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11/30/2019
Hobson House: The oldest home in the Edgefield community. To see more, join our MTSU digital history team for a walking tour of East Nashville at 2:30 on December 5th at the East Nashville Public Library.
Photo Credit: The Tennessean
11/12/2019
Our free historical walking tour of historical sites is happening in less than a month! Mark your calendars for December 5th, 2019, from 2:30 to 4:30. Our tour will depart from the East Nashville Public Library. These sites will also be featured on Bygone Nashville, which you can check out below:
Bygone Nashville This site is created by Hist 3870: Doing Digital History students at Middle Tennessee State University. It is powered by Omeka + Curatescape, a humanities-centered web and mobile framework available for both Android and iOS devices. Details coming soon.
10/17/2019
10/15/2019
Why were 's monuments created? Who sponsored the construction of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County's memorial landscape, and what were these monuments intended to say? Dive into the Murfreesboro Monuments Project, an interactive digital map created by MTSU History graduate students in collaboration with MTSU Digital History and Graphic Design, to find primary sources, stories, and tours that answer those questions: https://murfreesboro-monuments.mtsu.edu/.
What are some sites or stories (with or without monuments) that you would like to see added? Comment below with your ideas!
The Murfreesboro Monuments Project can also be explored at the Heritage Center, open Monday-Friday from 10-3 pm.
Logo design: Emma Cryar and Mary Murphy, 2019
10/08/2019
The Fall 2019 Strickland Lecture will take place at 6:30 pm on October 22nd. Mark your calendars!
12/06/2018
Getting ready for the Doing DH tour of East Nashville today at 3:40pm! Join us at the East Nashville library for a wonderful free tour!
05/23/2018
We're excited to be part of the final week of Forsyth County Preservation Month activities.
05/22/2018
Look who made it onto the Old Salem page!
05/21/2018
05/19/2018
Great write-up on our project in the MTNews:
MTSU history, animation students break 3D ground on ‘Hidden Town’ to bring 19th-century village back to life MTSU students will combine old-fashioned information gathering and new technology to bring an historical site closer to the public. The Digital History Program’s “Maymester Experience” will team Dr…
05/19/2018
A tour of Old Salem, including the Reich-Hege House Site, the early Afro-Moravian Log Cabin Church Museum - St. Philips (1823), St. Philips 1861 brick edifice, and MESDA (Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts)
05/18/2018
Touring Winston-Salem's African-American heritage with Cheryl Harry