SEMINAR PROFILE

H02 -
Boston and The Sea

Boston's history is intimately intertwined with the sea. Over the past four centuries, Boston's harbor has served as a site of exchange: a place where sailors, soldiers, merchants, slaves, farmers, and ministers shared goods, news, and ideas. Boston's wharves and shipyards have served as symbolic connections between exotic places like Europe, Africa, and Asia, and the ordinary world of everyday life. Together with scholars and MHS staff, participants will explore Boston's maritime past and present using newspapers, letter, diaries, and other original documents from the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Participants will investigate the development of maritime communities in Massachusetts, and the growth--and decline--of shipbuilding, fishing, and trading industries in Boston. We will also explore the influence of the sea on local architecture, art, and literature. On the second day participants will join Professor Fowler on a walk through Boston's maritime past, including visits to Boston's waterfront, Long Wharf, Mariner's House, and the Charlestown Navy Yard, and a short ferry ride in Boston Harbor.

Scholar:

Mass Historical Society Staff

Location:

Mass. Historical Soc.

Dates:

10/28/2014, 11/7/2014

H02 -	Boston and The Sea

	Boston's history is intimately intertwined with the sea. Over the past four centuries, Boston's harbor has served as a site of exchange: a place where sailors, soldiers, merchants, slaves, farmers, and ministers shared goods, news, and ideas. Boston's wharves and shipyards have served as symbolic connections between exotic places like Europe, Africa, and Asia, and the ordinary world of everyday life. Together with scholars and MHS staff, participants will explore Boston's maritime past and present using newspapers, letter, diaries, and other original documents from the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Participants will investigate the development of maritime communities in Massachusetts, and the growth--and decline--of shipbuilding, fishing, and trading industries in Boston. We will also explore the influence of the sea on local architecture, art, and literature. On the second day participants will join Professor Fowler on a walk through Boston's maritime past, including visits to Boston's waterfront, Long Wharf, Mariner's House, and the Charlestown Navy Yard, and a short ferry ride in Boston Harbor.

		Scholar:	Mass Historical Society Staff
		Location:	Mass. Historical Soc.
		Dates:	10/28/2014, 11/7/2014