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Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives Christian Goodwillie recently published a book, Richard McNemar: Frontier Heretic and Shaker Apostle (Indiana University Press).

In 2019, a team of Hamilton College staff and students traveled to the island of Nevis, birthplace of the College’s namesake Alexander Hamilton, to collaborate with staff members from the Nevis Historical and Conservation Society.  A team returned in June to continue work on the project.

Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives Christian Goodwillie is a host of the recently-launched podcast, Communes USA.

Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives Christian Goodwillie was recently interviewed on the Nevis Historical and Conservation Society’s (NHCS) Dem Say program.

The Communal Studies Association’s (CSA) 2021 Distinguished Scholar Award was recently presented to Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives Christian Goodwillie.

Marcus Gutierrez ’18, lover of history and his alma mater, rounded up a group of young alums to pitch in to buy a document signed by DeWitt Clinton for the College archives.

From anarchist periodicals of the 1920s to a 16th century copy of Aesop’s Fables to paintings of 19th century everyday life in China, Hamilton’s Special Collections is a trove of fascinating publications and ephemera. More importantly it is a repository of primary source material for students and faculty to conduct research.

Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives Christian Goodwillie was recently featured in the original documentary Defining Expertise: The Design of 19th-Century Shaker Communities (Heaven on Earth).

In 2019, Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives Christian Goodwillie and Photography and Digital Imagery Specialist Marianita Peaslee visited Nevis, Alexander Hamilton’s birthplace, with three students to begin the process of digitizing historical documents. The manuscripts are now available online.

Imagining the Shakers, written by Robert P. Emlen and by published Hamilton’s Richard W. Couper Press, was recently awarded the Ewell W. Newman Book Award.