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SUMMARY:Acquisitions Afternoon 2026: Uncovering Treasures from Revolutionary America
DESCRIPTION:This special virtual event with Dr. Philip Mead marked the launch of the CLA’s 2026 Adopt-a-Book program. \nThe Congregational Library & Archives’ collection began in 1853 when eight donors contributed items from their personal collections that they believed to be important to understanding and interpreting the Congregational story. 173 years later\, the CLA’s collection numbers over 225\,000 print and manuscript works\, many of which were donated from private collectors. The collection continues to grow each year. \nHistorian\, curator\, and a collector and dealer of antiques\, books\, and manuscripts\, Dr. Philip Mead shared fascinating stories about overlooked books and manuscripts from the era of the American Revolution that he uncovered at auction\, antique and books shows\, and in private collections. He also discussed the painstaking research\, the necessary persistence\, and sometimes the serendipity involved in locating materials from the Revolutionary era still in private hands. \nLearn more about Adopt-a-Book 2026 at congregationallibrary.org/adopt-a-book. \n  \nSPEAKER BIO \nDr. Phillip Mead is the owner of Mead Americana\, an antiques and ephemera business specializing in Colonial and Revolutionary American militaria\, books\, paper\, and personal objects. Mead holds a PhD in early American history from Harvard University. Before starting his business\, Mead was Chief Historian and Curator of the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia (MoAR)\, where he worked from 2011 – 2024\, shaping the new museum’s award-winning galleries and collections. He is lead guest curator of MoAR’s 2025-2027 flagship exhibition for the 250th of the United States\, the Declaration’s Journey and he is the co-author of Among His Troops: Washington’s War Tent in a Newly Discovered Watercolor and\, with Benjamin Lincoln\, Jr.\, Essays by “The Free Republican\,” 1784 – 1786.
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SUMMARY:Revolutionizing History: From Textbook to Transcription in New England’s Hidden Histories
DESCRIPTION:The community-building New England’s Hidden Histories (NEHH) transcription project has drawn the participation of diverse segments of the population from professors to public school teachers\, and from scholars to genealogists. \nParticipants in the hands-on process of transcribing have shared the excitement of discovering previously unknown facts: women in the early Republic who contested church practice\, congregations vehemently challenging slave-owning pastors\, men and women of color who left first-hand accounts of their lives\, daily details preserved in letters and diaries\, and many more. In schools\, transcribing primary sources has re-inspired pedagogy and revolutionized how students learn history. \nIn this talk\, Helen Gelinas\, NEHH Director of Transcription\, and a few volunteer transcribers explored the process the NEHH project uses to make history accessible to all through transcription. \n  \nThe Congregational Library & Archives is commemorating the 20th anniversary of the New England’s Hidden Histories (NEHH) project with this virtual event series and the digital exhibition NEHH@20: Re-Examining Stories from New England Communities. Find out more on our NEHH@20 webpage. \n  \nSPEAKER BIO \nHelen Gelinas has been the Director of Transcription for New England’s Hidden Histories for 13 years\, instructing and guiding volunteer transcribers and editing their work for online publication at the Congregational Library & Archives. She transcribed and assisted in annotating three books of Cotton Mather’s Biblia Americana\, Vol. 5\, while a graduate student at the University of Tübingen. She is a PhD candidate in American Studies at the University of Heidelberg\, working on her dissertation entitled\, “The Spirit and the Bride: Female Parity\, Prophecy\, and the Power of the Pen in the Works of Cotton Mather.”
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