{"id":12448,"date":"2015-06-24T08:50:11","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T12:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/?p=12448"},"modified":"2024-07-03T19:54:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T23:54:00","slug":"finding-big-meaning-in-small-histories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/2015\/finding-big-meaning-in-small-histories\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Big Meaning in Small Histories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Finding Big Meaning in Small Histories\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asmallhistory.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"131\" src=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Screenshot-112-e1434904582746-400x131.png\" alt=\"two residents gather outside home\" class=\"wp-image-12452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Screenshot-112-e1434904582746-400x131.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Screenshot-112-e1434904582746-160x52.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Screenshot-112-e1434904582746-240x79.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Screenshot-112-e1434904582746-768x252.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Screenshot-112-e1434904582746-360x118.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Screenshot-112-e1434904582746.png 1352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since April 2014, <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/people\/sara-spike\/\">Sara Spike<\/a>\u2019s Small History NS <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smallhistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> feed and <a href=\"http:\/\/asmallhistory.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a> blog have reached hundreds of followers with daily news from rural and small-town Nova Scotia, c.1880-1910. Drawn from her dissertation research, these tweets chart seasonal rhythms of labour, leisure, land, and sea with updates such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"the-first-wild-strawberries\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The first wild strawberries&#8230;<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>A plate of ripe wild strawberries was just picked by a daughter of Mr Jas Collins. This is remarkably early. White Rock Mills May 30 1889<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Small History NS (@smallhistory) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smallhistory\/status\/604788264151752705\">May 30, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 id=\"a-weeks-catch-of-halibut\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">A week\u2019s catch of halibut&#8230;<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Mr Prince W Penney landed three halibut, averaging about 120 lbs, the result of a few hours\u2019 fishing. Cape Sable Jun 4 1886 \u2014 Small History NS (@smallhistory) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smallhistory\/status\/606493357880262657\">June 4, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"the-opening-of-a-cheese-factory\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The opening of a cheese factory&#8230;<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\nLC Archibald will commence operations at his Antigonish, Dunmore, Lochaber, Union Centre and Cape George cheese factories today. June 3 1895<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Small History NS (@smallhistory) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smallhistory\/status\/606128995374141440\">June 3, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"or-a-bicycle-trip\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Or a bicycle trip.<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\nPrinters ink fails to describe the beautiful panoramic scenery seen by bike along the drive to Waverley skirting the lakes. Jun 19 1897 \u2014 Small History NS (@smallhistory) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smallhistory\/status\/611882634931752960\">June 19, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many historians, particularly historians of women, have revealed how the small details of life can offer an entry point to something much bigger and more profound about the past. Deeply rooted in place, this small-scale public history project has proven to be a relatable way to engage the public in histories of how Nova Scotians lived in the late<br>\nnineteenth century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since April 2014, Sara Spike\u2019s Small History NS Twitter feed and Tumblr blog have reached hundreds of followers with daily news from rural and small-town Nova Scotia, c.1880-1910. Drawn from her dissertation research, these tweets chart seasonal rhythms of labour, leisure, land, and sea with updates such as: The first wild strawberries&#8230; A plate of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[146,43,1,46],"tags":[94],"class_list":["post-12448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-graduate-student-projects","category-history","category-news","category-twitter","tag-local-history"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":"null"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12448"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12472,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12448\/revisions\/12472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}