Public History Episodes

Consuls are essential to American foreign relations. Although they may not be as flashy or as powerful as an Ambassador like Thom…

If you pull any decent history book off your shelf right now, odds are that it’s filled with quotes from letters, diaries, or acc…

When the COVID pandemic stuck last spring, thousands of cultural heritage sites, including the Washington Library and Mount Verno…

The South Carolina State House Grounds is a landscape of monuments and memory. Since the capital moved from Charleston to Columbi…

One of the most important things we’re able to do at the Center for Digital History is offer internships to college students. Wor…

Take a receipt out of your pocket. What does it say about you? Receipts can tell us a lot about people and the world in which the…

In 1757, Benjamin Franklin returned to London after an over thirty-year absence. He first ventured to the imperial capital in 172…

Consuls are essential to American foreign relations. Although they may not be as flashy or as powerful as an Ambassador like Thom…

What is a legacy? As the artist Lin-Manual Miranda tells us, it’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see. American presi…

If you pull any decent history book off your shelf right now, odds are that it’s filled with quotes from letters, diaries, or acc…

The Washington Library's Center for Digital History often collaborates with students to advance its research and public history p…

This Friday marks the anniversary of Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the moment on June 19, 1865 when enslaved people i…

It's mid-March 2020 and chances are you're listening to this episode from the comfort of your home as you practice social distanc…

Dr. Ron Grim has been a geographer for over 40 years. After receiving his PhD from the University of Maryland, Ron embarked on a …

Like many folks around the country, you might have spent the last three evenings watching Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Washington docum…