Jo Blatti

Biographic Data

ID129335
NAMEJo Blatti
GIVEN NAMESJo
FAMILY NAMEBlatti
SIGNATUREBLATTI J
AFFILIATIONSHistory Afield
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS19
TOTAL CITATIONS12
AUTHOR COUNT19
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
H-INDEX1

  • Harry Miller's Vision of Arkansas, 1900–1910

    Jo BlattiARTICLEThe Public Historian2006

    This essay discusses one museum's experience with its first donor-supported exhibit and catalog project. The author explores the roles of donor relations, communications, institutional policies, and issues of "shared authority" in developing the Harry Miller photographic project. The author questions whether a distinctive ethical dimension distinguishes public history. She locates the truly distinctive element as "negotiations of personal and pro…

  • A Reflection on the George Ranch Conversation

    Jo BlattiARTICLEThe Public Historian2003

    This afterword considers the George Ranch roundtable at the 2003 NCPH conference in Houston in the context of Beverly Serrell's work with the Excellent Judges on exhibition review criteria and Marlene Chamber's typology of interpretive exhibit platforms. What are the implications for evolving review criteria that recognize both visitor experiences of exhibits and subjective issues in exhibit design

  • Public History as Contested Terrain

    Jo BlattiARTICLEThe Public Historian1997References: 2

    David Glassberg performs a great service to historians and the public in drawing together this ambitious, suggestive set of readings. My response takes the form of brief notes underscoring Glassberg's points in three areas: the structure of popular and professional understandings of history; the need for more comparative studies of both institutions and communities; and the presence of the past in contemporary exhibits and performances. In applau…

  • Historic Deerfield

    Jo BlattiARTICLEWinterthur Portfolio1994

  • The Museum Experience

    Jo Blatti, John H Falk et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1994

    Journal Article The Museum Experience. By John H. Falk and Lynn D. Dierking. (Washington: Whalesback, 1992. xviii, 205 pp. Cloth, $36.00, ISBN 0-929590-06-6. Paper, $17.95, ISBN 0-929590-07-4.) Get access Jo Blatti Jo Blatti Stowe-Day Foundation, Hartford, Connecticut Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 4, March 1994, Pages 1553–1554, https://doi.org/10.2307/208075…

  • The Halls are Made of Marble, There's a Guard at Every Door

    Open AccessJo Blatti, Ivan Karp et al.ARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1993References: 2

    READERS WHO FOLLOW ISSUES IN MUSEUM PRACTICE WILL RECOGNIZE Exhibiting Cultures and its companion volume Museums and Communities as the most recent additions to a group of works published over the past decade that analyze form and substance in exhibits and interpretive programs. Earlier entries exploring broadly historical applications include the edited collections Presenting the Past, Past Meets Present, History Museums in the United States, as…

  • Media and Public History

    Jo BlattiARTICLEThe Oral History Review1992

  • If One Were to Write a History

    Jo Blatti, Pierre Anctil et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1992

    Journal Article If One Were to Write a History ...: Selected Writings by Robert F. Harney. Ed. by Pierre Anctil and Bruno Ramirez. (Toronto: Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 1991. xiv + 290 pp. Can$ 24.75, ISBN 0-919045-55-3.) Get access Jo Blatti Jo Blatti St. Paul, Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 2, September 1992, Pages 617–618, https://do…

  • Media and Public History

    Jo BlattiARTICLEThe Oral History Review1990

  • Public History and Oral History

    Jo BlattiARTICLEJournal of American History1990Cited by: 1

    Journal Article Public History and Oral History Get access Jo Blatti Jo Blatti Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 2, September 1990, Pages 615–625, https://doi.org/10.2307/2079195 Published: 01 September 1990

  • Symposium

    Jo BlattiARTICLEThe Oral History Review1989

    "Symposium: The Representation of Women's Roles at the Oliver Kelley Farm." The Oral History Review, 17(2), p. 91

  • Crew and Sims, Field to Factory

    Jo BlattiARTICLEThe Oral History Review1988

  • Media and Public History

    Jo BlattiARTICLEThe Oral History Review1988

  • Past Meets Present

    Barbara J Howe, Jo BlattiARTICLEJournal of American History1988

    Journal Article Past Meets Present: Essays about Historic Interpretation and Public Audiences. Ed. by Jo Blatti (Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1987. xi + 169 pp. Cloth, $19.95; paper, $11.95.) Get access Barbara J. Howe Barbara J. Howe West Virginia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 1, June 1988, Pages 232–233, https://doi.org/10.2307/1889685 Pu…

  • One Village in China

    Jo Blatti, Ann Waltner et al.ARTICLEThe Oral History Review1987

    specializing in public programming, and editor of Past Meets Present Essays About Historic Interpretation and Public Audiences (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987). ANN WALTNER is Assistant Professor in History and East Asian Studies at the University of Minnesota. Her reviews and essays in Chinese Studies have appeared in The Asia Record, American Historical Revieus and Ming Studies among other publications. MARILYN YOUNG, Professor of History …

  • Heritage and Hegemony

    R Handler, Yudhisthir Rajisar et al.ARTICLEAnthropological Quarterly1987Cited by: 11

  • Six Generations Here

    Jo BlattiARTICLEThe Oral History Review1986

    In the last issue, the media review [Toward a Complex Sense of Reality, OHR 13 (1985): 123-29] focused on an oral history series for radio. This time, I am turning my attention to an exhibition, Six Generations Here ... A Family Remembers, which makes extensive use of oral history and family stories as text and subtext Six Generations was produced at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, George Talbot, project director, and Marjorie McLellan…

  • Toward a Complex Sense of Reality

    Jo BlattiARTICLEThe Oral History Review1985

    This essay inaugurates what is intended as an ongoing series of media analyses in the Oral History Review. The editors had explored several avenues, including the referred book review model, before asking if I'd be interested in an annual essay format. We set ourselves deliberately general ground rules regarding review of oral history in the media-simply agreeing that our potential range would include film and video productions, television and ra…

  • Reds

    Steve Brier, Jo Blatti et al.ARTICLERadical History Review1982

    Research Article| October 01 1982 Reds: A Symposium Steve Brier; Steve Brier Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Jo Blatti; Jo Blatti Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Paul Buhle Paul Buhle Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Radical History Review (1982) 1982 (26): 153–163. https://doi.org/10.1215/01636545-1982-26-153 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search…