March Book Drive – #1000blackgirlbooks
The Robbins House is supporting 11-year-old Marley Dias and her #1000blackgirlbooks project. Marley is collecting books about black girls to…
Politics, Money, and Anarchy: Historic House Museums
Humanities Director Elon Cook participates in NY panel, “Politics, Money, and Anarchy: Historic House Museums”
Thursday, January 14th, Robbins House Humanities Director, Elon Cook, took part in a panel discussing the best ways to ensure long-term stewardship of historic house museums.
The Robbins House Named a Top End-of-Year Heritage Giving Recommendation
“The Robbins House in Concord might be small, but it packs a wallop of an interpretive punch.”
– Taylor Stoermer, Public History Professor, Harvard University Museum Studies Program
Imagining life as a black woman in 1840 Concord
Nov. 19, 2015 | CONCORD
By Jim Callahan
The Robbins House is a Concord, Mass.-based nonprofit organization focused on revealing the little known African American history of Concord and its regional and national importance. Articles about the Robbins House, its history and the personalities associated with that history, along with events currently taking place at the Robbins House, will appear from time to time in the Concord Journal.
Concord nonprofit receives $100K grant for African American history, educational programs
Nov. 19, 2015 | CONCORD
The Robbins House, a nonprofit focused on the African American history of Concord, was awarded a $100,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The grant, which will be used to create interpretive and educational programs, requires a 1:1 cost share match by the Robbins House, whose funds are raised through contributions.
The Robbins House Director Elon Cook on HuffPost Live
The Robbins House Director Elon Cook doubles as Program Manager at the Center for Reconciliation in Providence, Rhode Island.
Concord Journal covers Frederick Douglass event
Concord Journal, Thursday, July 30, 2015, Page A6
The Robbins House, the center for Concord’s African-American history, recently hosted a community reading of Frederick Douglass’ speech “The Meaning of the July Fourth for the Negro.”
Thoreau Annual Gathering Presentation
Friday July 10, 9-10:30 am
Thoreau’s Sense of Place Speaker: Kendra Taira Field, Tufts Assist Prof of History & Africana Studies: 19th-c US, African American, Native American
Director’s Note: June 2015
The Robbins House was happy to welcome its new site director to the team last week. Her name is Elon Cook and she is a public historian, genealogist and graduate of Brown University’s masters in Public Humanities. Elon will be blogging monthly about the Robbins House’s newest programs, events and exhibitions.
We are also ramping up activities for the summer and making exciting new plans for the fall. Please follow our website, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates, news and to join the Robbins House community!
