Advocating Massachusetts History:  The First Annual Community Forum on Historical Records

Table of Contents

 Expressway photo
Construction of the Fitzgerald Expressway (Central Artery), with the Custom House Tower in the background. Transportation and Construction, series 1277x; John F. Fitzgerald Expressway, July 1, 1954; Courtesy of the Massachusetts Archives.

Custom House Tower photo
Elevated photo of Custom House Tower. Photo by T. C. Fitzgerald.

Preface

Forum Agenda

Welcome

  • Megan Desnoyers, John F. Kennedy Library

Opening Remarks

  • William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth

Keynote Address: Whose History Is It?

  • Dr. Jill Lepore, History Department, Boston University

Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Historical Records Community

  • Megan Sniffin-Marinoff, Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science

Collaborating in a Diverse Community: Panel

Appendices

 
This publication is sponsored in part by William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Archives, National Historical Publications and Records Commission, John F. Kennedy Library, University Products, the generous donations of forum co-sponsors, and by a grant from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Editor's Note: The published proceedings do not represent a verbatim account of the 1998 Advocating Massachusetts History Forum. Following the forum, panelists were allowed to edit their remarks to allow a more fluid presentation of their views. Audience comments are presented in summarized form. The background image used in the banner is a detail of a 17th century map, courtesy Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston. Images from the Massachusetts Historical Society may not be reproduced or reused in any way without written permission from the Massachusetts Historical Society.


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