Bottimore Lecture 2009: Presidents Lincoln and Davis at Home September 24, 2009

2009 Elizabeth Roller Bottimore Lecture
University of Richmond, Haynes Room
Thursday, September 24, 2009
7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Free admission, RSVP required

Co-sponsored by the University of Richmond's Department of History, Preservation Virginia, the Historic Richmond Foundation, and the Virginia Center for Architecture, this program will take a look at the two White Houses of the Civil War with renowned historian and author Dr. William Seale.

Dr. Seale is an historian who has specialized in the history and restoration of American buildings, notably state capitols. He received his MA and Ph.D from Duke University and taught at Lamar University, University of Houston, University of South Carolina, and Columbia University and was curator of cultural history at the Smithsonian Institution. His restoration projects include the state capitols of Michigan, Ohio, Kansas, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama, and he has been a consultant for other state capitols and historic buildings.

Dr. Seale's books include The President’s House: A History, 2 vols. (White House Historical Association, 1986 and 2008), The White House: History of an American Idea (White House Historical Association, 2001); The Tasteful Interlude: American Interiors Through the Camera’s Eye (Praeger Publishers, 1975), Recreating the Historic House Interior (American Association for State and Local History Press, 1988), Restoration of the Kentucky Governor’s Mansion (State of Kentucky, 1984), Restoration of the Michigan Capitol, State of Michigan, (Kent State University Press, 1988), and The Virginia Governor’s Mansion: A History of the Governor’s House (Virginia State Library & Archives, 1988). He also coauthored Temples of Democracy: The State Capitols of the USA (Harcourt, 1976) and Courthouse (Bonanza, 1977). He is also editor of White House History, the award-winning journal of the White House Historical Association.

This is a FREE event, but RSVP is required.
For more information, call 804-649-1861 x.32

Official Website: http://www.moc.org/site/Calendar/146276735?view=Detail&id=102421