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An American Woman in Egypt, 1914-1915: Asswan to Abu Simbel

Series: From Our Collections
By by Anna Clutterbuck-Cook, Reader Services
Today we rejoin our anonymous female diarist as she journeys down the Nile in the winter of 1914-1915. You can read previous installments of this series here (introduction) here (Cairo to Aysut) and here (Aysut to Asswan). What strikes me about the diary entries for 6-10 [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Wednesday, 29 April, 2015, 1:00 AM

Extinction and Discovery, Denial and Redemption: The Brontosaurus Roller Coaster

Series: From Our Collections
By Dan Hinchen
The Brontosaurus is one of the most easily identified dinosaurs in popular culture. Just think about Little Foot, the main character in the animated movie, The Land Before Time, or about Fred Flintstone chowing down on a brontosaurus burger. Despite this popularity, since [...] read more

comments: 1 | permalink | Published: Saturday, 25 April, 2015, 12:01 PM

This Week @ MHS

Series: Today @MHS
By Dan Hinchen
On Tuesday, 28 April, we have an Immigration and Urban History seminar. "Due Credit: Chinese Workers and the Central Pacific Railroad" is presented by Manu Vimalassery of Barnard College, with Hidetaka Hirota of Columbia University providing comment. The talk begins at 5:15PM [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Saturday, 25 April, 2015, 10:52 AM

This Week @ MHS

Series: Today @MHS
By Dan Hinchen
The Society is closed on Monday, 20 April, in observance of Patriot's Day. Good luck to the marathon runners! On Tuesday, 21 April, there are three events taking place that all focus on comics and history. First, beginning at 2:00PM, is "Comic History: Making Your Own Comic [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Sunday, 19 April, 2015, 12:00 AM

Untangling North Atlantic Fishing, 1764-1910, Part 3: The Reciprocity Treaty of 1854

Series: From the Reading Room
By Andrea Cronin, Reader Services
As discussed in a prior post, Great Britain and the United States negotiated fishing rights throughout the early 19th century. One of the important agreements made between the British North American colonies and the United States regarding trade, tariffs, and fishing was [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Friday, 17 April, 2015, 12:00 AM

An American Woman in Egypt, 1914-1915: Aysut to Asswan

Series: From Our Collections
By Anna J. Clutterbuck-Cook, Reader Services
Image: Watercolor from A Nile Journal by Emily Horby (1908)   In the previous installment of An American Woman in Egypt, we left our narrator journeying south from Aysut by steamer. During the first week of December, the travelers continue down the Nile stopping [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Thursday, 16 April, 2015, 1:00 AM

“The Long Agony Is Over”: The Trial of John White Webster

Series: From Our Collections
By Susan Martin, Collection Services
With all the coverage of the Tsarnaev trial here in Boston, I’m reminded of another case that rocked the city 165 years ago: the murder of George Parkman in Nov. 1849. Harvard Medical College lecturer John White Webster, who owed Parkman a significant sum of money, [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Wednesday, 15 April, 2015, 12:00 AM

Selections from MHS in the New "Remembering Lincoln" Digital Collection

Series: Civil War  , From Our Collections
By Nancy Heywood, Collection Services
On 14 April 1865, while attending a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth.  The event was tragic and shocking. Lincoln died the next morning, 15 April, and people all over the country struggled to comprehend [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Tuesday, 14 April, 2015, 1:00 AM

This Week @ MHS

Series: Today @MHS
By Dan Hinchen
On Tuesday, 14 April, there is an Environmental History seminar taking place at 5:15PM. Join us as Joel Tarr of Carnegie Mellon University presents "Legacy Pollution Issues in Energy Development: The Cases of Manufactured Gas and Natural Gas." Patrick Malong, Brown University, [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Saturday, 11 April, 2015, 12:21 PM

Military Manuscripts at the MHS and Beyond

Series: From Our Collections , From the Reference Librarian 
By Dan Hinchen
It is not uncommon for the MHS library to receive copies of new publications from authors that did research here. In fact, we have an entire set of shelves devoted to displaying this type of new publication. After some time on display, these volumes are typically moved to [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Friday, 10 April, 2015, 12:00 AM

This Week @ MHS

Series: Today @MHS
By Dan Hinchen
It is an active week here at the Society. Here is what is on tap. Kicking things off on Monday, 6 April, is a special book launch featuring author David Grayson Allen and his new publication Investment Management in Boston: A History. This book explores the history of Boston's [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Sunday, 5 April, 2015, 12:00 AM

Untangling North Atlantic Fishing, 1764-1910, Part 2: Anglo-American Treaties regarding the Fishery, 1783-1818

By Andrea Cronin, Reader Services
  As discussed in a prior post, Great Britain previously held claim to the fish in the North Atlantic. American negotiators successfully secured the right to fish the North Atlantic in the post-Revolution negotiations at Paris in 1783: It is agreed that the [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Friday, 3 April, 2015, 1:00 AM

“More fool than Knave”: Dr. George Logan and the Logan Act

Series: From Our Collections
By Amanda A. Mathews, Adams Papers
Over the last few weeks the Logan Act, a bill passed by Congress and signed by President John Adams in late January 1799 has been widely discussed in the national news. Here at the Adams Papers, work has just begun on Adams Family Correspondence, volume 13, in which Dr. [...] read more

comments: 0 | permalink | Published: Wednesday, 1 April, 2015, 1:00 AM