The theme for our Ninth PVHN Gathering is “Discovering & Presenting Women’s Histories”. the Gathering will be held on Wednesday, May 18th from 9:30 to 4:00 at the White Church at Historic Deerfield. A Registration Form is provided below. Print it out and remit it with your payment to reserve space at the Gathering and an optional box lunch.
DISCOVERING & PRESENTING WOMEN’S HISTORIES
Program for PVHN Gathering # 9
May 18, 2011
9:00 – 9:30 Registration, Coffee, and Social Time
9:30 – 10:00 Welcome & PVHN Business Meeting
10:00 – 11:00 What Can Be Found at the State Archives to Help With Your Research of Women?
Autumn Haag, former Reference Archivist at the Massachusetts State Archives in Boston and current Librarian/Archivist at Roxbury Community College, will talk about how we can use Massachusetts legislative records to research women; the archives holds a large number of petitions from women to the General Court on topics ranging from name changes to divorces to the suffrage movement.
Stretch/Restroom Time
11:15 – 12:00 Exploring the Material Culture of Female Education and Educators at Historic Deerfield
Joshua W. Lane, Curator of Furniture and Curator of Academic Programs Historic Deerfield, Inc.
12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH
1:00 – 2:00 Women’s History in the National Register of Historic Places and the National Historic Landmarks Program
Michele Plourde-Barker, Preservation Massachusetts. You may be surprised to learn that women’s history is still comparatively unrepresented in many aspects of our nation’s formally-recognized history. This session aims to help historians understand the workings of both the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and the National Historic Landmarks (NHL) program, both programs within the National Park Service. The session will cover the state of women’s history in Register documentation today and the process by which nominations are completed and evaluated.
Stretch/Restroom Time
2:15 – 3:00 Show and Tell: Stories of Your Remarkable Women
3:00 – 4:00 Panel: “Presenting Women’s History”
Julie Bartlett, Coolidge Museum, Forbes Library, Northampton
Penni Martorell, Director, Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke
Guy McLain, Director of History Museums, Springfield Museums
4:00 Wrap-Up
