Harriet Hayden's guest appearances

Harriet Hayden

Boston Athenæum

Barack Obama

Steven Pinker

Sarah McBride

Stephen Kinzer

Richard Bell

Sarah Parcak

Mary Norris

Robert Gould

Robert Shiller

Nina Campbell

Theodore Roosevelt

Hieronymus Bosch

Carl Zimmer

Theo Tyson

Michael Reynolds

OwlTail

Join Theo Tyson, Polly Thayer Starr Fellow in American Art and Culture as she shares her insights and inquiries on a set of nineteenth-century photo albums that belonged to Harriet Bell Hayden (1816-1893), a survivor of slavery and anti-slavery activist. Married to famed abolitionist Lewis Hayden (1811-1889), Mrs. Hayden’s albums are a unique opportunity to explore the racial, social, and cultural history of Boston’s thriving Beacon Hill anti-slavery community. Tyson will discuss the types of visual and material culture needed to create and sustain archival collections. She will address how institutions can accurately share the histories of African Americans, formerly enslaved Black people, and especially Black women.

Theo Tyson, "The Harriet Hayden Albums: A History of Photography, Agency & Identity in Boston"