and i m the director of community partnerships for themassachusetts historical society . our program this evening is a seasonal, it s a look at the tradition of summer reading we are joined by professor donna harrington-lueker 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 19th-century print culture, women s magazines on any period and radical or alternative press. before we begin i d like to extend a special welcome to anyone joining the virtual program for the first time. if you re 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 presidents of the un
from merrimack college and masters in phd from university of illinois at urbana-champaign. as a former magazine writer and editor her research interests include 19th century print culture, women s magazines and radical or alternative press. before we begin the program i would like to extend a special welcome to anyone who will be joining virtual nhs program for the first time. if you re not familiar with the massachusetts historical society with first historical site in america and had been collecting, preserving, publishing, sharing our history since 1791. we hold an amazing collection of 14 million man script pages including papers the first three presidents of the united states. ãbi m sorry, three of the first president of the united states. we are continuing to collect ã today if you re interested, we are currently collecting material related to the covid-19 experience. we have a special initiative designed to record people s experiences during this unusual time and pre
they wanted to show that illinois, man, we are it. that s what this building is and to some extent what it reps. welcome to springfield, illinois. located in the center of the state it became the capital with the help of a young pollation named abraham lincoln. he moved to springfield and began a political career that would launch him into the national spotlight. for the next two hours we ll learn about the city s history and life and legacy of america s 16th president. we begin our special feature with a visit to his presidential ibrary and museum. the city of springfield, so much of it is built around the legacy of abraham lincoln. illinois is the land of lincoln, springfield is the home of lincoln. his old courthouse where he gave speeches, and he s buried on the outskirts of town. this museum was built in 2005, it opened to the public. it had been a dream of for a long time of many folks here in central illinois. the pup of the library is very basic. to preserve and p
their britches. to put you in your place. the presidential library museum is where the county jail was. that is where two men who were in jail were capped and that is where the writers came. rioters can. it was the sheriff s intent to take them out of town. he feared for their safety. one of them had been accused of killing a white man and the other had been accused of raping a white woman. who was the sheriff? his name was charles warner. best if theould be two prisoners, richardson and james, were not in the jail because he feared a riot. he had come here from ohio and there had been a riot in one of the towns are he had lived in ohio. anduse of what was going on all of the hatred that was formatting and whatever, he felt it would be safer. he was going to take them to bloomington, which was about 70 miles away, for their safety. except that the citizens were now incensed because of the rape of the white woman and the murder of the white man by these black men, he thoug
up to the riots and the effects on the city. usually when we think of a rioting, we think of blacks rioting, not whites. the mentality at the time was that the black folks were getting too uppity. they had businesses, they took care of themselves. they had property. they owned homes. you re not supposed to do that because you re, pardon me, the n word. they were getting too big for their britches so we re going to teach you a lesson. we re going to keep you in your place or put you in your place. the presidential library-museum is where the county jail was, which is where the two men who were in jail, were kept, and that s where the riot ersers came because the sheriff, it was his intent to take them out of town because he feared for their safety. one of them had been accused of killing a white man and another of killing a white woman. who was the sheriff? his name was charles warner. and he felt it would be best if the two prisoners richardson and james, were no