Video: AAS’s Political Collection Explored

Check out this preview for the second segment featuring the American Antiquarian Society on C-SPAN3’s American Artifacts program. This segment is led by James David Moran, our Director of Outreach, and Philip Lampi, chief researcher on the “A New Nation Votes” project. It will showcase some of AAS’s political collections, including ballots, political cartoons and campaign newspapers. The preview below features a political print from the mid-term elections of 1862 called “Jeff. Sees the Elephant.”

The full segment will be aired this Sunday at 8 a.m., 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., Eastern Time.

You can also now view the entire first segment on C-Span’s website.

Stay tuned for more to come!

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Kayla Haveles

Outreach Coordinator, American Antiquarian Society

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