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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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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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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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Preserving Donny's Place
A quick look at the conversation occuring about Donny's Place, a little late to the game.
Al Preston
Mar 285 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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Looking Forward
The future may look a little bleak, but there can be a lot of hope.
alexanderrpreston7
Nov 29, 20245 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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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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Oral History Process
By Al Preston            A huge theme of this project and of queer history in general is discovery of identity. Many queer historians...
alexanderrpreston7
Aug 8, 20249 min read
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New to Town
By Al Preston Pittsburgh has a diverse and complicated history. That was a fact I was not fully aware of when I arrived for the first...
alexanderrpreston7
Aug 8, 20245 min read
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