Ford Hall Forum Collection, 1910-2013 (MS113)
Title
Ford Hall Forum Collection, 1910-2013 (MS113)
Creator
Ford Hall Forum
Description
The Ford Hall Forum Collection documents the history of the nation’s longest running free public lecture series. The Forum has hosted some the most notable figures in the arts, science, politics, and the humanities since its founding in 1908. The collection, which spans from 1908 to 2013, includes of 85 boxes of materials related to the Forum's administration, lectures, fund raising, partnerships, and its radio program, the New American Gazette.
Source
View the finding aid to the Ford Hall Forum Collection for more information (PDF).
Language
English
Collection Items
Ford Hall Forum: Susan M. Wilczynski and Brenda Smith Myles with James T. Brett discuss Autism: Looking Beyond Cause and Cure [audio recording]
The United States has seen a consistent increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism, with one out of every 150 children now affected by the disorder. What does science tell us about effective treatments? What resources are available for…
Ford Hall Forum: Wendy Kaminer with Peter Kadzis discuss Worst Instincts: Cowardice, Conformity, and the ACLU [audio recording]
Wendy Kaminer, lawyer, social critic, and former American Civil Liberties Union national board member, and Peter Kadzis, Executive Editor of The Boston Phoenix and political commentator on FOX25 News, discuss the virtues of dissent and free speech,…
Ford Hall Forum: Maggie Gallagher: The Case Against Same-Sex Marriage [audio recording]
Maggie Gallagher, President of the Institute for Marriage and
Public Policy, argues that to the only way to win the gay marriage debate is to win the marriage debate: to emerge with a deeper, richer, understanding of marriage as a social and legal…
Public Policy, argues that to the only way to win the gay marriage debate is to win the marriage debate: to emerge with a deeper, richer, understanding of marriage as a social and legal…
Ford Hall Forum: Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J. and Joseph F. Savage discuss The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Execution [audio recording]
Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J., author of Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States and The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Execution. Sister Helen currently works with the Death Penalty…
Ford Hall Forum: Paul Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Gould, and Nick Mills with Alan Berger discuss Afghanistan's Untold Story and the Road Ahead [video recording]
Najim Azadzoi, Nick Mills, Paul Fitzgerald, and Elizabeth Gould discuss the roots of the current crisis in Afghanistan and how to move toward a better future. The members of the panel contemplate what a peaceful, stable, and productive Afghanistan…
Ford Hall Forum: Anita Hill receives the 2008 Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award [audio recording]
As a lawyer, scholar, and civil rights activist. Professor Anita F. Hill, Brandeis University, has shed light on the legal and social forces shaping our nation and served as an inspiration to those seeking justice and truth in the face of great…
Ford Hall Forum: Rami Khouri and Stephen Burgard discuss Baghdad, Tehran, Beirut and Jerusalem- A Critical Arab View of America's Middle East Policies [audio recording]
Rami Khouri is a Beirut-based internationally syndicated columnist, Director of the Islam Fares Institute of Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut, and editor-at-large of The Daily Star newspaper. He also…
Ford Hall Forum: Kitty Dukakis, Michael Dukakis, and Larry Tye: Shock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy [audio recording]
After suffering from decades from severe depression, substance abuses problems, and hospitalizations, Kitty Dukakis now credits her recovery to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Opponents of ECT would like to see the treatment banned on the basis of…
Ford Hall Forum: Charlie Savage discusses Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy [audio recording]
President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution. Is…
Ford Hall Forum: Garrison Keillor dicusses his book Pontoon [audio recording]
Garrison Keillor, author, storyteller, humorist, and creator of the weekly radio show A Prairie Home Companion, joins us tonight to share from his latest Lake Wobegon novel. Set in the iconic Midwestern small town – a place where “the women and…
Ford Hall Forum: Paul Hawken: Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being, and Why No One Saw it Coming [audio recording]
From billion-dollar nonprofits to single person causes, there is a growing worldwide movement of organizations dedicated to restoring the environment and fostering social justice. This is a movement with no name, leader, or headquarters, but it can…
Ford Hall Forum: Paul D. Biddinger, MD and Lisa Stone, MD discuss Disaster Preparedness in Massachusetts: Ready? Or not? [audio recording]
Real and predicted calamities during the last decade have placed a sharp focus on America’s need to prepare for disaster. In particular, Hurricane Katrina showed the nation just how devastating a lack of preparation can be. Massachusetts now faces a…
Ford Hall Forum: 2006 Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award: Cokie Roberts, Nina Totenberg, and Linda Wertheimer [audio recording]
From Watergate to the confirmation hearings of Samuel Alito, from the Reagan Revolution to war in Iraq – the highly praised and award-winning coverage of Cokie Roberts, Nina Totenberg and Linda Wertheimer has shed light on the people, institutions,…
Ford Hall Forum: Dr. Yaron Brook on Democracy vs. Victory: Why the Forward Strategy of Freedom Had to Fail [audio recording]
After Sept. 11th, the Bush administration declared that we must bring freedom to the Middle Eastern nations that threaten us; thus, the Forward Strategy of Freedom. By establishing democracies in key Muslim countries, starting with Afghanistan and…
Ford Hall Forum: The Great Fire Wall of China: Ethan Guttmann, Hiawatha Bray, Valerie Epps and John Jaw [audio recording]
Ethan Guttmann, author of Losing the New China: A Story of American Commerce, Desire and Betrayal, former Foreign Policy Analyst at the Brookings Institution; Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe’s technology reporter; and John Jaw, founder of the…
Ford Hall Forum: John Darnton and Misia Landau on The Darwin Conspiracy [audio recording]
John Darnton, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, best-selling author of Neanderthal, The Experiment and, most recently, The Darwin Conspiracy, and Cultural News Editor of The New York Times. Darwin’s theories of natural selection and evolution have…
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