This fall semester, three seniors did cool projects. Joe Aldridge wrote a senior thesis on the history or propaganda in which he looked at several case studies in the United States of propaganda and misinformation, older versions of "fake news." Gina Gerard created a web page on Games in Education with resources and plans for educators using games to teach social studies. Jeremiah Horrigan's thesis on the Compromise of 1850 provided an interesting look at the political conflict that was a stepping stone to the Civil War.
Over in the archives, students working on history internships with Dennis Frank did good work. Ashlee Gray's work on the NY 154 resulted in, among other things, the map that visualizes casualties mentioned earlier. Joseph Giglio worked on the John F. Carr collection. Adam Wojcik did extensive archival work in the Antonucci Collection of World War II materials. All gained valuable experience working with original documents and preparing them for use that includes digital access.
The Hardtack Regiment Newsletter mentions the good work of our students. Mark Dunkelman writes,
"Recently I had reason to visit the website of the Dunkelman and Winey Collection of the 154th New York at St. Bonaventure University for the first time in quite a while and was greatly pleased to find much progress has been made in digitizing materials and adding links to them. University Archivist Dennis Frank credits intern Ashlee Gray and work/study student Anna Giglio for their work on the site. Anna has been working on the A-F list of soldiers; Ashlee on the P-Z list. There is still plenty to be done, but these two dedicated women are steadily chipping away at it and I’m very grateful to them for their efforts. Take a look: http://achives.sbu.edu/civil_war/154th_site.html
