This is a project-in-process. It will feature annotated texts of Victorian ghost stories, with accompanying elements such as editorial introductions and an associated exhibit of visual texts for each narrative. Editorial teams are composed of undergraduate students in the department of English at JMU, fall 2024.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee activist and historian Julian Bond identified the "Master Narrative" of the civil rights movement in these terms:
MLK writings and speeches from 1955 through 1968 documenting the journey in his thinking and rhetoric from the Montgomery Bus Boycott through his assassination in Memphis, TN, in April 1968.
This edition presents how the United Fruit Company promoted their Caribbean tourism through travel advertisements. By annotating these historical documents through timelines, maps, and images, this project shows how various visual components help researchers understand the UFC’s octopus enterprise in the Caribbean.