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Damien Lewis — Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy

History Camp Discussions, Damien Lewis, Espionage + Spy-Craft, Josephine Baker, Women, WWII (1939–1945)

Nathaniel Parry — Samuel Adams and the Vagabond Henry Tufts

History Camp Discussions, Nathaniel Parry, United States

Malcolm Gaskill — The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World

History Camp Discussions, Malcolm Gaskill, Salem Witch Trials / Witchcraft, US–Massachusetts

Stan Haynes — Roosevelt to Roosevelt: Presidential Nominating Conventions from 1904 to 1944

History Camp Discussions, Franklin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, United States

Robert Matzen — Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe

History Camp Discussions, Europe, Jimmy Stewart, Robert Matzen, WWII (1939–1945)

Robert W. Merry — Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861

History Camp Discussions, United States

Tom McMillan – Our Flag Was Still There: The Star Spangled Banner that Survived the British and 200 Years―And the Armistead Family Who Saved It

History Camp Discussions, George Armistead, Tom McMillan, United States

Andrew Lovato — Santa Fe Hispanic Culture: Preserving Identity in a Tourist Town

History Camp Discussions, Andrew Lovato, Hispanic Culture, United States

Tom Clavin — Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Explorers + Expeditions, Tom Clavin, United States, US Western Frontier / Expansion

Julie Satow — When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Industry, Julie Satow, United States, Women

Lucy Adlington — The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Germany / Nazi, Holocaust, Lucy Adlington, Women, WWII (1939–1945)

Mary Miley Theobald — Death by Petticoat: American History Myths Debunked

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, 1800s, Mary Miley Theobald, Myths + Legends, United States, Women

Margo Burns — The Coercion of False Confessions at the Salem Witchcraft Trials

History Camp Boston 2024, 1600s, Margo Burns, Salem Witch Trials / Witchcraft, US–Massachusetts

Mary Adams & Albert Mattin — How John Batchelder Molded the Story of the Battle of Gettysburg

History Camp Boston 2024, 1800s, Albert Mattin, Gettysburg, Mary Adams, US Civil War (1861–1865), US–Pennsylvania

Ben Powers — A Connecticut Yankee in Uncle Sam’s Army

History Camp Boston 2024, 1900s, Ben Powers, United States Army, US— Connecticut, WWII (1939–1945)

Robert J. Allison — 1774: The Year the Revolution Began

History Camp Boston 2024, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Rebellion + Riots, Robert J. Allison, US–Massachusetts

J.L. Bell — Beyond the Thirteen: The American Colonies That Stayed with Britain

History Camp Boston 2024

Alexander R. Cain — Civilians Trapped Behind the Lines During the Siege of Boston

History Camp Boston 2024

Mel Bloom — 1942: The Year Women Joined The Military

History Camp Boston 2024

Steve Call — Selling Air Power: How Popular Culture was Used to Promote Land-Based Air Power, 1903-1965

History Camp Boston 2024

Will Melton — Captain Slarrow, Major Montague, and the 1774 North Leverett Sawmill

History Camp Boston 2024

Barbara Silberman — Opium: The Business of Addiction

History Camp Boston 2024

John Cass & Scott Nadler — Using “Neighbor History” to Fill Gaps and Solve Mysteries

History Camp Boston 2024

Lee Wright, J.L. Bell and Scott Nadler — The Pursuit of History: Past, Present, and Future

History Camp Boston 2024

Lori Rogers-Stokes, PhD — Why Do We Still Learn about Anne Hutchinson?

History Camp Boston 2024

Rebecca Simon — Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever

History Camp Boston 2024

Ken Liss — Two Avid Readers and the Books They Read in 1850s Brookline

History Camp Boston 2024

Alison Simcox & Douglas Heath — Water Wheels and Water Wars on Spot Pond Brook

History Camp Boston 2024

Jane Sancinito, PhD — The Reputation of the Roman Merchant

History Camp Boston 2024

Chris Hall — The Great Bengal Famine of 1770 and the Boston Tea Party

History Camp Boston 2024

George J. Veith, PhD — The Fall of South Vietnam: How Hanoi’s Final Military Campaign Won the War, March-April 1975

History Camp Boston 2024

Wheeler Bryan, Jr. — The Debatable Lands—the History of Georgia 1733–1750

History Camp Boston 2024

Thomas J. Carey, Jr., JD, LLM — The Cocoanut Grove Fire and the Law of Manslaughter

History Camp Boston 2024

Patricia A. Buttaro, JD — The Chocolate Girl and Drinking Chocolate in the 18th Century

History Camp Boston 2024

Richard O. Tucker, MMH — The British Are Here

History Camp Boston 2024

Elizabeth Matelski, PhD, and Abby Battis, ALM — Slavery’s Legacy in a New England Town

History Camp Boston 2024

Brad Austin, PhD, and Donna A. Seger, PhD — Salem History Without Witches

History Camp Boston 2024

Ellen Stine Miller & Susan Garret Wetzel — Researching Revolutionary War Patriots: The Challenge, the Results, and Tips Based on Our Project in Hingham

History Camp Boston 2024

Jennifer C. Klein & Bert Klein — Pups of Liberty: Animating the Revolution

History Camp Boston 2024

Dale Magee, MD — Nineteenth Century Medicine: Discovery, Denial & the Death of President Garfield

History Camp Boston 2024

Michele Gabrielson, MA Ed — Mercy Otis Warren and the Writings of a Revolutionary: American Calliope

History Camp Boston 2024

Deborah Harty Stein, PhD — How an Unsung Hero Reshaped the Fine Arts in Boston

History Camp Boston 2024

Justin Taylan — Discovery in New Guinea of the P-38 “Marge,” the fighter plane flown by America’s highest scoring ace, Richard I. Bong

History Camp Boston 2024

Sarah Morgan — Top Secret Recipes of the Manhattan Project

History Camp Boston 2024

Pamela D. Toler, PhD — The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany: The Dragon From Chicago

History Camp Boston 2024, Pamela D. Toler PhD

Justice Dennis J. Curran — The True Story Behind the Lincoln Assassination: The Nest That Hatched Evil

History Camp Boston 2024, Honorable Dennis J. Curran

Dr. Samuel A. Forman — The Spanish Empire and Emerging United States in North America

History Camp Boston 2024, Dr. Sam Forman

Scott Nadler — Santa Fe, NM: A Window into the History of the West

History Camp Boston 2024, Scott Nadler

Laura Rocklyn, MFA — Maria Weston Chapman: Yours in the Cause

History Camp Boston 2024, Laura Rocklyn MFA

Jeff Denman, MA — John Quincy Adams, Reluctant Abolitionist

History Camp Boston 2024, Jeff Denman MA

Kyle Jenks — James Madison and the War of 1812: “Should we fight Great Britain—or Great Britain and France?”

History Camp Boston 2024, Kyle Jenks

Kiersten Marcil — How American Rebels Blocked British Control of the Hudson River: Iron in the Water

History Camp Boston 2024, Kiersten Marcil

Samantha Garrity, MEd, MSc — General Washington’s Spymaster: Major Benjamin Tallmadge

History Camp Boston 2024, Samantha Garrity MEd

Marilynne K. Roach — Genealogical Lessons from the 1692 Salem Witch Trials

History Camp Boston 2024, Marilynne K. Roach

Abby Chandler, PhD — Garden History and L.M. Montgomery: “All the Flowers I Want”

History Camp Boston 2024, Abby Chandler PhD

Andy Volpe — Exploring the Klein Collection of Prints: Morals and Morality

History Camp Boston 2024, Andy Volpe

Stuart R. Christie — Civil War Letters to Dedham from the Lathrop Brothers

History Camp Boston 2024, Stuart Christie

Sarah Keyes — American Burial Ground: A New History of the Overland Trail

History Camp Discussions, American Burial Ground, Sarah Keyes, United States

Tina Cassidy — Mr. President, How Long Must We Wait: Alice Paul, Woodrow Wilson, and the Fight for the Right to Vote

History Camp Discussions, United States

Jonathan W. White — “Shipwrecked” and “My Day With Abe Lincoln”

History Camp Discussions, Jonathan W White, United States

Dan Gifford, PhD — The Last Voyage of the Whaling Bark Progress

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Dan Gifford, Industry, Maritime History, United States

Pamela D. Toler — The Dragon From Chicago – The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany

History Camp Discussions, Pamela Toler, United States

Marion Gibson — Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

History Camp Discussions, United States, Witch Trials, Witchcraft

John L. Smith, Jr. — The Unexpected Abigail Adams: A Woman “Not Apt to be Intimidated”

History Camp Discussions, Abigail Adams, John L. Smith Jr., United States

William R. Hogan — Task Force Hogan

History Camp Discussions, United States, William Hogan, WWII (1939–1945)

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John Reeves — Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant

History Camp Discussions, John Reeves, Ulysses S. Grant, United States

Tom Clavin — Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Tom Clavin, United States

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Ilyon Woo — Master Slave Husband Wife

History Camp Discussions, Ilyon Woo, United States

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Michael Paradis — The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower

History Camp Discussions, Dwight Eisenhower, Michel Paradis, United States

Michael Burlingame — The Black Man’s President: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and the Pursuit of Racial Equality

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, African Americans, Michael Burlingame, Slavery and Abolitionists, United States, US Presidents

Edward O’Keefe — The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created A President

History Camp Discussions, Edward O'Keefe, Theodore Roosevelt, United States

Jerry Enzler — Jim Bridger: Trailblazer of the American West

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Jerry Enzler, United States, US Western Frontier / Expansion

Donald L. Miller — Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

History Camp Discussions, Donald Miller, United States

Alexander R. Cain, JD — Lexington in the First Year of the Revolutionary War

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, Alexander R. Cain JD, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Battles, Continental Army, Military History, United States, US–Massachusetts

Stephen L. Kling Jr. — The American Revolutionary War in the West

History Camp Discussions, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Stephen Kling, United States

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Charles Fishman — Apollo 11 Moon Landing

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Charles Fishman, Explorers + Expeditions, Space, United States

