SHGAPE Blog

Field Notes: The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums

July 14, 2026

Field Notes: The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums

By Emily Parrow

In the second installment of “Field Notes,” Historian Joshua Dubbert, with support from Communications and Marketing Manager Kristina Smith, discusses the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums. Located in Fremont, Ohio, the organization interprets the life, career, legacy, and times of America’s 19th president, Rutherford B. Hayes. The site offers a variety of public tours and programming throughout the historic Spiegel Grove estate, including special offerings for America’s Semiquincentennial. Dubbert and Smith speak to the site’s unique history and scope, as well as how ongoing research is continuously building a fuller portrait of the Hayes family.

Minding the GAPE – June 2026

July 6, 2026

Minding the GAPE – June 2026

By Dr. Laura Crossley

Birthright citizenship, 150 years after the Battle of Little Bighorn, the last veterans of the American Revolution, Frances Kellor and Americanization Day, cat tintypes, “Blue Humanities,” and much more.

Field Notes: Liz Ferry and the Driehaus Museum

June 1, 2026

Field Notes: Liz Ferry and the Driehaus Museum

By Emily Parrow

Located in Chicago, the Driehaus Museum engages guests through architecture, art, and design within the 1883 Nickerson Mansion and the 1926 Murphy Auditorium. In this installment of “Field Notes,” Guest Services Coordinator Liz Ferry shares how the Museum’s rich interpretational scope, talented staff, and growing network of institutional connections help preserve these truly unique spaces and tailor the guest experience for maximum engagement. Driehaus Museum Executive Director Lisa Key will join other museum leaders on June 6 for the Closing Plenary of the SHGAPE Conference.

Minding the GAPE – April 2026

May 4, 2026

Minding the GAPE – April 2026

By Dr. Laura Crossley

The 120th anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, birthright citizenship and Reconstruction scholarship, the golden age of soapbox oratory, Indigenous centenarians in California, April Fools’ images, anxiety over teenage rebellion in the 1920s, and much more.