Students learned to transcribe fifteenth-century wills from the London Metropolitan Archive, documenting their results in a StoryMaps exhibit that explores life in late-medieval London.
Author
Cari Griffin, Gavin White, Katherine French, Lily Walbridge, Mira Strauss, Paul Young, and Thomas Gaffney
Contributor
Bethany Donovan, Caitlin Dickinson, and Taylor Sims
Department or Unit
History
Publish Date
2021
Format
Exhibit and Lab
Support Partners
London Metropolitan Archive
Funding Source
Category
This collection shows some of the ways American college and university students reacted to the Nazi regime, World War II, and the Holocaust. These diverse voices point to a wide range of responses on US campuses, including active opposition to Nazism, disinterest, and even sympathy for certain aspects of the Nazi program.
Author
Matt Villeneuve, Richard Bachmann, and Ryan Glauser
Department or Unit
History
Publish Date
2020
Format
Lab
Support Partners
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Following World War II and the Holocaust, the United States provided aid to hundreds of thousands of European Displaced Persons (DPs). American organizations also helped many DPs immigrate to the US. These sources reveal DPs’ experiences as they encountered Americans and United States policies. Through documents, correspondence, films, and other materials, this collection examines how DPs understood and experienced immigration to the US in the wake of catastrophe.
Author
Leila Braun, Shourjendra Nath Mukherjee, and Sophie Wunderlich
Department or Unit
History
Publish Date
2020
Format
Lab
Support Partners
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Fascism in Germany, Italy, and elsewhere in Europe was not only reflected in politics. In daily activities—entertainment, commerce, and recreation—citizens were confronted with fascist ideals, images, and symbols. This collection of primary sources explores encounters with fascism in day-to-day life during the 1930s, World War II, and the Holocaust.
Author
Keanu Heydari, Lediona Shahollari, Marina Mayorski, Michael Martin, and Paige Newhouse
Department or Unit
History
Publish Date
2019
Format
Lab
Website
Support Partners
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This collection shows some of the ways that Americans identified with Nazi ideals during the 1930s and 1940s. Some adopted antisemitic views or even expressed allegiance to the Nazi Party. The sources included here explore the societal conditions that made some Americans receptive to parts of the Nazi program.
Author
Chloe Thompson, David Helps, Émilie Duranceau, Gianna May Sanchez, and Pragya Kaul
Department or Unit
History
Publish Date
2019
Format
Lab
Website
Support Partners
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Working with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, this HistoryLab develops digital analytical materials based on the museum’s archives for its online educational programming.
Author
Jeff Veidlinger and Rita Chin
Department or Unit
History
Publish Date
2019 and 2020
Format
Lab
Support Partners
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Category
This investigative report illustrates the patterns of police violence against women by the Detroit Police Department between the 1950s and the 1990s.
Author
Lily Johnston
Contributor
Matthew Lassiter
Department or Unit
History
Publish Date
2021
Format
Lab
Website
Silence, Power, and Injustice: Historical Patterns of Police Violence Against Women in Detroit
Support Partners
Carceral State Project
Funding Source
Category
“What Happened to Cynthia” Scott? is a multimedia investigate report, building on the Detroit Under Fire website, of the police murder and coverup of a 24-year-old African American woman on July 5, 1963.
Author
Brianna Wells and Mix Mann
Contributor
Matthew Lassiter
Department or Unit
History
Publish Date
2020
Format
Lab
Support Partners
Carceral State Project
Funding Source
Category
This multimedia digital exhibit documents patterns and incidents of police brutality and misconduct in the city of Detroit during the era of the modern civil rights movement.
Author
Aidan Traynor, Allison Tuohy, Austyn Marks, Brendan Bernardo, Casey Jong, Dominic Coschino, Hannah Thoms, Jack Mahon, Jamie Murray, Jesse Blumberg, John Kistler, Khadija Williams, Kori Thomas, Mahal Stevens, Robert Joseph, and Sahil Patel
Contributor
Caroline Levine, Gregory Parker, Lily Johnston, Maddie Turner, Matthew Lassiter, Nicole Navarro, and Zev Miklethun
Department or Unit
History
Publish Date
2021
Format
Lab
Support Partners
Carceral State Project
Funding Source
Give Earth a Chance traces the origins of the environmental movement in the state of Michigan and in modern America
Author
Amanda Hampton, Hannah Thoms, Joshua Blum, Julia Montag, Kiegan White, Maya Littlefield, Meghan Clark, and Trent Reynolds
Contributor
Cinda Nofziger, Gregory Parker, and Matthew Lassiter
Department or Unit
History
Publish Date
2017
Format
Exhibit and Website
Support Partners
Bentley Historical Library
Tags
This lab addresses contemporary debates over mass incarceration and police misconduct, ultimately creating a comprehensive database of thousands of police-civilian encounters and homicides in the city of Detroit and beyond.
Author
Brianna Wells, Caroline Levine, Charlotte Fater, David Helps, Dominic Coschino, Francesca Ferrara, Grace Bergeron, Izzie Kenhard, Lily Johnston, Lloyd Simpson, Maddie Turner, Matthew Lassiter, Mix Mann, Nicole Navarro, Sam Lauten, Sophie Mishara, and Zev Miklethun
Department or Unit
History
Publish Date
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023
Format
Lab
Website
Support Partners
Carceral State Project
Category
A collaborative public humanities project that produces a wide range of scholarly artifacts for and with community partners working in immigrant advocacy in Michigan.
Author
Alexander Stephens, Amelia Frank-Vitale, Amy Sankaran, Ana Raquel Devereaux, Ashley Moon, Grace Argo, Jesse Hoffnung-Gasrskof, Jessica Lefort, Melissa Almonte, Rebeca Ontiveros-Chavez, Tammi Cervantes, and Tania Morris-Díaz
Department or Unit
History
Publish Date
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022
Format
Lab
Website
Support Partners
Michigan Immigrant Rights Center
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