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This talk will explore the disparate ways that liberal ministers engaged with the institution of slavery, whether as proslavery thinkers, colonizationists, or radical abolitionists. It will…
Be sure to RSVP for this program by emailing [email protected] or phoning 617-646-0568.
Authors will not read their essays but will offer…
Larry Ruttman will discuss the four main…
Visitors are invited to enjoy an afternoon program of exhibition tours and special talks at the MHS related to the Tell It With Pride exhibition.
12:00: Join us for a presentation…
Following a reception, new Fellows and Members are invited to join us for a unique opportunity to learn more about and view a selection of the Society's most recent acquisitions, including letters…
Due to maintenance work in the building the MHS library will be closed to researchers on Thursday, 27 March 2014. Contact the library staff at 617-646-0532 or [email protected] with any…
Be sure to RSVP for this program by emailing [email protected] or phoning 617-646-0568.
Authors will not read their essays but will offer…
Join us for a tour of the Society's public rooms. Led by an MHS staff member or docent, the tour touches on the history and collections of the MHS and lasts approximately 90 minutes.
The…
This program will feature a conversation with Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard, who is using diaries (men's and women's) in her broader study of Mormon…
In the spring of 1689, the Dominion of New England collapsed when provisional authorities in Boston and New York seized power. The governor-general was placed under house arrest and the northern…
Like a Whitman poem, the saga…
Join us for a tour of the Society's public rooms. Led by an MHS staff member or docent, the tour touches on the history and collections of the MHS and lasts approximately 90 minutes.
The…
The Abolitionists brings to life the struggles of the men and women who led the battle to end slavery.Using this film to ground our discussion, we will explore the lives of the…
Be sure to RSVP for this program by emailing [email protected] or phoning 617-646-0568.
Authors will not read their essays but will offer…
Join us for a tour of the Society's public rooms. Led by an MHS staff member or docent, the tour touches on the history and collections of the MHS and lasts approximately 90 minutes.
The…
In A Traveled First Lady: Writings…
Americans tend to mark the surrender at Appomattox as the end of the Civil War, but the last battle came more than a month later, the last surrender a month after that, and the official “cessation…