WORKSHOPS:
No additional workshops scheduled for through Dec. 2009.
View article related to previous workshop at the
Swampscott Public Library, 7 March 2009. Topic: "Playing it Smart: Applying for and Financing College in a Tough Economy."
LECTURES 2009
Digging Up Barque ‘La Grange’: An 1849 Gold Rush Voyage. California Council for History Education, Costa Mesa, California,
24-26 September 2009.
The 1849 ‘La Grange’ voyage from Salem, MA to Sacramento, CA offers the best documented gold-rush voyage material yet discovered. Explore it with a former TAH grant Co-organizer/Museum Educator as she describes and interprets this fascinating body of evidence. A sample lesson plan will be provided.
“A Tale of Two Cities During the California Gold Rush” presented in the New Researchers Panel. Crises and the City Conference, The Urban History Group, University of Warwick, 2 April 2009.
"The La Grange Boys: A Gold-Seeking Adventure” presented in the panel, Trans and Non-Terrestrial Bodies. Bodies In Motion Conference, University of Rhode Island, 28 March 2009.
"Digging Up Barque La Grange," which represented the culmination of Abaigeal's work as the first Frances E. Malamy Research Fellow at the Phillips Library. (This lecture was recorded.)
- Are you interested in applying for the Malamy Fellowship? Feel free to contact Abaigeal for information or for help with your application
- Read an excerpt from Abaigeal's final report about her research at the Phillips Library on this topic
2009 COURSE REGISTRATION (Undergraduate/Graduate)
No new courses available for registration through the end of 2009.
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