Collections of the Old Colony Historical Society
Author : Old Colony Historical Society
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Page : 700 pages
File Size : 42,47 MB
Release : 1879
Category : Bristol County (Mass.)
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Author : Old Colony Historical Society
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Page : 700 pages
File Size : 42,47 MB
Release : 1879
Category : Bristol County (Mass.)
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Author : Old Colony Historical Society
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Page : 910 pages
File Size : 27,49 MB
Release : 1879
Category : Bristol County (Mass.)
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Author : Old Colony Historical Society
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Page : 70 pages
File Size : 38,59 MB
Release : 1880
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Author : Old Colony Historical Society
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,62 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
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ISBN : 9781021027528
The Old Colony Historical Society was founded in 1852 to collect and preserve materials related to the history of southeastern Massachusetts. This three-volume set contains a selection of papers presented to the society between 1898 and 1900, dealing with a wide range of historical topics, including Native American history, colonial settlement, and the Revolutionary War. A valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of New England and early American society. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Abram C. Van Engen
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 34,80 MB
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0300252315
A fresh, original history of America’s national narratives, told through the loss, recovery, and rise of one influential Puritan sermon from 1630 to the present day In this illuminating book, Abram Van Engen shows how the phrase “City on a Hill,” from a 1630 sermon by Massachusetts Bay governor John Winthrop, shaped the story of American exceptionalism in the twentieth century. By tracing the history of Winthrop’s speech, its changing status throughout time, and its use in modern politics, Van Engen asks us to reevaluate our national narratives. He tells the story of curators, librarians, collectors, archivists, antiquarians, and often anonymous figures who emphasized the role of the Pilgrims and Puritans in American history, paving the way for the saving and sanctifying of a single sermon. This sermon’s rags-to-riches rise reveals the way national stories take shape and shows us how those tales continue to influence competing visions of the country—the many different meanings of America that emerge from its literary past.
Author : Historical Records Survey (Mass.)
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Page : 178 pages
File Size : 11,75 MB
Release : 1939
Category : Archival resources
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Author : Cynthia Pease Miller
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Page : 528 pages
File Size : 16,20 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Archival resources
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Author : Diane B. Boyle
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Page : 528 pages
File Size : 42,13 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Government publications
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Page : 1270 pages
File Size : 47,59 MB
Release : 1896
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Author : Laura Katzman
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Page : 100 pages
File Size : 46,58 MB
Release : 2022-06-02
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ISBN : 9781639442874
The Museum of the Old Colony is an ongoing conceptual art installation by visual artist Pablo Delano (b. 1954) that addresses the complex history of his native Puerto Rico after the Spanish-American War (1898), when the Caribbean archipelago was seized by the United States from Spain as a "possession." Appropriating archival photographs, film footage, and popular artifacts that Delano collects and "curates" for his performative museum, the installation provocatively critiques the stereotypes and entrenched misperceptions of Puerto Rico disseminated in mainstream media over a century. The work thus speaks to the relationship between U.S. imperial power and the island-nation, and to the lasting and devastating legacies of colonial rule. With dry wit and sardonic humor, The Museum of the Old Colony equally illuminates the power of images to inculcate cultural values and the authority of museums to confer meaning on the objects that such trusted institutions have acquired and displayed. This catalog is the companion volume to the latest iteration of Delano's installation, at James Madison University's Duke Hall Gallery of Fine Art. With essays by editor Laura Katzman and distinguished scholars Amanda J. Guzmán (Trinity College); Beth Hinderliter (James Madison University); Laura Roulet (independent curator); and César A. Salgado (University of Texas, Austin), the publication examines Delano's ever-evolving project from historical, anthropological, cultural, literary, and museological perspectives. This richly illustrated volume features a foreword by Marianne Ramírez Aponte (Museum of Contemporary Art, Puerto Rico) and an extensive interview with the artist by the editor.