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Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives Christian Goodwillie was recently awarded a research fellowship by the Church History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).

Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives Christian Goodwillie recently received the Communal Society Association’s (CSA) Timothy Miller Outstanding Publication Award for his book Richard McNemar: Frontier Heretic and Shaker Apostle.

Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives Christian Goodwillie presented an invited lecture during a celebratory conference marking the 250th anniversary of the Sabbathday Lake Shakers’ arrival in North America.

The original draft manuscript to what would become the musical sensation Annie — with handwritten annotations by its author Thomas Meehan ’51 — has found a home in Hamilton’s permanent collection.

Picture an evening in the late 18th century. A man sits alone at a desk lit only by the soft glow of a candle. The room is quiet but for the light scratching of pen on paper. The man pauses to ponder a thought and then resumes writing the manuscript that would become the crowning achievement of his life's work.

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.