Tri-Valley

Reimagining a Small Town

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About the Author

My name is Dan Curry and my family has lived in the Town of Neversink since 1795 and in Tri-Valley since 1947. I originally researched and presented this project as a paper for a History of Media course at George Mason University. Through analysis of newspaper articles, editorials, election results and local art and publications, I concluded that the local newspaper was the key tool for leaders to transform the many communities within this area of New York into a new central community known as Tri-Valley.

About this website

This website is part of a larger portfolio containing projects/assignments created for the “Creating History in New Media” class (also known as Clio II) at George Mason University. Clio II is the second of two required digital media classes taken by History PhD students at George Mason University. The course is an intensive exploration of the adaptation of history to a digital environment. The main goal of Clio II is to give students the basic skills needed to create a professional looking website to include basic HTML coding, image restoration, traditional graphic design techniques and web design techniques. The acquisition of these skills allows students to better understand and adapt to the evolution of Academic History brought about by digital technology.

In addition to this website, other Clio II assignments include:

Type Assignment:

Students were asked to demonstrate that they are aware of word processing conventions, CSS, and can use type as both an element in information and aesthetic design by creating a web page that includes a title, text, navigation, subheads, leading, line length, margins/padding, a pull quote, a rule, an image, a block quotation and a footer.

Image Assignment:

Students were asked to demonstrate their mastery of image editing skills, color and composition as well as the use of images to tell or illustrate a narrative of the steps taken to achieve the effects on the images used. The web site should include a restored photograph, a cropped image, a resized image, a hand-colored photograph, a vignette photograph and a matted engraving.

Design Assignment:

Students were asked to choose a historical period or topic and develop a web page design appropriate to the period through the use of fonts, layouts, illustrations, colors, and layout.

Individual Project:

Students were asked to create a modest, reasonably sophisticated history web site with solid and engaging content. The site should be clear in its purpose and potential audience as well as encompass all the standards of design found in previous assignments.

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Daniel Curry
George Mason University
Last Updated 14 May 2014
copyright May 2014