Vincent Golden, curator of newspapers and periodicals at the American Antiquarian Society, discusses the size, format, and features of early American newspapers. Prepared for The News Media and the Making of America, 1730-1800, the 2021 Teacher Institute held at AAS.
In this video conversation, Vincent Golden, curator of newspapers and periodicals at the American Antiquarian Society, talks about how colonial American printers gathered, printed, and distributed the news. Prepared for The News Media and the Making of America, 1730-1800, the 2021 Teacher Institute held at AAS.
In this video, Elizabeth Watts Pope, the Society’s curator of books and digital collections, introduces who was involved in American colonial printing and what kinds of materials they produced. Prepared for The News Media and the Making of America, 1730-1800, the 2021 Teacher Institute held at AAS.
In this video, Elizabeth Watts Pope, the Society’s curator of books and digital collections, introduces when and where printing began in colonial America and how it developed over the course of the eighteenth century. Prepared for The News Media and the Making of America, 1730-1800, the 2021 Teacher Institute held at AAS.
Overview of several types of 18th-century paper ephemera that include pictorial design elements. Broadsides, trade cards, and billheads are among the types of ephemera featured. Prepared for The News Media and the Making of America, 1730-1800, the 2021 Teacher Institute held at AAS.
In this video, Lauren Hewes, the Society’s vice president for collections, describes the primary printing processes used in the 18th century to create and disseminate visual material, including prints, maps, ephemera, and book and newspaper illustrations. Prepared for The News Media and the Making of America, 1730-1800, the 2021 Teacher Institute held at AAS.
A small exhibition of American Antiquarian Society artifacts relating to the War of 1812 will be on display in Reading Room throughout the day.
-Session Descriptions and Presenter Biographies-
Note: Concurrent session order is subject to change.
Plenary Talk 1:
Donald C. Carleton, Jr. -- "1763: the Treaty, the Proclamation, and the Future of a Continent"
Nina Zannieri, Executive Director, Paul Revere Memorial Association
Robert Shimp, Research and Adult Programs Director, Paul Revere Memorial Association
Plus all symposium speakers
Chair: Lauren B. Hewes, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Graphic Arts, AAS
Theresa Fairbanks-Harris, Senior Conservator for Works on Paper, Yale University Art Gallery – The Evolution of Paul Revere’s Prints of the Bloody Massacre
Chair: Rebecca M. Rosen, Hollins University
Jennifer Anderson, Associate Professor of History, Stony Brook University (SUNY) – Paul Revere and Sourcing Silver in Early America