The St. Louis Regional History Project utilizes interactive web technologies to explore
the history of the City of St. Louis and the St. Louis region.
Currently only the 1850s and the 1950s decades are active. The Project begins with a three-dimentional, interactive model of the city ca. 1850s, and contains such places to visit as the courthouse. In the 1850s one can explore the city and learn about the Dred Scott case. The 1950s model currently explores the themes of civil rights and consumer culture. Objects and buildings on the left side can activate relevant historical information on the right side. For example, clicking on the Board of Education building will lead you on a path describing the intergration of St.Louis public schools. The 1950s site is currently the most complete at this time.
The Virtual City will grow richer in detail as the St. louis Regional History Project
is expanded in time and space.
FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE FOLLOWING SOURCES:
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, 2001
Information Technology Grants, 1997 and 1998, funded by a Southwestern Bell
corporation
gift to the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Goals 2000 Grant, 1998, funded by a Missouri Department of Elementary and
Secondary
Education gift to the University of Missouri-St. Louis
Washington University, Urban Research and Design Center, 1997 and 1998,
technical
support.
PROJECT PARTICIPANTS
Louis S. Gerteis, Professor of History, University of Missouri-St. Louis
gerteis@umsl.edu
Andrew Hurley, Professor of History, University of Missouri-St. Louis
ahurley@umsl.edu
Laura Westhoff, Assistant Professor of History and Education, University of Missouri - St. Louis
westhoffl@msx.umsl.edu
W. Davis Van Bakergem, Senior Research Fellow, UMSL, St. Louis
vanBakergem
Graduate Research Assistants:
Susan Book, University of Missouri - St. Louis
sbook@umsl.edu
Shravan Kumar Kodam, Unversity of Missouri-St.Louis
skkp54@umsl.edu
Ryan Flahive, University of Missouri-St.Louis
Bindhu Stephen, Unversity of Missouri-St.Louis
Dan Goodman, University of Missouri-St.Louis
Undergraduate Research Assistants:
Jenny Heinz, University of Missouri - St. Louis
jenny@umsl.edu
James Foul, University of Missouri-St.Louis
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vanBakergem
Last updated: March 17, 2006,
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