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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn - Kuang Qizhao\, the Chinese\, and Mark Twain
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Presentation!\nPlease join us for a virtual presentation by Sam Wong and Evelyn Wong as they discuss the life of Kuang Qizhao\, the official translator for the Chinese Educational Mission (CEM) in Hartford\, Connecticut. \nThe CEM was the first time that the Chinese sent students abroad. Kuang was worked for the mission from 1874-83 and was a neighbor of Mark Twain’s. Reflecting his prominence in the neighborhood\, according to The New Haven Register\, if one wanted to visit with Kuang\, he needed to get “the social endorsement” of Mark Twain or Joseph Twichell\, Twain’s best friend. \nThis talk will discuss Kuang’s time in Hartford and his interactions with his neighbors—interactions which enabled him to formulate new ideas about how to modernize China.  At the same time\, Kuang astounded Americans by publishing A Dictionary of English Phrases\, surprising many Americans that a Chinese person\, a person from an “inferior” race\, could compile a dictionary to teach them their own language. \nEnglish scholars now recognize that Twain’s literature was influenced by the Chinese in Hartford\, and Kuang may have had an instrumental impact. Building on that scholarship\, this talk will provide specific examples of how Kuang and the Chinese may have influenced Twain\, particularly in Twain’s overlooked play called Ah Sin\, and then in his more famous books\, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.   \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public. Get tickets to receive the Zoom link. \nQuestions? Contact Jen Busa\, Public Programs Coordinator at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \nTICKETS\nThis virtual event is free! Click the button below to register. \nget free tickets\n  \nAbout the speakers: Sam Wong is the great great grandson of Kuang Qizhao. He has been conducting research on Kuang since 2010 and has co-authored three articles on the subject.  Sam Wong is Executive Director of China Renewable Energy Investment. He previously worked in investment banking at Kidder\, Peabody\, Bear Stearns\, Societe Generale\, and Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Wong has a B.A. from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the Yale School of Organization and Management. Evelyn Wong is the great great great granddaughter of Kuang Qizhao. She has authored and presented several articles on Kuang.  Evelyn Wong assisted in translating the book\, Searching for My Ideal China: An Illustrated Biography of Yung Wing\, the Father of Chinese Students Abroad. She co-presented at the book launch ceremony in Zhuhai\, China. She is a student at Singapore International School in Hong Kong. \n  \nImage: Kwong Ki Chiu\, The Dictionary of English Phrases. New York: A.S. Barnes\, 1881.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-kuang-qizhao/
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn - 'One Tory and One Scalp': Violence on the American Revolution's Northern Front
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Presentation!\nIn 1777\, during the American Revolutionary War\, Jane McCrea was killed by Native allies of the British. She was quickly elevated by the Patriot press as an American martyr\, making her the most famous civilian casualty of the war. Yet examining the surrounding events in primary sources\, including those in the collection of Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, reveals a complex history that stretched back long before\, to warfare among the Haudenosaunee\, Wabanaki\, British\, and French. \nJoin us for a virtual presentation in which Dr. Blake Grindon\, New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee\, will discuss her recent research findings. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public. Click ‘Get Tickets’ below to receive the Zoom link. Questions? Contact Jen Busa\, Public Programs Coordinator at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \nAbout the speaker: Dr. Blake Grindon is at work on a book about the death of Jane McCrea. She received her PhD from Princeton University and is currently the Patrick Henry Postdoctoral Fellow in the History Department at Johns Hopkins University and NERFC fellow for 2024-25. Her work has appeared in the William and Mary Quarterly and has received support from the Clements Library\, the David Center for the American Revolution at the American Philosophical Society\, the Winterthur Museum\, the John Carter Brown Library\, and the Omohundro Institute. \nImage: Dr. Blake Grindon \nTICKETS\nThis virtual event is free! Click the button below to register. \nGET FREE TICKETS
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-violence-on-the-american-revolutions-northern-front/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Lunch and Learn,online programming
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn - Connecticut’s Local Leaders: Creating the State and Economy in the Early Republic
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Presentation!\nLocal leaders have long been studied as managers of daily affairs in their communities\, yet this presentation offers a narrative in which they attain national significance. In this virtual talk\, Elliot Warren illustrates how local magistrates in the 1780s and 1790s influenced the development of political economy—how the state interacts with markets—because of their role in overseeing local economies. As authorities acting in relative isolation from state and federal authorities\, local leaders had ample leeway to shape economic development in the early republic’s most valuable cities and towns. \nElliot’s talk will focus on how local leaders in Connecticut were integral to the development of an ‘American’ political economy. Through the lens of four distinct themes—security\, money\, representation\, and commerce—the talk will highlight the role Connecticut’s local leaders played on a grand scale. The 1780s and 1790s were times of great crisis\, from money scarcity to economic depression and the threat of invasion\, yet the state and federal governments were unable to face these challenges alone. Local leaders were essential participants in the defense of the nation from without and within. Working to protect and promote their communities\, leaders of Connecticut’s towns and cities contributed to the growth of a strong central state\, forever changing the way the American state interacts with the economy. \nElliot Warren\, a New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee\, conducted research at the Connecticut Museum in the fall of 2024. