The Winthrop Project

A multigenerational team working on how multiple generations of Winthrops read. Funded by the Gardner Magic Project @Princeton. 💻: @madmcmahon & @richardcalis

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We are delighted to announce that our article, "Passing The Book: Cultures of Reading in the Winthrop Family, 1580–1730" is now out @PastPresentSoc : https://t.co/CASHuM6Cc7 📚👈✍️

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available here: https://t.co/CASHuM6Cc7

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Once more for #marginaliamonday: check out our new article @PastPresentSoc on 3D-reading and the Winthrop Family in Early America 👇#twitterstorians #bookhistory #historyofreading

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We are delighted to announce that our article, "Passing The Book: Cultures of Reading in the Winthrop Family, 1580–1730" is now out @PastPresentSoc : https://t.co/CASHuM6Cc7 📚👈✍️

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@Jay_Moschella @BPLBoston @scaliger @madmcmahon @richardcalis

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@nysoclib @OUPAcademic @scaliger @madmcmahon and not to forget: @WinthropProject @richardcalis Frederik Clark Christian Flow and Jennifer Rampling

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It's our Winthrop Collection informing research published by @OUPAcademic! #RareBooks #Reading #History @scaliger @madmcmahon

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@drjosephhone @PastPresentSoc Thank you! Happy you liked it!

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Wow. This is an important article. Bravo @PastPresentSoc. https://t.co/yyuHxQ53Te

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@janarl2tuc @kawulf @PastPresentSoc Hope you enjoy it!

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We are delighted to announce that our article, "Passing The Book: Cultures of Reading in the Winthrop Family, 1580–1730" is now out @PastPresentSoc : https://t.co/CASHuM6Cc7 📚👈✍️

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@daraghjgrant @PastPresentSoc Thanks so much —we're excited you enjoyed it!

[Daragh Grant @daraghjgrant]

This is an outstanding achievement by @WinthropProject in @PastPresentSoc. As well as shedding light on how people read in early modernity, it furnishes an invaluable resources for scholars of early New England.

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@NYAMHistory @PastPresentSoc Thank you!

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This might also be of interest for @Jay_Moschella ! The first fruits of our labor; hopefully we can come see more Winthrop materials
@BPLBoston in the near future!

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Many thanks also to @nysoclib @NYAMNYC @BeineckeLibrary @MHS1791 @HoughtonLib @britishlibrary @PrincetonRBSC @DukeLibraries and the Pelletier Library @alleghenycol; and @bibliographes, Steve Ferguson, Anne Garner, Arlene Shaner and Jane Westenfeld for help and guidance.

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@sourdoughchef Thanks!

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Special thanks to Jean Bauer, Alex Bevilacqua, Ann Blair, Katherine Grandjean, David Hall, Stuart McManus, William Newman, Nick Popper, Sarah Rivett, Sarah Ross, David Sacks, @neilsaf , Bill Sherman, Arnoud Visser, Alexandra Walsham, Wendy Warren and @waltwould for feedback!

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If you attended @hssonline 2015 in San Francisco, you may remember the first talk—or rather, play—we gave about the Winthrop Library at the plenary session called "Passing the Book." We've come a long way from that night in the Colonial Room at the Westin... Take a look! 👇

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We are delighted to announce that our article, "Passing The Book: Cultures of Reading in the Winthrop Family, 1580–1730" is now out @PastPresentSoc : https://t.co/CASHuM6Cc7 📚👈✍️

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Here is the abstract:

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Co-authored by @richardcalis , Frederic Clark, Christian Flow, @scaliger , @madmcmahon , and Jennifer Rampling

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Tomorrow (2/6) we will be discussing our work with other @Princeton Digital Humanities projects.