Page of Reason, Vol. XIV, December 2022
Dispatches from your most humble servant, the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies, Iona University
Welcome to Volume XIV of Page of Reason, a newsletter of the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies (ITPS), Iona University, New Rochelle, NY! Find more information about the ITPS and our activities at our Research Portal, theitps.org and follow us on Twitter @TheITPS.
Common Campus
‘Tis the season at Ryan Library, home of the ITPS! Best holiday wishes from the ITPS and Iona University community!
Common Acts
The ITPS is proud to host the NYC Metro District Diversity and Collaborative Knowledge Center, part of the Consider The Source: Teaching With Historical Records initiative created by the New York State Archives. Next Tuesday, December 13, 2022, the ITPS will host a Diversity and Collaborative Knowledge Workshop at Iona University, bringing together K-12 educators and history practitioners for conversations about how to integrate New York State- based archival sources into educational curriculum. Read more about the exciting resources and educational opportunities offered through the Consider The Source program!
Common Words
The ITPS has joined the vibrant community @historians.social on Mastodon! Follow us @ITPS@historians.social!
Common Views
The ITPS welcomed Sid Lapidus, renowned philanthropist and collector, for a conversation with Karin Wulf, the Beatrice and Julio Mario Santo Domingo Director and Librarian at the John Carter Brown Library and Professor of History at Brown University to Iona University. Sid and Karin discussed the Lapidus Collection at Iona, a repository of antique books, bibliographies, and scholarly monographs that relate to the history of the eighteenth century. The Lapidus collection includes materials on the history of slavery and anti-slavery, book history, revolution, and Thomas Paine himself. Sid and Karin shared insights into collecting, archives, and the value they bring for education and learning.
Common Sounds
Earlier this year, ITPS Podcast Season 2 host Dr. John Winters interviewed Andrei Jacobs, the Senior Manager of Tribal Partnerships for America250, the federal government’s commemoration of the upcoming 250th anniversary of the American Revolution (2026-2033). They discussed his ongoing work reaching out to indigenous communities nationwide and he gives us important insights into what is at stake in these early stages of a truly massive, and long neglected, public history effort.
Following this episode, Episode 3.5 features an important update that took place after Andrei and Winters spoke: the first formal meeting of the America250 Tribal Advisory Group. The recording is presented with the permission of Andrei and America250.
Listen here and subscribe on your favorite podcast platform!
Common Facts
Thanks to recent, generous donations, our Lapidus Collection of Revolutionary Era historiography is growing rapidly! We’ve begun a series of “Classic Covers” on ITPS social media, and this edition of Common Facts is inspired by this campaign. Name the author and title of the book in this snippet image: