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Material Culture

Military Material Culture Conference Call for Papers

May 7, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Material Matters LogoThe vast majority of participants in the military events of the long 18th century left no written traces of themselves. Fortunately for scholars, and the public, evidence of their presence survives in material form. [Read more…] about Military Material Culture Conference Call for Papers

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: American Revolution, Archaeology, Conferences, Fort Ticonderoga, French And Indian War, King George’s War, King William’s War, Material Culture, Military History, Museums, Queen Anne's War

JFK Assassination Records Transcription Opportunity

April 27, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Lyndon Baines Johnson takes Presidential Oath of Office aboard Air Force One on November 22, 1963 (courtesy National Archives)President John F. Kennedy was killed on November 22, 1963. Nearly 30 years after his death, Congress enacted the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992. The Act mandated that all assassination-related material be housed in a single collection in the National Archives and Records Administration. [Read more…] about JFK Assassination Records Transcription Opportunity

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Archives, Crime and Justice, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Material Culture, National Archives, Political History

Understanding Wax Seals

April 26, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

the object of history podcastIn the latest episode of the Massachusetts Historical Society podcast The Object of History, Danny Bottino, a Ph.D. candidate at Rutgers University, explains the importance of studying wax seals, objects that accompany but are often overlooked when historians focus on the text of historical documents. [Read more…] about Understanding Wax Seals

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Massachusetts Historical Society, Material Culture, Podcasts

Antiques Appraisal Fair in Bennington April 29th

April 25, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Antiques Appraisal FairThe Bennington Museum has announced an Antiques Appraisal Fair set for Saturday, April 29th from 1 to 4 pm. [Read more…] about Antiques Appraisal Fair in Bennington April 29th

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Bennington Museum, Furniture, Material Culture

Arts and Crafts Movement in America’s Northeast

April 25, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Polychrome linen embroidery by Margaret Christine WhitingArtists and architects in America’s Northeast were significant contributors to the burgeoning Arts and Crafts Movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, producing work that is still keenly studied. [Read more…] about Arts and Crafts Movement in America’s Northeast

Filed Under: Arts, History, New Exhibits Tagged With: Arts and Crafts Movement, Conferences, Furniture, Historic Deerfield, Massachusetts, Material Culture

Saratoga Battlefield Acquires Stolen Surrender Cannon

April 24, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Cannon #102The National Park Service’s Saratoga National Historical Park has accepted a donation of a light six-pound British cannon from the Department of the Army. The park will permanently preserve Cannon #102 as a part of its museum collection. [Read more…] about Saratoga Battlefield Acquires Stolen Surrender Cannon

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: American Revolution, Battle of Saratoga, Crime and Justice, Material Culture, Military History, Museums, Saratoga, Saratoga County, Saratoga National Historical Park, Saratoga Springs, Schuylerville

The Green Mountain Boys & The Evolution of Vermont’s State Flag

March 15, 2023 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Green Mountain Boys flagIf you walk into the Vermont Historical Society’s museum in Montpelier, you’ll a flag hanging from the wall behind the admission desk: the blue and green Green Mountain Boys flag.

It’s a flag that’s been wrapped up with a hefty dose of legend and mythology. [Read more…] about The Green Mountain Boys & The Evolution of Vermont’s State Flag

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: American Revolution, Battle of Bennington, Bennington Museum, Ethan Allen, flags, Folklore, Fort Ticonderoga, Green Mountain Boys, Hoosick, John Stark, Material Culture, Military History, New Hampshire Grants, Rensselaer County, Seth Warner, Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, Walloomsac River

The Mystery of Joseph Brant’s Watch

February 28, 2023 by Dave Waite 1 Comment

Evening journal (Wilmington, Del.), 1888-07-14, [p ] There was a story that had been passed down in the Minthorn family for generations. It told of how an ancestor had hidden her two infants under the roots of a tree to save them during the Revolutionary War attack on Cherry Valley, NY, in 1778. It was said that in her zeal to quiet her children, the youngsters were rendered unconscious, being revived only after the attackers had departed.

While this story is most likely fiction, there is some truth mixed in. [Read more…] about The Mystery of Joseph Brant’s Watch

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: American Revolution, Canada, Cherry Valley, Genealogy, Haudenosaunee, Indigenous History, Iroquois, Jefferson County, Jefferson County Historical Society, Joseph Brant, Loyalism, Mabee Farm Historic Site, Material Culture, Mohawk, Montgomery County, Ontario, Otsego County, Schoharie Valley, watertown, William Johnson

Henry Cabot Lodge’s Bronze Hot Dog

February 27, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Henry Cabot Lodge Bronze Hot Dog (Massachusetts Historical Society)In the mid-20th century, Americans had a great enthusiasm for all manner of keepsakes and mementos cast in bronze. On October 17, 1960, the National Hot Dog Council presented a life-size hot dog cast in bronze on a marble base to Republican vice-presidential candidate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr (1902-1985).

In the blur of events during the hard-fought presidential campaign, Lodge came to mistakenly believe that he had received the unusual gift during a visit to Nathan’s, the famous hot dog emporium in New York City. [Read more…] about Henry Cabot Lodge’s Bronze Hot Dog

Filed Under: Arts, Food, History, New York City Tagged With: Coney Island, Culinary History, John F. Kennedy, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Historical Society, Material Culture, New York City, Political History, Richard Nixon, sculpture

PAFF! Becomes the International Museum of Comic Art

February 19, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

International Museum of Comic ArtPAFF! (Palazzo Arti Fumetto Friuli) in Italy has announced it is becoming the International Museum of Comic Art. This innovative cultural hub based in Pordenone organizes, promotes and hosts national and international temporary exhibitions featuring the great masters of comic art from around the globe. [Read more…] about PAFF! Becomes the International Museum of Comic Art

Filed Under: Arts, History Tagged With: Art History, Material Culture, Museums, Writing

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