Schedule of Events
SUNDAY
| 4:30-6:00pm | Registration at the Cassatt House |
| 6:00pm | Cassatt House, “Get Acquainted” Social |
MONDAY:
Prologue to Revolution: Cultural Pressure & Conflict in Colonial Pennsylvania
| 9:00-9:30am | Cassatt House, Program Overview and Orientation |
| 9:30-10:45am | Historical Society of Pennsylvania, “Colonial Encounters on the Eve of the Revolution,” seminar led by Daniel K. Richter, Professor of History and Richard S. Dunn Director, McNeil Center for Early American Studies (MCEAS), University of Pennsylvania |
| 10:45-11:00am | Break |
| 11:00-12:30pm | Historical Society of Pennsylvania primary document workshop; participants use journals, deeds, and treaties to think critically about the cultural differences between Europeans and Native Americans, and how those differences shaped interaction and potential misunderstandings as they negotiated trade and diplomatic relationships in the immediate pre-Revolutionary period |
| 12:30-1:30pm | Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:30-2:30pm | Behind-the-scenes tour and orientation of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
| 2:30-2:45pm | Cassatt House, Coffee break |
| 2:45-4:00pm | Introducton to the Library Company of Philadelphia and orientation to its holdings; if time remains, participants can begin their own research |
TUESDAY:
Revolutionary and Early Republic America’s Place in the Atlantic World
| 9:00-9:15am | National Archives, Mid-Atlantic Regional Branch, Introduction and Questions |
| 9:15-10:45am | National Archives, “Revolutionary and Early Republic Philadelphia’s Place in the Atlantic World,” seminar led by Michelle Craig McDonald, Asst. Professor of History, Stockton College |
| 10:45-11:00am | Break |
| 11:00-12:00pm | National Archives Mid-Atlantic Regional Branch workshop, participants examine Philadelphia customs papers as well as Admiralty Court records used to prosecute maritime crimes and infractions, to give an Atlantic world perspective to early American political and economic protests |
| 12:15-1:00pm | Lunch (on your own) is scheduled at the Philadelphia Bourse Building, the first commodities exchange in the United States. |
| 1:00-2:15pm | American Philosophical Society and walking tour of Old City. |
| 2:30-4:00pm | "Slavery in Philadelphia," tour of Historic Christ Church |
WEDNESDAY:
Industrialization and Immigration in an Early Republic City
| 9:00-9:15am | Cassatt House, Introduction and Questions |
| 9:15-10:45am | Cassatt House, “Philadelphia’s Nineteenth-Century Urban Landscape,” seminar led by C. Dallett Hemphill, Professor of History, Ursinus College |
| 10:45-11:00am | Break |
| 11:00-12:30pm | Cassatt House, Starting with an early nineteenth-century law clerk’s journal, archivists assemble a variety of primary sources—including city histories, business directories, playbills, and advertisements—to reconstruct Philadelphia in the early nineteenth century and illustrate both the increasing ethnic diversity and shift from trade to manufacturing that occurred during the early national period |
| 12:30-1:30pm | Lunch (on your own) is scheduled at Reading Terminal Market, a farmers market in operation since the nineteenth century that features over eighty vendors and a variety of food choices and restaurants. |
| 1:30-5:00pm | Independent research time in area archives |
THURSDAY:
Capstone Seminar and Program
| 9:00-9:30am | National Constitution Center, Welcome and Orientation to the National Constitution Center facility and resources, Eli Lesser, Director of Teacher Education and Civic Outreach |
| 9:30-11:00am | National Constitution Center, “How Revolutionary was the American Revolution, and How Republican the Early Republic?” seminar led by Michael Zuckerman, Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania |
| 11:00-12:30pm | National Constitution Center, Time to explore permanent and changing exhibitions |
| 12:30-1:30pm | Lunch included at the National Constitution Center |
| 1:30-2:30pm | Tour of Liberty Bell Center |
| 2:45-4:00pm | Guided tour of Independence Hall and Carpenter’s Hall |
| 5:15-8:00pm | McNeil Center for Early American Studies, University of Pennsylvania, MCEAS Summer Seminar and Dinner |
FRIDAY:
Researching and Writing for Presentation and Publication
| 9:00-9:30am | Cassatt House, Introduction and Questions |
| 9:30-noon | Cassatt House, Publishing workshop; this session is reserved for a discussion about writing for publication led by Roderick McDonald, Professor of History at Rider University and Editor of SHEAR’s Journal of the Early Republic, and Tamara Gaskell Miller, Director of Publications for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and Editor of the HSP’s quarterly journal, the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Drs. McDonald and Miller provide hands-on advice for participants drafting essays and articles, including information about publishing standards, manuscript submission, and the review and editing process |
| Noon-1pm | Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:00-4:00pm | Independent research time in area libraries and archives |
| 7:00-9:00pm | City Tavern, Publishing workshop (continued); Laura Keenan Spero, “From Archive to Printed Page: Reconstructing Rachel,” and dinner at the City Tavern, Philadelphia. Originally constructed in 1772, the tavern was the meeting place of Philadelphia’s political, social, and economic leaders including John Dickinson, one of the city’s prominent attorneys and lawyer for Rachel Francisco, a mixed race defendant accused of infanticide whose case is documented in Keenan Spero’s article |
SATURDAY:
Program Conclusion and Wrap-Up
| 9:00-11:00am | Cassatt House, The workshop concludes with a half-day roundtable reuniting program staff and participants for a final program overview and wrap-up session |
