Domestic Impressions: the Visual and Material Culture of the American Family Home, 1750-1890
July 7-12, 2013
Sunday, July 7
4:00-6:00 | Welcome and Introductions, Antiquarian Hall, 185 Salisbury Street (AH) |
6:00 | Dinner at the Goddard Daniels House, 190 Salisbury Street (GDH) |
Monday, July 8
9:00-10:30 | Orienting the Week—The Home in Cultural Context (GDH)
In-class exercise: PROBATE INVENTORIES AS MYSTERIES (GDH) |
10:30-10:50 | Coffee/Tea Break |
10:50-12:15 | Continue in-class exercise |
12:15-1:15 | Lunch (GDH) |
1:30-3:00 | Ephemera and the Home: Examples from the Collection (AH) Lauren Hewes (Curator of Graphic Arts) and Nan Wolverton (Director, CHAViC) |
3:00-3:15 | Break |
3:15-3:45 | Introduction to AAS Online Resources and the Reading Room; Meet the Curators Thomas Knoles, Vincent Golden, Lauren Hewes, Elizabeth Pope, and Laura Wasowicz (Orientation Room, AH) |
3:45-5:00 | Research in the Library |
Tuesday, July 9
Field trip to Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA
9:00-9:15 | Group photo (GDH) |
9:15-10:15 | Doors onto Childhood (GDH)
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10:15-10:30 | Coffee/Tea Break |
10:30-11:30 | Children’s Literature and Images of Domestic Life (AH) Laura Wasowicz (Curator of Children’s Literature) |
11:30 | Lunch (GDH) |
12:30 | Vehicles depart for field trip to Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA |
1:15 | Arrive OSV |
1:30-3:30 | Tours of Small House, Bixby House, and Towne House
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3:30-7:00 | Hands-on 19th-century dinner at Old Sturbridge Village |
Wednesday, July 10
9:00-10:30 | Social Looking: Parlor Culture and Prints (AH)
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10:30-10:45 | Coffee/Tea Break |
10:45-12:45 | Photography and the American Home—Technology and Processes (AH)
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12:45-1:45 | Lunch |
2:00-3:00 | Introduction to Ward Family Papers (AH) Tom Knoles and Holly Izard |
3:00-8:00 | Research in Library |
Thursday, July 11
Field trip to General Aretmas Ward House, Shrewsbury, MA
9:00 | Vehicles depart for Ward House |
9:30-10:30 | Tour of house and barn Paula Lupton, Curator |
10:30-10:45 | Coffee/Tea Break |
10:45-12:15 | Narrative and Display at the Aretmas Ward House
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12:15-1:15 | Lunch |
1:15-2:45 | The Native Americans Presence at the Artemas Ward House
-Optional Supplemental Reading-
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2:45-3:30 | Historic House Museums as Resources for Teaching and Scholarship Schlereth, Thomas J., “Historic Houses as Teaching Laboratories: Seven Teaching Strategies” |
3:30 | Vehicles depart for return to AAS |
4:00-5:00 | Research in Library |
5:30 | Cookout on the Goddard-Daniels patio |
Friday, July 12
9:00-10:15 | At Home with Animals: Pets in Print and Material Culture (GDH)
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10:15-10:30 | Coffee/Tea Break |
10:30-11:45 | Chromolithographs and other prints as teaching resources (AH) |
12:00-1:00 | Lunch (GDH) |
1:00-2:00 | Using Visual and Material Culture for Scholarship and Teaching: Discussion and Concluding Comments (GDH) Katherine C. Grier and Nan Wolverton |
2:00-5:00 | Departure or Research in Library |