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To Live Like John Quincy Adams

The MHS podcast, The Object of History, will have a new episode out 15 May 2023, To Live Like John Quincy Adams. In this episode, we find out what it takes to live like a historical figure and how collections like the Adams Papers can help us rethink daily life in both the past and the present.

Listen to previous podcasts here, or wherever you regularly listen to podcasts.
Award-Winning and Newsworthy Staff

MHS Assistant Director of Education Kate Melchior received the Debra Miller Award for Excellence in Museum Education from the Massachusetts Council for Social Studies on 1 May. The award committee notes that the award is “presented to the most gifted educators in our state who commit themselves to the development of students’ capacities for critical and historical thinking and active citizenship.”

MHS Series Editor of The Papers of John Adams, Sara Georgini, was interviewed for an article in Contingent Magazine. In How Sara Georgini Does History, Sara talks about working with the Adams Papers at the MHS, book projects—past and present, and what made her want to become a historian. Read the article here
Upcoming Events
Monday, 8 May 6:00 PM
Patricia Strach, University of Albany, and Kathleen Sullivan, Ohio University.


Tuesday, 9 May 5:00 PM
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Radcliffe Institute, and Tiya Miles, Harvard University, with comment by Julie Dobrow, Tufts University.

Wednesday, 10 May 6:00 PM
In partnership with the South End Historical Society.


Tuesday, 16 May, at 1:00 PM: Among the Adams Papers with Sara Martin, Editor in Chief of the Adams Papers.

Tuesday, 16 May, at 5:30 PM: Introduction to the Library with Dan Hinchen, Reference Librarian.

Wednesday, 17 May, at 1:00 PM: Treasures Tour with Peter Drummey, Chief Historian & Stephen T. Riley Librarian.

Thursday, 18 May, at 5:30 PM: Among the Adams Papers with Sara Martin, Editor in Chief of the Adams Papers.

Friday, 19 May, at 12:00 PM: Virtual Author Hour with Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai, Director of Research.

Saturday, 20 May, at 9:00 AM: Introduction to the Library with Dan Hinchen, Reference Librarian.

Saturday, 20 May, at 1:00 PM: Treasures Tour with Peter Drummey, Chief Historian & Stephen T. Riley Librarian.

See full calendar.
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Click below to view the latest video, Mourning the Presidents: Loss & Legacy in American Culture, with Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky. Enjoy more videos by subscribing to the MHS YouTube channel after you view the video.
 
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