Schedule of Classes
Week 1: September 11, 2000--Introduction & Overview
 | Topics: Mechanics of course; overview of topics to be covered; presentation of
basic bibliographies and resources.
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| Reading: none
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Week 2: September 18, 2000--Public & Academic History: the Big Issues
| Topics: Academic history and public history; historiography; professional and
ethical issues.
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| Reading: Public History, Part I; Leffler, Phyllis K.,
and Joseph Brent. Public and Academic History: A Philosophy and a Paradigm.
Melbourne, Fla.: Krieger, 1990. (on reserve--read entire book--it's short); Achenbaum,
W.
Andrew. "Review Article: Public History's Past, Present, and Prospects,"
American Historical Review 92 (December 1987): 1162-74.
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| Presentation: Leffler & Brent, Readings, 1A-1B.
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Week 3: September 25, 2000--Archives
| Topics: Basic archival theory and practice; archival work as primary and as
adjunct activity in various settings.
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| Reading: Public History, pp. 57-74 &
157-186; Daniels, Maygene F., and Timothy Walch,
eds. A Modern Archives Reader: Basic Readings on Archival Theory and Practice.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1984 (on reserve--pick a chapter
that interests you); Smith, Vernon R. "Pedagogy and Professionalism: An Evaluation of
Trends and Choices Confronting Educators in the Archival Community," The Public
Historian 16 (Summer 1994): 23-44; Martin, Robert Sidney. "The Development of
Professional Education for Librarians and Archivists in the United States: A Comparative
Essay," American Archivist 57 (1994): 544-ff.
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| Presentation: Leffler & Brent, 1C. (Knecht)
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| Term project proposals DUE.
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Week 4: October 2, 2000--Oral History
| Topics: Doing oral history; administering oral history programs; special
problems in oral history collections; oral history as evidence.
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| Reading: Public History, pp. 203-216; Thompson, Paul. The Voice of the Past:
Oral History. 2d ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988; Schorzman, Terry, ed. Practical
Introduction to Videohistory: The Smithsonian Institution and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Experiment. Malabar, FL: Krieger, 1993. (on reserve--pick chapters that interest you).
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| Presentation: Leffler & Brent, 2C. (Mathsen)
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| Short Paper # 1 DUE
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Week 5: October 9, 2000--Special Laboratory in Local History.
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There will be NO class meeting this evening at the University. All
class members are invited to attend the Greater
Patapsco Community Association General Meeting, 7:30 pm at the Granite
Presbyterian Church, 10637 Old Court Road, Granite, Maryland (about
25-minutes from UMBC). Professor Tatarewicz will give a special
presentation to the community concerning an extensive historical research
project conducted with community volunteers. Maps and further details
will be distributed in class. Background Information is available on
the web page of the Granite
Historical Society.
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| Reading: Wallace, Section III; J. Morgan Krousser, "Are
Expert Witnesses Whores? Reflections on Objectivity in Scholarship and
Expert Witnessing," The Public Historian vol. 6 no. 1
(1984): 5-19.
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Week 6: October 16, 1998--Historic Preservation, Historical Resources Management
| Topics: Historic sites; buildings; artifacts; inventories and assessments;
preservation and civic planning.
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| Reading: Public History, pp. 129-156 & 233-306; Chart: The Historic Preservation
Family Tree; Johnson, Ronald W. "The Historian and Cultural Resources
Management," The Public Historian III (Spring 1981): 43-51; Wallace, Michael.
"Preserving the Past: a History of Historic Preservation," and
"Preservation Revisited" (Section III).
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| Presentation: Leffler & Brent, 2B. (Rubenson / Seiple)
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| Term project proposals should be APPROVED by now!.
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Week 7: October 23, 2000--Historical Editing & Publishing
| Topics: Production of edited historical texts and collections; varieties of
editing and use of historical skills and techniques.
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| Reading: Public History, pp. 87-103; Burke, Frank G., et. al. "Editing,
Publishing, and Public History," The Public Historian 4 (Spring 1982): 5-56;
Katz, Esther. "Fundraising and Entrepreneurship: Confessions of a Historical
Editor," AHA Perspectives 29 (April 1991): 26-27; Katz, Esther. "The
Editor as Public Authority: Interpreting Margaret Sanger," The Public Historian
17 (Winter 1995): 41-ff.
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| Presentation: Leffler & Brent, 2A. (Carroll / Hillard)
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| Topics: History offices at various government levels; official history and its
challenges; historical activity in other offices and institutions.
