaca NY - Room Location TBD

PRESENTERS: Eve Snyder, Andrea Renshaw, Dori Gottschalk-Fielding, and Mary Lovell

HistoryForge (historyforge.net) is an interactive digital history platform that integrates data from census records, maps, and other sources, allowing for its visual representation on historical maps layered over present-day Google Maps. An open-source platform developed by The History Center in Tompkins County (Ithaca, NY), HistoryForge encourages meaningful public engagement with history at all stages of the project, from transcribing records and constructing map layers to adding photographs and information about the people and places represented. In this session, HistoryForge experts will lead participants in an exploration of the platform and its many capabilities. Presented by Eve Snyder, Andrea Renshaw, Dori Gottschalk-Fielding, and Mary Lovell.

ABOUT APHNYS

The Association of Public Historians of New York State is a 501(c)3 non-profit professional organization that represents the 1,600+ government-appointed historians in the state. Under state law, every county and municipality in New York is required to have an appointed historian to document, preserve, interpret, and share the history of their communities. It is part of the state’s commitment to ensuring that New Yorkers have access to quality educational experiences enriched by cultural heritage resources. Our state’s local historians are here to serve you!

About HistoryForge

HistoryForge is a digital history project from The History Center in Tompkins County which combines historic maps and photos with census records of the people who lived in Ithaca, creating a way to visualize the history of Ithaca in the early 1900s. Learn more about the project here and the start of our database creation.

Not available Saturdays but interested?
Contact Eve at HistoryForge@thehistorycenter.net

The HistoryForge project has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.

The HistoryForge: Mapping Census Data to Visualize Local History grant was awarded in 2022-2024 through NEH's Digital Humanities Advancement Grant program. The project was also selected to receive funding through NEH's A More Perfect Union initiative.

Physical Address

Located inside the Tompkins Center for History & Culture

110 North Tioga Street

(On the Ithaca Commons) 

Ithaca NY, 14850 USA

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Hours

Exhibit Hall -  Wednesday-Saturday 10am-6pm - CLOSED Sun-Tues

Cornell Local History Research Library & Archives - By appointment only. Please contact archives@thehistorycenter.net

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Email: Refer to Contact page for individual emails, General inquiries to community@thehistorycenter.net

Phone: 607-273-8284

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