by Ben Franklin's World | Oct 26, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/314_Calloway.mp3 Have you ever considered early American cities as places where Native Americans lived, worked, and visited? Native Americans often visited early American cities and port towns, especially the towns...
by Historic New England | Oct 20, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Blogs, The Kiosk, Uncategorized
Oct 20, 2021Each year, Historic New England awards one Herbert and Louise Whitney Fund Community Preservation Grant to a small to medium-size heritage preservation organization in each New England state. Bennington Museum in Vermont Historic New England is committed...
by American Association for State and Local History | Oct 14, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Richard Josey, Collective Journeys LLC and Chair of AASLH’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee “If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” — Maya Angelou Today, revisiting Maya Angelou’s quote prompts me to consider: do you...
by American Association for State and Local History | Oct 14, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Michelle Lopez, National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN As one of the recipients of the Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Minority Professionals to attend the 2021 AASLH Annual Meeting, I was able to connect with museum professionals in-person after only...
by Historic New England | Oct 13, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Blogs, The Kiosk
Oct 13, 2021Mellon Conservation Fellow Karen Bishop shares her process for creating a replica of a seventeenth-century carved drawer and box. A recent project in the conservation lab showcases one of the ways Historic New England’s Mellon Conservation Fellows gain...
by Historic New England | Oct 12, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Blogs, The Kiosk, Uncategorized
Oct 12, 2021J. C. Olmsted Home, Warren Street, Brookline, Mass. For more than twenty years, preservation groups, architects, historians, and community members have worked to ensure a long-term future for the home and office of renowned architect H. H. Richardson in...
