Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln’s Mother & Botanical Atrocities
Author Amy Stewart will discuss her New York Times bestselling book, Wicked Plants, about Mother Nature’s most appalling creations!
Book Discussion – Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard (hybrid)
All are welcome to the discussion! “Crisp, concise and revealing history…. A fresh narrative that plumbs some of the most dramatic days in U.S. presidential history.” —The Washington Post James Abram […]
Book Discussion – Lenape Country by Jean Soderlund (hybrid)
All are welcome to join the discussion! Lenape Country is a sweeping narrative history of the multiethnic society of the Delaware Valley in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. After Swanendael, […]
The Inconvenient Dead: Exploring Chester County’s Potter’s Fields (Virtual)
Historian Jonathan Hoppe will share his research into the area’s potter’s fields, where the county’s unclaimed found their eternal rest.
Drawing With Light: A History of Photography (Virtual)
Join photographer John Milleker for a unique and fascinating ‘behind the scenes’ look at the history of the photographic process.
William Penn’s Treaties in Context
Professor Daniel K. Richter will explore the interactions and agreements between William Penn and the Native people of Pennsylvania.
17 Men: A Conversation with Shayne Davidson (virtual)
Illustrator Shayne Davidson, who curated the exhibit, will discuss how she came upon a historic photo album, the treasures it contained, and creating the exhibit. A native of St. Louis, […]
Hybrid Book Discussion – Ida Tarbell: Portrait of a Muckraker
Ida Tarbell, a native Pennsylvanian, lived during the era in which she was known as a “muckraker.” In our time she would have been known as an investigative reporter, with […]
Hybrid Book Discussion – William Still: The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia
This is the first major biography of the free Black abolitionist William Still, who coordinated the Eastern Line of the Underground Railroad and was a pillar of the Railroad as […]
Hinsonville’s Heroes: Agents of Emancipation and Civil Rights (virtual)
Dr. Cheryl Renée Gooch, author of Hinsonville’s Heroes: Black Civil War Soldiers of Chester County, Pennsylvania (The History Press), traces the stories of 18 residents of Hinsonville, a free black […]