That really helped shape the founding of the the republic so i myself am a all scholar and i have been working on the project that ive been doing for about three years and i will have a chapter coming out in an edited volume thats going to be published by the university of virginia, press in january 2022. So i very much look forward to sharing that with you all in the future and im going to go ahead and pass it over to my colleague and dear friend kayla anthony. Um, and i will pass over to you. Thank you so much, sam and thank you to mount vernon for asking me to participate today. Im excited to also share elizabeths story. I think youll all enjoy it very much. Im the executive director for the Philadelphia Society for the preservation of landmarks and we are an 89 year old nonprofit that stewarts for Historic House museums the pal house where i am today, so i am the ballroom at the palouse. This is the home the ancestry home of san juan Elizabeth Powell. We also have the health visit
And were going to be discussing elizabeth willing powell and her husband Samuel Powell two of George Washingtons very closest friends and we figure with this being the year of the woman. Why not . Talk about a superpowerful woman that really helped shape the founding of the the republic so i myself am a all scholar and i have been working on the project that ive been doing for about three years and i will have a chapter coming out in an edited volume thats going to be published by the university of virginia, press in january 2022. So i very much look forward to sharing that with you all in the future and im going to go ahead and pass it over to my colleague and dear friend kayla anthony. Um, and i will pass over to you. Thank you so much, sam and thank you to mount vernon for asking me to participate today. Im excited to also share elizabeths story. I think youll all enjoy it very much. Im the executive director for the Philadelphia Society for the preservation of landmarks and we are
Giorgione. This examines the history of American Museums in the 19th century to the eyes of visitors and collectors. Museums of this period held a wide range of objects from botanical and specimens to antiquarian artifacts and technological models. They were intended to promote useful knowledge. The collections create better discussions about how objects are selected, preserving classified and who gets to decide their value. These reflections shape broader discussions about museum in American Culture and continue to resonate today. I Reed Gochberg is the assistant director of studies in a lecture on history and literature in harvard university. She has seminars and museums and material culture and science exploration and empire. Her research in teaching focused on 19th century American Literature and culture with interest in material country culture and Museum Studies in the history of science and technology. C received her ph. D. In english from Boston University and her undergrad fro
I dont go im not a writer who is constantly badgering his publishers to get the sales figures. If the figures are poor, you get to know it sooner or later. People tell you, you know . If theyre good, well, you get your royalty check. So, so long as the second is healthy and the first doesnt happen, im content. Host and finally, paul johnson, what are you currently realizing . Guest currently reading . Guest well, i am reading quite a lot about fdr, franklin roosevelt, because my publishers have suggested that i might like to write a short biography of him. Which is a difficult thing to do because he encompassed a remarkably wideranging life. But its a possibility, so im reading about him. Im also reading about lincoln because i may in the end decide to write a short biography of lincoln. Ive just seen that remarkable film about him, and with daniel day lewis. And that seemed to me to stress some of the wrong things. Id like to give my own version of events. So thats what im reading, to