Videos

Author Rita Roberts talked about letters between African American families during the Civil War era. The Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston hosted this program.

Patricia O’Toole recounted the struggle between President Woodrow Wilson and Senate Majority Leader Henry Cabot Lodge over ratification of the 1919 Versailles Treaty, which ended World War I…

Historian Daphne Geanacopoulos discussed the life of Sarah Kidd, wife of pirate Captain Kidd, who secretly aided her husband while living as one of New York’s most prominent citizens. The Ma…

Harvard University professor Reed Gochberg provided a history of museums in the 19th century that included debates over curators, collections, and the importance of certain historical object…

Showtime and C-SPAN producers talked about creating documentaries and dramas about the nation’s first ladies. The Massachusetts Historical Society hosted this virtual event.

Historian Tegan Kehoe looked back at the history of health care in America through a collection of artifacts that range from a toothbrush and thermometer to a wheelchair and a vial of penici…

Boston College history professor Charles Gallagher provided a history of the Christian Front, a far-right militant organization that espoused anti-Semitic and anti-Communist beliefs in the l…

Michelle Marchetti Coughlin discussed her book, Penelope Winslow, Plymouth Colony First Lady: Re-Imagining a Life. A descendant of English nobility, Winslow was the wife of Josiah Winslow, P…

Boston Red Sox historian Gordon Edes led a panel discussion on the team’s home front and battlefield contributions during World War II. Through the stories of Hall of Famer Ted Williams and …

Civil War historian James Oakes examined how Abraham Lincoln thoughout his political career used the Constitution to abolish slavery. This was a virtual event hosted by the Massachusetts His…

Fiona Deans Halloran, author of Thomas Nast: The Father of Modern Political Cartoons, and Salt Lake Tribune editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley talked about the life and work of the 19th-century…

Joshua Greenberg discussed his book, Bank Notes and Shinplasters: The Rage for Paper Money in the Early Republic, which examines the design and use of paper money in the antebellum era. He e…

Texas A&M University-Central Texas History Professor Luke Nichter recalled the political career of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., a Republican senator turned foreign policy advisor to five president…

Salve Regina University English professor Donna Harrington-Lueker discussed the concept of summer reading that was popularized in the nineteenth century. This was a virtual event hosted by t…

Purdue University history professor John Larson looked at how colonial Americans utilized industry to benefit themselves to the detriment of the environment. This was a virtual program hoste…

History Professor Daniel Mandell argued that early Americans were critical of economic inequality and believed fiscal parity was an essential part of a functional society. This virtual event…

Washington University English Professor Abram Van Engen provided a history of American exceptionalism and the term “city on a hill,” from its origins in a 1630 sermon by Massachusetts Bay go…

History Professor Serena Zabin provided a history of the 1770 Boston Massacre.

Tuft University Professor Kerri Greenidge talked about her book recounting the life of William Monroe Trotter, a late 19th century civil rights activist, who used his wealth and leadership o…

T.H. Breen, American law and governance professor at the Library of Congress, talked about his book, The Will of the People: The Revolutionary Birth of America , in which he looked at how sm…