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SUMMARY:History Studio: Abandoned Massachusetts with David Whitemyer
DESCRIPTION:The Second Installment in our History Studio on Authors and Publishing in Massachusetts: David Whitemyer\nMarch 12\, 2025\n7:00pm \nMassachusetts is littered with the remains of public and private buildings and landscapes: hospitals\, factories\, churches\, houses\, and harbors. For our second installment in the new History Studio series on Authors and Publishing in Massachusetts History \, join us for a conversation with architect\, designer\, and photographer David Whitemyer. We will be talking about the making and publishing of his gorgeous book Abandoned Massachusetts (2023)\, in which he directs his camera at many of these structures. Find out more about how history gets published! \nRegistration is free. REGISTER HERE! \nWe will do our best to monitor your questions and comments during the conversation. A recording will be publicly available in the Conversations on the Commons Archive. This Conversation will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel. Questions? Email commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n  \nAbout our speaker:\nDavid Whitemyer is an amateur\, self-taught photographer who has been exploring modern ruins since his adolescence in the early 1980s. He grew up in the Chicago suburbs and currently lives in southeastern Massachusetts with his wife\, sons\, and cats. In addition to his photographs\, David’s passion for history and architecture is demonstrated through his twenty-five years of work in the museum and exhibition planning profession\, as a designer\, architect\, project manager\, writer\, and adjunct faculty member. \n\nConversations on the Commons Where people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good.
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SUMMARY:Conversation on the Commons: Putting the Public in Publishing History
DESCRIPTION:Putting the Public in Publishing History\nMarch 21\, 2025\n12:00-1:30pm \nThe gold standard of having done research in local history used to be to get it published. Is publishing the imprimatur from the history community that it once was? If you want to bring your information to the public\, or sell it\, might you as well create a website or (gasp!) self-publish? Or does it have advantages to having your or your organization’s book published by an actual publisher? What does it take to get a publisher interested in your work? And what does it get you? What series are out there? What trends? Join us for a conversation with and tips from two seasoned pros from the publishing world: Mary Dougherty from the University of Massachusetts Press and Erin Vosgien from Arcadia Publishing. \n  \nRegistration is free. REGISTER HERE! \n  \nWe will do our best to monitor your questions and comments during the conversation. A recording will be publicly available in the Conversations on the Commons Archive. This Conversation will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel. Questions? Email commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n  \nAbout our speakers: \nMary Dougherty (she/her/hers) became the third director of UMass Press in 2014. Before coming to UMass\, she worked at both Bedford/St. Martin’s and Houghton Mifflin in Boston. She earned a PhD in American literature from Rutgers. Mary collaborates with all members of the Press staff\, and she manages the Press’s financial and strategic planning\, university relations\, and fundraising. She also manages the Juniper Literary Contest. \nErin Vosgien has been an acquisitions editor with Arcadia Publishing\, the nation’s leading publisher of regional and local history\, for 22 years. Born and raised in New England\, she currently resides in New Hampshire with her family. Her work through Arcadia has allowed her to combine her love of history and writing with the joy of connecting with historians\, community groups\, and archives across the county to share their passion for their community’s stories. \n\nConversations on the Commons Where people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good.
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SUMMARY:History Studio: A Home in Woods Hole with Elizabeth Sheehy
DESCRIPTION:A Home in Woods Hole with Elizabeth Sheehy\nApril 2\, 2025\n7:00-8:30pm \nWalter Nickerson and Helena Nugent built a house in Woods Hole more than a hundred years ago. Though their descendants spread out across New England\, they kept returning to the house on Eel Pond\, which survived the 1938 New England Hurricane and also served as a boarding house for many years. \nFor our third installment in the History Studio series on authors and publishing in Massachusetts history\, join us for a conversation with Elizabeth Sheehy. We will be talking about the making and publishing of A Home in Woods Hole: Life and History on Eel Pond published by The History Press in 2024\,  in which she chronicles the history of Woods Hole through the lens of a house and the family that built it. Find out more about how history gets published! \nRegistration is free – but if you’re able to donate to help us continue to offer programming like this\, it’s much appreciated! REGISTER HERE. \n  \n  \nWe will do our best to monitor your questions and comments during the conversation. A recording will be publicly available in the Conversations on the Commons Archive. This Conversation will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel. Questions? Email commons@masshistoryalliance.org \n  \nAbout our speaker: \nAfter the serendipitous purchase of a grand old house in Woods Hole in 2018\, Elizabeth Sheehy turned to writing full-time to tell the story of people she met through the house\, long dead and nearly forgotten. Retired from her career as a retail executive\, Sheehy put her Trinity College history degree to work to uncover the fascinating lives of the Nickersons and the Nugents from one hundred years ago. A lifelong writer and lover of puzzles and mysteries\, Sheehy grew up in California with English parents who passed down to her their passion for history. She and her husband split their time between Arlington\, Virginia and Woods Hole. \n\nConversations on the Commons Where people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent\, empathize\, laugh\, complain\, think\, collaborate\, brainstorm\, plan\, and in general be up to no good.
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SUMMARY:Conversations on the Commons: Keys to success from those who have done it
DESCRIPTION:Join us for part 2 of a two-part conversation on strategies for success in creating Local Historic Districts (LHDs) \n\n\n\n\nComing up this Fall is a two part conversation on strategies for success in creating Local Historic Districts (LHDs) \nCreating a Local Historical District can be a daunting process\, not only with respect to the legwork and research\, but in educating local property owners\, businesses\, and other residents\, and successfully passing it into law. Join us for a twofer Conversation on the Commons on having your work cut out for you but making it bear fruit with members of Historic District Commissions who have gone through the process. What are the opportunities for engaging people in topics that interest them? How can you propose strategies/processes that raise interest rather than hackles and get those who worry to join the process? What are some of the standard objections to local historic districts and how can we respond to them? What works and what doesn’t? \nIn this second Conversation\, we will ask both successful and (previously) unsuccessful commissions what works and what doesn’t as you are bringing a local historic district proposal to the town for an eventual vote at town meeting or in the city council. How long should this take? What if there is a group of vocal opponents? How might you combat rumors and false narratives? Are there precedents to be followed? How can community engagement bring in those who doubt rather than leaving them outside? \nFeatured panelists will be: Jim Neilson & Peter Wilner (Ashland Historical Commission) \nThis meeting will occur on Zoom. \nRegistration for the Conversations is free. We also invite our colleagues from the Commonwealth’s public and community history organizations to submit ideas for future conversations\, and to participate as panelists and moderators. To register\, see the Calendar\, volunteer as a panelist or moderator\, check out the Archive of past Conversations\, or suggest ideas for future topics\, see our website at https://masshistorycommons.org/public-square/conversations/. \nContribute to MHA today to support the Commons\, which is free for all but does cost money to run!
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