Scholars from the academic and museum worlds will convene in Deerfield,
Massachusetts, on Saturday, October 23, 1999, for the annual Historic
Deerfield/ Wellesley College Symposium on the History of American Culture.
This year's meeting will focus on "The Material Culture of New England."
The symposium will be chaired by James F. O'Gorman, the Grace Slack McNeil
Professor in the History of American Art at Wellesley College, and Kenneth
Hafertepe, Director of Academic Programs at Historic Deerfield, and will be
held at the White Church Community Center in Old Deerfield.
The day will begin with a paper from Steven C. Bullock, associate
professor in the Department of Humanities and Arts at Worcester Polytechnic
Institute, and Sheila McIntyre, a post-doctoral fellow at Carleton
University, entitled "All Had Gloves: Funeral Glove-Giving in Early New
England." Amanda Lange, Assistant Curator at Historic Deerfield, will
speak on "Ceramics and Silver at the Evergreens, the Home of Austin and
Susan Dickinson in Amherst, Massachusetts."
After a short break, the symposium will showcase innovative work on the
imagery of the New England penal system and on the technology of lighting
homes by gas. Elaine Jackson-Retondo, a doctoral candidate in architecture
at the University of California at Berkeley will discuss "The Massachusetts
State Prison at Charlestown in Popular Culture, 1805-1870," while Donald W.
Linebaugh, director of the Program for Archaeological Research at the
University of Kentucky will speak on "A Brilliant and Pleasing Light":
Exploring the Springfield Gas Machine System."
After lunch speakers will discuss the intricate relation between crafts
and commerce in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.
Stephen Cook, Assistant Curator of Ethnography at the Mashantucket Pequot
Museum and Research Center will address things "Made for Market: Native
Craft Production in Southern New England, 1750-1820." Sarah Johnson, a
doctoral candidate in Historical and Critical Studies at the University of
Brighton and pre-doctoral fellow at the Smithsonian's National Museum of
American History, will speak on "Catalogs and Consumers: The
Nationalization of Women's Ready-to-Wear, 1860-1890." Finally Cynthia
Fowler, a doctoral candidate in art history at the University of Delaware
will discuss "Hooked Rug Mania in Early Twentieth-Century America."
The conference registration fee is $35, with a special student rate of $15.
For further information, contact Kenneth Hafertepe at 413-775-7209 or
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The Historic Deerfield/Wellesley College Symposium is funded in part by an
endowment from the Barra Foundation. A portion of Historic Deerfield's
operating funds has been provided through grants from the Institute of
Museum and Library Services, a federal agency that strengthens museums to
benefit the public, and from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state
agency.
The White Church Community Center is wheelchair-accessible, and hearing
assistance devices are available.
Historic Deerfield, a museum of New England history and art, is open
year-round from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Memorial Libraries are open
Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Deerfield Inn, which
has been receiving guests for more than a century, provides fine dining and
lodging in an historic atmosphere. To obtain a ticket or to view the free
orientation program, visit the Hall Tavern Information Center across the
street from the Deerfield Inn.
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