Natural Histories

May 13, 2015 By Sara Georgini in From the Archives, Public History Tags: 18th Century, 19th Century, Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Harvard, history of science, james bowdoin, Joseph Pope, material culture, museum, Oxford University Press, Paul Revere, Tangible Things, Winthrop, women, women's history 1 Comment

hannah

See the world through Hannah Winthrop’s eyes. Your gaze dips down into the high-polished tea table and shears past John Sing leton Copley’s brush, into summer 1773. Shown here serenely grasping a nectarine branch, Hannah likely knew that her world—what she called the “same little peaceful circle”—was spinning into a new revolution. Continue reading →

Retelling “A Tale”: An Interview with Richard S. Dunn

January 30, 2015 By Sara Georgini in Dunn's "A Tale of Two Plantations", Interview, Interviews with Historians, Roundtables, Special Features Tags: 18th Century, 19th Century, Alabama, Antebellum, Archives, Atlantic World, Caribbean, Digital History, digital humanites, digital projects, documentary editing, Early Republic, Edward Baptist, expansion, family history, Greg Grandin, Herbert Gutman, Jamaica, migration, Penn, Richard S. Dunn, Slavery, sugar, Virginia, Walter Johnson, Winthrop Leave a comment

Dunn Roundtable Cover Wrapping up our roundtable review of A Tale of Two Plantations, The Junto chats with Richard S. Dunn about microhistory as a “healthy antidote to top-down history,” and the archival surprises that reshaped his work. If you are near Harvard University on February 5th, come and hear more about the project. Continue reading →

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