A few tips for NEH grantees:
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.

2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,

Make plans to join us March 12th for the next program in our “Religion of Revolution” lecture series, a virtual discussion with Dr. Christopher Cameron on “Religion and Black Abolitionism in the Era of the American Revolution.”

The @congrelib.bsky.social launched a project to inventory all of print holdings starting in January. Lots of discoveries, like William Everett’s manuscript historical address for the 300th anniversary of Puritan poet John Milton’s birth. At 198 pages long, attendees were in for a heck of a talk!!

Welcome to Bluesky! Great to have you here, but I'll admit I am a bit biased ...

Remember, the time of year
when the future appears
like a blank sheet of paper
a clean calendar, a new chance.
On thick white snow
You vow fresh footprints
then watch them go
with the wind’s hearty gust.
Fill your glass. Here’s tae us. Promises
made to be broken, made to last.

— Jackie Kay

Are you working on a project related to New England before 1825? The New England Quarterly is now accepting submissions for the Whitehill Prize, which includes not only publication in NEQ but also a $2,500 cash award. Send your work in before 1/15/25. 🗃️ newenglandquarterly.org/whitehill-pr...

It is Giving Tuesday at my home institution, the Congregational Library & Archives. We hope to increase the number of first-time donors supporting our work to interpret the role of religion in American history and public life. Please consider a donation! www.congregationallibrary.org/giving-tuesd...

An important part of my job is working with churches undergoing the legacy process to preserve their archives. Today I was honored to join the South Acton Church (Massachusetts) for the final service in their beautiful 1892 structure.

Bridget Everett and Jeff Hiller on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me is making my Saturday morning.

A decade ago, @sarageorgini.bsky.social explored the history behind early Thanksgiving declarations that attempted to appeal to religion without privileging one denomination and to invoke civil authority without the blessing of a king.

earlyamericanists.com/2014/11/27/c...

Peaceful end to the week.

Congratulations to Adrian Chastain Weimer for winning this year’s Winthrop Prize from the Colonial Society of Massachusetts for her great book, A Constitutional Culture!

Our next annual conference, in June 2025, will be on the topic of “Recalling the Revolution in New England”. How has the region commemorated, historicized, promulgated, and forgotten the American Revolution?

Here is the call for papers:
dublin-seminar.org/our-2025-con...

The next generation of archivists visited the Congregational Library & Archives today from Simmons University. The future is in good hands with this talented cohort!

I am proud of our commitment at the Congregational Library & Archives to empowering churches to care for their own archives. Join us for the next program in our series: "Sharing Your Story: Using the Archives to Write Your Church's History" at 1 pm today www.congregationallibrary.org/events/shari...