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public. Get tickets to receive the Zoom link. Questions? Contact Jen Busa\, Public Programs Coordinator at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \nAbout the speaker:  Elliot Warren is a PhD candidate at the College of William & Mary and the recipient of a short-term fellowship from the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium. His dissertation\, from which this talk is adapted\, compares local governments in southern New England and Virginia to better understand the role local leaders played in the creation of the American state. Elliot is originally from New Jersey and received his BA from the George Washington University in 2018 and his MA from William & Mary in 2019. His work has been supported by the Library Company\, the Massachusetts Historical Society\, the Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry\, and the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims. \nImage: Re-enactment of First Town Meeting in Meriden\, 1906. Photograph. 1980.80.16\, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History. \nTICKETS\nThis virtual event is free! Click the button below to register. \nget free tickets
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-connecticuts-local-leaders/
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CATEGORIES:Lunch and Learn,online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Busa":MAILTO:Jennifer_Busa@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241203T120000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn - The Civilian Conservation Corps in Connecticut\, 1933–42
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Presentation!\nAs a flagship program of the New Deal\, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was one of several federal agencies that turned to the natural and built environment to promote sociocultural homogenization between the First and Second World Wars. \nIn this virtual presentation\, Dr. James Fortuna will investigate the CCC’s role as an agent of national transformation and considers the links between the New Deal’s treatment of the American landscape and its promotion of a new\, more pluralistic national identity.  Dr. Fortuna will also highlight some of his findings within the special collections of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History throughout his time in residence as a 2024 NERFC fellow. \nIn assessing a few specific case studies from around the Nutmeg State\, it will become clear that the Corps acted as a key vehicle of the unifying message that drove the New Deal and its many so-called ‘alphabet agencies’ from the depths of economic depression to a state of preparedness as the country headed toward global war. Accordingly\, this talk considers the Corps’ role in the New Deal’s construction of popular historical consciousness and draws attention to the frequent interactions between a diverse range of urban-born enrollees and rural populations before concluding with a timely discussion of the legacy and ultimate fate of these structures. How\, if at all\, should they be preserved? Whose responsibility is it to decide? What value might they hold in the twenty-first century United States? \nIn previous publications\, Dr. Fortuna has argued that this agency played a more significant socio-cultural role than many historians have realized. His current book project\, tentatively entitled The Civilian Conservation Corps in New England\, 1933–42\, will expand on this idea by tracing the Corps’ impact on everyday Americans from Mystic to Maine. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public. Get tickets to receive the Zoom link.  Questions? Contact Public Programs Coordinator\, Jen Busa via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \nAbout the Speaker:  Dr. James Fortuna teaches American history at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. He is a historian of the American experience with an interest in transatlantic and transpacific people\, places\, and spaces. His research focuses primarily on the twentieth century and is situated at the intersection of cultural and diplomatic history. \nImage: A young man’s opportunity for work\, play\, study & health / Bender; made by Illinois WPA Art Project\, Chicago. United States\, 1941. [Chicago: Illinois WPA Art Project] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/92513367/. \nTICKETS\nThis virtual event is free! Click the button below to register. \nGET FREE TICKETS
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-the-civilian-conservation-corps/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Lunch and Learn,online programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241112T120000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn - The Connecticut Yankee Occupation of St. Augustine\, FL\, 1862-1865
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Presentation!\nFrom 1862-1865 the 7th\, 10th\, and 17th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry regiments occupied the “Ancient City” of St. Augustine\, Florida during the American Civil War. Their experiences with African Americans changed throughout the course of the war\, as government policy turned from a conciliatory approach to more stern measures. During this time\, Connecticut soldiers contended with the boredom of occupation duty\, the problem of feeding and sheltering African American refugees\, and the constant threat of guerrilla violence in the surrounding countryside. \nIn this virtual presentation\, Dr. Eric Paul Totten\, a New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee\, will discuss the eclectic experiences of the Connecticut Yankees in and around the Ancient City during the American Civil War.  Dr. Totten’s presentation will highlight a few interesting finds from the Connecticut Museum collection. