“Dirty Work” for a Woman: The Life and Career of Daguerreotypist Sarah Garrett Hewes (via Zoom)
Sarah Garrett Hewes (1819-1853) did not follow the expected life path for a mid-19th century woman as she traveled around the greater Philadelphia area working as a daguerreotypist prior to […]
Celebrating Humphry Marshall’s 300th Anniversary
Chester County Botanist In 2022, the Humphry Marshall 300 Committee celebrates this Chester County native son, an 18th-century botanist who was the first American to publish a book on our […]
Fierce Women of West Chester – Walking Tour
Women make up half of the population, yet their stories have often been neglected, excluded, or marginalized in public memory. West Chester, long the center of battles for equality and […]
Fierce Women of West Chester – Walking Tour
Women make up half of the population, yet their stories have often been neglected, excluded, or marginalized in public memory. West Chester, long the center of battles for equality and […]
African American Religious Research with Timothy Pinnick (via Zoom)
Churches have always been central to the African American experience. Locating information on African American congregations, however, can be extremely frustrating due to ineffective record keeping. But fortunately, there are […]
Lost Gardens of the Main Line, 1880-1930 (virtual)
This lecture explores some of the great gardens and estates of the Main Line from the 1870s to 1930s. It looks at the changing garden styles and the work of […]
For the Union: Launching Lincoln’s Quest for the Presidency in Chester County
The book “For the Union” tells the story of how Quaker abolition, a hanging, a slave riot, and a newspaper in West Chester helped launch Abraham Lincoln’s presidential campaign in […]
A Lenape Among the Quakers: The Life of Hannah Freeman
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 7:00pm-8:00pm via Zoom On July 28, 1797, an elderly Lenape woman stood before the newly appointed almsman of Pennsylvania’s Chester County and delivered a brief account […]
Hybrid Book Discussion – Gangsters of Capitalism
Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America’s Empire by Jonathan M. Katz Smedley Butler (1881 – 1940) was the most celebrated warfighter of […]
Fierce Women of West Chester – Walking Tour
Women make up half of the population, yet their stories have often been neglected, excluded, or marginalized in public memory. West Chester, long the center of battles for equality and […]