Recommended Reading: Isa, A Pilgrimage (1852) by Caroline Chesebro’

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Editor's note: In the most recent issue of the Almanac, we asked members of the AAS community to give us their choice of recommended reading for "fiction published before 1900." We are continuing those recommendation in this series on Past is Present. This first post is written by AAS member Philip F. Gura, who is ...

Step into the Nineteenth Century with Our Fall K-12 Workshops

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The fall is always an exciting time here at AAS, with a full schedule of public programs, conferences, and workshops. We'll be keeping you updated with all of these events throughout the season, starting here with our next round of professional development workshops for K-12 educators. First up, on Saturday, October 19, will be the "Emancipation ...

Summer Series of Workshops for K-12 Educators

We’re starting to gear up for our summer series of K-12 professional development workshops! If you’re an educator and haven’t yet had the chance to attend one of our workshops, now is the time to do it. We have some great topics and interesting scholars joining us, not to mention the library materials. For those who ...

A Researcher’s Delight: The Diary of Caroline Barrett White

Although now a full-time employee of AAS, my love for the Society began years before I started working here when it first introduced me to the thrill of researching in an archive. As a senior History major at the College of the Holy Cross, I was introduced to AAS by my thesis advisor, who suggested ...

From Fashion Plates to Social Reform: The Story Behind Godey’s Lady’s Book

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Leaf through the pages of Glamour or Vogue in mid-March and the inventory will reveal that American fashion designers’ thoughts have turned to the spring line.  Here at the American Antiquarian Society, when our thoughts turn to fashion, they turn to hoopskirts and side curls and to the famed fashion plates of Godey’s Lady’s Book.  ...