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public. Get tickets to receive the Zoom link. Questions? Contact Public Programs Coordinator\, Jen Busa via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org. \nAbout the Speaker:  Dr. Eric Paul Totten completed his Ph. D. in 2020 at the University of Arkansas where he is currently an Instructor in the Department of History. He is the author of[] [/] “Civil-Military Communities in Conflict: The 1862 Occupation of St. Augustine\, Florida\, and the Politics of Emancipation\,” in G. David Schieffler and Matthew Smith eds. Hundreds of Little Wars: Community\, Conflict\, and the Real Civil War which will be published by LSU Press in 2025. \nImage: Joseph Roswell Hawley\, 1861-1865\, carte-de-visite by Prescott & Gage. 1910.5.1\, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection. \nTICKETS\nThis virtual event is free! Click the button below to register. \nget free tickets
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-connecticut-yankee-occupation/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Black History,Lunch and Learn,online programming
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: My Dearest Darling -- Letters of Love in War Time
DESCRIPTION:U.S. naval officer Donald Storey was not just fighting for his country in World War II—he was fighting to come home to his love\, Margery. The letters the couple wrote to each other became their lifeline\, providing comfort in a time of constant uncertainty. In Lisa Franco’s book\, My Dearest Darling: Letters of Love in Wartime\, Donald’s and Margery’s intimate correspondence not only offers a heartwarming account of their romance and personal sacrifices\, but also shines a light on historical events as they unfolded overseas and at home. In this virtual presentation\, Lisa will discuss her discovery of the letters and her research for the book. \nFranco stumbled upon the lost letters during a fateful stop at a Cape Cod antique shop. What started as a curiosity became\, with each subsequent letter\, an obsession with finding the couple’s family\, learning their history\, and ultimately\, discovering what happened to them after the war. With their family’s help\, as well as other historical resources\, Franco maps the couple’s life during their five-year-long separation and ensures that no aspect of this enduring love story is left behind. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public.  Click here to register through Yapsody. You’ll get a confirmation email and the Zoom link will be in the attached ticket. You’ll also receive a reminder email with the Zoom link the morning of the event. \nQuestions? Contact Adult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger via email at natalie_belanger@chs.org\, or call (860) 236-5621 x289. \nAbout the Speaker \nLisa Franco has been telling people’s stories for more than four decades. As a writer/producer for the ABC television affiliate WTNH 8 in New Haven\, Connecticut\, she earned multiple Emmy nominations and journalism awards for her documentaries. She also served as public affairs director for the station before she became the state communications director for one of the largest nonprofit organizations in the country. While Lisa’s background includes marketing\, media relations\, and public relations\, these days she is a freelance writer and owner of Over the Moon Vintage\, an online collectibles shop. Lisa’s parents were members of the Greatest Generation\, and her father\, Nino Maurizi\, was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran. She attributes this to her interest in the war and the loving relationships that developed during that period in our history. Lisa and her husband\, Joe\, live in Connecticut and Cape Cod and are the proud parents of their sixth rescue dog\, Maggie.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-dearest/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Lunch and Learn,Online Programs
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Black Revolution on the Sea Islands
DESCRIPTION:This virtual Lunch and Learn presentation by Frances O’Shaughnessy draws on military letters\, treasury reports\, and personal letters from the denoted “Port Royal Experiment\,”  including a letter from the CMCH collection\, to historicize Gullah Geechee people’s expressions of freedom during the Civil War\, what Frances calls a Black Revolution for Freedom. \nNew England Regional Fellowship Consortium (NERFC) Fellow Frances O’Shaughnessy will draw on Gullah Geechee music and sermons\, in particular\, to demonstrate an alternative narrative to the Civil War\, one that does not subsume Black practices of freedom under the U. S. Military\, but rather considers their world-making practices on the plantation\, even when their worlds proved provisional. They consider how the Black Revolution travelled across the Sea Islands\, with planters fleeing plantations as smoke from cotton fires filled the air. \nFrances narrates Gullah Geechee peoples’ destruction of planter property\, within themselves and within the land\, as the destruction of property itself – as an idea\, as a thing\, and as an essence – an anti-proprietary freedom\, whose vision encouraged Black women to rip cotton from the soil and replace it with the seeds of potatoes\, peas\, squash\, and corn. Frances creates a material history\, drawn from the aesthetics and spirituals of Gullah Geechee life\, to critically engage with alternative humanities present in the past\, precisely because they permit us to imagine other possibilities to live and be together. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public.  Click here to register through Yapsody. You’ll get a confirmation email and the Zoom link will be in the attached ticket. You’ll also receive a reminder email with the Zoom link the morning of the event. \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-black-revolution-on-the-sea-islands/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Lunch and Learn,online programming
ORGANIZER;CN="Connecticut Museum of Culture and History":MAILTO:ask_us@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230110T120000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: The History of Czech Communities in the U.S.
