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Tips for Submitting a Successful #AASLH2022 Session Proposal (Part 3)
By Bethany L. Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations Do you have an idea for a session for AASLH’s 2022 Annual Meeting or Online Conference, but are not sure how to get started? This is the last of three blog posts that will help you put together a...
Episode 316: Kathryn Olivarius, Yellow Fever, Immunity, and Early New Orleans
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/316_Olivarius.mp3 In 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. This purchase included the important port city of New Orleans. But the United States did not just acquire the city’s land,...
Tips for Submitting a Successful #AASLH2022 Session Proposal (Part 2)
By Bethany L. Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations Do you have an idea for a session for AASLH’s 2022 Annual Meeting or Online Conference, but are not sure how to get started? This is the second of three blog posts that will help you put together a strong...
Tips for Submitting a Successful #AASLH2022 Session Proposal (Part I)
By Bethany L. Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations Do you have an idea for a session for AASLH’s 2022 Annual Meeting or Online Conference, but are not sure how to get started? This is the first of three blog posts that will help you put together a strong...
Westborough Center Pastimes – November 19, 2021
Material Memories In a devastating scene in John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family, after losing their farm to a bank during the Great Depression, must make decisions about what they can fit into the truck that will take them from their home in...
Alexander House for sale in Springfield, Mass.
Alexander House for sale in Springfield, Mass. | Historic New England Nov 18, 2021 Alexander House, an 1811 Federal/Greek Revival-style house protected in Historic New England’s Preservation Easement Program, is for sale in Springfield, Massachusetts. Situated on 0.4...
Call for Survey Participants: Making in Museums and Historic Sites
By Tim Betz, Morgan Log House (Towamencin, PA )and Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (Kutztown, PA) Museums and historic sites have long used making and hands-on demonstrations: who can forget making a dipped candle at their local historic site as a child?...
CPA 2021 Geothermal Project
Walk by the Jason Russell House and you’ll find that drilling for our geothermal heating and cooling system has begun! The rig shown will be drilling a series of wells about 400 feet deep. This is a depth that is a constant temperature of about 55 degrees for cooling...
Testimony Submitted Seeking $125M in ARPA Relief for the Cultural Sector
11.15.2021 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director COVID-19 Both the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate have passed a $3.82B ARPA relief bill, and the Chambers have until November 17 to agree on a final spending plan and get it to the Governor’s desk....
MH Awards First Expand Mass Stories Grants
Twenty-two organizations receive grants totaling $364,364. As the population of Massachusetts grows more diverse, a new initiative from Mass Humanities will support more inclusive histories of the people and ideas that shape the Commonwealth. This week, the foundation...
Episode 315: History and American Democracy
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/315_Rubenstein.mp3 What has enabled the American experiment in democracy to endure for nearly 250 years? What is it about early American history that captivates peoples’ attention and makes them want to support the...
Historic New England awards twenty-seventh Book Prize
Nov 8, 2021The 2021 Historic New England Book Prize goes to Boston’s Apollo: Thomas McKeller and John Singer Sargent edited by Nathaniel Silver. Historic New England has also selected two Honor Books for recognition this year: Maine and American Art: The Farnsworth...
Historic New England honors two collectors with its Prize for Collecting Works on Paper
Historic New England honors two collectors with its Prize for Collecting Works on Paper | Historic New England Nov 8, 2021Barbara Fahs Charles and James Kochan are awarded the 2021 Historic New England Prize for Collecting Works on Paper for their collections, which...
Spend the holidays with Historic New England
Spend the holidays with Historic New England | Historic New England Nov 4, 2021Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with us at holiday events through December. See what’s happening in person, and check out our virtual event offerings. Please carefully check...
Share Your Expertise: 2022 AASLH Call for Proposals Now Open
By Jennifer Ortiz, 2022 AASLH Annual Meeting Program Chair What have you done that you can share with others to help improve the history field? Do you have a problem you would like help solving? Maybe there is an issue in the field that you think your peers should...
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