"In Our Time but Not of It”: Race, Memory, and Profit on Maryland's Eastern Shore

People have been living and working along the Chesapeake Bay for thousands of years. Why does public memory of the Bay dwell on the lives of twentieth-century watermen, and obscure the many other people who have always depended on the water for their livelihoods? Drawing from the H. Furlong Baldwin Library’s rich collections, Seth Bruggeman, PhD, 2024–2025 Larmore Fellow, explores how collective memory of the Bay was largely built by postwar powerful players and their visions of conservation, tourism, and real estate development. Registration is required.