A Journey in American History
"A Platform Connecting the Spokes on the Wheel of History of Enslaved People and Descendants"
Wed, Mar 08
|Massachusetts Historical Society
Gavin Kleespies, Director of Programs, Exhibitions and Community Partnership Massachusetts Historical Society
The MHS is an invaluable resource for the study of American history, life, and culture. Its collections tell the story of America through over twelve million docs, artifacts, and national treasures, including the personal papers of three presidents:John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson.
Time & Location
Mar 08, 2023, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Massachusetts Historical Society
About the event
Gavin Kleespies is the Director of Programs, Exhibitions, and Community Partnerships for the Massachusetts Historical Society and has been with MHS since 2014. He has worked in public history for over twenty-five years including being the executive director of two historical societies, most recently in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has been appointed to the Massachusetts 250th Commission, the Massachusetts Historical Commission, and the Cambridge Historical Commission and serves as a board member for the Massachusetts History Alliance and the Fenway Alliance.
He is a regional representative for the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Leadership in History Awards and serves on the AASLH 250th Task Force. He is an elected member of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Historical Society. He did his undergraduate work at Bard College, where he majored in economics and then received a master’s degree from the University of Chicago with a concentration in American History. He lives with in Cambridge with his partner and their son Otto.