Jonathan Eig — King: A Life

History Camp Discussions, United States

Robert L. O’Connell – Team America: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged

History Camp Discussions, Robert L. O’Connell, United States, US Presidents, WWI (1914–1918), WWII (1939–1945)

Jeffrey Rosen — The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America

History Camp Discussions, Jeffrey Rosen, United States

Michael C. Harris — Germantown: A Military History of the Battle for Philadelphia, October 4, 1777

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Michael C. Harris, Military History, United States, US–Pennsylvania

Brian W. Lavery — The Luckiest Thirteen: A True Story of a Battle for Survival in the North Atlantic

History Camp Discussions, Brian W. Lavery, United States

David W. Blight, PhD — Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, African Americans, David W. Blight PhD, Slavery and Abolitionists, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865)

Nick Tabor — Africatown: America’s Last Slave Ship and the Community it Created

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, African Americans, Africatown (Alabama), Nick Tabor, Slavery and Abolitionists, Social History, United States, US—Alabama

Edward T. O’Donnell, PhD — The Gilded Age

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, 1900s, Edward T. O’Donnell PhD, Gilded Age, United States

Grace Elizabeth Hale — In the Pines: A Lynching, a Lie, a Reckoning

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Crime, Grace Elizabeth Hale, Race / Racism, United States, US–Mississippi

Maurice Isserman, PhD — The Winter Army: The WWII Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Europe, Germany, Italy, Maurice Isserman PhD, Military History, United States, WWII (1939–1945)

Elizabeth Varon — Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Confederate Army, Elizabeth Varon, James Longstreet, Military History, Race / Racism, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865), US–Louisiana

Ted Widmer, PhD — Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Ted Widmer PhD, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865), US Presidents

Fergus M. Bordewich — Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Fergus M. Bordewich, KKK—Kl Klux Klan, Ulysses S. Grant, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865), US Presidents, US Reconstruction Era (1865–1877)

Chris Dubbs — An Unladylike Profession: American Women War Correspondents in World War I

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Journalism and Media, Military History, United States, Women, WWI (1914–1918)

Joyce Lee Malcolm — The Times That Try Men’s Souls: The Adams, the Quincys, and the Battle for Loyalty in the American Revolution

History Camp Discussions, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), John Adams, United States

Anthony Richards — The True Story of the Christmas Truce: British and German Eyewitness Accounts from World War I

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Anthony Richards, Europe, Germany, Military History, United Kingdom + Britain, WWI (1914–1918)

H. W. Brands — Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics

History Camp Discussions, United States

Craig Nelson — Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Craig Nelson, Military History, United States, US–Hawaii, WWII (1939–1945)

Timothy B. Smith — The Iron Dice of Battle: Albert Sidney Johnston and the Civil War in the West

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Albert Sidney Johnston, Confederate Army, Military History, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, Timothy B. Smith, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865), US Western Frontier / Expansion

Ricardo A. Herrera, PhD — Feeding Washington’s Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Army Forage, Continental Army, George Washington, Military History, Ricardo A. Herrera, US–Pennsylvania, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Abby Chandler — Seized with the Temper of the Times: Identity and Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary America

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, Abby Chandler PhD, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), United States

John Avlon — Lincoln and the Fight for Peace

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, John Avlon, Slavery and Abolitionists, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865), US Presidents

Katherine Howe — Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, Anderson Cooper, Astor Family, Gilded Age, Katherine Howe, RMS Titanic, United States

Nancy K. Bristow, PhD — American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Medicine and Epidemics, Nancy K. Bristow PhD, United States, World, WWI (1914–1918)

Brooke Barbier — King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Boston, Brooke Barbier, John Hancock, United States, US Founding Fathers, US–Massachusetts

Caroline Janney — Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Caroline Janney, Military History, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865)

Tom Hand — An American Triumph: America’s Founding Era through the Lives of Ben Franklin, George Washington, and John Adams

History Camp Discussions, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Tom Hand, United States

Joshua Zeitz – Lincoln’s God: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865), US Presidents

The Devils Will Get No Rest

James B. Conroy, JD – The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, James B. Conroy JD, United Kingdom + Britain, United States, WWII (1939–1945)

Douglas Miller – The Greatest Escape: A True Civil War Adventure

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865)

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Holger Afflerbach – On a Knife Edge: How Germany Lost the First World War

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Germany, WWI (1914–1918)

Remembering John Adams

Marianne Holdzkom – Remembering John Adams: The Second President in History, Memory and Popular Culture

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, 1800s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), United States, US Founding Fathers, US Presidents

Jeff Howry — Interpreting Historic Landscapes—the Stone Walls of our Agricultural Heritage

History Camp Boston 2023, 1700s, 1800s, Jeff Howry, United States

Alyssa G. A. Conary — In Distemper She Died: The Victims of Boston’s Witch Trials

History Camp Boston 2023, 1600s, Alyssa G. A. Conary, Salem Witch Trials / Witchcraft, United States, US–Massachusetts

Judy Cataldo — Illuminating Our Patriots: A Program to Engage Your Community in its Revolutionary War History

History Camp Boston 2023, 1700s, 1800s, Judy Cataldo, United States, Women

Salina Baker — General Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution

History Camp Boston 2023, United States

Tricia Peone — Exploring New England’s Hidden Histories

History Camp Boston 2023, Tricia Peone, United States, US-New England

Larry Stuart — Drawing on History: How to use graphic design to connect your organization to your audience

History Camp Boston 2023, Arts, Larry Stuart, United States

Stacey L. Ferguson — Understanding and Honoring America’s First Veterans: The Camden Burials

History Camp Boston 2023, United States

Patricia A. Buttaro — Colonial Tea Talk & Tasting

History Camp Boston 2023, 1700s, Boston Tea Party, Patricia Buttaro, United States, US-New England

Laura Rocklyn — The Adventures of Louisa Catherine Adams

History Camp Boston 2023, Laura Rocklyn, Louisa Catherine Adams, United States

Andy Volpe — The Klein Collection and Highlights of the Museum of Printing

History Camp Boston 2023, Andy Volpe, United States

Tom Hand — America’s First Century and Why It Matters

History Camp Boston 2023, Tom Hand, United States

Kathleen Langone — Amalia Kussner, Amazing And Daring Artist of the Gilded Age

History Camp Boston 2023, Gilded Age, Kathleen Langone, United States

Gerald Holland — 1775 Virginia—The Collapse of Royal Government, the Seizure of a Press, and the Lexington of the South

History Camp Boston 2023, 1700s, Gerald Holland, United States, US–Virginia

Abby Chandler — “Curs’d Prudence and Designing Politicians”: The Stamp Act Crisis in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and North Carolina

History Camp Boston 2023, 1700s, Abby Chandler PhD, United States, US–Massachusetts

Lori Rogers-Stokes — Abigail, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Esther: Nipmuc Women In and Out of the Congregational Church in Hassanamesit/Grafton

History Camp Boston 2023, 1700s, Lori Rogers-Stokes PhD, United States, US-New England

Tom McMillan — Our Flag Was Still There: The story of the original Star-Spangled Banner

History Camp Boston 2023, 1800s, George Armistead, Tom McMillan, United States

Christopher S. Davis — The Boston Tea Party: Separating Myth from Reality after 250 Years

History Camp Boston 2023, 1700s, Boston Tea Party, Christopher Davis, United States

Sandy Spector — Creating Tactile and Emotional Connections to Make History Relevant

History Camp Boston 2023, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Martha Washington, Sandy Spector, United States

Sarah Morgan — Cooking with the Suffragettes: The Battle for the 19th Amendment

History Camp Boston 2023, 19th Amendment, Sarah Morgan, United States, Womens’ Suffrage

Jeremy Bell — Ben Franklin’s ‘Mystery of the Hutchinson Letters’

History Camp Boston 2023, 1700s, Benjamin Franklin, Jeremy Bell, United States

William Matthews — Colonial New York: Land of the Patroon and The Longhouse, 1666–1754

History Camp Boston 2023, 1600s, 1700s, United States, US–New York, William Matthews

John Cass — Finding Your Family Through Neighbor History

History Camp Boston 2023, John Cass, United States

Jan Drake — Remember me to all the friends, Civil War Letters

History Camp Boston 2023, 1800s, Jan Drake, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865), US–Massachusetts

Ceilidh E. Burdick — Women in the Viking Age: Gender and Power in Ancient Scandinavia

History Camp Boston 2023, Ceilidh Burdick, United States, Vikings

Margo Burns — Where Have the Salem Witchcraft Documents Been Since 1692? A Story of Fascination and Preservation

History Camp Boston 2023, 1600s, Margo Burns, Salem Witch Trials / Witchcraft, United States

Quinn R. Stuart — The Sea Witch: Telling the Stories of USS Salem

History Camp Boston 2023, 1900s, Quinn Stuart, United States, US Navy, USS Salem

Thomas J. Carey, Jr — The Sacco and Vanzetti Case: An Enduring Lesson

History Camp Boston 2023, Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Nicola Sacco, Thomas Carey Jr., United States, US–Massachusetts

Kiersten Marcil — The Peasant Prince in America: Thaddeus Kosciuszko

History Camp Boston 2023, 1700s, Kiersten Marcil, Thaddeus Kosciuszko, United States

Gerald Holland — The Legacy of James Otis

History Camp Boston 2023, 1700s, Gerald Holland, James Otis Jr., United States

Mark Szymcik — The First American Revolution: Western Mass before Lexington & Concord

History Camp Boston 2023, Mark Szymcik, United States, US–Massachusetts

Carl Hanson — Teaching Social Studies Through a Literary Lens

History Camp Boston 2023, Carl Hanson, United States

Marjorie Hilton — Tales of Traded Materials in the Ancient Near East

History Camp Boston 2023, Marjorie Hilton, Tutankhamun, United States

Marilynne K. Roach — Suburbs of Hell: Jail Conditions During the 1692 Salem Witch Trials

History Camp Boston 2023, 1600s, Marilynne K. Roach, Salem Witch Trials / Witchcraft, United States

Sean Osborne — Quock Walker’s Journey from Enslavement to Employment to the Abolition of Slavery in Massachusetts

History Camp Boston 2023, Quock Walker, Sean Osborne, United States, US–Massachusetts

Gavin Kleespies — Our Favorite Things—A look at the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society through the favorite objects of the staff

History Camp Boston 2023, Gavin Kleespies, United States, US–Massachusetts

Janet Parnes — Meet the First Female Cabinet Secretary: Frances Perkins’ Rocky Road to Washington

History Camp Boston 2023, 1900s, Frances Perkins, Janet Parnes, United States

Catherine Musemeche — Mary Sears and the Race to Solve the Ocean in World War II

History Camp Boston 2023, Catherine Musemeche, Mary Sears, United States, US Navy, WWII (1939–1945)

J. L. Bell — William Dawes, Before and After His Ride

History Camp Boston 2023, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), J. L. Bell, Lexington and Concord, United States, US-New England, US–Massachusetts

Robert J. Allison — 1773: What Else Happened Besides the Tea Party?

