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Interviewing Tom Wilson
Talking about how Tom Wilson came to be interviewed by Al. His Oral History began to shape the Quiet Pittsburgh Oral History project.
Al Preston
Nov 125 min read
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October Events!
October was busy for the Holiday Pride! Here's a summary of what we did.
Al Preston
Nov 53 min read
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Interviewing Tim Ziaukas
A look into the events that led us to interviewing Tim Ziaukas, a professor at the Univerity of Pittsburgh and founder of Pittsburgh's Thursday Night Live.
Al Preston
Oct 14 min read
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Case Study: Twine
A closer look at Twine as a programming system and a way to teach history!
Al Preston
Jul 305 min read
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Pride Month Recap
A short recap of how our Pride month went! It was wonderful to meet folks!
Al Preston
Jul 113 min read
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Going to the Archives: The Heinz History Center
Going to archives and searching through old documents is a historians favorite past time. The Heinz History Center's archive is an excellent one!
Al Preston
Jun 275 min read
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Up and Coming Pop-up Exhibit
A look into the process of the creation of a physical exhibit.
Al Preston
May 304 min read
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Making of: Podcasts and Oral Histories
This is just a brief overview of how we make our podcast episodes!
Al Preston
Apr 254 min read
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Duquesne University Research Symposium
A recap of the Holiday Pride's poster presentation at Duquesne University's Research Symposium.
Al Preston
Mar 214 min read
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Interviewing Thomas Rainbolt
A short discussion on Thomas Rainbolt's thesis about the LGBT+ Networks in Pittsburgh.
alexanderrpreston7
Mar 145 min read
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Histoy is a Cage Match
Exciting news! The Holiday Pride will be presenting in DC this April!
alexanderrpreston7
Feb 213 min read
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A Peak into the Ivory Tower: Historical Research
This is a little insight into how academic and some public history gets going.
Al Preston
Feb 144 min read
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Making of: The Golden Age of Piracy DND Module
A look into the mechanics that went into the creation of our pirate DND module!
alexanderrpreston7
Dec 27, 20244 min read
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What is Public Memory?
What is public memory and what does it matter? This is just a brief discussion on the road blocks to studying history.
alexanderrpreston7
Nov 22, 20244 min read
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Case Study: Voyant
Voyant is a text-mining tool that is very useful for understanding large bodies of work. We take a look at it as a tool for history.
alexanderrpreston7
Nov 15, 20244 min read
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What are we Doing?
What's with this website? What are we doing? When are we going to talk about Pittsburgh more?
alexanderrpreston7
Nov 8, 20243 min read
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Interviewing Scott Noxon
A little peek behind the curtain on how we came to interview Scott Noxon.
alexanderrpreston7
Oct 25, 20245 min read
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Making Of: Book Reviews
A little bit about how we read and process books for the book reviews.
alexanderrpreston7
Sep 27, 20246 min read
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Case Study: Artifical Intelligence
This is a short case study on AI and it's uses as a tool for education.
alexanderrpreston7
Sep 20, 20245 min read
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Interviewing Chuck Honse
How Silas managed to get to interview Chuck Honse.
alexanderrpreston7
Aug 20, 20243 min read
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