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Public Programs

Lecture Series

Image of J. A. Leo LemayThursday, March 9, 2006 at Noon

"Benjamin Franklin"
J. A. Leo Lemay, University of Delaware
Noon, March 9, 2006
Location: Thomas Jefferson Building, Room LJ119 (view floor plan)

Image of Emma Lapsansky-WernerThursday, April 20, 2006 at Noon

"Benjamin Franklin and Others in Search of a Better World"
Emma Lapsansky-Werner, Haverford College
Location: James Madison Building, Mary Pickford Theater (view floor plan)

>> more about Emma Lapsansky-Werner:
http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/webejl/vita896.html
http://www.haverford.edu/publications/winter03/laps.htm

Image of Robert L. MiddlekauffThursday, May 4, 2006 at Noon

"Did Benjamin Franklin Have a Dark Side?"
Robert L. Middlekauff, Berkeley
Location: Thomas Jefferson Building, Room LJ119 (view floor plan)

>> more about Robert Middlekauff:
http://history.berkeley.edu/faculty/Middlekauff
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/dta96/#middlekauff

Gallery Talks

All programs will take place in the American Treasures Gallery at 12:00 P.M. (view map)

January 18, 2006
Gerard Gawalt of the Manuscript Division will lead Part I of a tour through the exhibition Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words

February 22, 2006
Rosemary Fry Plakas of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division will discuss Benjamin Franklin as a writer and printer

March 1, 2006
Gerard Gawalt of the Manuscript Division will discuss Benjamin Franklin as a statesman and diplomat

March 29, 2006
Len Bruno of the Manuscript Division will discuss Benjamin Franklin as scientist and inventor

May 3, 2006
Gerry Gawalt of the Manuscript Division will lead Part II of tour through the exhibition Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words