History Camp Boston 2023, 1700s, Boston, Robert J. Allison, United States, US–Massachusetts

Fergus Bordewich – The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government

History Camp Discussions, United States

Cassandra A. Good – First Family: George Washington’s Heirs and the Making of America

History Camp Discussions, United States

Joanne Paul – The House of Dudley: A New History of the Tudor Era

History Camp Discussions, Joanne Paul, United States

Mark Lender — Cabal! The Plot Against General Washington

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, Continental Army, Espionage + Spy-Craft, George Washington, Military History, United States, US–Pennsylvania, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Craig Chapman— Disaster on the Spanish Main

Craig Chapman— Disaster on the Spanish Main: The Tragic British-American Expedition to the West Indies during the War of Jenkins’ Ear

History Camp Discussions, Craig Chapman, Explorers + Expeditions, Military History, War of Jenkins' Ear, West Indies

Patricia Posner – The Pharmacist of Auschwitz

Patricia Posner — The Pharmacist of Auschwitz: The Untold Story

History Camp Discussions, Adolf Hitler, Germany / Nazi, Holocaust, Patricia Posner

Friederike Baer – Hessians

Friederike Baer— Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War

History Camp Discussions, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Friederike Baer, Germany, Hessian Soldiers

Charles Glass— Soldiers Don't Go Mad

Charles Glass— Soldiers Don’t Go Mad: A Story of Brotherhood, Poetry, and Mental Illness During the First World War

History Camp Discussions, Charles Glass, Mental Health, PTSD, WWI (1914–1918)

Ryan Walters – The Jazz Age President

Ryan Walters — The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding

History Camp Discussions, Politics, Ryan Walters, US Presidents, Warren G. Harding

Frances M. Clarke & Rebecca Jo Plant – Of Age

Frances M. Clarke & Rebecca Jo Plant — Of Age: Boy Soldiers and Military Power in the Civil War Era

History Camp Discussions, Frances M. Clarke, Military History, Rebecca Jo Plant, US Civil War (1861–1865)

Alexander Rose – The Lion and the Fox

Alexander Rose — The Lion and the Fox: Two Rival Spies and the Secret Plot to Build a Confederate Navy

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Alexander Rose, Espionage + Spy-Craft, US Civil War (1861–1865)

Thomas E. Ricks – First Principles

Thomas E. Ricks — First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country

History Camp Discussions, George Washington, James Madison, John Adams, Philosophy, Thomas E. Ricks, Thomas Jefferson, US Founding Fathers

Fred Anderson— The War That Made America

Fred Anderson — The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War

History Camp Discussions, Fred Anderson, French and Indian War (1754-1763)

Kevin Gutzman— Jeffersonians

Kevin R. C. Gutzman — The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, James Madison, James Monroe, Kevin R. C. Gutzman, Politics, Thomas Jefferson

Frederick C. Leiner— Prisoners of the Bashaw

Frederick C. Leiner — Prisoners of the Bashaw: The Nineteen-Month Captivity of American Sailors in Tripoli, 1803-1805

History Camp Discussions, Frederick Leiner, Hostage Crisis, Pirates + Privateers, Tripoli, US Navy, USS Philadelphia

Thomas Ricks - Waging a Good War

Thomas E. Ricks — Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968

History Camp Discussions, Civil Rights Movement, Democracy, Martin Luther King Jr., Military History, Thomas E. Ricks

Christopher Gorham - The Confidant

Christopher C. Gorham — The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America

History Camp Discussions, Anna Rosenberg, Christopher C. Gorham, Military History, Women, WWII (1939–1945)

Rebecca Boggs Roberts-Untold Power

Rebecca Boggs Roberts — Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson

History Camp Discussions, Edith Wilson, Politics, Rebecca Boggs Roberts, US First Ladies, Women

Elizabeth Leonard-Benjamin Franklin Butler

Elizabeth D. Leonard — Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life

History Camp Discussions, Benjamin Franklin Butler, Elizabeth D. Leonard, Military History, US Civil War (1861–1865), US Reconstruction Era (1865–1877)

Rebecca Simon - Why We Love Pirates

Rebecca Simon, PhD — Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever

History Camp Discussions, Captain Kidd, Pirates + Privateers, Rebecca Simon PhD

Catherine Musemeche - Lethal Tides

Catherine Musemeche — Lethal Tides: Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win World War II

History Camp Discussions, Catherine Musemeche, Mary Sears, Oceanography, US Navy, Women, WWII (1939–1945)

David Maraniss - Path Lit by Lightning

David Maraniss — Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe

History Camp Discussions, David Maraniss, Jim Thorpe, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, Olympics, Race / Racism

Edward Shawcross-Last Emperor of Mexico

Edward Shawcross — The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World

History Camp Discussions, Edward Shawcross, Mexican Republic, Mexico, Napoleon III, Paris

Bob Brier - Tutankhamun

Bob Brier — Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World

History Camp Discussions, Archaeology, Bob Brier, Egypt, Tutankhamun

Stacy Schiff - The Revolutionary

Stacy Schiff — The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

History Camp Discussions, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Samuel Adams, Stacy Schiff, US Founding Fathers

Greg Steinmetz - American Rascal

Greg Steinmetz— American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street’s Biggest Fortune

History Camp Discussions, Business, Greg Steinmetz, Jay Gould, Wall Street

History Camp Discussion with Neil Lanctot, author of "The Approaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams and Their Clash Over America's Future"

Neil Lanctot — The Approaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams and Their Clash Over America’s Future

History Camp Discussions, Jane Addams, Neil Lanctot, Theodore Roosevelt, US Presidents, Woodrow Wilson

History Camp Discussion with Julie Winch, author of "A Gentleman of Color: The Life of James Forten"

Julie Winch — A Gentleman of Color: The Life of James Forten

History Camp Discussions, African Americans, James Forten, Julie Winch, Slavery and Abolitionists

Julie Flavell, "The Howe Dynasty: The Untold Story of a Military Family and the Women Behind Britain’s Wars for America"

Julie Flavell — The Howe Dynasty: The Untold Story of a Military Family and the Women Behind Britain’s Wars for America

History Camp Discussions, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Julie Flavell, United Kingdom + Britain

History Camp Discussion with Steve Kemper, author of "Our Man In Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor"

Steve Kemper — Our Man in Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor

History Camp Discussions, Asia, Japan, Joseph C. Grew, Pearl Harbor (1941), Steve Kemper, WWII (1939–1945)

Rinker Buck, author of "Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure"

Rinker Buck — Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Rinker Buck, US Western Frontier / Expansion, US–Mississippi

History Camp Discussion with James Conroy, author of "Lincoln's White House: The People's House in Wartime"

James B. Conroy, JD — Lincoln’s White House: The People’s House in Wartime

History Camp Discussions, Abraham Lincoln, James B. Conroy JD, The White House, US Presidents

Debbie Sheme — Midday Yoga Stretch

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, Debbie Sheme

Debbie Sheme & Stephanie Kite — Yoga from the Ximenez-Fatio House

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, Debbie Sheme, Stephanie Kite

Lee Wright & Carrie Lund — Wrap-up

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, Carrie Lund, Lee Wright

Lee Wright & Carrie Lund — Welcome

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, Carrie Lund, Lee Wright

Peter Feinman & Alan Hoffman — The Marquis de Lafayette Bicentennial (2024-2025)

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, 1700s, 1800s, Alan Hoffman, Marquis de La Fayette, Military History, Peter Feinman

Gary Gregory — Printing in Boston in the 1760s and 1770s and its Critical Role in the Revolution

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, 1700s, Gary Gregory, Journalism and Media

Stephanie Cohen & Nate Johnson — Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site — Historic Site Tour

History Camp America 2022, 1800s, Historic Sites + Homes, Nate Johnson, Stephanie Cohen

Carlos Almodovar — San Juan National Historic Site — Historic Site Tour

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, 1700s, Carlos Almodovar, Historic Sites + Homes, US—Puerto Rico

Henry Wilkinson — Benjamin Franklin House — Historic Site Tour

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, 1700s, Henry Wilkinson, Historic Sites + Homes, London, United Kingdom + Britain, US Founding Fathers

Elliott Fabrizio — USS Constitution — Historic Site Tour

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, 1700s, Elliott Fabrizio Chief Petty Officer (SW/AW), Historic Sites + Homes, Maritime History, Military History, US Navy

Karen Duvalle — USS Cobia at Wisconsin Maritime Museum — Historic Site Tour

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, 1900s, Historic Sites + Homes, Karen Duvalle, Maritime History, Military History

Meighan Maguire & Carlos Ortega — Rancho Los Cerritos — Historic Site Tour

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, Carlos Ortega, Historic Sites + Homes, Meighan Maguire

John Phillips & Milo Root — Bannack State Park Ghost Town — Historic Site Tour

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, 1800s, Historic Sites + Homes, John Phillips, Milo Root, US Western Frontier / Expansion, US–Montana

Tom Hand — Americana Corner

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, Tom Hand

Julie LaFollette — Heritage Letter

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, Julie LaFollette

Howard & Jess Dorre — Plodding Through the Presidents

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, Howard Dorre, Jess Dorre, US Founding Fathers, US Presidents

