...Philippa Koch This article focuses on the archive of the Washington Female Orphan Asylum, founded in 1815, and places the study of philanthropy in conversation with scholarship on the archive in histories of slavery, colonization, and trauma. It argues, first, that philanthropic and reform...

..., that philanthropy shaped not only residents’ social and cultural lives, but also the built environment in which they lived. Methodologically, this article advocates for employing a source base that expands beyond objects directly tied to philanthropic actions and reads texts and images alongside the technological...

...Jessica Lauren Nelson This article uses two case studies, a charitable foundation that provided dowries to orphans as well as efforts to fundraise for a convent for Indigenous women, to explore how philanthropy functioned in late colonial Oaxaca, Mexico. I argue that in both cases, gendered...

...Georgina Brewis This article considers the material culture of charity and philanthropy, arguing that objects and artifacts related to charitable causes and campaigns are important sources for research and teaching. Recent scholarship explores the challenges faced in preserving and enabling access...

...Hilary N. Green This article explores the use of photography as a strategy for teaching Black educational philanthropy. Ordinary consumer-philanthropists, white and Black, saw value in the production, sale, and circulation of photography for the support of African American schools in the former...

... on Public History 2023 Experience Music Project EMP Museum of Pop Culture MoPOP Paul Allen philanthropy It began with a black hat. Jimi Hendrix embellished it with a purple sash along with turquoise stones and bucking bronco medallions. He wears the hat on the cover of the 1968 Smash...