Book Club
OHA Book Club – Quoting Matilda by Sue Savion
Onondaga Historical Association 321 Montgomery Street, SyracuseIn October, the OHA Book Club will be discussing Quoting Matilda by Sue Savion. Though Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are well-known historical names, that of Matilda Joslyn Gage usually evokes the response, "Who?" Yet, this amazing woman contributed equally for many years as part of a triumvirate with Anthony and Stanton. Matilda […]
OHA Book Club – “Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Rise of Roosevelt” by Edward P. Kohn
Onondaga Historical Association 321 Montgomery Street, SyracuseThis November, OHA Book Club will discuss Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Rise of Roosevelt by Edward P. Kohn. From Amazon One of the worst natural disasters in American history, the 1896 New York heat wave killed almost 1,500 people in ten oppressively hot days. The heat coincided […]
Book Club – Frontier Justice: The Rise and Fall of the Loomis Gang by E. Fuller Torrey
On March 4th, the OHA Book Club will meet and discuss Frontier Justice: The Rise and Fall of the Loomis Gang by E. Fuller Torrey. Via Amazon: A definitive history of the Loomis Gang who terrorized central New York in the 1800's. Well-educated and from aristocratic New England families, George and Rhoda Loomis raised their children […]
Book Club: “The Soul of Central New York” by Sean Kirst
On April 15th, The OHA Book Club will meet to discuss The Soul of Central New York by Sean Kirst. The author will be joining the discussion. You can purchase the book here or in our Gift Gallery at 321 Montgomery Street in Downtown Syracuse. More about the book via Syracuse University Press: Nationally celebrated columnist Sean […]
Book Club: The Triangle Fire by Leon Stein
Onondaga Historical Association 321 Montgomery Street, SyracuseOn May 6th, the OHA Book Club will discuss The Triangle Fire by Leon Stein More about the book: March 25, 2011, marks the centennial of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, in which 146 garment workers lost their lives. A work of history relevant for all those who continue the fight for workers' rights and safety, this […]
OHA Book Club: Women in the World of Frederick Douglass
Onondaga Historical Association 321 Montgomery Street, SyracuseThis month's OHA Book Club will feature a discussion with author Leigh Fought, Associate Professor of History at Le Moyne College, about her book, Women in the World of Frederick Douglass. Douglas Egerton, author of, Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America, will also be discussing and signing his book. About the book (via […]
OHA Book Club: The Myth of Seneca Falls, by Lisa Tetrault
On Saturday, November 11th OHA is hosting its monthly book club featuring the book, The Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and the Women's Suffrage Movement, 1848-1898 (Gender and American Culture). The book will be available in OHA's Gift Gallery Museum Store at 321 Montgomery Street. "The story of how the women's rights movement began at the Seneca […]
OHA Book Club: Holiday Cooking Edition & Potluck
Onondaga Historical Association 321 Montgomery Street, SyracuseHave a favorite cookbook? Interested in changing up your holiday meals? Join us for the next meeting for the OHA Book Club on December 9th at 11:30am at the Onondaga Historical Museum Auditorium in downtown Syracuse. Have a dish you want to share? Bring it with you! We'll also be hosting Lynne Pascale, owner of Farmer […]
OHA Book Club: “The Traitor’s Wife” by Allison Pataki
Onondaga Historical Association 321 Montgomery Street, SyracuseOn February 24th, the OHA Book Club will discuss "The Traitor's Wife" by Allison Pataki. About the book (via Goodreads) A riveting historical novel about Peggy Shippen Arnold, the cunning wife of Benedict Arnold and mastermind behind America's most infamous act of treason . . . Everyone knows Benedict Arnold--the Revolutionary War general who betrayed America […]
OHA Announces Follow-up to World War I Reading and Discussion Program
The Onondaga Historical Association (OHA) is pleased to offer a second installment of “Our World Remade: World War I,” a reading and discussion series developed and sponsored by Humanities New York. “With its thematic focus, this reading and discussion program offers an unusual twist on the standard book group format by making time for thinking […]