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| Reading: Public History, pp. 307-344 & 357-370; Hewlett, Richard G. "The
Practice of History the Federal Government," The Public Historian I (Fall
1978): 29-36; Hewlett, and Jo Anne Quatannens, "Pioneers of Public History: Richard
G. Hewlett, Federal Historian," The Public Historian 19 (Winter 1997): 53-83;
Holl, Jack M. "The New Washington Monument: History in the Federal Government,"
The
Public Historian 7 (Fall 1985); Smock, Raymond W. "Public History at the U.S.
House of Representatives," The Public Historian 17 (Spring 1995): 49-ff.
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| Presentation: Wallace, Section IV, "Ronald Reagan and the Politics of
Memory;" "The Battle of the Enola Gay;" (Markert)
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| Short Paper # 2 DUE.
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| Topics: History as a guide to action; limits of historical knowledge; integrity
of historical work in the policy context.
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| Reading: Public History, pp. 217-230; Mock, David B., ed. History and Public
Policy. Public history series. Malabar, Fla.: Krieger, 1991. (on reserve--it's short);
Stearns, Peter. "History and Policy Analysis: Toward Maturity," The Public
Historian 4 (Summer 1982): 5-29; Graham, Hugh Davis. "The Stunted Career of
Policy History: A Critique and Agenda," The Public Historian 15 (Spring 1993):
15-38; Leuchtenburg, William E. "The Historian and the Public Realm," American
Historical Review (February 1992): 1-18.
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| Presentation: Leffler & Brent, 3B. (Crandall / Hanyok)
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Week 10: November 13, 2000--Business
| Topics: History within the firm; the official history; public relations aspects
and conflicts.
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| Reading: Public History, pp. 45-57 & 371-384; Foreman, Richard. "History Inside Business,"
The Public Historian III (Summer 1981): 41-61; Graham, Otis L. "Historians and
the World of (off-campus) Power," The Public Historian I (Winter 1979): 34-40;
Pomeroy, III Robert W., et. al. "Business and History," The Public Historian
3 (Summer 1981): Special Issue.
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| Presentation: Pomeroy, "Business and History" above.
(Simon)
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Week 11: November 20, 2000--Photography, Video, and other Media
| Topics: Use of alternative media; the documentary; the production of educational
materials and associated business infrastructure.
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| Reading: Public History, pp. 117-128; Walkowitz, Daniel J. "Visual History: The Craft of the
Historian-filmmaker," The Public Historian 7 (Winter 1985): 53-64. Seavey,
Nina Gilden. "The Center for History in the Media," AHA Perspectives 3
(January 1992): 1, 7, 10; The Center for History in the Media: Three Years Later," AHA
Perspectives 33 (January 1995): 13-16. Raskin, Marcus, Michael Rogin, and Robert A.
Rosenstone. "AHR Forum on the 1991 Film JFK," American Historical
Review 97 (April 1992): 487-511; Rosenstone, Robert A., et al. "AHR Forum on
Film, Television, and History," American Historical Review 93 (December 1988):
1173-227.
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| Presentation: Leffler & Brent, 4. (Van Veen)
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Week 12: November 27, 2000--Consulting and Entrepreneuring
| Topics: History for hire; managing a small business; from proposal to contract;
growth.
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| Reading: Public History, pp. 75-86 & 385-396; Roth, Darlene. "The Mechanics of a
History Business," The Public Historian 1 (Spring 1979): 36-ff; Mondavi,
Robert. "A Client's Perspective: Wine and History," The Public Historian
16 (Fall 1994): 66-69; Chart: "Resumes for History Students."
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| Presentation: "How to be a consultant" literature.
(Fry)
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Week 13: December 4, 2000-- Museums
| Topics: Basic functions and activities of museums; collections management;
exhibition; fitting into a large museum; running a small museum.
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| Reading: Public History, pp. 187-202 & 345-356; Wallace, Sections I-II.
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| Presentation: Leffler & Brent, 3C. (Lauer / Gayle)
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| Term Projects DUE.
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Week 14: December 11, 2000--History in Cyberspace
| Topics: Internet history resources; professional discussion lists; professional
web sites; limitations of the genre; editorial control and guarantors; CD-ROM resources;
edutainment [sic].
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| Reading: TBA (Bowling)
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Week 15: December 18, 2000--Summation
| Discussion of Scarpino, Philip. "Some Thoughts on Defining, Evaluating, and
Rewarding Public Scholarship," The Public Historian 15 (Spring 1993): 55-62;
Scarpino, Philip V. "Common Ground: Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of
Public History and the NCPH," The Public Historian 16 (Summer 1994): 11-22.
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Individual consultations on grades and further work beyond the course
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