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a virtual talk by Dr. Martin Nekola as he discusses the history of the Czech people building a life in the U.S. \nThousands of people dreamed of leaving poor Bohemian lands\, crossing the ocean and entering the country of endless hope. Around 1506\, the first news about America in the Czech language had spread across Bohemia and was received with great interest. In 1585\, the alchemist and metallurgist Joachim Gans from Prague arrived\, as part of an English expedition\, on the shores of today´s North Carolina and was probably the first Czech who ever set foot on American soil. In the following two centuries more individuals or small groups of pioneers went through the dangerous journey to find happiness on a mysterious continent in the West. \nOnly after the middle of the 19th century was there a massive wave of migration. The emigrants’ motivation was the vision of better living conditions and of getting rich easily\, but also there was a desire to escape the political\, religious and national oppression in Bohemia\, at that time part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Their journey carried them by railway to German ports and from there across the Atlantic to New York\, Baltimore\, New Bern\, New Orleans or Galveston. After landing\, the settlers moved in various directions. With the outbreak of the First World War in the summer of 1914\, statistics state that there were about 350\,000 Czechs living in the USA. \nThe presentation will focus on the development of Czech neighborhoods in New York and Boston\, where the Czechs showed an extraordinary desire to associate\, and founded a number of compatriot associations\, businesses\, schools\, churches and periodicals.  Dr. Nekola will also address the Czech history of Connecticut\, where many Czechs were to be found in Hartford and Bridgeport. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public.  Click here to register through Yapsody. You’ll get a confirmation email and the Zoom link will be in the attached ticket. You’ll also receive a reminder email with the Zoom link the morning of the event. \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-czech/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Lunch and Learn,online programming
ORGANIZER;CN="Connecticut Museum of Culture and History":MAILTO:ask_us@chs.org
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Of Skulls and Skeletons: Burial Practices and Battlefield Cleanup During the American War of Independence
DESCRIPTION:This summer we’re looking back at the Revolutionary War with our exhibition Hamilton Heroes and Villains\, in honor of the musical Hamilton’s return to the Bushnell. Beyond the flashy costumes and musical drama\, what was it really like to fight in the war? In this noontime talk\, historian Robert A. Selig takes a look at one of the darkest sides of any battle: the clean-up.  \nBattlefield clean-up is a topic rarely covered by modern historians\, yet following almost any military engagement\, there are corpses to dispose of. Who does that? Can we tell who buried whom? When? How many hours\, days\, months later? Where? Individually or in mass graves? In natural crevices? Lakes? Naked or dressed? Officers and other ranks together or separate? How long do they remain in the ground? Are they ever found? Who would dig them up and why? Can we identify them? What happens with the skeletons? \nThis talk is free and online. Click here to register via Yapsody. When you register\, you will get a confirmation email with an e-ticket attached. The Zoom link is in that e-ticket.  \nQuestions? Contact Jen Busa\, Special Events Coordinator\, at jennifer_busa@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker\nRobert A. Selig is an independent historical consultant and author who serves as project historian to the National Park Service for the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail. \nImage: George Moutard Woodward\, “The beauties of War!” (S. W. Fores\, 1799)\, Brown University Library
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-skeletons/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Lunch and Learn,online programming,Special Event
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: How Did Colonial New Englanders Cope with Mental Health Crises?
