This Week @ MHS
There is always interesting research happening in the MHS library. This week, take a bit of time out from your holiday shopping to come learn about some of that research at one of our many programs.
On Tuesday, 6 December at 5:15 PM the final Boston Early American History Seminar of 2011 brings Abby Chandler, UMass Lowell, and Ruth Wallis Herndon, Bowling Green State University, to the MHS for a Panel Discussion on Colonial Family Law. Cornelia Hughes Dayton, University of Connecticut, will deliver the comment.
Then on Wednesday, 7 December at noon MHS short-term research fellow Megan Prins, University of Arizona, presents her research, Winters in America, 1880-1930 at a brown-bag lunch program.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. Finally, on Thursday, 8 December at 5:30 PM the Boston Seminar on the History of Women and Gender wraps up 2011 with a final program at 1154 Boylston Street. as Jennifer Morgan, New York University, discusses Quotidian Erasures: Gender and the Logic of the Early Trans-Atlantic Slave trade. The comment will be delivered by Linda Heywood, Boston University. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. CHECK OUR WEB CALENDAR IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR MORE INFORMATION
Beyond research based programs, on Wednesday, 7 December the MHS offers a special event exclusively for MHS members and fellows. Starting at 6:00 PM the MHS Fellows and Members Holiday Party offers a chance to share good cheer with other members and MHS staff while enjoying the current exhibition. Click here to register for this event.
And on Saturday, 10 December our 90-minute building tour The History and Collections of the MHS departs the front lobby promptly at 10.00 AM.
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| Published: Monday, 5 December, 2011, 8:00 AM
This Week @ MHS
If the unseasonably warm weather inspires you to explore the city a bit this week, be sure to wander by the MHS and attend one of our events.
Thursday, 1 December, at 6:00 PM we are pleased to offer a free public program featuring William M. Fowler Jr., Northeastern University, author of American Crisis: George Washington and the Dangerous Two Years After Yorktown, 1781-1783. A pre-talk reception begins at 5:30 PM. Registration is required. Read more about the program and register to attend here.
Friday, 2 December, at noon author Carla L. Peterson, University of Maryland, presents a lunchtime program related to her recently published volume Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City. Read more about this free program here.
Also on Friday, 2 December, at 2:00 PM Stephen T. Riley Librarian Peter Drummey presents The Purchase by Blood: Gallery Talk. This is the third installment in the gallery talk series associated with our latest exhibition The Purchase by Blood: Massachusetts in the Civil War, 1861-1862. The exhibition is open Monday through Saturday, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
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| Published: Monday, 28 November, 2011, 8:00 AM
This Week @ MHS
It will be a quiet week at the MHS. Please note that the library and exhibition areas will be closed Thursday, 24 November through Saturday, 26 November in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Regular hours will resume on Monday, 28 November.
If you are roaming the city early in the week and looking for something to do, the exhibition areas will be open Monday through Wednesday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM . We currently have two shows onview: The Purchase by Blood: Massachusetts in the Civil War 1861-1862 and "Like a Wolf for the Prey": The Massachusestts Historical Society's Collection Begins.
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| Published: Monday, 21 November, 2011, 8:00 AM
This Week at MHS
Our latest exhibition, The Purchase by Blood: Massachusetts in the Civil War, 1861-1862, is free and open to the public Monday through Saturday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. In addition to seeing the exhibition visitors will have the opportunity to attend two gallery talks this week. On Wednesday, 19 October, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and again on Friday, 21 October from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM members of the exhibition's curation team we speak about elements of the exhibition.
On Wednesday, 19 October at 6:00 PM current and potential associate members are invited to a special event just for them. Gloriously Gruesome at the MHS will feature a number of gruesome objects from the MHS collections. Registration is required for this event.
And do not forget our weekly building tour The History and Collections of the MHS. The 90-minute tour departs our lobby at 10:00 AM.
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| Published: Monday, 17 October, 2011, 8:00 AM
This Week @ MHS
Join us today between 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM for an Open House. The MHS will be open for tours as part of the Fenway Alliance's Opening Our Doors program. Please note that the MHS library is closed today in observance of the Columbus Day holiday.
Later in the week there are many other programs worth marking your calendar for.
Tuesday, 11 October, at 5:15 PM the Boston Environmental History Seminar offers John T. Cumbler, University of Louisville, presenting Cape Cod: The Environment, the Economy, and the People of a Fragile Eco-system. James O'Connell, National Park Service, will give the comment. Advanced copies of the seminar papers are available for small subscription fee. Find out more here.
Wednessay, 12 October, at 6:00 PM author Adam Goodheart, Washington College, offers a lecture centering on his recent book 1861: The Civil War Awakening. Refreshments will be served beginning at 5:30.
Thursday, 13 October, there is an offsite program, held at the Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe, beginning at 5:30 PM. The Boston Seminar on the History of Women and Gender presents
Helen Veit, Michigan State University, presenting on her research "Paying for 'Freedom' with Her Health": Rising Life Expectancy, Women's Aging, and American Youth Culture. Brooke Blower, Boston University, will give the comment. Again, advanced copies of the seminar papers are available for small subscription fee. To subscribe to this series please email Susan Landry.
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| Published: Monday, 10 October, 2011, 8:00 AM
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