Deep Dive into Green Mountain History uvm.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from uvm.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Curators and staff Lloyd Brown, Howard Peckham, and Margaret Webber with four trunks of Thomas Gage papers as they arrived at the William L. Clements Library in 1937. Image courtesy: William L. Clements Library
“Thos. Gage,” a portrait print of Thomas Gage from the 19th century. Available in the University of Michigan William L. Clements Library image bank.
The University of Michigan William L. Clements Library has been awarded a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize one of their largest and most utilized collections.
The funds will support a three-year-long effort to digitize over 23,000 items related to Thomas Gage, a famed British commander-in-chief in the early days of the American Revolution who was also the governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1774 to 1775.
Using images from the David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography, this article examines the ways Black Americans from the 19th century used photography as a tool for self-empowerment and social change.
Begun in Greece and Culminated in our American Civil War: Abolitionism and the Greek Revolution thenationalherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thenationalherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.