DESCRIPTION:In this virtual talk\, Professor Cornelia Dayton of the University of Connecticut will discuss on Euro-American settlers and mental health. She will discuss their repertoire of coping strategies (including conservatorships). While her research has shown that they were largely sympathetic and patient with acquaintances who struggled with depression and other mental afflictions\, White settlers’ sympathy did not extend to their Indigenous and African-descended neighbors.  \nThis virtual program is free. To secure a spot\, register now. You will receive an email confirmation with the Zoom link attached\, and we will send you a reminder on the day of the program. \nQuestions? Contact Jennifer Busa\, Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, at jennifer_busa@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker\nCornelia Dayton\, Professor of History at the University of Connecticut\, is currently researching mental health sufferers in New England until 1840\, emphasizing people’s life stories and the fault lines of race\, gender\, and social status. Her publications include Women before the Bar: Gender\, Law\, and Society in Connecticut\, 1639‑1789; Robert Love’s Warnings: Searching for Strangers in Colonial Boston (with Sharon V. Salinger); and a recent New England Quarterly article\, “Lost Years Recovered: John Peters and Phillis Wheatley Peters in Middleton.” \nIf you would like to make a donation to help the CMCH keep history alive\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here! \nImage:  Atwood Barnabas lost notice\, Massachusetts Mercury\, June 11\, 1799
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-colonial-mental-health/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lunch and Learn,online programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220406T130000
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SUMMARY:Short Attention Span Literary Club
DESCRIPTION:Once per month\, we get together to chat about short stories. Anyone can join in\, no commitment required! \nThis month’s selection is “Woman Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros. You can find the story here. \nThe club meets online using Zoom. Click here to register. You’ll receive a confirmation email containing the Zoom link. \nWe’re offering this program for free\, but if you would like to make a donation to support our public programming\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here! \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/short-attention-span-literary-club-50/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Lunch and Learn
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T130000
DTSTAMP:20220107T143859Z
CREATED:20220107T143859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220107T143859Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Prescribing from the Bookshelf: Bibliotherapy and the use of Books as Medicine
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever turned to a book for consolation? Treasured the escape of a novel? Found comfort in a poem\, self-help book\, or simply from reading the newspaper? \nPlease join us for a virtual presentation by Historian Mary Mahoney on bibliotherapy\, or the use of books as medicine. This talk will offer an exploration of the varied ways readers\, doctors\, and librarians have imagined books as medicine in the past. Focusing on case studies from 1800 to the present\, we’ll explore some of the earliest imaginings of books on a shelf as vials of medicine that could treat all manner of ills. This talk will explore some of the earliest literary prescriptions at nineteenth-century asylums\, question what books made the best medicine in the trenches of World War I\, and beyond. Readers who prescribe themselves literary cures will learn they are not alone in the practice\, and are in fact part of a larger story about the contested uses of reading. \nThis virtual program is free. To secure a spot\, register now. You will receive an email confirmation with the Zoom link attached\, and we will send you a reminder on the day of the program. \nQuestions? Contact Jennifer Busa\, Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, at jennifer_busa@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker \nMary Mahoney is a historian who studies the uses of books as medicine\, or bibliotherapy. Earning her Ph.D. in History from UCONN in 2018\, she is currently writing a history of bibliotherapy in the United States from 1800 to the present. She is also the co-host of the American Girls Podcast. \nIf you would like to make a donation to help the CMCH keep history alive\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here! \nImage:  Bedside Library Service\, circa 1918.  American Library Association Archives
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-prescribing-from-the-bookshelf-bibliotherapy-and-the-use-of-books-as-medicine-2/
CATEGORIES:Lunch and Learn,Mental Health Exhibit,online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Busa":MAILTO:Jennifer_Busa@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T130000
DTSTAMP:20220107T143859Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Prescribing from the Bookshelf: Bibliotherapy and the use of Books as Medicine
