Bookworm #98 – Collectors Corner with Garrett Scott, “The World of Vernacular Bindings”

Bookworm #98 – Collectors Corner with Garrett Scott, “The World of Vernacular Bindings”

by | Jul 23, 2026

Bookseller and collector Garrett Scott joins Julia Miller and Clements Curator of Books Emi Hastings to discuss the Garrett Scott Collection of Vernacular Bindings recently acquired by the Clements Library. Scott’s working definition of “vernacular binding” is “an...
Bookworm #97 – Author Conversation with Anne Ruggles Gere, “Agents of Survivance: Indigenous Women Teachers in the Boarding School Era”

Bookworm #97 – Author Conversation with Anne Ruggles Gere, “Agents of Survivance: Indigenous Women Teachers in the Boarding School Era”

by | Jul 22, 2026

In her book, Agents of Survivance: Indigenous Women Teachers in the Boarding School Era, Anne Ruggles Gere complicates and enriches established accounts of the Indian boarding school era and what preceded it by looking closely at the largely ignored Indigenous women...
Bookworm #96 – Author Conversation with Amy E. Hughes, “An Actor’s Tale: Theater, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Nineteenth-Century United States”

Bookworm #96 – Author Conversation with Amy E. Hughes, “An Actor’s Tale: Theater, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Nineteenth-Century United States”

by | Jul 22, 2026

Historian and author of An Actor’s Tale: Theater, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Nineteenth-Century United States, Amy E. Hughes introduces us to playwright and actor Harry Watkins for an alternative history of nineteenth-century theater. Hughes asks...
Bookworm #95 – Author Conversation with Jessica M. Lepler, “Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions”

Bookworm #95 – Author Conversation with Jessica M. Lepler, “Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions”

by | Jul 15, 2026

Historian and author of Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions, Jessica M. Lepler walks us through the failed idea to build the world’s first interoceanic canal. In the 1820s, there was a little-known dream to...
Bookworm #94- Author Conversation with Michael Hattem, “The Memory of ’76: The Revolution in American History”

Bookworm #94- Author Conversation with Michael Hattem, “The Memory of ’76: The Revolution in American History”

by | Jul 15, 2026

Historian and author of The Memory of ’76: The Revolution in American History, Michael Hattem recounts the surprising history of how Americans have fought over the meaning and legacy of the Revolution for nearly two and a half centuries. In this sweeping take on...
Bookworm #93 – Author Conversation: Barbara Franco, “Gettysburg Surgeons: Facing a Common Enemy in the Civil War’s Deadliest Battle”

Bookworm #93 – Author Conversation: Barbara Franco, “Gettysburg Surgeons: Facing a Common Enemy in the Civil War’s Deadliest Battle”

by | Mar 9, 2026

Angela Oonk hosts this webinar series discussing history topics with guests. This month, historian and author of Gettysburg Surgeons: Facing a Common Enemy in the Civil War’s Deadliest Battle Barbara Franco takes us to Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle of the...
Bookworm #92 – Author Conversation: Kellie Carter-Jackson, “We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance”

Bookworm #92 – Author Conversation: Kellie Carter-Jackson, “We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance”

by | Feb 2, 2026

Angela Oonk hosts this webinar series discussing history topics with guests. This month, historian Kellie Carter-Jackson joins the program to share her research that led to her book, We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance. Jackson examines the breadth of...
Bookworm #91 – Author Conversation: Derek Kane O’Leary, “Archival Communities: Constructing the Past in the Early United States”

Bookworm #91 – Author Conversation: Derek Kane O’Leary, “Archival Communities: Constructing the Past in the Early United States”

by | Feb 2, 2026

Angela Oonk hosts a webinar series featuring topics in American history. This month, Clements Curator of Manuscripts joins in a discussion with Derek Kane O’Leary about creation of the first archives in the new United States. Archives, the foundational resource...