Williamstown Historical Museum – Black People in 19th-Century White Oaks, presented by Dustin Griffin

Williamstown Historical Museum presents: "Black People in 19th Century White Oaks," a lecture by Dustin Griffin tracing the lives of a number of Black families in the northeast corner of Williamstown, from their arrival there in the 1820s to their departure about 1900.

Producer
Rita Watson / Williamstown Historical Museum
Series
Williamstown Historical Museum
Category
Lectures & Forums

Williamstown Historical Museum – Writing Local History with Dustin Griffin

Dustin Griffin shares his processes and sources for writing local history, from choosing a topic, gathering evidence, to organizing that evidence into a story. Griffin also demonstrates some of the many printed sources and primary materials that are available to any researcher, many of them in the collection at the Williamstown Historical Museum.

Producer
Rita Watson / Williamstown Historical Museum
Series
Williamstown Historical Museum
Category
Lectures & Forums