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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
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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
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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/
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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/
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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/
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CATEGORIES:Lunch and Learn,online programming
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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/
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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/
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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!
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