PATH IV Class Schedule

Project Apprentice to History IV:
African-American Neighborhood and Community History of Beacon Hill and the West End in 1850

(April 2 - May 31, 2003)
Date: Location: Activity:
Wed., April 2
6:45 AM
Beverly Public Library Introduction; Background information on Beacon Hill and Boston's West End; voluntary associations
Wed., April 9
6:45 AM
Beverly Public Library Using city directories, census, introduction to The Liberator and Boston Athenaeum.
Sat., April 12
(Meet at Beverly Depot at 7:15)

Boston Athenaeum ; Boston African American National Historic Site Introduction and tour of Boston Athenaeum; Walking tour of Black Heritage Trail.
Wed., April 16
6:45 AM
Beverly Public Library Record linkage using the Census, City Directories and The Liberator
A P R I L V A C A T I O N
Wed., Apr. 30
6:45 AM
Beverly Public Library Record linkage using the Census, City Directories and The Liberator
Sat., May 3
(Meet at Beverly Depot at 7:15)
Boston Athenaeum Meet with Suffolk University Professor Robert Allison on the post civil-war history of Beacon Hill. Divide into 3 groups: 1) 1850 Database by street; 2) Linking names to voluntary assocations in The Liberator; and 3) The evolution of black voluntary assocations in The Liberator from 1831.
Wed. May 7
6:45 AM
Beverly Public Library Record linkage using the Census, City Directories and The Liberator
Wed. May 14
6:45 AM
Beverly Public Library Record linkage using the Census, City Directories and The Liberator
Sat. May 17
(Meet at Beverly Depot at 7:15)
Boston Athenaeum Meet with Suffolk University Professor Robert Bellinger to discuss black entrepeneurship in Beacon Hill in 1850; group research
Wed. May 21
6:45 AM
Beverly Public Library Record linkage using the Census, City Directories and The Liberator
Thurs. May 22
6:45 AM
Beverly Public Library Record linkage using the Census, City Directories and The Liberator
Sat. May 24
(Meet at Beverly Depot at 7:15)
Boston Athenaeum Group research using The Liberator, maps and Boston City Directories.
Wed. May 28
6:45 AM
Beverly Public Library Record linkage using the Census, City Directories and The Liberator
Wed. June 4
6:45 AM
Beverly Public Library Record linkage using the Census, City Directories and The Liberator
Wed. June 11
6:45 AM
Beverly Public Library Record linkage using the Census, City Directories and The Liberator
Wed. June 18
6:45 AM
Beverly Public Library Record linkage using the Census, City Directories and The Liberator

 

 


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