An illustrated inventory of the American Antiquarian Society's holdings of the color …
An illustrated inventory of the American Antiquarian Society's holdings of the color plates inside lithographer Julius Bien’s rare edition of Audubon’s Birds of America, published in 1860 in New York. The Bien set was intended to provide a more affordable edition of the Birds of America, appropriate for educational institutions.
This online resource serves as an abridged version of the American Antiquarian …
This online resource serves as an abridged version of the American Antiquarian Society's traveling exhibition Beyond Midnight: Paul Revere. The exhibition develops the story of the American silversmith and patriot as a versatile maker of prints and objects while also maintaining sight of his ambitions as a patriot. The story of Revere as a maker and an entrepreneur has been somewhat eclipsed by the popular image of him as a messenger, but the two narratives are in fact intertwined. All four sections of the exhibition are represented here by a selection of objects and related text aimed at providing context for the world in which Revere navigated as an artisan and entrepreneur in pre- and post-revolutionary America.
This online exhibition features lithographs, chromolithographs, trade catalogues, trade cards, and product …
This online exhibition features lithographs, chromolithographs, trade catalogues, trade cards, and product labels from the American Antiquarian Society's collection that help shed light on major changes in the way Americans in the North produced and sold their food in the second half of the nineteenth century.
In this lecture, Nazera Sadiq Wright discusses how histories of black girlhood …
In this lecture, Nazera Sadiq Wright discusses how histories of black girlhood are often “buried” in literary genres less likely to be studied. To locate evidence of their lives, she explores the often uncatalogued signatures and inscriptions written in nineteenth-century black girls’ autograph albums to reveal the wide-ranging impact that early friendships, alliances, and associations had on black girls’ intellectual and political development.
An illustrated inventory of the American Antiquarian Society's collection of 65 British …
An illustrated inventory of the American Antiquarian Society's collection of 65 British and American satirical prints published between 1796 and 1807. Well-known British caricaturists James Gillray (1757-1815), Isaac Cruickshank (1756-1811), and Charles Williams (active 1797-1830), are well represented with colored social satires.
A broadside published in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1775 recounting the events of …
A broadside published in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1775 recounting the events of the Battles of Lexington and Concord from the point of view of the British troops.
A wide-ranging conversation about the role of history in American civic life, …
A wide-ranging conversation about the role of history in American civic life, educational systems, and public discourses. The conversation also addresses the canon of Lepore’s work.
Patrick Rael discusses the slave rebellion led by Nat Turner in August …
Patrick Rael discusses the slave rebellion led by Nat Turner in August 1831. Rael offers a new interpretation of Turner’s purpose and assesses the significance of the rebellion for the national argument over slavery.
An illustrated inventory of the American Antiquarian Society's collection of over 200 …
An illustrated inventory of the American Antiquarian Society's collection of over 200 European political prints dating from 1720 to 1843. While the advent of American caricatures and cartoons is found with Paul Revere, William Charles, and David Claypoole Johnston, this collection traces the source of such artists to the Transatlantic world. The prints are of British, French, German, and Dutch origin, and feature content in various languages.
This online exhibition features some of the earliest and rarest materials printed …
This online exhibition features some of the earliest and rarest materials printed in British North America. These books, pamphlets, and broadsides were printed in the various dialects of Algonquian, the language of the Native Americans who populated the American Northeast. This exhibition explores the contributions of those who labored in translating and printing works in the Algonquian family of native languages.
A new take on the beginning of the American Revolution is offered …
A new take on the beginning of the American Revolution is offered through this talk by Patrick Spero, librarian and director of the American Philosophical Society Library. He moves the action from the Eastern Seaboard to the treacherous western frontier and recounts the untold story of the 1765 rebellion of the Black Boys, which was born out of tensions between the recently defeated British Empire, the American colonists, and the Native Americans.
Elizabeth Watts Pope, curator of books and digital collections, introduces items that …
Elizabeth Watts Pope, curator of books and digital collections, introduces items that are part of the Hawaiian Collection at the American Antiquarian Society.
David and Ginger Hildebrand perform a series of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ballads …
David and Ginger Hildebrand perform a series of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ballads included in the Isaiah Thomas Broadside Ballad Collection at the American Antiquarian Society.
With over 800 images and 300 mini-essays, the site offers a comprehensive …
With over 800 images and 300 mini-essays, the site offers a comprehensive view of the broadsides that Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831) collected in early nineteenth-century Boston. All ballads have been transcribed with TEI-encoded XML and are available for download. Thirty-seven of the ballads, performed and recorded by David and Ginger Hildebrand, and are also available to listen to.
In this lecture, Christine DeLucia revisits Native American and colonial encounters in …
In this lecture, Christine DeLucia revisits Native American and colonial encounters in the seventeenth-century Northeast and the complex ways that they have reverberated in communities' memories for more than three centuries. Focusing on the pivotal conflict known as King Philip's War (1675–1678), DeLucia traces how the war's violences and resistances have shaped diverse communities' relationships with the past, present, and future.
An illustrated inventory of the American Antiquarian Society's collection of over 200 …
An illustrated inventory of the American Antiquarian Society's collection of over 200 letters written by Abigail Adams (1744–1818), the wife of John Adams (1735–1826), the second president of the United States. The letters in this collection are addressed almost exclusively to Abigail’s sister Mary Smith Cranch (1741–1811) and Mary’s daughter, Lucy Cranch Greenleaf (1767–1846).
At the start of America’s industrial revolution, a large number of young …
At the start of America’s industrial revolution, a large number of young women found employment and a unique form of independence in American textile mills. Featuring selections both by and about the mill girls, from approximately 1834 to 1870, this online exhibition highlights the culture and working conditions of the mills and the actions the women took to better their lives through self-advocacy.
Actor Moses Goods interprets the personal story of Henry 'Opukaha'ia (Obookiah), the …
Actor Moses Goods interprets the personal story of Henry 'Opukaha'ia (Obookiah), the first native Hawaiian Christian who is often credited with being the inspiration for the zeal behind the Protestant mission to Hawai'i. The one-person performance is followed by a discussion panel.
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