Cspan2. Tonight beginning at 8 00 eastern booktv features several programs with the late author and columnist William F Buckley junior. And joy booktv on cspan2. I am the director of programs and partnerships for the massachusetts political society. Our program is a look at tradition summaries. We are joined by professor Donna Harrington who will speak about books for 19thcentury publishing. She is a professor of English Communications in new rhode island, she has a degree from marymacs college and a phd from the university of illinois. As a former magazine writer and editor her Research Interests include 19thcentury culture, womens magazines and the radical alternative press. Before we begin i would like to extend a special welcome to anyone who will be joining us for the first time. If you are not familiar with the massachusetts Historical Society, we are the first Historical Society collecting and publishing and sharing our histories in 1791. An amazing collection of 14 million page
And im the director of Community Partnerships for theMassachusetts Historical Society. Our program this evening is a seasonal, its a look at the tradition of Summer Reading we are joined by professor donna harringtonlueker on her new publication gavin kleespies, 19th century publishing the rise of Summer Reading. She is a passer in Newport Rhode island and she has an undergraduate degree from rhode island and phd. As a former magazine writer and editor, Research Interests include 19thcentury print culture, womens magazines on any period and radical or alternative press. Before we begin id like to extend a special welcome to anyone joining the Virtual Program for the first time. If youre not familiar with the Massachusetts Historical Society we are the first Historical Society in america and have been preserving publishing and sharing our history since 1791. We hold a collection of 14 million manuscript pages including the papers of the first three president s of the unitedstates. Or im
Communications. Shes undergraduate degree and her masters from the university of illinois. As a former magazine writer and editor, her Research Interests include 19th century culture culture. Womens magazines of the. And the radical alternative press. And before we begin the program, i would like to send a special welcome to anyone who will be joining the virtual the first time. If youre not familiar with the Historical Society, when the first Historical Society in america. Ill be expecting preserving and sharing the histories in 1791. Withhold amazing collection. Including the papers of the first president of the United States. Im sorry. The first six president s of the United States. I misspoke that. We are continuing to collect today. And if you are interested in, we are currently collecting material related to that covid19 experience. The special initiative designed to listen to peoples experiences during the unusual times and preserving this information for future generations. In
Editor Whose Research interests include 19th century print culture, womens magazines and the radical alternative press. Before we began i would like to extend a special welcome to anyone who will be joining virtual mh programs. If youre definitely with her society where the first historical site in america and have been collecting, preserving, publishing and sharing our history since 1791. We hold an amazing collection of close to 14 million manuscript pages including the papers of the first three president s of the United States. Sorry, three of the first six president s of the United States, i misspoke. We are continuing to collect today, and if youre interested we are currently collecting material related to the covid19 experience. We have a special initiative designed to record peoples experiences trying this unusual time and preserve a diverse sampling, firsthand accounts for future generations. In these days of social distancing we have taken to hosting virtual programs and onlin
These are americans on their way to the battlefront of the west and dedicating their lives in the world for all the men and the murder by the weapons in our fighting forces are short soldiers of productions. Behind all of these is all of america and produced vital roles that this land may remain and this is a story of one such american farmers. This is henry brown, father of three children and as 40 acres. Hes growing more on his foreign ever before and to get their work done in his family are up and in the young. For the first time, young unhindered is raising a mad as his own. Hes in the county. Milk for breakfast and then raising 20 hands and there as great eases as they are and theres corn bread for breakfast and didnt really build the young henry who grows but is already begun to fill out. The father has plenty to do today not that any father doesnt always have plenty of work. If it because this year the government man has more oils to make up for what they got. They try 15 acres