Lance Geiger, The History Guy — Sergeant Reckless

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, 1900s, Lance Geiger; The History Guy, Military History

Albert Zambone — Historically Thinking

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, Albert Louis Zambone, Education, Social History

Sarah Morgan — Meatloaf with Pat Nixon — Chef Session

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, Food History + Cuisine, Sarah Morgan

Joyce White — Lydia Child’s Cup Cake, A c.1832 Recipe — Chef Session

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, Food History + Cuisine, Joyce White

Don Hagist — Why British Men became British Soldiers

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Don N. Hagist, Military History

Robert Booth — Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts: Salt Cod, A Female Entrepreneur, the Gilded Age, and More

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, 1900s, Business, Gilded Age, Maritime History, Robert Booth, US–Massachusetts, Women

J.L. Bell — Looking for the Shot Heard ’Round the World 🔒

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), J. L. Bell, Lexington and Concord

Patrick Gabridge — Bringing Historic Sites to Life through Site-Specific Theatre

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, Patrick Gabridge

Alex Cain—“I Screamed with All My Might” — Civilians Trapped Behind the Lines During the Siege of Boston

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, Alexander R. Cain JD, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783)

Laura A. Macaluso — George Washington’s Mount Vernon

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, George Washington, Laura A. Macaluso PhD

Thomas Richardson — Reconstructing World War II and Korean War Service Records

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, History Camp Boston 2014, Thomas Richardson, WWII (1939–1945)

Eric Williams — Hester, December 10th, 1811: Enslaved in Delaware, Indentured in Pennsylvania

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, Eric Williams, Slavery and Abolitionists

George Koukeas — Collaboration at Castle Itter: When German and American troops joined forces

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, George Koukeas, WWII (1939–1945)

Roberta DeCenzo — The Last Civilian Royal Governors of Massachusetts

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Roberta DeCenzo

Melinda M. Dart — Untold Stories of a Filipino Navy Steward and His Comrades as they Served Presidents Hoover, FDR, Truman & Eisenhower

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, 1900s, Melinda M. Dart, Philippines, US Navy, US Presidents, WWII (1939–1945)

Honorable Dennis J. Curran — The Disappearance of Dr. Parkman: Blood & Ivy at the Harvard Medical School

History Camp Boston 2022, 1800s, Crime, Honorable Dennis J. Curran, Legal and Courts, United States, US–Massachusetts

Katie Turner Getty — The Bloody Battle of Bunker Hill… or Was it Breed’s?

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Katie Turner Getty

Matt Borders & Patrick McGuire — History, Social Media & You

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, Education, Matt Borders, Patrick McGuire, Social History

Baillie Bryan — Popular Culture and World War II Propaganda

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, 1900s, Baillie Bryan, Social History, WWII (1939–1945)

Robert Skead — Amazing Feats of Creativity During the American Revolution

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Military History, Robert Skead

Meika Downey — John Marshall at Home: What Made the Man Who Made the Supreme Court?

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, 1800s, John Marshall, Meika Downey, Supreme Court

Markie Repp — The Navajo Code Talkers and the American Victory in World War II

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, 1900s, Military History, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, WWII (1939–1945)

Lori Rogers-Stokes — Parallel Universe: Puritans in Woodland New England

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, 1600s, Lori Rogers-Stokes PhD, Puritans + Pilgrims, US–Massachusetts

Scott Nadler — Red, White, Blue and Green: America’s environment through the lens of history

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, Environment, Scott Nadler

Jared Bruening — Why Study the Civil War? Some reasons peak student interest

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, 1800s, Jared Bruening, Military History, US Civil War (1861–1865)

Julie Montagu, the American Viscountess — Life in Historic Houses and Castles in the 21st century (as an American)

History Camp America, History Camp America 2022, 1800s, 1900s, Historic Sites + Homes, Julie Montagu, United Kingdom + Britain

History Camp Discussion with Lydia Moland, author of "Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life"

Lydia Moland — Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life

History Camp Discussions, Lydia Maria Child, Lydia Moland, Slavery and Abolitionists, Women

History Camp Discussion with Christian McBurney, author of "Dark Voyage : An American Privateer's War on Britain's African Slave Trade"

Christian McBurney — Dark Voyage: An American Privateer’s War on Britain’s African Slave Trade

History Camp Discussions, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Christian McBurney, Pirates + Privateers, Slavery and Abolitionists, United Kingdom + Britain

History Camp Discussion with Steve Knott, author of "Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy"

Dr. Stephen F. Knott — Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy

History Camp Discussions, John F. Kennedy (JFK), Stephen F. Knott, US Presidents

History Camp Discussion with Benjamin Carter Hett, author of "The Death of Democracy: Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic"

Benjamin Carter Hett — The Death of Democracy: Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic

History Camp Discussions, Adolf Hitler, Benjamin Carter Hett, Democracy, Germany, Germany / Nazi, Germany / Weimar Republic

History Camp Discussion with Nicholas Reynolds, author of "Need to Know: World War II and the Rise of American Intelligence""

Nicholas Reynolds — Need to Know: World War II and the Rise of American Intelligence

History Camp Discussions, Nicholas Reynolds, US American Intelligence Agencies / CIA, WWII (1939–1945)

History Camp Discussion with Joan DeJean - Mutinous Women

Joan DeJean — Mutinous Women: How French Convicts Became Founding Mothers of the Gulf Coast

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, 1800s, France, Joan DeJean, United States, Women

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Olivier Zunz —The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, France, Olivier Zunz, Post-American Revolutionary War / Founding (>1783), United States

History Camp Discussion with Damien Lewis - Churchill's Great Escapes

Damien Lewis — Churchill’s Great Escapes: Seven Incredible Escapes Made by WWII Heroes

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Canada, Damien Lewis, Europe, Military History, United Kingdom + Britain, WWII (1939–1945)

History Camp Discussion with Kenneth Whyte-Hoover

Kenneth Whyte — Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Kenneth Whyte, United States, US Great Depression (1929–1933), US Presidents, US–Iowa

History Camp Discussion with Richard Bell - Stolen

Richard Bell — Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Race / Racism, Richard Bell, Slavery and Abolitionists, United States

Mike Troy, Jake Sconyers, J. L. Bell, and Larisa Moran — Using New Media to Present History

History Camp Boston 2022, 2000s, J. L. Bell, Jake Sconyers, Larisa Moran, Mike Troy, Technology, United States

Eric Peterson — Battle of the Steam Titans: Leavitt vs. Reynolds

History Camp Boston 2022, 1800s, 1900s, Engineering + Technology, Eric Peterson, Industry, Inventors, United States

Lori Rogers-Stokes, PhD — The Puritans and the Parallel Universe of New England

History Camp Boston 2022, 1600s, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Lori Rogers-Stokes PhD, Puritans + Pilgrims, United States, US-New England

Marilynne Roach — “Thrown into pits”: How were the bodies of the nineteen hanged Salem “witches” really treated

History Camp Boston 2022, 1600s, Marilynne K. Roach, Salem Witch Trials / Witchcraft, United States, US–Massachusetts, Women

Steve Butz, PhD — Shays’ Settlement in Vermont

History Camp Boston 2022, 1700s, Military History, Post-American Revolutionary War / Founding (>1783), Steve Butz, United States, US–Massachusetts, US–Vermont

Nancy Rubin Stuart — Poor Richard’s Women: Deborah Read Franklin and the Other Women Behind the Founding Father

History Camp Boston 2022, 1700s, Nancy Rubin Stuart, United States, US Founding Fathers, US–Pennsylvania, Women

Scott Kirsner and Robert Krim — 400 Years of Innovation in 45 Minutes

History Camp Boston 2022, 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, 2000s, Industry, Inventors, Robert Krim, Scott Kirsner, United States

Salina B. Baker — General Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution

History Camp Boston 2022, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Military History, Salina B. Baker, United States

Margo Burns — The Capital Crime of Witchcraft: What the Primary Sources Tell Us

History Camp Boston 2022, 1600s, Margo Burns, Salem Witch Trials / Witchcraft, United States, US-New England, US–Massachusetts

Judy Cataldo — The Bloody Flux of 1775, Looking at the Little Picture

History Camp Boston 2022, 1700s, Judy Cataldo, Medicine and Epidemics, United States, US–Massachusetts

Mary Adams — Gamifying History: Roleplaying the Revolution

History Camp Boston 2022, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Education, Games + Trivia, Mary Adams, United States, US–New Hampshire

Mark Szymcik — Abraham Lincoln’s Struggle with Divine Providence

History Camp Boston 2022, 1800s, Mark Szymcik, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865), US Presidents

J. L. Bell — Digging and Debunking: Using Online Tools to Investigate the Myths of American History

History Camp Boston 2022, 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, J. L. Bell, Libraries Archives + Museums (LAMs), Myths + Legends, United States

Giovanni Alabiso — Salem’s Great Age of Sail

History Camp Boston 2022, 1700s, 1800s, Giovanni Alabiso, Maritime History, United States, US–Massachusetts

Lee Wright — Welcome to History Camp Boston 2022

History Camp Boston 2022, United States

Rachel Christ-Doane — The Untold Story of Dorothy Good: A Tragic Life After the Salem Witch Trials

History Camp Boston 2022, 1600s, Rachel Christ-Doane, Salem Witch Trials / Witchcraft, United States, US–Massachusetts, Women

Samantha Garrity — Armed Young Women of the Dutch Resistance: Hannie Schaft and Truus and Freddie Oversteegen

History Camp Boston 2022, 1900s, Europe, Netherlands, Samantha Garrity MEd, WWII (1939–1945)

Roxanne Reddington-Wilde, PhD — Yours at Power: Knowing One’s Place in the Early Modern Scottish Highlands (16th-18th C.)

