The Pilgrims: History, Myth and Legacy

Syllabus

9/22/20 – Pilgrim origins and emigration to the New World. Jesse Waldinger.

9/29/20 – Native Americans in New England before 1620. John Dickson.

10/6/20 – Part I: Establishment of Plimoth Plantation and early contacts with the Natives. Waldinger.

Part II: Life in Plymouth Colony. Dickson.

10/13/20 – Plymouth and Beyond: neighboring settlements and relations with the Natives. Dickson.

10/20/20 – Pilgrim myths. Waldinger.

10/27/20 – Impact of the Pilgrim story on the Berkshires.

Selected Background Reading

Berkshire County’s Industrial Heritage

Check out this book on the nineteenth century mills and those who owned and worked in them. Available through Arcadia Press or Amazo n.
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