Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
12-2024
Department 1
Library
Department 2
Interdisciplinary Studies
Abstract
This chapter concerns the development of a First World War Digital Humanities project at a small US liberal arts college. The project, based on a manuscript collection of documents, photographs, artefacts, and nearly 300 letters (primarily written between 1915 and 1919), was designed from the beginning to be truly collaborative, featuring the creative and scholarly work of undergraduate students, a faculty member, a librarian, and an archivist to tell a unique story from the Western Front. What initially began as a project to digitally preserve and promote primary source materials for a wider audience adapted and changed over the course of the centennial to become a teaching tool to promote the understanding of the war’s experiences through digital scholarship by students and staff at Gettysburg College.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Version
Preprint
Recommended Citation
Lucadamo, Amy, R.C. Miessler, and Ian Isherwood. "The First World War Letters of H.J.C. Peirs: A Case Study of the Creation and Growth of a Collaborative, Pedagogy-Driven Digital History Project." In The Routledge Companion to Libraries, Archives and the Digital Humanities, edited by Isabel Galina Russell, Glen Layne-Worthey, 231-236. Taylor & Francis: Routledge, 2024.