History Camp Boston 2022, 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, Roxanne Reddington-Wilde PhD, Scotland, Social History

David Dalrymple — Captain Patrick Ferguson’s Experimental Corps of Riflemen

History Camp Boston 2022, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), David Dalrymple, Military History, United States, US–New Jersey, US–Pennsylvania

Roberta DeCenzo — The Last Civilian Royal Governors of Colonial Massachusetts

History Camp Boston 2022, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Roberta DeCenzo, United Kingdom + Britain, United States, US–Massachusetts

Robert Allison and Julia Mize — Evacuation Day and Dorchester Heights

History Camp Boston 2022, 1700s, 1800s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Historic Sites + Homes, United States

Andy Volpe — Re-Engraving Paul Revere: The Boston Massacre

History Camp Boston 2022, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Andy Volpe, Journalism and Media, United States, US Founding Fathers, US–Massachusetts

Alexander Cain — The April 19 21, 1775 Evacuations of Middlesex and Essex Counties

History Camp Boston 2022, 1700s, 1800s, Alexander R. Cain JD, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Historic Sites + Homes, United States

Dr. Samuel A. Forman — Ill-Fated Frontier: Peril and Possibilities in the Early American West

History Camp Boston 2022, 1800s, Dr. Sam Forman, United States, US Western Frontier / Expansion

Scott Nadler — Inconvenient Founders: Thomas Young and the Forgotten Disrupters of the Revolution

History Camp Boston 2022, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Scott Nadler, United States, US Founding Fathers

Bernard Rosenthal Trubowitz — His Master’s Voice: Racism in Material Culture through 1900s Discography

History Camp Boston 2022, 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, Bernard Rosenthal Trubowitz, Race / Racism, United States

Dan Gagnon — Skeletons in the Closet: The Memorialization of George Jacobs Sr. and Rebecca Nurse after the 1692 Witch-Hunt

History Camp Boston 2022, 1600s, Daniel A. Gagnon, Salem Witch Trials / Witchcraft, United States, US–Massachusetts

History Camp Discussion with T Cole Jones - Captives of Liberty

T. Cole Jones — Captives of Liberty: Prisoners of War and the Politics of Vengeance in the American Revolution

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Military History, Prisoners of War, T. Cole Jones, United States

History Camp Discussion with Garrett Graff - Watergate

Garrett M. Graff — Watergate: A New History

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Garrett M. Graff, Journalism and Media, Scandals, United States, US Presidents, US–Washington DC

History Camp Discussion with Albert Louis Zambone - Daniel Morgan

Albert Louis Zambone — Daniel Morgan: A Revolutionary Life

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, Albert Louis Zambone, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Canada, United States

History Camp Discussion with Dorothy Wickenden - The Agitators

Dorothy Wickenden — The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women’s Rights

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Dorothy Wickenden, Slavery and Abolitionists, United States, Women

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Michael Digby — Burn, Bomb, Destroy: The German Sabotage Campaign in North America 1914-1917

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Germany, Michael Digby, United States, WWI (1914–1918)

Michael Meyer—Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet: The Favorite Founder's Divisive Death, Enduring Afterlife, and Blueprint for American Prosperity

Michael Meyer — Benjamin Franklin’s Last Bet: The Favorite Founder’s Divisive Death, Enduring Afterlife, and Blueprint for American Prosperity

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, Michael Meyer, United States, US Founding Fathers

Kim Todd—Sensational: The Hidden History of America's "Girl Stunt Reporters"

Kim Todd — Sensational: The Hidden History of America’s “Girl Stunt Reporters”

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, 1900s, Journalism and Media, Kim Todd, United States, Women

Eric Jay Dolin—Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

Eric Jay Dolin — Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Eric Jay Dolin, Maritime History, Pirates + Privateers, United States

Andrew Noone—Bathsheba Spooner: A Revolutionary Murder Conspiracy

Andrew Noone — Bathsheba Spooner: A Revolutionary Murder Conspiracy

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Andrew Noone, Crime, United States

Ben Raines—The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants

Ben Raines — The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Ben Raines, Maritime History, Slavery and Abolitionists, United States

Daniel Bullen—Daniel's Shays's Honorable Rebellion An American Story

Daniel Bullen, PhD — Daniel Shays’s Honorable Rebellion: An American Story

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, Daniel Bullen, Post-American Revolutionary War / Founding (>1783), United States, US–Massachusetts

Allen Guelzo—Robert Lee: A Life

Dr. Allen Guelzo — Robert E. Lee: A Life

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Dr. Allen Guelzo, Military History, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865)

Heather Dune Macadam—999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Transport to Auschwitz

Heather Dune Macadam — 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Transport to Auschwitz

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Europe, Heather Dune Macadam, WWII (1939–1945)

Andrew Roberts—The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III

Andrew Roberts, PhD — The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, Andrew Roberts, Royalty + Empire, United Kingdom + Britain, United States

Linda Hirshman—The Color of Abolition: How a Printer, a Prophet, and a Contessa Moved a Nation

Linda Hirshman — The Color of Abolition: How a Printer, a Prophet, and a Contessa Moved a Nation

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Linda Hirshman, Slavery and Abolitionists, United States

Stephen Clarke — The French Revolution & What Went Wrong

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, 1800s, Europe, France, French Revolution (1789–1799), Royalty + Empire, Stephen Clarke

Tim Brady - Three Ordinary Girls

Tim Brady — Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins — and WWII Heroes

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Espionage + Spy-Craft, Europe, Netherlands, Tim Brady, WWII (1939–1945)

Julien Pierre Icher — Lafayette’s Farewell Tour

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, 1800s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), France, Julien Pierre Icher, Military History, United States

Tamim Ansary - Games without Rules

Tamim Ansary — Games Without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan

History Camp Discussions, Afghanistan, Tamim Ansar

Nancy Rubin Stuart - Poor Richard's Women

Nancy Rubin Stuart — Poor Richard’s Women: Deborah Read Franklin and the Other Women Behind the Founding Father

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Nancy Rubin Stuart, United States, US Founding Fathers, Women

Kate Werran - An American Uprising

Kate Werran — An American Uprising in Second World War England: Mutiny in the Duchy

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Kate Werran, United Kingdom + Britain, United States, WWII (1939–1945)

Kurt Nelson - Fighting for Paradise

Kurt Nelson — Fighting for Paradise: A Military History of the Pacific Northwest

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, 1900s, Kurt Nelson, Military History, Pacific Northwest, United States

Terri Halperin - Alien and Sedition Acts

Terri Diane Halperin, PhD — The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798: Testing the Constitution

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, 1800s, Post-American Revolutionary War / Founding (>1783), Terri Diane Halperin, United States, US Constitution

Matthew Gabriele & David Perry - Bright Ages

Matthew Gabriele and David Perry — The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe

History Camp Discussions, 1300s-1400s Medieval / Dark Ages, David Perry, Europe, Matthew Gabriele

Bill Sonn - Something Like Treason

William Sonn — Something Like Treason: Pro-German American Soldiers and the Plot to Bring the War Home

History Camp Discussions, Espionage + Spy-Craft, Germany, Military History, United States, William Sonn, WWII (1939–1945)

ary Hoover - Bedtime Business Stories

Gary Hoover — Bedtime Business Stories: Short Sagas of Business Creation, Success, and Failure

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, 1900s, Business, Gary Hoover, United States

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Jeanne Abrams, PhD — A View from Abroad: The Story of John and Abigail Adams in Europe

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Europe, France, Jeanne Abrams, United Kingdom + Britain, United States, US Founding Fathers, US Presidents

Tom McMillan—Armistead and Hancock: Behind the Gettysburg Legend of Two Friends at the Turning Point of the Civil War

Tom McMillan — Armistead and Hancock: Behind the Gettysburg Legend of Two Friends at the Turning Point of the Civil War

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Tom McMillan, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865), US–Pennsylvania

Claire Bellerjeau & Tiffany Yecke Brooks, PhD — Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution: The True Story of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Claire Bellerjeau, Espionage + Spy-Craft, Slavery and Abolitionists, Tiffany Yecke Brooks PhD, United States, US–New York, US–South Carolina

Kate Moore — The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Industry, Kate Moore, Medicine and Epidemics, Social History, United States, Women

Susan Jaques — The Caesar of Paris: Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession that Shaped an Empire

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Antiquity, Architecture, Arts, Europe, France, Susan Jaques

David A. Bossert — Dali and Disney: Destino: The Story, Artwork, and Friendship Behind the Legendary Film

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Arts, David A. Bossert, Popular Culture + Entertainment, United States

Daniel A. Gagnon — A Salem Witch: The Trial, Execution, and Exoneration of Rebecca Nurse

History Camp Discussions, 1600s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Daniel A. Gagnon, Salem Witch Trials / Witchcraft, United States, US–Massachusetts

Kent Masterson Brown — Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Kent Masterson Brown, Military History, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865), US–Pennsylvania

Louis L. Picone — The President is Dead! The Extraordinary Stories of the Presidential Deaths, Final Days, Burials, and Beyond

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, Louis L. Picone, United States, US Presidents

Arthur Herman — The Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the World

History Camp Discussions, 1300s-1400s Medieval / Dark Ages, Arthur Herman, Europe, Explorers + Expeditions, Scandinavia, Vikings

Dr. Samuel A. Forman — Ill-Fated Frontier: Peril and Possibilities in the Early American West

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, Dr. Sam Forman, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, Slavery and Abolitionists, Spain, United States, US Western Frontier / Expansion, US–Florida

Susan Nagel, PhD — Patriotism and Profit: Washington, Hamilton, Schuyler, and the Rivalry for America’s Capital City

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, 1800s, Government, Post-American Revolutionary War / Founding (>1783), Susan Nagel PhD, United States, US Founding Fathers, US Presidents, US–New York, US–Washington DC

Jon Grinspan, PhD — The Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy, 1865–1915

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, 1900s, Immigration, Jon Grinspan PhD, Politics, Social History, United States, US Reconstruction Era (1865–1877)

Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie, PhD — Rebellious Passage: The Creole Revolt and America’s Coastal Slave Trade

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Caribbean, Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie PhD, Maritime History, Rebellion + Riots, Slavery and Abolitionists, United Kingdom + Britain, United States, US–Louisiana

