DigiLab Colloquium: A Journey to "Wonderland" - Tourism in Late 19th-Century Yellowstone

Using StoryMapsJS, Monica Berg will present her historical research into the early years of tourism in Yellowstone National Park. She will take attendees back to the late 19th century, showing them what a typical tourist at this time could find themselves seeing and doing on a trip out West.

Monica Berg is a fourth-year History and German double major at the University of Georgia. She is also earning certificates in Museum Studies and Digital Humanities.

Terrell James Orr Receives 2022 John Higham Research Fellowship from the Organization of American Historians

BLOOMINGTON, IN—The Organization of American Historians (OAH) today announced that Terrell James Orr, University of Georgia, is recipient of an OAH 2022 John Higham Research Fellowship, which is given annually to graduate students writing doctoral dissertations for a Ph.D. in American history. The Fellowship was announced during the OAH’s 2022 Conference on American History.