The most recent episode of the Massachusetts Historical Society’s Object of History podcast takes a close look at an artifact known as the “casket of hair.”
Join Massachusetts Historical Society President Catherine Allgor as she talks about this little wooden box displaying the hair of First Lady Dolley Madison and Presidents George Washington, James Madison, and John Quincy Adams.
This episode also explores the larger collection of hair held at the MHS and what it is like to encounter hair in the archive.
You can listen to the podcast here.
For a full list of this week’s New York Almanack podcasts announcements click HERE.
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