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever turned to a book for consolation? Treasured the escape of a novel? Found comfort in a poem\, self-help book\, or simply from reading the newspaper? \nPlease join us for a virtual presentation by Historian Mary Mahoney on bibliotherapy\, or the use of books as medicine. This talk will offer an exploration of the varied ways readers\, doctors\, and librarians have imagined books as medicine in the past. Focusing on case studies from 1800 to the present\, we’ll explore some of the earliest imaginings of books on a shelf as vials of medicine that could treat all manner of ills. This talk will explore some of the earliest literary prescriptions at nineteenth-century asylums\, question what books made the best medicine in the trenches of World War I\, and beyond. Readers who prescribe themselves literary cures will learn they are not alone in the practice\, and are in fact part of a larger story about the contested uses of reading. \nThis virtual program is free. To secure a spot\, register now. You will receive an email confirmation with the Zoom link attached\, and we will send you a reminder on the day of the program. \nQuestions? Contact Jennifer Busa\, Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, at jennifer_busa@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker \nMary Mahoney is a historian who studies the uses of books as medicine\, or bibliotherapy. Earning her Ph.D. in History from UCONN in 2018\, she is currently writing a history of bibliotherapy in the United States from 1800 to the present. She is also the co-host of the American Girls Podcast. \nIf you would like to make a donation to help the CMCH keep history alive\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here! \nImage:  Bedside Library Service\, circa 1918.  American Library Association Archives
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-prescribing-from-the-bookshelf-bibliotherapy-and-the-use-of-books-as-medicine-3/
CATEGORIES:Lunch and Learn,Mental Health Exhibit,online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Busa":MAILTO:Jennifer_Busa@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220125T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220125T130000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn:  Meet Albert Walker from Glastonbury\, the Magician Who Liked Large Noses
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a virtual presentation by Robert Olson for a discussion of the life and magic of Albert Walker.   Walker worked a variety of jobs throughout his lifetime to support himself.  He made cigars\, played the fiddle\, repaired clocks\, made guns\, kept bees\, farmed for his father\, and worked in different factories.  Walker kept details of all of this in his 32 pocket diaries.  Robert Olson spent six months\, reading and transcribing the diaries\, which are housed at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History.  They not only detailed much of his work but also his family life\, and what he did for fun.  He loved performing\, especially as a magician. \nReading the diaries and letters in this amazing collection allowed Olson to get to know Albert Walker\, as a magician\, a family man\, and a highly skilled metal worker.  Walker is gone\, but these diaries are almost like having him whisper in your ear. “Here I am\, please get to know me!” \nThis virtual program is free. To secure a spot\, register now. You will receive an email confirmation with the Zoom link attached\, and we will send you a reminder on the day of the program. \nQuestions? Contact Jennifer Busa\, Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, at jennifer_busa@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker \nRobert Olson is an historian\, with a focus on the performing arts.  He worked at Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts for over 25 years as the Director of Crafts and Special Events.  His work in researching magic as a performing art enabled him to recreate the magic of Richard Potter\, the first American to be a successful magician in the early 1800s.  His recreated shows have been performed at historical societies and museums throughout the United States\, including Canada and Great Britain. \nImage: Robert Olson in costume\, as magician Richard Potter. Courtesy of Robert Olson \nIf you would like to make a donation to help the CMCH keep history alive\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here!
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-meet-albert-walker-2/
CATEGORIES:Lunch and Learn,online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Busa":MAILTO:Jennifer_Busa@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220125T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220125T130000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn:  Meet Albert Walker from Glastonbury\, the Magician Who Liked Large Noses
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a virtual presentation by Robert Olson for a discussion of the life and magic of Albert Walker.   Walker worked a variety of jobs throughout his lifetime to support himself.  He made cigars\, played the fiddle\, repaired clocks\, made guns\, kept bees\, farmed for his father\, and worked in different factories.  Walker kept details of all of this in his 32 pocket diaries.  Robert Olson spent six months\, reading and transcribing the diaries\, which are housed at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History.  They not only detailed much of his work but also his family life\, and what he did for fun.  He loved performing\, especially as a magician. \nReading the diaries and letters in this amazing collection allowed Olson to get to know Albert Walker\, as a magician\, a family man\, and a highly skilled metal worker.  Walker is gone\, but these diaries are almost like having him whisper in your ear. “Here I am\, please get to know me!” \nThis virtual program is free. To secure a spot\, register now. You will receive an email confirmation with the Zoom link attached\, and we will send you a reminder on the day of the program. \nQuestions? Contact Jennifer Busa\, Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, at jennifer_busa@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker \nRobert Olson is an historian\, with a focus on the performing arts.  He worked at Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts for over 25 years as the Director of Crafts and Special Events.  His work in researching magic as a performing art enabled him to recreate the magic of Richard Potter\, the first American to be a successful magician in the early 1800s.  His recreated shows have been performed at historical societies and museums throughout the United States\, including Canada and Great Britain. \nImage: Robert Olson in costume\, as magician Richard Potter. Courtesy of Robert Olson \nIf you would like to make a donation to help the CMCH keep history alive\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here!
