Mike Dixon
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Historian | Research, Lectures & Writing
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Mike, a public historian, is frequently quoted and mentioned in stories in the news media and in articles published by historical, genealogical and professional societies. On this page you will find links to a selection of those articles and video clips.
Public Historian Mike Dixon's passion for history extends beyond the classroom Harford Community College, June 21, 2017
I Teach at Harford: A 60th Anniversary Campaign Featuring the Faculty, May 20, 2017
Dixon Reappointed to County Historic District Commission, Cecil Guardian Feb. 23, 2017
An East Coast Wedding Hub Faces End of an Era, A Wall Street Journal Video, Oct 19. 2016
Las Vegas of the East Braces for Its Last 'I Do,' The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 19, 2016
Delaware Technical & Community College, Georgetown Campus, Enrichment Courses, Autumn 2016
Editorial: Coming Full Circle, the Aegis, Bel Air, MD. June 29, 2016
Bel Air honors efforts to remember fallen officer, Baltimore Sun, June 25, 2016
Let's Move -- Exploring the Past That is All Around Us, a segement aired on WYPR (Baltimore) for the Maryland Humanities Council, May 26, 2016
Digitization of Cecil County Slave Records Aid Research on Black History , Feb. 26, 2016, The Crowley Company
Mike Dixon Teaches Through the Power of the Internet, Delmarva Quarterly, Salisbury, Feb. 1, 2016
Dixon to Speak to Sussex County Genealogical Society, Cape Gazette January 16, 2016
History Buffs Spellbound by Tales of Delaware Cemeteries, the Wilmington News Journal, January 2, 2016
An Interview on Harford County Radio Station WMGD, the Point, Aug. 2, 2015
Cecil County History Detectve -- Cecil County Life, Spring/Summer 2015
Gone but no longer forgotten, Bel Air Police searching for family of fallen officer from 1920, Balimore Sun, July 8, 2015
Carroll County's 177th Birthday Celebration, Community Media Center, Westminster, MD., January 2015
Rum at the Court House, Cobblestones, New Castle, DE. January 18, 2015
Collecting War Stories: Vietnam Veterans Listening Station is Open . . . Cecil Life Magazine, Fall/Winter 2014
AAHGS News -- Delaware Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society Effectively Focuses on its Mission, August 2014
Vietnam Remembrance Program Seeks Oral Histories, Artifacts, Cecil Whig, August 16, 2014
History Detective: Historian Mike Dixon dedicates his life to investigating the past and finds some surprising answers, Spring/Summer 2014
Milton prohibition exhibit toasts rum runners and temperate women, Delaware Coast Press, March 21, 2014
Remembering the Souls of Flight 214: Pan Am Plane Bursts into Flames Over Maryland 50 Years Ago, Killing 11 from Lehigh Valley Region, Allentown Morning Call, Dec 8, 2013
Delving into Delaware's Past -- Video from Content Delaware about doing research in the library.
Communicating During the War of 1812: Professor Sheds LIght on Media Outlets During the War of 1812 -- The Calvert Recorder, Prince Federick, MD., Nov. 15, 2013
NAACP Honors Dixon With Community Service Award, Oct. 19, 2013
Dixon Presents Rise and Fall of Prohibition, Milford LIve, Oct. 16, 2013
250th Anniversary of the Mason-Dixon LIne, WBFF Fox 45, Baltimore, August 7, 2013
Humanities Connection - The Mason-Dixon Line on its 250th Anniversary -- A WYPR Public Radio Show, Baltimore, MD, July 29, 2013
History Detective: Historian Looks to the past to solve family mysteries, research century-old riddles -- Cecil Whig, July 29, 2013
Maryland Residents Deadly Plane Crash 50 Years Ago -- Fox 45 Baltimore, July 9, 2013
News Journal Video: Service honors Wilmington officer slain in 1891, May 2, 2013
Tribue held for Wilmington police officer slain in line of duty in 1891, News Journal, May 5, 2013
Wilmington Department of Police to Dedicate Headstone to Fallen Officer Charles Schultz, News Release, Wilmington Department of Public Safety, May 1, 2013 (PDF version)
The British are coming! Spreading the News about the War of 1812, Cecil County Public LIbrary Blog, April 22, 2013
History Sleuth Rights an Injustice for Slain City Policeman, Wilmington, News Journal, Feb. 5, 2013
Historian to Review News Coverage of the War of 1812, Main Street Annapolis, Feb. 2, 2013
Wilmington University Offers New Course on Delaware History, College of Arts & Sciences Newsletter, Fall 2012
The Mason Dixon Line and its 250 Years of History, Cecil County Life, Fall/Winter 2012
Families Tour University of Delaware's Haunted History, The UD Review, Oct. 8, 2012
Charlestown takes a stroll through history, Cecil Whig, Aujgust 17, 2012
Historian Leads War of 1812 Walking Tour, The Cecil Guardian, August 2, 2012
Developer's Plan for Former Jail Worries Historians, Cecil Whig, July 12, 2012
"Committed: Marriage in America," an interview on the BackStory, a National Public Radio program , July 15, 2012
State Humanities Council features talks by historian Mike Dixon, Humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities, March/April 2011
Get started in genealogy at Federalsburg library, Times-Record, Denton, MD. Feb. 20, 2011
When Radio, Televison and Mass Communication Came of Age, Delaware Press Association, Sept. 2010
Dixon's class explores cemeteries, Rising Sun Herald, April 5, 2010
Elkton Fights to Save Downtown, Cecil Whig, 2009
A festival of books -- Dixon talks about the Mason Dixon Line, Kent County News, May 10, 2009
Kent Co. Library patrons given how to tips on researching an old house, Kent County News, April 2009
Dixon blogs for a cause, Rising Sun Herald, Sept. 16, 2008
History Lives: Innovative programming at First State Heritage Park makes learning fascinating and fun, Delaware Today, July 18, 2008
Talking about tombstones, Kent County News, January 10, 2008
Historic homes can hold hidden treasures, Record Observer, Centreville, Nov. 21, 2007
Spanning Time; TV show to feature covered bridges, Ceci lWhig, Feb. 21, 2006
Genealogical group merges with historial society, Cecil Whig, August 2, 2005
President Dixon Steps Down, The Landing, January 2005
New course surveys communications history -- University of Delaware Daily, Nov. 5, 2004
Today Meets the Yesterday at Elk Landing, January 15, 2003
Today Show Interview, January 4, 2003
Editorial -- Elkton citizen of the year promotes, past, future -- Cecil Whig, April 29, 2002
Lecture dives into history of C & D Canal, News Journal, Wilmington, Nov. 7, 2001
Elk Landing surpasses first year's goal, Cecil Business Ledger, April 2001
History of area brought to light, Baltimore Sun, Dec. 26, 2000
Internet speeds genealogy search, The News Journal, March 5, 1998
Taking the past into the future; CBL Talks With Mike Dixon, Cecil Business Ledger, February 1998