While I was in Indiana as part of an assessment team for the National Endowment for the Humanities, I had a chance to meet with the talented Hoosiers who bring innovative humanities programs to the State. This is a tweet for the NEH Fed/State Twitter Feed.
The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on MPT
For Chesapeake Bay Week 2019, Maryland Public Television (MPT) aired a special on the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal. The special aired on April 22 at 9 p.m. I was pleased to have the opportunity to assist MPT with this project by providing research assistance as the documentary crew planned the production. Here is the MPT…
When the Sheriff was the Hangman
A LECTURE — For the Hereditary Order of the Signers of the Bush Declaration, I was recently asked to examine the era in our criminal justice system when the sheriff was the county executioner or hangman. This gruesome responsibility was eventually centralized in the state prison systems, but the duty remained in the hands of…
When Death Came Calling, Salem County Needed a Hospital
In the early 20th century, residents of Salem County, NJ generally gave birth, endured illnesses and even surgery at home. For the few requiring inpatient care, a trip to distant hospitals in Camden, Bridgeton or Wilmington, DE was required. But in the first two decades of the twentieth century medicine was advancing rapidly and changes…