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Between Justice and History: This Year’s Fredric M. Miller Memorial Lecture

The opening of the President's House memorial on Independence Mall, Philadelphia, on December 15, 2010, culminated years of sometimes contentious discussion about how to interpret this site. (Photograph by H. Rumph Jr. for the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp.)


This month we feature a slightly edited version of the Fredric M. Miller Memorial Lecture delivered by MARCH founding director Howard Gillette on May 5, 2011, on the occasion of his retirement from Rutgers-Camden, where he has served as Professor of History since 1999.  The annual Miller Lecture recognizes the late Fred Miller’s pioneering work as an archivist and public historian to preserve and promote the history of Philadelphia, where he directed the Urban Archives at Temple University; and of Washington, D.C., where he worked at the National Archives and Records Administration.

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The Scribe of Camden

The immediate past director of MARCH, Howard Gillette, has been featured prominently in the Philadelphia Inquirer for his research on the City of Camden and dedication to public history in the Mid-Atlantic region.  The column by Kevin Riordan calls attention to the Miller Memorial Lecture on May 5, which drew more than 150 people to hear Gillette will speak on the topic “Between Justice and History.”  This event also marked Gillette’s retirement from the faculty at Rutgers-Camden.  Read the article.