In the first half of the nineteenth century, rural New England society underwent a radical transformation as the traditional household economy gave way to an en

As America's first historical society, the Massachusetts Historical Society has collected family materials since 1791, including long-cherished pieces of clothi

In the first half of the nineteenth century, rural New England society underwent a radical transformation as the traditional household economy gave way to an en

As Protestantism expanded across the Atlantic, most evangelists were not Anglo-Americans but were members of the groups that missionaries were trying to convert

The companion volume to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art’s first fashion exhibition, Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour celebrates the history of Ameri