Our professional development events feature dynamic presenters who creatively employ primary sources to model the skills of historical analysis and interpretation. Please browse the topics below to access a variety of primary sources from these events. We also provide useful web links and secondary resources.

Content Seminars:

• The Invention of Industry: The American System - Bruce Laurie & Rich Colton, March 10, 2007.
• Shays’s Rebellion and the Constitution - Leo Richards & Rich Colton, March 24, 2007.
• The Face of America: Immigration in Massachusetts, 1776-1920 - Scott Wong, June 26-28, 2007.
• Sensibilities: The Market Economy, Children, and Leisure, 1800-1920 - Laura Lovett & Kerry Buckley, July 10-12, 2007.
• The Impact of War on America: World War I - David Glassberg & Rich Colton, July 31-August 2, 2007.
• The Right to Vote: Colonial Era to 1924 - Laura Lovett & Kerry Buckley, August 7-9, 2007

Historical Skills Workshops:

• Accessing and Using Public Records: Wills, Deeds, Probate Records, and Census Records - Kevin Sweeney, April 4, 2007.

Thanks to Historic Northampton Museum and Education Center for use of photos.