The Bisbee Historians Project begins with the idea that everyone is a historian. We all collect our own stories as we live them, and history is made of our stories.
Written histories are usually pieced together from the things we leave behind - official records, newspaper articles, that sort of thing. The daily lives of people often are formed by conjecture, except in those relatively rare instances where there is a diary or journal available.
The goal of the Bisbee Historians Project is to collect the stories of Bisbee, Arizona, USA, - to give future generations a clearer picture of the people who lived here before them: us.
Written histories are usually pieced together from the things we leave behind - official records, newspaper articles, that sort of thing. The daily lives of people often are formed by conjecture, except in those relatively rare instances where there is a diary or journal available.
The goal of the Bisbee Historians Project is to collect the stories of Bisbee, Arizona, USA, - to give future generations a clearer picture of the people who lived here before them: us.
"If the essence of history is the memory of things said and done, then it is obvious that every normal person, Mr. Everyman, knows some history."
-Carl Becker, in his annual address of the president to the American Historical Association, 1931
It's History, by the people, for the people.
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