Jethro Israel's presentation on the McDonogh Project for BUDSC15 http://exhibits.lafayette.edu/mcdonogh/

1. The McDonogh
Brothers of
Lafayette College(A Story Realized Through Digital Humanities Research)
Jethro Israel

2. Fall 2013
• The McDonogh Brothers
• The Digital Humanities Initiative
• Students of Africana Studies

3. Spring 2015
• My Research BEGINS!!!
• Database Construction
• Tiki Toki

4. Summer 2015
• Transition To Omeka
• My Individual Research
• Creating A Product
Omeka
Tiki Toki
A larger, more
dynamic
platform
Access to graphs,
tables, maps, and
other features
Web based
timeline software
ONLY

5. Research
Historical
Significance
The
Primary
Sources
Capturing
Agency

6. Representation
• Their Circumstance
• Their Individual Lives
• Their Simultaneous
Function

7. Outcome
Cohesion
Function
Accessibility

8. Implications
•Continued
Research

9. CUR NON?
exhibits.lafayette.edu/mcdonogh
(A Story Realized Through Digital Humanities Research)
Jethro Israel