Local archivist and historian Lenora Robinson and maritime historian Mike Dyer will lead participants in exploring the workings of eighteenth-and nineteenth-century account books from local general stores and merchants to long distance trade to help us understand what might be on the table in households and how it got there. A primer in using account books for programming – useful and fun!
Moderator: Pleun Bouricius, Director of Grants & Programs, Mass Humanities
Presenters: Mike Dyer, Senior Maritime Historian, New Bedford Whaling Museum Lenora Robinson, Archival Librarian, New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Librar
