PLACE Topics
Gallery of Digital Photos by Prof.
Richard Gelpke
Peoples of Massachusetts: Native Americans and
First English Settlers:
Outline of Topics Covered
Power Point presentation
of Eric Johnson
Massachusetts Historical Commission
Peoples of Massachusetts: Immigration to Massachusetts:
Outline of presentation of Dr.
Westy A. Egmont, Director, International Institute
of Boston and Dreams of Freedom, Boston's Immigration
Museum
Images: Percent Born Outside,
English as a Second Language,
Ethnicity and Race1,
Ethnicity and Race2
Physical Geography:
Outline of Topics Covered
Power Point Presentation of Dr.
Richard Gelpke Professor. Earth and Geographic
Sciences, University of Mass. Boston.
Mass Towns
Mass Topography
The Massachusetts Settlement Landscape: The Development
of Towns
Outline of Topics Covered
Power Point Presentation of Michael
Steinitz Director, Survey and Planning, Mass.
Historical Commission
Economic Transitions: From New England Village
to the City of Lowell Village Life
Outline of presentation
of Dr. Laurence Gross,
Professor Economic and Social Development, University
of Mass. Lowell
From Maritime Trades to Factory: A Tale of Several
Cities
Outline of presentation
of Dr. Len Travers, Professor of History,
University of Mass. Dartmouth
Primary Sources,
New Bedford 1838
Steve
Kocur website on Maritime to Factory
Lowell as a Case Study of Reforms in Society in
Early Nineteenth-Century Massachusetts
Outline of presentation
of Sheila Kirschbaum, Education Specialist, Tsongas
Industrial History Center, Lowell
Fugitives, Whaling, and the Antebellum Coasting
Trade: The Case of New Bedford
Outline of presentation
of Kathryn Grover, Historian, New Bedford
State and Regional Systems: Water, Energy, Transportation
and Communication
Outline of Topics Covered
Power Point Presentation
of Dr.Jack Looney, Chair,
Earth and Geographic Sciences, University of Mass.
Boston