Reconstructing Black Families: Recording Available

2023 Cliveden Conversation Series

Cliveden, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the African American Genealogy Group collaborated for the program Reconstructing Black Families: Stories from the Chew Papers on Tuesday, April 18th. The conversation discussed recent digitization work of documents from the Chew Family Papers, the work of recreating family groups done by the African American Genealogy Group, and how this research will impact interpretation at Cliveden.

A recording of the program is available on YouTube. To view, click here. 

This project was funded by the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Interpretation and Education Fund that was made possible by a challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.