By Sherwood<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

In my final project for HIS 245, I want to study a distant relative of mine, Thomas Howard Callaway. Callaway was president of the East Tennessee & Georgia railroad immediately following the Civil War, which the Union Army had captured and used to transport soldiers and supplies. In the aftermath of the war, Callaway wrangled with the U.S. Government over the return of his property and sought reparations for war damages. He also directed a merger with a northern neighbor, the East Tennessee & Virginia. The story of Callaway and the ET&G has the potential to reveal a lot about the significance of trains to early American communications.<\/p>\n

I am interested in leveraging my web development skills to create a historical tool or experience. Specifically, I want to build an interactive web application that allows the user to explore these topics. Hopefully, my project can be a unique manifestation of the digital humanities, which themselves are growing and changing daily.<\/p>\n

My first idea was a digital diorama\u2014 a static window displaying a hand-drawn scene featuring various objects, some static and others animated, with which users might interact and reveal relevant information. Maybe users could shuffle through the items on Callaway’s desk, or investigate the fixtures on a 19^{th<\/sup> century map? The digital diorama would allow me to employ both my historical and technological skills, and explore my interest in drawing and creative software like Photoshop.<\/p>\n}

Another idea I had was a digital timeline\u2014 a series of points associated with primary source documents illustrating the narrative of the ET&G litigation in chronological order.<\/p>\n

One of the limitations of the web application as a medium is that the historical value would be largely experiential. Because limited written content is necessary, users are dependent upon the act of exploring to learn. This could make the site either really compelling, or not substantive at all. I am going to try to achieve the former.<\/p>\n

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