{"id":3246,"date":"2020-01-20T07:07:02","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T12:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/?p=3246"},"modified":"2020-01-20T21:23:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T02:23:45","slug":"resources-for-olli-course-a-walk-through-berkshire-history-spring-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2020\/01\/20\/resources-for-olli-course-a-walk-through-berkshire-history-spring-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources for OLLI Course: &#8220;A Walk Through Berkshire History&#8221; Spring 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here is a list of links to the slides I used in my classes, as well as various blog posts, articles, and other resources that have been referenced during my lectures, or mentioned in my emails to the OLLI students, or that came to mind as I was preparing this list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2019\/03\/02\/a-walk-through-berkshire-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Here is a brief introduction (opens in a new tab)\">Here is a brief introduction<\/a><\/strong> to the course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Please note that nearly all of the material here is copyrighted, either by me or by my sources, and is intended to be used solely for educational purposes. I have tried to acknowledge all the help I received, from my students and others. Apologies to anyone I may have inadvertently failed to thank.  The course turned into a larger undertaking than I had originally envisioned, and I probably learned more than my students did, since I sorted through an enormous amount of material before deciding how to condense it into class presentations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Slides<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Session One (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Slides-for-Session-One.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Session One<\/a> [Mahican-Mohawk Trail]<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Session Two (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Session-Two.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Session Two<\/a> [Ice Glen and Laura&#8217;s Tower] (some overlap with Session One, since the discussion of the Mahican-Mohawk Trail continued in Session Two, before taking on the Laurel Hill Association properties in Stockbridge)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Session Three (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Session-Three.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Session Three<\/a> [segue from Stockbridge to Monterey] (again, some overlap and review, since the discussions of properties didn&#8217;t fall neatly one into each session, and there was more interest in the Mohicans than I had anticipated)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Session Four (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Slides-for-Session-Four.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Session Four<\/a> [Bidwell House]<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Session Five (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Slides-for-Session-Five.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Session Five<\/a> [Alford Springs and Parsons Marsh]<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Slides-for-Session-Six.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Session Six<\/a> [Keystone Arch Bridges] plus some review, additional information, and answers to questions raised in prior sessions<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Articles<\/strong> mentioned and <strong>Other Resources<\/strong> that might be of interest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2019\/04\/24\/property-one-the-mahican-mohawk-trail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"A set of notes (opens in a new tab)\">A set of notes<\/a> relating to some of the slides used in the first few sessions, and other material<\/li><li>BNRC (Berkshire Natural Resources Council) <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"website (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bnrc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Bidwell House Museum website (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bidwellhousemuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bidwell House Museum website<\/a><\/li><li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Supreme Court Case That Enshrined White Supremacy in Law: How Plessy v. Ferguson shaped the history of racial discrimination in America. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2019\/02\/04\/the-supreme-court-case-that-enshrined-white-supremacy-in-law\" target=\"_blank\">The Supreme Court Case That Enshrined White Supremacy in Law: How Plessy v. Ferguson shaped the history of racial discrimination in America.<\/a><\/em> The majority opinion was written by Justice Brown, who lived and was educated in Stockbridge. He was one of three Supreme Court Justices to come from Stockbridge, and at one time, all three were on the Court at the same time.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Mohican History (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mohican.com\/origin-early-history\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mohican History<\/a> as told on the website of the &#8220;Stockbridge-Munsee Community: Band of Mohican Indians&#8221; &#8212; with a menu to other parts of their website.<\/li><li><strong> <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2019\/03\/02\/word-of-the-day-usufruct\/\" target=\"_blank\">This post<\/a> addresses something we discussed in class; an early source of misunderstanding between the English and the Natives: <em>Usufruct rights<\/em><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Keystone Arch Bridges website (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/keystonearches.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Keystone Arch Bridges website<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Laurel Hill Association (Stockbridge) website (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/laurelhillassociation.org\/mission-history\" target=\"_blank\">Laurel Hill Association (Stockbridge) website<\/a><\/li><li>More information about <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Laura's Tower (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2018\/08\/27\/lauras-tower-in-stockbridge-massachusetts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Laura&#8217;s Tower<\/a><\/li><li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Heydays Along the Mohawk Trail (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/benningtonmuseum.org\/library\/walloomsack\/volume-14\/heydays-along-the-mohawk-trail.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Heydays Along the Mohawk Trail<\/a><\/em>, by Lauren Stevens<\/li><li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Trouble With Wilderness (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.williamcronon.net\/writing\/Trouble_with_Wilderness_Main.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Trouble with Wilderness<\/a><\/em>, by William Cronon<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Other related (and somewhat more personal) information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li> <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2019\/05\/27\/alford-a-land-acknowledgment\/\" target=\"_blank\">Land Acknowledgement<\/a>:<\/strong>&nbsp;the idea for this came from Simon Winchester, who did a similar thing in Sandisfield, where he is the Town Moderator. My specific application to Alford was informed by the research I had done for the OLLI course. <\/li><li>A little humor to avow  <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2019\/04\/20\/olli-nomination-for-least-qualified-speaker\/\" target=\"_blank\">My Disqualifications:<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;I wanted to be sure my students knew I didn\u2019t take myself too seriously. I\u2019m not an historian, and I relied on the work of others to provide the information I conveyed.<\/li><li>And just in case you think I&#8217;m being too modest and don&#8217;t know how to brag, this (partial) <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"list of my accomplishments (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2019\/08\/12\/olli-university-day-civic-engagement-panel\/\" target=\"_blank\">list of my accomplishments<\/a><\/strong> should disabuse you of that notion! <\/li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2019\/04\/06\/an-olli-walk-through-berkshire-history-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\">My rather verbose introduction<\/a><\/strong> to myself and the course.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2018\/11\/05\/edwin-curtis-bidwell-an-early-physician-of-vineland-nj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Edwin Curtis Bidwell (opens in a new tab)\">Edwin Curtis Bidwell<\/a><\/strong>, my grandmother&#8217;s grandfather.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m sure there are more items, so I&#8217;ll add to this list from time to time, as I notice them. If you have any questions about anything here (or that I omitted) feel free to contact me. Those in my course know my email address, others can leave a note here. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of links to the slides I used in my classes, as well as various blog posts, articles, and other resources that have been referenced during my lectures, or mentioned in my emails to the OLLI students, or that came to mind as I was preparing this list. Background Here is a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/2020\/01\/20\/resources-for-olli-course-a-walk-through-berkshire-history-spring-2019\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,47,49,57,48,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3246"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3542,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3246\/revisions\/3542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfw.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}