Lecture Series
- Thursday,
March 9, 2006 at Noon
“Benjamin Franklin”
J. A. Leo Lemay, University of Delaware
Noon, March 9, 2006
Location: Thomas Jefferson Building, Room LJ119 (view floor plan) - Thursday, April 20, 2006 at Noon
“Benjamin Franklin and Others in Search of a Better World”
Emma Lapsansky-Werner, Haverford College
Location: James Madison Building, Mary Pickford Theater (view floor plan)More about Emma Lapsansky-Werner:
http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/webejl/vita896.html (external link) - Thursday, May 4, 2006 at Noon
“Did Benjamin Franklin Have a Dark Side?”
Robert L. Middlekauff, Berkeley
Location: Thomas Jefferson Building, Room LJ119 (view floor plan)More about Robert Middlekauff:
http://history.berkeley.edu/people/robert-l-middlekauff (external link)
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/dta96/#middlekauff (external link)
Gallery Talks
All programs will take place in the American Treasures Gallery at 12:00 P.M. (view map)
- January 18, 2006
Gerard Gawalt of the Manuscript Division will lead Part I of a tour through the exhibition Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words
- February 22, 2006
Rosemary Fry Plakas of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division will discuss Benjamin Franklin as a writer and printer
- March 1, 2006
Gerard Gawalt of the Manuscript Division will discuss Benjamin Franklin as a statesman and diplomat
- March 29, 2006
Len Bruno of the Manuscript Division will discuss Benjamin Franklin as scientist and inventor
- May 3, 2006
Gerry Gawalt of the Manuscript Division will lead Part II of tour through the exhibition Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words