With Marla R. Miller, Director of the Public History Program & Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Professor Miller will share stories uncovered in the writing of her latest book Entangled Lives: Labor, Livelihood, and Landscapes of Change in Early Massachusetts (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019).

The records, artifacts, and homes of Valley families in the era of and after the American Revolution yield glimpses into a wide range of experience, from the white and Native women who labored as domestic servants, to enslaved and free Black workers, to white tavernkeepers and caregivers. Learning about how these stories have been both preserved and obscured helps us think about our own roles as pastkeepers today.

Image: Pieced quilt, “King David’s Crown,” attributed to Susan Lorinda Brigham (Munroe) Shepherd (1821-1897) of Northampton, circa 1850. Photograph by David Stansbury