by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 19, 2020 | History News, Uncategorized
By David Grabitske, Castroville, TX Thursday, December 29, 1904, was a fair-weather day in Chicago, cold and clear. Henry E. Bourne addressed the American Historical Association’s annual meeting on “The Work of American Historical Societies.” He pronounced the...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 19, 2020 | News, Publick Occurences
PUBLICK OCCURRENCES — November 19, 2020 ADVOCACY ALERT Fellow Massachusetts History Lovers, As you read this, the Massachusetts legislature is negotiating a budget for state arts funding for next year. Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee proposed...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 19, 2020 | History News
Garrett Dash Nelson, Ph.D., is a historical geographer whose work focuses on the relationship between community structure, geographic units, and political ideology. He holds an AB from Harvard College in Social Studies and Visual & Environmental Studies, an MA...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 17, 2020 | History News, Uncategorized
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. By Bill Tramposch, Mendocino, CA I have just had the pleasure of reading a brand new memoir of a good colleague of mine in New Zealand. Te Papa to Berlin by Ken Gorbey is a ‘fantastic journey’-like trip through the...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 16, 2020 | History News, Uncategorized
The reimagined exhibition was installed outside, offering visitors a safe, open air experience free of charge. By Beth Maloney & Claire Mullins Planning a museum exhibition is always challenging. Planning one with a team of curatorial novices, on a minuscule...
