In our new exhibit, "Discovering the Civil War," you can examine the hospital muster roll card of Christianna Batts, who was one of at least 2,000 African American women who worked in U.S. hospitals. Identified on the record as an "adult female contraband," she was most likely a runaway slave seeking safety behind Union lines. … Continue reading Discover the Civil War
Recently, NASA launched an online project called "Be A Martian." At first glance, this website is a highly sophisticated public education tool that creates an online experience to connect the public with NASA's mission. On closer inspection, this is also an important crowdsourcing project. The public is invited to participate as "citizen scientists" by aligning Mars … Continue reading Cultivating Citizen Archivists
