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Episode 377: Ade Solanke, Phillis Wheatley & the Playwright
Episode 376: Kirsten Silva Gruesz, Cotton Mather’s Spanish Lessons
Episode 375: Jordan E. Taylor, Misinformation Nation: Fake News in Early America
Episode 374: Stephen Kling, Jr., The American Revolutionary War in the West
Episode 373: Adrian Weimer, The Gaspee Affair
Beyond the Commonwealth
Westborough Center Pastimes – April 19, 2024
House Raising by William P. Chappel, 1870s (Metropolitan Art Museum: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10453) Raising Parties in Colonial Westborough Craft is a social act. We first learn a craft from people who are proficient at it, and as time goes on...
Clemente students visit MFA Boston for annual trek
In early April, students from the Clemente Course in the Humanities visited the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (MFA) for a day of art appreciation and community building. Students from Springfield, Holyoke, Worcester, Brockton, and New Bedford Clemente sites explored an...
Episode 382: Friederike Baer, Hessians in the American Revolutionary War
https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/382_Baer.mp3 Within the Declaration of Independence, the founders of the United States present 27 grievances against King George III as they declare their reasons for why the thirteen British North American colonies sought...
A small, yet deceptively complicated collection: Processing multi-format, multi-generation family papers in Lincoln.
Author: Matthew Lawrence, Archival Field Fellow Lincoln Public Library, January 2024 Lincoln Public Library is located in the center of a proud rural community located roughly twenty miles west of Boston. Town records are housed in two locations: vital records are...
Calling All Gamemasters!
By Kurt Griesemer, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI Do you have a set of polyhedral dice? Have you enjoyed guiding adventurers deep into darkened dungeon corridors? Does the phrase “What do you want to do?” stir a longing to explore fantastical worlds? Then...
House Ways & Means Budget Invests $25.9M into Arts & Culture
04.10.2024 Bethann Steiner, Senior Director of Public Affairs Budget Beacon Hill has turned its attention to building the next state budget, with today’s release of House Ways & Means FY25 budget recommendations. Mass Cultural Council is extremely pleased and...
Museum on Main Street returns for “Voices and Votes” in Massachusetts
By Marie Pellissier, Program Officer We at Mass Humanities are so excited to bring back the Museum on Main Street (MoMS) program! MoMS is a collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) and six local partners in rural communities...
Standards and Ethics Committee Seeks Nominees
By Erin Richardson, AASLH Standards and Ethics Committee Chair AASLH’s Standards and Ethics Committee is currently seeking nominees for terms beginning October 1, 2024. If you are interested in museum and public history ethics or know someone who is, this may be an...
Helping the History Community Thrive in 2023
In 2023 AASLH hewed to its mission: helping the history community to thrive and making the past meaningful to all people. What kept the association grounded in this busy year were two things: always asking how our work could help small history organizations in...
Arts & Cultural Sector Hit All-Time High in 2022 Value Added to U.S. Economy
04.03.2024 Dawn Heinen, Digital Communications Manager The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has released new data showing arts and cultural industries hit an all-time high in 2022, contributing 4.3% of gross domestic product, or $1.1 trillion, to the U.S....
Opportunities & Resources for Orgs – Apr 24
04.02.2024 Mass Cultural Council Staff Opportunities & Resources Son Rompe Pera performing at Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity. Each month Mass Cultural Council shares a round-up of grants, trainings, technical assistance resources, and opportunities for...
Episode 381: Martha Menchaca, Texas in the Spanish Empire
https://traffic.libsyn.com/benfranklinsworld/381_Menchaca.mp3 The vast and varied landscapes of Texas loom large in our American imaginations. As does Texas culture with its BBQ, cowboys, and larger-than-life personality. But before Texas was a place that embraced...
Announcing the 2024 Governor’s Awards in the Humanities honorees
Mass Humanities is proud to announce the recipients of the 2024 Governor’s Awards in the Humanities. The award ceremony will take place Thursday, September 26, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. The foundation...
STEAM for Sites: A Case Study for Interdisciplinary Programs
By Hannah Danielson, former Director of Education, W.H. Stark House For several years now, the term “STEM” has buzzed around the education field, touted as one of the best ways to prepare learners for the future. The addition of an “A” to this acronym incorporates the...
New AASLH Book Series: Practical Guides for the Public Historian
With a focus on establishing accessible introductions to timely topics in public history, the Practical Guides for the Public Historian series from AASLH will appeal to an audience comprised of practitioners, trustees, volunteers, and students looking to build careers...