Virtual Program | Rosenbach Collections Chat: Indigenous Author-Activists in The Rosenbach’s Collection

The Rosenbach’s rare book collections include volumes written by Native American authors who sought to advocate for Indigenous peoples’ rights in the nineteenth-century United States. In this interactive, digital program, you will learn about three of those authors—William Apess, R.B. Lewis, and Simon Pokagon—and a fourth author, Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, represented in the Rosenbach collection in a rare and fragile manuscript. Join us as we consider how these authors used the genres of memoir, poetry, history, and the novel to advocate for Indigenous rights.

Pre-registration for this event is required; a link to a Zoom meeting will be sent to registrants.

See all upcoming tours here. Space is limited and advance registration is strongly recommended.