Terry Mort — Cheyenne Summer: The Battle of Beecher Island: A History

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Military History, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, Terry Mort, United States, US Western Frontier / Expansion, US–Colorado

Jack Kelly — Valcour: The 1776 Campaign That Saved the Cause of Liberty

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Canada, Jack Kelly, Maritime History, Military History, United States, US–New York

Jeffrey Orens — The Soul of Genius: Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and the Meeting that Changed the Course of Science

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Europe, Inventors, Jeffrey Orens, Science, United States

Kathleen DuVal, PhD — Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, African Americans, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Kathleen DuVal PhD, Loyalists, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, Slavery and Abolitionists, United States, US–Florida, Women

A.J. Baime — Dewey Defeats Truman: The 1948 Election and the Battle for America’s Soul

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, A. J. Baime, Cold War (1947–1991), Politics, United States, US Presidents, WWII (1939–1945)

Zachary M. Schrag, PhD — The Fires of Philadelphia: Citizen-Soldiers, Nativists, and the 1844 Riots Over the Soul of a Nation

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Immigration, Ireland, Religion, United States, US–Pennsylvania, Zachary M. Schrag PhD

Elizabeth Cobbs, PhD — The Hello Girls: America’s First Women Soldiers

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Elizabeth Cobbs PhD, Military History, United States, Women, WWI (1914–1918)

Stephen McGinty — The Dive: The Untold Story of the World’s Deepest Submarine Rescue

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Canada, Maritime History, Military History, Stephen McGinty, United Kingdom + Britain, United States

Francis Gary Powers, Jr. — Spy Pilot: Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Cold War (1947–1991), Espionage + Spy-Craft, Francis Gary Powers Jr., Military History, United States

Jen Tousey — Sarah Had a Little Plan…or How Thanksgiving Became a National Holiday

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1800s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Jen Tousey, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, Puritans + Pilgrims, United States, US–Massachusetts, Women

Chef Justin Cherry — Dressed Crab: An Early American Favorite

History Camp America 2021, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Chef Justin Cherry, Declaration of Independence, Food History + Cuisine, Social History, United States, US Founding Fathers, US–Maryland, Women

J. L.Bell — Historic Site Tour: Washington in Cambridge and the Siege of Boston

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Historic Sites + Homes, J. L. Bell, United States, US–Massachusetts

Anne Butler — Historic Site Tour: Four Mile Historic Park, Denver, Colorado

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1800s, Explorers + Expeditions, Historic Sites + Homes, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, United States, US Western Frontier / Expansion, US–Colorado

Ranger Jasmine Leung — Historic Site Tour: Lincoln Home National Historic Site

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1800s, Historic Sites + Homes, Legal and Courts, Politics, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865), US National Park Service, US Presidents, US–Illinois

Deb Caroll — Yoga from the Golden Ball Tavern Museum, Weston, Massachusetts

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1700s, Libraries Archives + Museums (LAMs), Taverns + Pubs, United States

Dr. Kenneth R. Turner — Tales of the Old West

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1800s, Kenneth R. Turner, United States, US Western Frontier / Expansion

Ranger LueCreasea Horne and Ranger Brendan Oates — Historic Site Tour: Nicodemus National Historic Site, Nicodemus, Kansas

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1800s, African Americans, Historic Sites + Homes, LueCreasea Horne, United States, US Reconstruction Era (1865–1877), US Western Frontier / Expansion, US–Kansas

Michael Troy — The American Revolution Podcast

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Education, Journalism and Media, United States, US–13 Colonies

Jane Sciacca — Slaves in the Puritan Village: The Untold History of Colonial Sudbury, Massachusetts

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1600s, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Jane Sciacca, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, Slavery and Abolitionists, United States, US–Massachusetts

Carolyn Gilman — Reimagining America: The Maps of Lewis and Clark

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1800s, Carolyn Gilman, Explorers + Expeditions, Maps + Cartography, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, United States, US Western Frontier / Expansion

Dr. David S. Weed — After the Mayflower: What really happened between the Pokanokets and the English

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1600s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Dr. David S. Weed, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, Puritans + Pilgrims, United States, US–Massachusetts

Ross H. Schwalm — The Amphibious Assault on Long Island, August 1776

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Battles, Germany, Hessian Soldiers, Journalism and Media, Loyalists, Military History, Ross H. Schwalm, United Kingdom + Britain, United States, US–New York

Don N. Hagist — Surviving the Lash: Corporal Punishment and British Soldiers’ Careers

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1700s, 1800s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Don N. Hagist, Loyalists, Military History, United Kingdom + Britain

Donna Curtin, PhD — Historic Site Tour: Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1600s, 1700s, Donna Curtin PhD, Historic Sites + Homes, Libraries Archives + Museums (LAMs), Puritans + Pilgrims, United States, US–Massachusetts

Joshua Yohe — Dollar Princess: The American Invasion

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1800s, 1900s, Gilded Age, Joshua Yohe, United Kingdom + Britain, United States, Women

Lauren Muney — Your Face…A History in Profile

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1700s, 1800s, Arts, Lauren Muney, Social History, United States, Women

Scott Nadler — Inconvenient Founders: Thomas Young and the Forgotten Disrupters of the American Revolution

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Declaration of Independence, Scott Nadler, United States, US Founding Fathers, US–13 Colonies, US–Massachusetts

Laura A. Macaluso, PhD — A Portrait of Resistance: Power and Problems in the Image of Cinque of the Amistad Mutiny

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1800s, Arts, Journalism and Media, Laura A. Macaluso PhD, Legal and Courts, Maritime History, Religion, Slavery and Abolitionists, United States

Lori Rogers-Stokes, PhD — Saunkskwa, Sachem, Minister: Native kinship and settler church kinship in 17th and 18th-century New England

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1600s, 1700s, Legal and Courts, Lori Rogers-Stokes PhD, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, Puritans + Pilgrims, Religion, United States, US-New England, US–Massachusetts

Gail Baden — Women in No Man’s Land: The American Committee for Devastated France, 1917–1924

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1900s, Europe, France, Gail Baden, Military History, United States, Women, WWI (1914–1918)

Julien Pierre Icher — Lafayette’s Farewell Tour and National Coherence: The Lafayette Trail

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1700s, 1800s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), France, Julien Pierre Icher, Military History, United States

Jeff Erzin — Finding Civil War Soldiers: A guide to internet research

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1800s, Jeff Erzin, Libraries Archives + Museums (LAMs), Military History, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865)

Captain P. J. Matthews — Historic Site Tour: Buffalo Soldier National Museum, Houston, Texas

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1800s, 1900s, African Americans, Desmond Bertrand-Pitts, Libraries Archives + Museums (LAMs), Slavery and Abolitionists, Spanish–American War (1898), United States, US Civil War (1861–1865), US Reconstruction Era (1865–1877), US Western Frontier / Expansion, US–Texas

Julie Chenoweth Terstriep — “They Took Our Farm” and other first-person accounts of the impact of a new WWII Army Camp in rural Illinois

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1900s, Julie Chenoweth Terstriep, Military History, United States, US–Illinois, WWII (1939–1945)

Stuart Lilie — Historic Site Tour: Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga, New York

History Camp America 2021, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Battles, Historic Sites + Homes, Libraries Archives + Museums (LAMs), Military History, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, United States, US–New York, US–Vermont

Marilynne K. Roach — “Thrown into the pits”: How were the bodies of the nineteen hanged Salem “witches” really treated?

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1600s, Legal and Courts, Marilynne K. Roach, Salem Witch Trials / Witchcraft, United States, US–Massachusetts

Eric Jay Dolin — A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America’s Hurricanes

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1500s, 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, Eric Jay Dolin, North America

Howard Dorre — Saving John Quincy Adams from Alligators and Mole People

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1800s, Howard Dorre, Politics, United States, US Presidents, US–Massachusetts

Jared Bruening — The Daily Bellringer

History Camp America 2021, Education, Journalism and Media, United States

Jane Hampton Cook and Kyle Jenks — First Amendment Origin Stories and an Interview with James Madison

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Declaration of Independence, Jane Hampton Cook, Kyle Jenks, Post-American Revolutionary War / Founding (>1783), Theater, United States, US Founding Fathers

Melissa Bryson — To Arms: How Adams, Revere, Mason, and Henry Helped to Unify their Respective Colonies

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Melissa Bryson, United States, US Founding Fathers, US Presidents, US–13 Colonies, US–Massachusetts

Chef Sarah Lohman — Soda Fountain Favorites

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1800s, 1900s, Chef Sarah Lohman, Food History + Cuisine, Social History, United States, US–New York

Lance Geiger, The History Guy — The Day the Gauge Changed

History Camp America 2021, 1800s, Education, Industry, Journalism and Media, Lance Geiger; The History Guy, Transportation, United States, US Western Frontier / Expansion

Lucy Jane Santos — Half Lives: Tales from the Radium Era

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1900s, Costume, Lucy Jane Santos, Medicine and Epidemics, Science, Social History, United States, Women

Kathleen Langone — Amalia Kussner: Darling Artist of the Gilded Age (1885–1910)

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1800s, 1900s, Arts, Gilded Age, Kathleen Langone, United States

Larisa — History Dame

History Camp America 2021, Education, Journalism and Media, United States

Richard C. Wiggin — The Second Battle of Lexington and Concord: Re-inventing the history of the opening engagements of the American Revolution

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Battles, Lexington and Concord, Military History, Richard C. Wiggin, United States, US–Massachusetts

Glenn Noreen — The Saga of the Double-Triple Agents and the Fall of the Wall, or How We Really Won the Cold War

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1900s, Cold War (1947–1991), Espionage + Spy-Craft, Germany, Glenn Noreen, Russia / USSR, United States

Chris Kauffman, MA — Historic Site Tour: Buckman Tavern and Lexington Green, Lexington, Massachusetts

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1600s, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Historic Sites + Homes, Lexington and Concord, Taverns + Pubs, United States, US–Massachusetts

Stuart Christie — Historic Site Tour: The Fairbanks House in Dedham: The House, The Myths, The Legends

