The History Department and the Duggan Library Archives are collecting material to help future students understand everyday life for Hanoverians. For the past three years, we've asked volunteers to describe their circumstances on just one day (May 15), and we're checking in again this year. Can you help?
If you like to doodle and use fancy pens, you can print out a form to fill out by hand. Or if you prefer to type, you can fill out an online form. We think future students will especially appreciate hearing about the concrete details of your day -- what did you see or hear on May 15? who did you spend time with? what did you do for fun? did you cook or eat anything special? what did you learn?
ORPrint out a form for handwritten comments, doodles, etc.
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We hope your contributions will help future students imagine themselves traveling back in time to 2023. (We got the idea from a similar project that has been underway in England since 1937.)
You can follow the links below to read about May 15 in Hanover's history, or you can browse previous submissions held in the Duggan Archives.
- Marie Ester Brandt, May 15, 1852
- Charles Hamilton in 1892, May 15, 1892
- Winfield Scott Smith, May 15, 1918
- Family Day, May 15, 1971
Note: The photo above was taken by Prof. Jeff Phillips on May 15, 2022, and submitted for last year's "One Day in May."