History 283

Mapping the Memorable: A Cultural and Environmental History
of Mount Holyoke College & Campus

Robert Schwartz

Course Description


This course studies the history of our college and scenic campus from its origins in the 1830s to the present. It will entail research in the Mount Holyoke College Archives, oral interviews of living alums, and the building of a large web site to make the results available to the wider world. In our collaborative research we'll recover the varied and shifting ideas that have shaped the college and the physical campus over time and attempt to document the memories and activities attached to sites of educational and social life on the campus. Students will work collaboratively to produce components of the the web site, using multimedia technology that will be introduced in user-friendly labs. No previous web-page design is required or expected.

2 class meetings; one lab.

A speaking intensive course.