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1600s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Historic Sites + Homes, Libraries Archives + Museums (LAMs), Stuart Christie, United States, US–Massachusetts

Judy Anderson — Historic Site Tour: The History and Architecture of Marblehead, Massachusetts

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Architecture, Historic Sites + Homes, Industry, Maritime History, Military History, Social History, United States, US–Massachusetts, Women

Andrew Cotten, MFA — Boston’s Green Dragon Tavern: The Headquarters of the Revolution

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Andrew Cotten, Freemasons, Taverns + Pubs, United States, US Founding Fathers, US–Massachusetts

Harold Knudsen, LTC (Ret.) — The Confederacy’s Most Modern General: James Longstreet and the American Civil War

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Harold Knudsen LTC (Ret.), Military History, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865)

Nancy Rubin Stuart — Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Nancy Rubin Stuart, Social History, United States, Women

Scott Kirsner — Innovation Economy: True Stories of Start-Ups, Flame-Outs, and Inventing the Future in New England

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, 2000s, Business, Engineering + Technology, Industry, Inventors, Scott Kirsner, United States

Historic Site Tour Preview — Washington in Cambridge and the Siege of Boston

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Historic Sites + Homes, Military History, Preview, United States, US Founding Fathers, US Presidents, US–Massachusetts

Historic Site Tour Preview — The History and Architecture of Marblehead, Massachusetts

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Historic Sites + Homes, Maritime History, Preview, United States, US–Massachusetts

Historic Site Tour Preview — Pilgrim Hall Museum

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, Historic Sites + Homes, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, Preview, Puritans + Pilgrims, United States, US–Massachusetts

Rod Gillis — Past Tense: History through the Lens of American Coinage

History Camp Discussions, 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Currency, Rod Gillis, United States

Historic Site Tour Preview — Lincoln Home National Historic Site

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1800s, Historic Sites + Homes, Preview, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865), US National Park Service, US Presidents, US–Illinois

Historic Site Tour Preview — Lexington Historical Society

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Historic Sites + Homes, Preview, Taverns + Pubs, United States, US–Massachusetts

Historic Site Tour Preview — Buffalo Soldier National Museum

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1800s, African Americans, Historic Sites + Homes, Military History, Preview, United States, US–Texas

Historic Site Tour Preview — Fort Ticonderoga

History Camp America, History Camp America 2021, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Historic Sites + Homes, Military History, Preview, United States, US–New York

Todd DePastino, PhD — Drawing Fire: The Editorial Cartoons of Bill Mauldin

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Journalism and Media, Military History, Todd DePastino PhD, United States

Thomas Brothers — Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, African Americans, Music, Thomas Brothers, United States

Thomas G. Andrews, PhD — Killing for Coal: America’s Deadliest Labor War

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Industry, Labor, Thomas G. Andrews PhD, United States

Louis L. Picone — Grant’s Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Louis L. Picone, Military History, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865), US Presidents

James Carl Nelson — The York Patrol: The Real Story of Alvin York and the Unsung Heroes Who Made Him World War I’s Most Famous Soldier

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Europe, James Carl Nelson, Military History, United States, WWI (1914–1918)

Tom Levitt — The Courage to Meddle: The Belief of Frances Perkins

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Industry, Labor, Tom Levitt, United States, US Presidents

Dr. Francis J. Bremer — Living Godly Lives: A Look at Puritan Morality

History Camp Discussions, 1600s, Dr. Francis J. Bremer, Puritans + Pilgrims, Social History, United Kingdom + Britain, United States, US–Massachusetts

Kat D. Williams — Isabel “Lefty” Alvarez: The Improbable Life of a Cuban American Baseball Star

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Cuba, Kat D. Williams, Sports, United States, Women

Rosalyn D. Elder — Exploring the Legacy: People and Places of Significance

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, 2000s, African Americans, Rosalyn D. Elder, United States, US–Massachusetts

Clay Risen — The Crowded Hour: Teddy Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Clay Risen, Spanish–American War (1898), United States

Emerson W. Baker — A Storm of Witchcraft: Salem Trials and the American Experience

History Camp Discussions, 1600s, Salem Witch Trials / Witchcraft, United States, US–Massachusetts

William C. Davis — The Greatest Fury: The Battle of New Orleans and the Rebirth of America

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Military History, United States, War of 1812 (1812–1815), William C. Davis

Don N. Hagist — Noble Volunteers: The British Soldiers Who Fought the American Revolution

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Don N. Hagist, Loyalists, United Kingdom + Britain, United States

Joyce Lee Malcolm — The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold: An American Life

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Espionage + Spy-Craft, Joyce Lee Malcolm, Loyalists, Military History, United States

Linda Jeffers Coombs — The Wampanoag and the Arrival of the Pilgrims

History Camp Discussions, 1500s, 1600s, Linda Jeffers Coombs, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, United States, US–Massachusetts

Stephen R. Bown — The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson’s Bay Empire

History Camp Discussions, 1600s, 1700s, Canada, Explorers + Expeditions, Maritime History, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, North America, Stephen R. Bown, United States

Jonathan Daniel Wells, PhD — The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Jonathan Daniel Wells PhD, Slavery and Abolitionists, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865), US–New York

William B. Gould IV — Diary of a Contraband: The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, African Americans, Maritime History, Military History, Slavery and Abolitionists, US Civil War (1861–1865), William B. Gould IV

Amity Shlaes — Great Society, A New History

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Amity Shlaes, Social History, United States, US Presidents

Steve Vogel — Betrayal in Berlin: The True Story of the Cold War’s Most Audacious Espionage Operation

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Cold War (1947–1991), Espionage + Spy-Craft, Germany, United States

Donna Curtin, PhD and Linda Jeffers Coombs

History Camp Discussions, 1600s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Donna Curtin PhD, Linda Jeffers Coombs, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, Plymouth, Puritans + Pilgrims, United Kingdom + Britain, United States, US–Massachusetts, Wampanoag

Garrett Dash Nelson, PhD — Map Distortions

History Camp Discussions, 1500s, 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, Garrett Dash Nelson PhD, Maps + Cartography, World

Alexander R. Cain, JD — The Experience of Loyalists in the Revolutionary War

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, Alexander R. Cain JD, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Loyalists, Military History, Politics, United Kingdom + Britain, United States

Shirley Ann Higuchi, JD — Japanese Internment Camps

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Japan, Shirley Ann Higuchi JD, United States, WWII (1939–1945)

Penny Colman — Women’s Suffrage

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, 1900s, Penny Colman, United States, Voting Rights, Women, Womens’ Suffrage

Stephen Fried — Founding Father, Dr. Benjamin Rush

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Post-American Revolutionary War / Founding (>1783), Stephen Fried, United States, US Founding Fathers

Jane Hampton Cook — Resilience on Parade: Short Stories of Suffragists & Women’s Battle for the Vote

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, 1900s, Jane Hampton Cook, United States, Voting Rights, Women, Womens’ Suffrage

Christopher Klein — When the Irish Invaded Canada

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Canada, Christopher Klein, Ireland, US Civil War (1861–1865)

Jamie Holmes — 12 Seconds of Silence: How a Team of Inventors, Tinkerers, and Spies Took Down a Nazi Superweapon

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Espionage + Spy-Craft, Germany, Inventors, Jamie Holmes, United States, WWII (1939–1945)

Maureen Taylor — Images of the Revolutionary War Generation

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, 1800s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Maureen Taylor, Photography, United States

Will Nipper — Colonial Money

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Currency, Economics, United States, Will Nipper

Jim Christ — The Battle of Paoli

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), United States, US–Pennsylvania, War of 1812 (1812–1815)

Robert Forrant. PhD — Lawrence and the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Industry, Labor, Robert Forrant, United States, US–Massachusetts

Benjamin E. Myers — American Citizen: The Civil War Writings of Captain George A. Brooks

History Camp Discussions, 1800s, Benjamin E. Myers, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865)

Serena Zabin, PhD — The Boston Massacre: A Family History

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Serena Zabin PhD, United States

Peter Stark — Young Washington

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Continental Army, French and Indian War (1754-1763), Peter Stark, United States, US Founding Fathers, US Presidents

Lindsay M. Chervinsky, PhD — The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Continental Army, Lindsay M. Chervinsky PhD, Politics, Post-American Revolutionary War / Founding (>1783), United States, US Founding Fathers, US Presidents

Lorna Hainesworth — The Historic National Road

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Lorna Hainesworth, Transportation, United States

Don Cygan — No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle for Bastogne

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, Battles, Belgium, Don Cygan, Europe, Germany, Military History, United States, WWII (1939–1945)

Dr. Stephen F. Knott — The Lost Soul of the American Presidency

History Camp Discussions, 1900s, 2000s, Politics, Stephen F. Knott, United States, US Presidents

Dr. Sam Forman — Dr. Joseph Warren and the 1764 Boston Smallpox Epidemic

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Dr. Sam Forman, Medicine and Epidemics, United States

Karen A. Chase — Carrying Independence: The Declaration of Independence

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Declaration of Independence, Karen A. Chase, United States

Eric Jay Dolin — Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, 1800s, Eric Jay Dolin, Maritime History, United States

J. L. Bell — The Road to Concord

History Camp Discussions, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Battles, Continental Army, J. L. Bell, Military History, United States, US–Massachusetts

Gary Gregory — Printing and Revolution: The role of printers in Revolutionary Boston

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1700s, 1800s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Gary Gregory, Journalism and Media, United States

Judy Cataldo — The Art and Mistery of Spinning

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1700s, 1800s, Costume, Judy Cataldo, United States, Women

Roxanne Reddington-Wilde, PhD — Scottish Highland Women’s Roles & Social Identities from the Early Modern Era to the 20th Century

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, Roxanne Reddington-Wilde PhD, Scotland, Women

Tom Nallen — The fastest planes in the world: The incredible Gee Bees of Massachusetts and the quest for speed in Aviation’s Golden Age

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1900s, Aviation, Industry, Inventors, Tom Nallen, United States

