Welcome to the final installment of our exploration of the portrait of Mary Gray Bidwell. If you have been following...
November 3, 2020November 4, 2020
Bidwell Lore – Barnabas Bidwell and Thomas Jefferson
Welcome to week 29 of Bidwell Lore! This week we will explore some correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and Barnabas Bidwell along with...
October 30, 2020October 30, 2020
Collections Focus – Portrait of Mary Gray Bidwell, Part II
Welcome to the second installment of our exploration of the portrait of Mary Gray Bidwell. If you have been following...
October 27, 2020October 28, 2020
Bidwell Lore – Ultracrepidarianism, Slavery, and The Age of Enlightenment, Part III
Welcome to week 28 of Bidwell Lore! This week we finish the three-part series Ultracrepidarianism, Slavery, and The Age of Enlightenment. Last week we also...
October 23, 2020October 23, 2020
Collections Focus – Portrait of Mary Gray Bidwell, Part I
If you have been following our Bidwell Lore series, you have come to know Mary Gray Bidwell. If you are...
October 20, 2020October 21, 2020
Bidwell Lore – Ultracrepidarianism, Slavery, and The Age of Enlightenment, Part II
Welcome to week 27 of Bidwell Lore! This week we continue the three-part series Ultracrepidarianism, Slavery, and The Age of Enlightenment. Congressman Barnabas Bidwell,...
October 13, 2020October 15, 2020
Bidwell Lore – Ultracrepidarianism, Slavery, and The Age of Enlightenment, Part I
Welcome to week 26 of Bidwell Lore! This week we begin a new three-part series, still in the world of Barnabas and...
October 6, 2020October 7, 2020
Bidwell Lore – Mary Bidwell in Saratoga
This week we are sharing a short story containing letters from Mary Gray Bidwell to Barnabas Bidwell that Mary wrote...
September 29, 2020September 30, 2020
Bidwell Lore: Love, Marriage, and Politics in the Early Republic, Part III
Welcome to week 24 of Bidwell Lore! We conclude our three-part series about Mary and Barnabas with some wonderfully illustrative letters between...
September 22, 2020September 24, 2020
Bidwell Lore – Love, Marriage, and Politics in the Early Republic, Part II
Welcome to week 23 of Bidwell Lore! Last week we began a three-part series about the lives of Barnabas and Mary. This week...