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-meet-albert-walker/
CATEGORIES:Lunch and Learn,online programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211207T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211207T130000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Accounting for Labor in Colonial Connecticut
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a virtual presentation by Dr. Caylin Carbonell.  Dr. Carbonell is a New England Regional Fellowship Consortium (NERFC) fellow who conducted research at the CMCH this past summer. \nIn seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Connecticut\, the household was the primary site of the economy. Although we often think of white male household heads as the principal movers and shakers of the colonial economy\, household economies depended equally on the collaborative labor of a mixed group of dependents\, including their wives and children\, as well as indentured\, hired\, and enslaved laborers. However\, since surviving records from the colonial period were primarily authored by white male household heads\, the labor of these other household members often remains hidden from historians. \nUsing these same account books as well as other family papers and records that survive in the collections of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, this presentation will consider how we might use these sources to locate the collaborative and often hidden labor of women\, children\, and both free and unfree household laborers. This talk will offer an overview of the collaborative labor that drove the early New England economy as well as an introduction to strategies that researchers might take to uncover the histories of those individuals often thought to be missing from colonial archives. \nThis virtual program is free. To secure a spot\, register now. You will receive an email confirmation with the Zoom link attached\, and we will send you a reminder on the day of the program. \nQuestions? Contact Jennifer Busa\, Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, at jennifer_busa@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker \nCaylin Carbonell is a historian of early America who focuses on unfreedom and domestic labor in colonial New England. As an NEH fellow with the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture\, she is working on her first book manuscript\, which approaches issues of race\, gender\, and power in colonial North America through innovative archival practices that reveal grounded stories of everyday life. Previously\, she received her Ph.D. in History from William & Mary in 2020 and served as the Hench Post-Dissertation Fellow at the American Antiquarian Society. \nIf you would like to make a donation to help the CMCH keep history alive\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here!
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunchandlearn-laborcolonialct-2/
CATEGORIES:Free,Lunch and Learn,online programming
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Accounting for Labor in Colonial Connecticut
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a virtual presentation by Dr. Caylin Carbonell.  Dr. Carbonell is a New England Regional Fellowship Consortium (NERFC) fellow who conducted research at the CMCH this past summer. \nIn seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Connecticut\, the household was the primary site of the economy. Although we often think of white male household heads as the principal movers and shakers of the colonial economy\, household economies depended equally on the collaborative labor of a mixed group of dependents\, including their wives and children\, as well as indentured\, hired\, and enslaved laborers. However\, since surviving records from the colonial period were primarily authored by white male household heads\, the labor of these other household members often remains hidden from historians. \nUsing these same account books as well as other family papers and records that survive in the collections of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, this presentation will consider how we might use these sources to locate the collaborative and often hidden labor of women\, children\, and both free and unfree household laborers. This talk will offer an overview of the collaborative labor that drove the early New England economy as well as an introduction to strategies that researchers might take to uncover the histories of those individuals often thought to be missing from colonial archives. \nThis virtual program is free. To secure a spot\, register now. You will receive an email confirmation with the Zoom link attached\, and we will send you a reminder on the day of the program. \nQuestions? Contact Jennifer Busa\, Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, at jennifer_busa@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker \nCaylin Carbonell is a historian of early America who focuses on unfreedom and domestic labor in colonial New England. As an NEH fellow with the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture\, she is working on her first book manuscript\, which approaches issues of race\, gender\, and power in colonial North America through innovative archival practices that reveal grounded stories of everyday life. Previously\, she received her Ph.D. in History from William & Mary in 2020 and served as the Hench Post-Dissertation Fellow at the American Antiquarian Society. \nIf you would like to make a donation to help the CMCH keep history alive\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here!
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunchandlearn-laborcolonialct/
CATEGORIES:Free,Lunch and Learn,online programming
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