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Chelsea Reed
@chelseareed
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Vocalist. Educator. Historian. Activist.
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January 18, 2018
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chelseareed
education
2018-04-24 17:09
Collaboration and Education: Funding Philly Public History
We are coming to a close on #philly5151's class project for the 2018 semester (to read more about the details of our class and program, head here!), and this week we are tasked with thinking about impact.
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photography
2018-04-18 15:59
Museum Bhavan: A Museum in Your Pocket
Disclaimer: This post is not about your iPhone. In her newest work entitled Museum Bhavan, photographer Dayanita Singh created and published a portable museum: 9 accordion books that expand into a
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history
2018-04-16 18:53
Balancing Priorities: Collections vs Community
In a report now 14 years old, the Heritage Health Index (HHI) completed the first survey of the nation’s cultural health. Heritage Preservation, in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library
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music
2018-04-09 23:55
Giant Steps Toward the Digital Age: Interactive and Collaborative Music History
Interacting with the Inter-web Good evening, Steemians! In just a few days, I will be defending my thesis, and my brain has been focused exclusively on Philadelphia’s jazz history for what seems like 68
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museum
2018-04-08 21:54
Opening More Than Doors: Grappling with Deaccession
Happy Monday, Steemians! We’re down to the last few weeks of the semester, and soon, we’ll have to actually decide upon a nonprofit to fund. While we wait on yet more emails, I want to dig into some of
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books
2018-03-27 16:11
On Being an Emotional Mess: Can We Use Zinman's Critical Mess Theory?
Critical Mess Theory: What Is It and How Can We Use It? Hello, Steemians! As you may well know, the graduate students of #explore1918 are close to deciding on a Philadelphia public history project to fund,
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phillyhistory
2018-03-26 16:07
A Transformative Pitch: "Shipping" Institutions
Shipping /SHipiNG/ noun: the act of wanting and supporting two individuals involved in a romantic relationship. DISCLAIMER: This picture in no way indicates my support of a Harmony ship. Now, shipping
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explore1918
2018-02-27 02:50
Identifying Philadelphia's History Needs: Missing Narratives in K-12 Classrooms
We are finally beginning to debate criteria for our Steem awards to local history nonprofits. Through the power of Steem, we are somehow 30% of the way towards our goal, and we want to start the process
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music
2018-02-21 16:02
Victor Talking Machines
The Victor Talking Machine Company Today, we’re hopping across the Delaware River to visit the music scene in Camden, NJ, circa 1918. The Greater Philadelphia Region has a record industry history that
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museum
2018-02-19 22:07
Prioritizing the Public in Public History
Both readings for this week, though written over ten years apart, grapple with very similar issues plaguing the world of history institutions. Failure to communicate; unwieldy collections; an inability
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nonprofit
2018-02-14 17:57
Secret Strategic Planning: Transparency in the Nonprofit World
Business jargon has never been my strong suit. Why do mission statements differ from vision statements? Are objectives and goals somehow not the same thing? Who cares about any of this? As it turns out,
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money
2018-02-07 17:58
A Chicken in Every Pot/A Little Outreach in Every Department
Perhaps you're wondering why I keep posting this tiny message at the bottom of my posts: 100% of the SBD rewards from this #explore1918 post will support the Philadelphia History Initiative @phillyhistory.
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music
2018-02-07 05:03
Ragtime and Softshoe: Listening to History
As a part of @phillyhistory's #explore1918 initiative, I am writing about the music of 1918 in Philadelphia. To find out more, click here to read my post about Philly's African American musical landmarks!
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explore1918
2018-01-31 15:44
A Note from a Peacekeeping Philadelphia Sports Fan
It's almost Super Bowl Sunday, so I'm going to take a brief break from music to bring you this short message about Philadelphia Eagles fans: If you're a fan of football or even just a resident of the tristate
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explore1918
2018-01-31 04:51
Speaking Out: A Century of Activism in the Music Industry
In light of the Grammys this past Sunday and a particularly interesting find in the archive, I wanted to talk about some examples of activism in the music industry in 1918 vs 2018. An Archival Discovery
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explore1918
2018-01-21 21:00
"No place for our people to go": The Dunbar-Gibson-Lincoln Theatre
Conveniently but unfortunately, it didn’t take me too long to find another example of demolished Black musical history in Philadelphia. Remember when I told you that the Standard was only one of John T.
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explore1918
2018-01-21 04:22
A “Race” Enterprise: Philadelphia’s New Standard Theatre in 1918
How did a late 19th century, three story masterpiece transform into a little blue sign? A valuable piece of black history reduce to a few sentences? Let me tell you: Walking into the grand New Standard
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explore1918
2018-01-21 01:04
Introducing...Me!
Hi. I’m Chelsea. As you can perhaps see from my brief little bio up there, my life is seemingly disparate, but weirdly interconnected. Let me explain: Vocalist. When people ask me what I do, my answer
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