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Glassberg, David

David Glassberg Papers

1986-2024
13 13 linear feet
Call no.: FS 218

David Glassberg, ca. 2016

David Glassberg (1954-) taught United States cultural, public, and environmental history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst between 1986 and 2024. A native of Philadelphia, he earned a BA from the University of Chicago (1976) and PhD from The Johns Hopkins University (1982). His research examines the interrelationship of historical consciousness and environmental perception in the US as represented in politics, culture, and the landscape. Among his publications are American Historical Pageantry: The Uses of Tradition in the Early Twentieth Century (1990); Sense of History: The Place of the Past in American Life (2001); “What’s ‘American’ about American Lieux de Mémoire?” (2008); (with Robert Paynter) “Du Bois in Great Barrington: The Promises and Pitfalls of a Boyhood Historic Site” (2012); “Place, Memory, and Climate Change” (2014); “The Changing Cape: Using History to Engage Coastal Residents in Community Conversations About Climate Change” (2017); “Practicing Heritage Justice: Helping Your Community Decide Which Historic Places To Protect From The Impact Of Climate Change (and Which to Let Go)” (2022); and “Laurance S. Rockefeller and the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission: Race, Recreation, and National Parks” (2022). Glassberg has also collaborated with a number of museums and national parks, including the W.E.B. Du Bois National Historical Landmark, the Statue of Liberty National Monument, Minnesota Historical Society, Boston Children’s Museum, Pinelands (N.J.) National Reserve, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Springfield Armory National Historical Site, and the Cape Cod National Seashore.

Box 1. Glassberg before UMASS
Box 2. Glassberg California History Notes
Box 3. Consulting and Conference notes, other papers and writing (1996-2024)
Box 4. NPS and Landscape Conservation notes
Box 5. Glassberg’s Public History Program materials and local history
Box 6. New Jersey Pinelands research
Box 7. Pageantry Notes and photocopies
Box 8. Pageantry Notes and photocopies
Box 9. Pageantry Notecards
Box 10. Slides, town character notes
Box 11. Research notes for Sense of History
Box 12. Annual Reports and Publications
Box 13. Consulting, conferences, and other writing (1986-1995)

Gift of David Glassberg, 2024

Subjects

HistoryNatural history--CaliforniaNew Jersey--Pinelands National ReserveUnited States. National Park Service.

Contributors

David Glassberg