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American Antiquarian Society

The AAS Printers' File Is Being Digitized

John Fea   |  May 26, 2016

The American Antiquarian Society‘s Printers’ File contains information on 6000 people who were involved in the early American book trade. Emily Wells, a staff member at the AAS and an incoming College of William and Mary graduate student, will be...

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A Tour of the American Antiquarian Society

John Fea   |  April 13, 2016

Our reports from the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians in Providence last weekend continue to roll in.  Elise Leal is a Ph.D candidate in American history at Baylor University.  She is  working on dissertation on the relationship between evangelicalism, social...

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Teaching the Civil War at the American Antiquarian Society

John Fea   |  January 12, 2016

Kevin Levin, a secondary school teacher, Civil War scholar, and author of the Civil War Memory blog, sat down with fellow historian Megan Kate Nelson to talk about his experience teaching the American Studies Seminar at the American Antiquarian Society....

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Some Great 19th-Century Newspaper Titles

John Fea   |  September 29, 2015 Leave a Comment

Periodical masthead from collections of American Antiquarian Society Vincent Golden, the Curator of Newspapers and Periodicals at the American Antiquarian Society, has uncovered some pretty interesting titles (with mastheads) of 19th-century newspapers.Read the post and see the mastheads at Past […]

The First Published Map of the American Revolution

John Fea   |  September 1, 2015

This is very cool.  Historian Allison Lange discusses the first published map of the American Revolution.  It is housed at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, MA.  Here is a taste of her post at the AAS blog, “Past is...

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The Worcester Revolution of 1774

John Fea   |  May 31, 2014

What was the “Worcester Revolution of 1774?”  Past is Present, the blog of the American Antiquarian Society, explains:On September 6, 1774, 4,622 militiamen from 37 towns marched into Worcester, shiretown for  the county, closed the Royal courts, and forced each...

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New Chairs at the American Antiquarian Society

John Fea   |  March 12, 2014

Picture of AAS chairs from “Past is Present” blog For over a century, readers working in the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester. MA sat in Colonial revival Windsor chairs. That all changed on January 6, 2014.  Here is  a taste...

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Picking for the American Antiquarian Society Library

John Fea   |  November 5, 2013

Over at Past is Present: The American Antiquarian Society Blog, Laura Wasowicz begins a series of posts in which curators will describe their favorite stories about finding a new acquisition for the AAS library. Here is a taste of Wasowicz’s...

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American Antiquarian Society: The Place To Go For Historic Political Cartoons

John Fea   |  July 9, 2013

“King Andrew (Jackson)” from the collection of the American Antiquarian Society Check out Lauren Hewes’s post about the cartoon collection at the AAS. Here is a taste: AAS holds a comprehensive collection of political cartoons produced in the United States...

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Early American Periodicals That Were “One-Hit Wonders”

John Fea   |  April 29, 2013

Over at Past is Present, the blog of the American Antiquarian Society, Vincent Golden calls our attention to a few early American periodicals that did not make it past the first issue.  For example, I am guessing that none of...

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Why You Should Conduct Research at the American Antiquarian Society

John Fea   |  January 26, 2013

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5v4k3po9WM] I believe that The Way of Improvement Leads Home reader and fellow blogger Joseph Adelman makes a cameo early in the video....

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