| LS-50143-08 | Public Programs: Small Grants to Libraries: John Adams Unbound | Libraries Public | John Adams Unbound: A Traveling Exhibition to Libraries | 11/1/2008 - 12/31/2012 | $2,500.00 | Henry | | Fortunato | | | | Libraries Public | Kansas City | MO | 64105-1702 | USA | 2008 | U.S. History | Small Grants to Libraries: John Adams Unbound | Public Programs | 2500 | 0 | 2500 | 0 |
"John Adams Unbound" is a traveling exhibition based upon a larger exhibition of the same name developed by the Boston Public Library. The exhibition uses the lens of John Adam's personal library of 3,500 volumes--deposited in the Boston Public Library in 1894--to reveal and examine for a national audience how the intellectual content and the historical context of Adams' reading reflected, shaped, and informed his world and revolutionary views. The story in the exhibition is that of a great man committed to a lifelong scholarly humanistic endeavor that profoundly influenced his beliefs and actions. The exhibition travels to 20 public and academic libraries; a planning seminar for librarians and related educational materials support the tour. |