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Li-Yo Chan

National Home Front Project - Meet Lo-Yi Chan

09/19/2023

The National Home Front Project is a major grassroots initiative under the leadership of historians at Washington College. Our innovative oral history program partners with individuals, communities, and organizations across the United States to record, preserve, and share audio interviews with civilians who experienced World War II.

  • Asian Americans
  • National Home Front Project
  • Starr Center
  • Upper West Side Seniors
  • World War II
  • Archives
Washington College

Welcome Freshman!

09/08/2023

Things to bring to college, learning a new campus, and experiencing a new group of people are all things our incoming classmates are experiencing.

  • Freshman
  • Student experience
  • Archives
Washington College

Miller Library Under Construction

09/05/2023

Fifty-three years ago this fall, students, staff, and faculty were welcomed back to campus to the sights and sounds of ongoing construction around the library- just like last week.

  • Clifton M. Miller Library
  • Construction
  • Archives
Washington College

Chestertown’s Revolutionary Tea Party

05/12/2023

Once the degrees have been handed out most Washington College students return home to enjoy their summer before returning to school or embarking on their next adventure. But for those who stay in Chestertown, there is an event filled with history and fun for them to experience.

  • Chestertown Tea Party Festival
  • The American Revolution
  • Archives
Washington College

Mrs. Kitching’s Crab Salad and Pickled Watermelon Rind

05/09/2023

In the southeast corner of the state of Maryland, 10 miles off the coast of Crisfield and straddling the Maryland/Virginia line, lies Smith Island, the last inhabited island in Maryland not accessible by bridge.

  • Crab
  • Life on the Eastern Shore
  • Smith Island
  • Archives
Washington College

19th Century Dictionary Wars

05/02/2023

Dictionaries. Clifton Miller library has hundreds of them. There are dictionaries on law, costumes, and statistics. However, in the mid 19th century, the struggle was to become THE dictionary of the English language.

  • Criticism
  • Dictionaries
  • Lexicons
  • Archives
May Day celebration

“Hey Hey, it’s the First of May…….”

04/28/2023

…. So begins a rhyme my mother remembered from her college days in the mid-1950s. “…outdoor (fill in the blank) is now okay!”

  • May Day
  • Washington College Traditions
  • Archives