Object Captions
After reading through Beverly Serrell’s book, Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach, it is time to put these guidelines into practice. I …
American Material Culture
Symbolism in Material Culture
This week’s readings all dealt with symbolism, emotions, and exhibits. The first article I read was “A Stage Set for Assimilation” …
Local Historical Context
Instead of meeting for class this week, I was assigned to visit either a place in Philadelphia my object was …
Thinking Beyond Objects
When I looked at the article titles for our readings this week, I have to admit that I was at …
Meet My Object
Last Wednesday I went back to the Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection at Drexel University to visit my object. …
Establishing a Method
Last week, our Studies in American Material culture class met at the Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection at …
The Potential of Objects
Last week we learned that the study of objects can open new avenues of study for historians. The study of …