by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 6, 2020 | History News
Robert Forrant, PhD, is a professor in the History Department at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, teaching courses on global labor issues, labor history, immigration, and international development. He is director’s of the department’s graduate program. He...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Jul 30, 2020 | History News
Benjamin E. Myers was born and raised just outside Harrisburg, PA, where an interest in local and family Civil War history found him at a young age. His research on the 46th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry has appeared in The Civil War Times and Military Images...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Jul 23, 2020 | History News
Edward T. O’Donnell, PhD, is a historian, writer, podcaster, and public speaker. He earned his PhD in US History from Columbia University. He is an associate professor of history at Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA, where he teaches courses on reform movements,...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Jul 16, 2020 | History News
Serena Zabin, PhD, is a professor of history and director of the American studies program at Carleton College. She is the author of The Boston Massacre: A Family History, Dangerous Economies: Status and Commerce in Imperial New York and The New York Conspiracy...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Jul 14, 2020 | Publick Occurences
Travel the backroads of almost anywhere in Massachusetts and you’ll see once-handsome country homes, neglected and crumbling. Faltering reminders of a simpler time, having outlived generations, but doomed to demolition by neglect. Occasionally, a town or wealthy...
