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MHS E-mail Newsletter January/February 2006 Welcome! Happy new year, and welcome to the January/February edition of @MHS! This bi-monthly newsletter is designed to keep you informed of events and milestones at the MHS and provides updates on new publications and website exhibitions. We hope you find this newsletter useful and informative. Please send your feedback to webmaster@masshist.org — we would love to hear from you.  A Message from Our President 
It is with great pleasure that we welcome Dennis Fiori, the recently appointed director of the Society.
Dennis comes to the MHS from the Maryland Historical Society after 10 years as director
and CEO. Previously he served as director of the Concord Museum in Concord, Massachusetts; he compiled an
impressive record of achievements at both institutions. We welcome him back to Massachusetts and to the director's office at
1154 Boylston Street and look forward to his leadership.
 —Amalie Kass, MHS Council President Click here for more information: http://www.masshist.org/about/news.cfm?newsitem=19 
"Lost Brockton"On Sunday, 1 January, Boston Globe columnist Joshua Glenn featured one article from the current issue of the Massachusetts Historical Review: Gerald Parker's "Preserving Memory: Streets of My Youth in Brockton, Massachusetts." The essay presents 30 of the hundreds of photographs that Parker took during the late 1970s, documenting the city's decline. 
Brockton-born and a graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Parker returned to his
hometown, after years travelling in Europe, to find a changed landscape. As he wrote in his introductory remarks,
the "center of town and surrounding neighborhoods had lost far more than their former charm: they had sunk
into a hopeless abyss." Beginning in 1977, Parker spent hundreds of hours roaming the city's streets in
search of what remained. "I wanted to preserve memory . . . and honor the people who became my subjects."
He tells a compelling story, directly but with sensitivity, with all the artistry of this
country's greatest photographers. Don't miss "Preserving Memory" in volume 7 of the
MHR.
Click here to read the Boston Globe article: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2006/01/01/lost_brockton/ Click here for more information about the current issue of the Massachusetts Historical Review: http://www.masshist.org/periodicals/mhr2005.cfm 
Franklin ExhibitionIn honor of the 300th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's birth on 17 January, the Smithsonian's Museum of American History is featuring one of the Massachusetts Historical Society's more unusual artifacts: a suit of clothes that Franklin wore during his diplomatic mission to France. On loan at the Smithsonian since 1963, the suit has been conserved and mounted for an exhibition titled "Benjamin Franklin: A Revolutionary Role." Click here for more information: http://www.masshist.org/about/news.cfm?newsitem=22 
Object of the Month Benjamin Franklin recalls Boston, the place of his birth. Featuring a letter from Franklin to Samuel Mather. Click here to see the Object of the Month: http://www.masshist.org/objects/ Coming in February: "Boston Harbor a tea-pot tonight" will feature the small glass bottle containing tea leaves gathered on 17 December 1773. Upcoming Events 
4-6 May 2006 "Remaking Boston: The City and Environmental Change over the Centuries" The 2006 conference will consider climate and weather, Boston Harbor, the countryside and the city, rivers and water, and land use. Click here for more information: http://www.masshist.org/events/conferences.cfm 
Thursday, 16 February 2006Lecture and booksigning Jill Lepore, New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan Click here for more information: http://www.masshist.org/events/more_info.cfm?eventID=111 Click here for a complete list of upcoming events: http://www.masshist.org/events/index.cfm?seminarview=true 
Fellowships Available Are you interested in spending a few weeks or a month doing research at the MHS? Applications for the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium must be postmarked by 1 February 2006, and applications for MHS Short-Term Fellowships must be postmarked by 1 March 2006. The MHS is also accepting fellowship applications from public and parochial/independent K-12 schoolteachers and media specialists for the Summer 2006 Adams and Swensrud Teacher Fellowship Programs. Click here for information on fellowships at MHS: http://www.masshist.org/fellowships/. 
Two New Titles in Print This winter, the MHS releases two new books. The World of John Winthrop: England and New England, 1588-1649 is the latest offering in the Studies in American History and Culture series. The MHS Collections series also continues with the printing of volume III of the Papers of Robert Treat Paine. These and other MHS titles are available from the University of Virginia Press. Click here to order The World of John Winthrop: England and New England, 1588-1649: http://www.upress.virginia.edu/books/mhs2.html. Click here to order volume III of the Papers of Robert Treat Paine: http://www.upress.virginia.edu/books/mhs3.html. This e-mail newsletter is provided to subscribers who have voluntarily elected to receive it or have had past business dealings with MHS (in accordance with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and our privacy policy). If you no longer wish to receive these e-mails, click the link at the bottom of this message to unsubscribe immediately. If you wish to change your e-mail address, please e-mail your request to membership@masshist.org, with your full name, old e-mail, and new e-mail. |