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Working collaboratively with a museum, archive, or historical site, students perform research on an object that illuminates one or more narratives of their local culture or history. This community-based project connects students with librarians, historians, and other professionals to carry out work utilizing archival research.
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This chapter would not have been possible without the contributions of the phenomenal staff at Historic Huguenot Street: Josephine Bloodgood, Ashley Campone, and Carrie Allmendinger. My immense thanks to them for providing me with ideas, research, and access to the Jean Hasbrouck house.
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Mulready, C. (2023). Objects and Local History. In: Object Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09027-1_2
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