Program

Public Programs: Younger Scholars, 2/76 - 2/85

Period of Performance

5/1/1979 - 11/30/1979

Funding Totals

$1,718.00 (approved)
$1,718.00 (awarded)


Cultural Analysis of Prizefighting in Boston, 1920-Today

FAIN: GY-*0436-79

Trustees of Hampshire College (Amherst, MA 01002-3359)
Lee Goodwin (Project Director: November 1978 to October 1990)

A history of boxing and 20th-century boxers in Boston. With an emphasis on the role of prizefighting in the Irish Community.

To study the history of boxing and 20th-century boxers in Boston and publish related magazine and newspaper articles.