Karen Warren — Poplar Forest: The Retreat Home of Thomas Jefferson

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1700s, Historic Sites + Homes, Karen Warren, United States, US Founding Fathers, US Presidents

Mary E. Raker — Making connections through the study of objects

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, Libraries Archives + Museums (LAMs), Mary E. Raker

Hunter Chaney — The Evolution of a Small Foundation’s Growth into a New Museum

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1900s, Hunter Chaney, Libraries Archives + Museums (LAMs), Military History, United States

Edward Malouf — Lead in the ground: reconstructing “Parker’s Revenge”

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Edward Malouf, United States

Emerson W. Baker — Forgotten Frontier: Untold Stories of the Piscataqua

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1600s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Emerson W. Baker PhD, Salem Witch Trials / Witchcraft, United States, Women

Velya Jancz-Urban and Ehris Urban — The Not-So-Good Life of the Colonial Goodwife

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Ehris Urban, United States, Velya Jancz-Urban, Women

Will Holton and John Morrison — Bringing Early Boston History to Life: Creating and Growing the Partnership of the Historic Bostons

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, John Morrison, United Kingdom + Britain, United States, Will Holton PhD

Robert Booth and Amy E. Kellett — The Reinvention of Salem and the largest steam-powered cotton-sheeting factory in the United States

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1800s, 1900s, Amy E. Kellett, Industry, Robert Booth, United States

Rose A. Doherty — Park Street: A Mirror of Boston for Centuries

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2018, 1800s, Rose A. Doherty, United States

Robert Forrant, PhD — Fugitive Slave Laws and Sanctuary Cities: What Does Lowell’s Pre-Civil War History Tell Us?

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1800s, African Americans, Robert Forrant, Slavery and Abolitionists, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865)

Samantha Garrity, MEd — Erasing Native Peoples and Their Cultures: Forced Boarding Schools & Sterilization Practices

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1800s, 1900s, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, Samantha Garrity MEd, United States, Women

Bernard Rosenthal Trubowitz — Documented During their Detention: Textile Workers and the “Bread and Roses” Strike of 1912

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1900s, Bernard Rosenthal Trubowitz, Industry, United States

Earl Taylor — Tide Mills: How They Worked and Where They Were Located in the Boston Area from Revere to Quincy

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1700s, 1800s, Earl Taylor, Industry, United States

Brian Sheehy and Gabriel Papa — A High School History Lab: Bringing History to Life

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, Brian Sheehy, Education, Gabriel Papa, United States

Stephanie Call, MS — “The Hero of Dear Old Halifax”: The Massachusetts Relief Effort Following the Halifax Explosion of 1917

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1900s, Canada, Maritime History, Stephanie Call, United States

Dr. Sam Forman — Ill-Fated Frontier: An Epic Pioneer Adventure across Racial and Geographic Frontiers of the American Revolutionary Era

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Dr. Sam Forman, United States

Erik Bauer — Are Museums and Objects still Necessary?

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, Erik Bauer, Libraries Archives + Museums (LAMs), United States

Margo Burns, AB, MA — The Salem Witchcraft Trials and Ergot, the “Moldy Bread” Hypothesis

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1600s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Margo Burns, Salem Witch Trials / Witchcraft, United States, Women

Patrick Gabridge — A Kaleidoscopic Look at the Formation of American Identity through the Lens of Mount Auburn Cemetery

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1700s, 1800s, Patrick Gabridge, Theater, United States

Bil Lewis — Madison vs. Hamilton: What is Money, Anyway?

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1700s, Bil Lewis, Theater, United States, US Founding Fathers, US Presidents

Marilynne K. Roach — Salem’s Gallows Hill Project

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1600s, Marilynne K. Roach, Salem Witch Trials / Witchcraft, United States, Women

Tara Mancini — Vikings in New York and Delaware

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1600s, Costume, Tara Mancini, United States

Tara Mancini — Four Yellow Love Drawers: An (Early) Modern Married Couple’s Wardrobe

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1600s, Costume, Tara Mancini, United States

Dr. Michael Shire — Benjamin Franklin, The Rabbi, and the Freemasons

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1700s, Dr. Michael Shire, United States, US Founding Fathers

Dr. Stephen F. Knott — Alexander Hamilton: The Man, the Myths, the Musical

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Stephen F. Knott, Theater, United States, US Founding Fathers

J. L. Bell — Tales from Boston’s Pre-Revolutionary Newspaper Wars

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), J. L. Bell, Journalism and Media, United States

Patrick Riccards — What Do We Actually Know About History?

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, Education, Patrick Riccards, United States

Kevin M. Levin — Searching For Black Confederates

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1800s, African Americans, Kevin M. Levin, Slavery and Abolitionists, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865)

Abby Chandler, PhD — Loyalists and the Birth of Libraries in New England: The Marriage of Martin and Abigail Howard

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1700s, Abby Chandler PhD, Libraries Archives + Museums (LAMs), Loyalists, United States

Dr. David S. Weed — The Untold Story of Massasoit and the Colonists

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1600s, Dr. David S. Weed, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, Puritans + Pilgrims, United States

Patrick Gabridge & Courtney O’Connor — Using the Hancock Door to Unlock Unheard Historical Voices

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1700s, 1800s, Courtney O’Connor, Patrick Gabridge, United States, US Founding Fathers

Rose A. Doherty — Katharine Gibbs: Trailblazing Woman in Business

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1900s, Rose A. Doherty, United States, Women

Christopher Klein — When the Irish Invaded Canada: It’s No Blarney

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1800s, Battles, Canada, Ireland, Military History

Christopher Klein — When America Despised the Irish: The 19th Century’s Refugee Crisis

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2018, 1800s, Canada, Christopher Klein, Ireland

Margo Buns, AB, MA — Yogi, Bugs, and Bullwinkle: Saturday Morning Cartoons and Big Business in the 1960s

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 2000s, Journalism and Media, Margo Burns, United States

Shawn P. Quigley — The Confederate Monument in Boston Harbor: An exploration of one of Massachusetts’ only markers dedicated to the Confederacy

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1800s, African Americans, Shawn P. Quigley, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865)

Lori Rogers-Stokes, PhD — Heroic Souls: Puritan Women as the First American Individuals

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, Puritans + Pilgrims, United States, Women

Lori Rogers-Stokes, PhD — “Suspense” and Sexism in Popular Radio Dramas After WWII

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1900s, 2000s, Journalism and Media, Lori Rogers-Stokes PhD

Francis J. Bremer — Puritans and Pilgrims–What’s the Difference?

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1600s, 1700s, Dr. Francis J. Bremer, Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples, Puritans + Pilgrims

Lori Lyn Price, MAS, MLA — Impact of the 1918 flu epidemic: A personal stories-based approach Records

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1900s, Lori Lyn Price, Medicine and Epidemics, United States

Kyle Jenks and Judith Kalaora — James and Dolley: Opposites Attract

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2019, 1800s, Judith Kalaora, Kyle Jenks, United States, US Founding Fathers, US Presidents

Michelle D. Novak — Revolutionary and Civil War Research: New and Overlooked Resources

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2016, 1800s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Libraries Archives + Museums (LAMs), Michelle D. Novak, Military History, United States, US Civil War (1861–1865)

Ta Mara Conde — Preserving Historic Gravestones

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2016, 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, Gravestones + Graveyards, Historic Sites + Homes, Preservation, Ta Mara Conde, United States

Liz Loveland — Researching Enslaved and Recently Free Northerners

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2016, 1800s, African Americans, Liz Loveland, Slavery and Abolitionists, United States

Daud Alzayer — Echoes of the Past: Bringing historical role-playing to the streets of Boston

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2016, Daud Alzayer, Historic Sites + Homes, United States

Lee Wright — Marketing and communications tools for historical societies and other history organizations

History Camp Iowa, History Camp Iowa 2015, Historic Sites + Homes, Lee Wright, Libraries Archives + Museums (LAMs), United States

Mark F. Anderson, MA — From Prairie to Farm: How the U.S. General Land Office survey shaped Iowa

History Camp Iowa, History Camp Iowa 2015, 1800s, Maps + Cartography, Mark F. Anderson, United States

Erik Bauer — Institutional Memory: Using Oral History to Capture an Organization’s History and Culture

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2014, Erik Bauer, Libraries Archives + Museums (LAMs), United States

Mark Kenneth Gardner — The Peculiar History of Democracy in Rhode Island, 1636–2004

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2014, 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, 2000s, Mark Gardner, United States, US–Rhode Island, Voting Rights

Colleen Janz — Bring History to the Classroom: Marketing your Historical Society or Museum to Teachers

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2014, Colleen Janz, Education, Historic Sites + Homes, United States

J. L. Bell — The Boston Bankruptcy That Led to the American Revolution

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2014, 1700s, American Colonial Era (1607–1776), Currency, Economics, J. L. Bell, United States, US–Massachusetts

Matt Wilding — Free Advertising: Popular Magazines and World War II Bond Drives

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2014, 1900s, Matt Wilding, United States, WWII (1939–1945)

Employment options for history lovers: A panel discussion

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2014, Alli Rico, Erik Bauer, J. Lincoln Hallowell, Lee Wright, Libraries Archives + Museums (LAMs), Mark Gardner, Matt Wilding, Thomas Ketchell, United States

Alli Rico and Adriene Katz — Objects as Sources of History

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2014, Adriene Katz, Alli Rico, Libraries Archives + Museums (LAMs), United States

Thomas Ketchell — How mixing social media and history can create an online audience for your institution, organization or historical work

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2014, Education, Historic Sites + Homes, Libraries Archives + Museums (LAMs), Thomas Ketchell, United States

Colleen Janz — The Temperance Movement: A Doorway to Suffrage

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2014, 1800s, 1900s, Colleen Janz, United States, Womens’ Suffrage

Liz Covart — How the Patriots Almost Lost the Battle of Saratoga: Yankee-Yorker Jealousy in the Commissary Department

History Camp Boston, History Camp Boston 2014, 1700s, American Revolutionary War (1776–1783), Canada, Liz Covart, Military History, United States, US–New York