Let No Man Put Asunder: Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records

Description

"To celebrate Black History Month and Valentine’s Day, NARA archivist Reginald Washington will give a presentation on marriage records among the Freedmen’s Bureau records."

Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
National Archives
Phone number
1 202-357-5000
Target Audience
General Public
Start Date
Cost
None
Course Credit
None
Duration
One or two hours

Let No Man Put Asunder: Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records

Description

"To celebrate Black History Month and Valentine’s Day, NARA archivist Reginald Washington will give a presentation on marriage records among the Freedmen’s Bureau records."

Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
National Archives
Phone number
1 202-357-5000
Target Audience
General Public
Start Date
Cost
None
Course Credit
None
Duration
One or two hours

The Worlds of Thomas Jefferson

Description

"This seminar gives special emphasis to selected Jefferson manuscripts, offering participants an intensive exploration of primary sources—the building blocks of historical study. Monticello itself is the site of several study tours. Lecture and discussion topics include Jefferson and the West; archaeology at Monticello; African Americans at Monticello; the architecture of Monticello; Jefferson’s empire; the Louisiana Purchase; and Jefferson and the Constitution."

Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Phone number
1 646-366-9666
Target Audience
Secondary
Start Date
Cost
None ($400 stipend)
Course Credit
"Participants who complete the seminar in a satisfactory manner will receive a certificate. Teachers may use this certificate to receive in-service credit, subject to the policy of their district. No university credit is offered for the course."
Duration
One week
End Date

Thomas Jefferson: Personality, Character, and Public Life

Description

This institute will look at Jefferson from as many angles as possible to deepen understanding of his character and personality and thus to shed light on America’s founding and the social and cultural history of the early Republic. The Institute will take a topical approach, looking in depth at such subjects as education, intimate life, family, money, religion, science, and slavery. The seminar will including readings, lectures, discussions, visits to historic sites, and lesson planning.

Contact name
Gibbon, Dr. Peter
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone number
1 617-353-4817
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Cost
None ($3,000 stipend)
Course Credit
Participants will receive a certificate indicating participation.
Duration
Four weeks
End Date

"Until Death or Distance Do You Part": Marriage and Slavery in the 19th Century

Description

"Dr. Tera Hunter, professor of history at Princeton University, will speak on the impact of slavery on African-American marriages and the struggles of slaves and freedpeople to resist family separation and reunite family members."

Sponsoring Organization
Monticello, Kenwood
Target Audience
General Public
Start Date
Cost
Not listed
Course Credit
None
Duration
One or two hours