To help residents of Havre de Grace and Harford County preserve eyewitness accounts of the past, I am doing an oral history workshop at the town library on Dec 6th, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. The program presents the methods for gathering and preserving history through interviews with people by recording their memories and stories. It…
Category: Programs
Two New Programs on the War of 1812 as Part of the 200th Anniversary Speakers Bureau Series
In conjunction with the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, the Maryland Humanities Council is offering a special speakers bureau series focusing on that conflict. I am pleased to be selected to serve as one of the presenting scholars. Here are the descriptions of my two programs: Spread the News: The War of 1812 on the…
National Humanities Magazine Mentions Talks I Do for Maryland Humanities
The March/April 2011 edition of Humanities, the magazine of the National Endowment of the Humanities, included a poster/photo of me that was produced by the library system for a reading promotion a few years ago. The magazine used it to mention the talks I do for the Maryland Humanities Council. The poster was for a reading promotions initiative sponsored by the American Library Association and…
Helping Open Smithsonian Exhibit in Garrett County With Talk on Mason Dixon Line
For the arrival of the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street exhibit at the Spruce Forest Artisan Village in Garrett County, I was invited to do the opening lecture on the Mason-Dixon Line: The Stories Behind a Geographic Boundary. Managed in Maryland by the state Humanities Council, the project brings rural America prestigious, professionally curated Smithsonian…