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@dduquette Apr 24, 2018, 3:14 PM UTC

Making it Rain: How Various Sums of Money Could Positively Impact Cultural Nonprofits

Privyet Steemrades! This week, those of us working on the @phillyhistory project have been tasked with considering how we would use various sums of money to make a positive impact on public history.…

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@dduquette Apr 18, 2018, 12:26 AM UTC

To Protect and Conserve: Addressing the Needs in the Cultural Sector Regarding Collections Conservation

Greetings Steemites. This week, those of us here in HIST 5151 on the Philly History Project are focusing our readings on issues in cultural institutions related to conservation, preservation, and pre…

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@dduquette Apr 11, 2018, 12:31 AM UTC

It Takes A Village to Represent Itself: How Community Centers Can Help Decentralize Cultural Nonprofits

In her new post, "Present Perfect Public History: The Future of Audience-Centered Cultural Organizations," @cheider provides a brief history of settlement houses, their current iterations community c…

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dduquette
@dduquette Apr 10, 2018, 5:31 PM UTC

Plan B: What Do We Do If No One Applies For Our Funds?

Over the past few weeks, those of us here on the Philly History Project have reached out to various cultural nonprofits in and around Philadelphia to see if they would be interested in the award our…

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@dduquette Apr 2, 2018, 5:25 PM UTC

Where There's a Will, There's a Way: Creating a Document Directing Deaccessioning Upon a NonProfit's Demise

I, @dduquette, resident of Steemit, being of sound mind, not acting under duress or undue influence, and fully understanding the nature and extent of all my property and of this disposition thereof,…

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@dduquette Apr 2, 2018, 4:01 PM UTC

What Not to Do In a Deaccession: Lessons from the Franklin Institute and the Berkshire Museum

Last week we discussed acquiring collections from collectors, and what a process that can be. This week, however, we are tackling a more complicated issue: deaccession, that is, getting rid of collec…

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dduquette
@dduquette Mar 27, 2018, 2:21 AM UTC

One Man's Treasure: Michael Zinman and His Trove of Early American Republic Manuscripts

One of my favorite literary tropes has to be that of the eccentric millionaire, who for some reason focuses his personal spending on some particular set of objects, manuscripts, or what have you. Tho…

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@dduquette Mar 19, 2018, 12:28 AM UTC

Have You Tried Turning it Off and Back On?: Suggestions for the Philadelphia History Museum

Week after week, those of us in the Nonprofit Management course affiliated with the Philly History project read about the nature, operations, and problems of Philadelphia’s cultural sector. We’ve rea…

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@dduquette Mar 9, 2018, 7:07 PM UTC

Introspection and Innovation: How the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Redefined Itself

>One of the prospective locations for the proposed History Center in Philadelphia was here, at 12th and Market Street. In recent weeks, one of our assigned readings was the Vision Statement for a…

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@dduquette Feb 27, 2018, 8:54 PM UTC

Letter of Intent: Preserving the Memory of Pennhurst

The Pennhurst Memorial & Preservation Alliance seeks to create a museum and interpretive center to educate visitors from around the world on the history of intellectual and developmental disabili…

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