it s a great show and somehow incredibly relevant these days the show was originally planned to be a physical show at the mass historical society and as a part of that physical show, we had intended to dedicate one room to thomas nast the father of american political cartoon. obviously that didn t happen, but we did build an online exhibition as a companion website that explores the the life of thomas nast. this is a really fun project all the illustrations in it were done by local independent artists. so i hope that you will check that out if you have if you re interested in this program. that brings us to this evening s program which will include fiona deen tolerant and pat bagley. will be speaking on the life of thomas next was a pioneer in american political cartoons. he created or popularized the republican elephant the democratic donkey and the modern depictions of santa claus while he helped create modern american visual culture. he also presented conflicting and somet
who counts. i hope you ll all check it out if you have not done so already it s a great show and somehow incredibly relevant these days the show was originally planned to be a physical show at the mass historical society and as a part of that physical show, we had intended to dedicate one room to thomas nast the father of american political cartoon. obviously that didn t happen, but we did build an online exhibition as a companion website that explores the the life of thomas nast. this is a really fun project all the illustrations in it were done by local independent artists. so i hope that you will check that out if you have if you re interested in this program. that brings us to this evening s program which will include fiona deen tolerant and pat bagley. will be speaking on the life of thomas next was a pioneer in american political cartoons. he created or popularized the republican elephant the democratic donkey and the modern depictions of santa claus while he helped cre
obviously that didn t happen, but we did build an online exhibition as a companion website that explores the the life of thomas nast. this is a really fun project all the illustrations in it were done by local independent artists. so i hope that you will check that out if you have if you re interested in this program. that brings us to this evening s program which will include fiona deen tolerant and pat bagley. will be speaking on the life of thomas next was a pioneer in american political cartoons. he created or popularized the republican elephant the democratic donkey and the modern depictions of santa claus while he helped create modern american visual culture. he also presented conflicting and sometimes disturbing depictions of african-americans. these two experts will help us better understand nast in his legacy fiona dean holland is the author of thomas nast the father of modern political cartoons. she holds a phd in american history from ucla and has been supported in
our program tonight is very much directly related to our online exhibition. who counts. i hope you ll all check it out if you have not done so already it s a great show and somehow incredibly relevant these days the show was originally planned to be a physical show at the mass historical society and as a part of that physical show, we had intended to dedicate one room to thomas nast the father of american political cartoon. obviously that didn t happen, but we did build an online exhibition as a companion website that explores the the life of thomas nast. this is a really fun project all the illustrations in it were done by local independent artists. so i hope that you will check that out if you have if you re interested in this program. that brings us to this evening s program which will include fiona deen tolerant and pat bagley. will be speaking on the life of thomas next was a pioneer in american political cartoons. he created or popularized the republican elephant the de
if you will take your seat please. good afternoon i am peter carmichael. i am the director of the civil war institute and it s my pleasure to welcome vienna dean fiona dean halloran. arrival she spent four years teaching 19th-century american history at eastern kentucky university, as well as several years in the history departments of ucla. she finished her phd at ucla and studied under joan law. many of us are familiar with joan. she has spoken here on a number of occasions and the author of a superb biography of ulysses s. grant. an, fiona s dissertation became thomas nast : the father of modern political cartoons published in 2013. it is my pleasure to welcome fiona. [applause] fiona: hi. i want to thank you for inviting me here and actually for all the help she provided as i prepared to come and spend this hour with you. i m here to talk about thomas nast . what i will do is introduce him to you broadly at first, and then talk more specifically about what the civ