By Kathleen Barker
On 17 February, Beverly Wilson Palmer spoke at the MHS in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Sumner. Palmer, the editor of the Charles Sumner Papers, highlighted the lifelong efforts and achievements of this prominent abolitionist and U.S. Senator from
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| Published: Friday, 24 June, 2011, 9:52 AM
By Elaine Grublin
Join us today, 20 June, at noon in the Dowse Library as Jane Green, Washington University St. Louis, presents her research on The Boundary of Youth: Employment, Adulthood, and Citizenship in the Early United States. This event is free and open to the public.
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| Published: Monday, 20 June, 2011, 1:00 AM
In recognition of Father’s Day we’d like to share one example of a letter that a noteworthy son (John Quincy Adams) sent to his noteworthy father (John Adams).
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| Published: Saturday, 18 June, 2011, 1:00 AM
Today, 17 June 2011, marks the 236th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The battle that occurred on that "decisive day" has taken on an almost mythical quality in telling the story of the American Revolution and is still being studied and interpreted by scholars
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| Published: Friday, 17 June, 2011, 8:00 AM
We have a busy week coming up. Whether you are in the neighborhood at lunchtime or after work, there is something for everyone at the MHS this week. All events are free and open to the public.
Monday, 13 June, at noon current Massachusetts Society of the
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| Published: Monday, 13 June, 2011, 8:00 AM
On Wednesday, 1 June, past and present fellow Rachel Cope of Brigham Young University gave a brown-bag lunch talk on her current book-length project “Drops of Grace and Mercy: How Women Cultivated Personal Change Through Conversion Processes.” Much of the existing
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| Published: Wednesday, 8 June, 2011, 8:00 AM
A recent news story has resulted in renewed interest in Paul Revere’s famous ride to Lexington, Massachusetts on the night of 18 April 1775. Within our collections the MHS holds three accounts of the evening’s events, all written by Revere. Two of
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| Published: Monday, 6 June, 2011, 10:00 AM
This week the MHS offers two engaging brown-bag lunch programs. Brown-bag lunches are free and open to the public. Typically there is a twenty to twenty-five minute presentation, followed by an open discussion of the topic at hand. You bring your lunch,
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| Published: Monday, 6 June, 2011, 8:00 AM
The devastation caused by the tornadoes that touched down in Springfield, Monson, and other Massachusetts towns on Wednesday (June 1st) is sobering. The damage is substantial--several fatalities, many injuries, buildings and property utterly destroyed, and widespread power
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| Published: Friday, 3 June, 2011, 10:00 AM
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