Thanks so much for joining us for this joint effort between the american Inspiration Series of american ancestors at New England Historical genealogical society, the state library of massachusetts and as, Porter Square books. Although we are open on light and a person, with limited capacity. We ship into local delivery and have curbside pickups. A special pandemic newsletter and lots of other stuff such as a visit us at Porter Square books. Com. Before introduce our guests and our moderator i want to give you a few quick housekeeping notes but using crowd casts which so much my views before before and maybe many of you have it. First of all the that is recorded so you can watch it back if you wasted for part of the knights talk because your water was boiling or you wanted to share with a friend. It will be here at this crowd cast link as well as on our facebook page. Second of all you can really use this lovely chat window in the bottom right of your screen whats that Say Something nic
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And im the director of Community Partnerships for theMassachusetts Historical Society. Our program this evening is a seasonal, its a look at the tradition of Summer Reading we are joined by professor donna harringtonlueker on her new publication gavin kleespies, 19th century publishing the rise of Summer Reading. She is a passer in Newport Rhode island and she has an undergraduate degree from rhode island and phd. As a former magazine writer and editor, Research Interests include 19thcentury print culture, womens magazines on any period and radical or alternative press. Before we begin id like to extend a special welcome to anyone joining the Virtual Program for the first time. If youre not familiar with the Massachusetts Historical Society we are the first Historical Society in america and have been preserving publishing and sharing our history since 1791. We hold a collection of 14 million manuscript pages including the papers of the first three president s of the unitedstates. Or im
Communications. Shes undergraduate degree and her masters from the university of illinois. As a former magazine writer and editor, her Research Interests include 19th century culture culture. Womens magazines of the. And the radical alternative press. And before we begin the program, i would like to send a special welcome to anyone who will be joining the virtual the first time. If youre not familiar with the Historical Society, when the first Historical Society in america. Ill be expecting preserving and sharing the histories in 1791. Withhold amazing collection. Including the papers of the first president of the United States. Im sorry. The first six president s of the United States. I misspoke that. We are continuing to collect today. And if you are interested in, we are currently collecting material related to that covid19 experience. The special initiative designed to listen to peoples experiences during the unusual times and preserving this information for future generations. In