Barbara Franco

Biographic Data

ID699491
NAMEBarbara Franco
GIVEN NAMESBarbara
FAMILY NAMEFranco
SIGNATUREFRANCO B
AFFILIATIONSindependent scholar
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS6
WORKS AS AUTHOR13
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1989
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX1

  • Millerites in Pennsylvania

    Open AccessBarbara FrancoARTICLEPennsylvania History A Journal of…2022

    Pennsylvania's Second Advent history offers a new perspective on the nineteenth-century religious phenomenon of the Millerites since members were drawn from the state's diverse ethnicities and nonconformist religious sects. Accounts of Pennsylvania Adventists, especially in the central portion of the state, provide further evidence that the movement allowed an active role for women, engaged in outreach to African Americans, targeted rural communi…

  • William Penn's Holy Experiment

    Open AccessBarbara FrancoARTICLEPennsylvania History A Journal of…2021

    The founding of Pennsylvania as William Penn's “holy experiment” in religious toleration and peaceful coexistence is regarded as one of the events in American history that helped establish principles of self-government and democracy. The iconic mages of Benjamin West's painting, Penn's Treaty with the Indians (1771–72), or Edward Hicks's many versions of a Peaceable Kingdom (1820s–1840s) have helped perpetuate a mythic version of Penn's enterpris…

  • Interchange

    Robert J Begiebing, Robert Begiebing et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History2004

    Journal Article Interchange: Genres of History Get access Journal of American History, Volume 91, Issue 2, September 2004, Pages 572–593, https://doi.org/10.2307/3660712 Published: 01 September 2004

  • The American Presidency

    Barbara FrancoARTICLEJournal of American History2001

    Permanent exhibition, opened Nov. 15, 2000. Daily 10–5:30, except Christmas Day; admission free, required timed-entry passes available same day at the exhibition or in advance (with handling fee) from TicketMaster. 9,000 sq. ft. Spencer Crew, director; Lonnie Bunch III, associate director for curatorial affairs; Harry R. Ruben-stein, political history curator; Gallagher and Associates, designer. Internet: visitors' guide, timeline, classroom acti…

  • Public History and Memory

    Barbara FrancoARTICLEThe Public Historian1997

    Research Article| April 01 1997 Public History and Memory: A Museum Perspective Barbara Franco Barbara Franco Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (1997) 19 (2): 65–67. https://doi.org/10.2307/3379145 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Cit…

  • The Communication Conundrum

    Barbara FrancoARTICLEJournal of American History1994Cited by: 1

    Journal Article The Communication Conundrum: What Is the Message? Who Is Listening? Get access Barbara Franco Barbara Franco assistant director for museums Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 1, June 1994, Pages 151–163, https://doi.org/10.2307/2080997 Published: 01 June 1994

  • Ideas and Images

    Eric Gable, Kenneth L Ames et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1993Cited by: 1

    Journal Article Ideas and Images: Developing Interpretive History Exhibits. Ed. by Kenneth L. Ames, Barbara Franco, and L. Thomas Frye. (Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, 1992. viii, 336 pp. Paper, $24.95 (nonmember), $22.45 (member), ISBN 0-942063-20-1.) Get access Eric Gable Eric Gable Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of America…

  • Folk Roots, New Roots

    Timothy H Evans, Jane S Becker et al.ARTICLEJournal of American Folklore1991

  • Folk Roots, New Roots

    Ray Allen, Barbara FrancoARTICLEJournal of American Folklore1991

  • Real People and the True Folk

    Open AccessCharles F Mcgovern, Barbara Franco et al.ARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1990Cited by: 1

  • In Prayer & Protest

    Barbara Franco, Cynthia Stone et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1989

    Journal Article “In Prayer & Protest: Old South Meeting House Remembers.” Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St., Boston, MA 02108 Get access Barbara Franco Barbara Franco Museum of Our National Heritage Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 1, June 1989, Pages 196–198, https://doi.org/10.2307/1908363 Published: 01 June 1989

  • Paul Revere--Artisan, Businessman, and Patriot

    Alfred F Young, Nina Zannieri et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1989Cited by: 3

    Journal Article “Paul Revere—Artisan, Businessman, and Patriot: The Man behind the Myth” Museum of Our National Heritage, 33 Marrett Rd, Lexington, MA 02173 Get access Alfred F. Young Alfred F. Young Northern Illinois University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 3, December 1989, Pages 852–857, https://doi.org/10.2307/2936426 Published: 01 December 1989

  • Folk Roots, New Roots

    Michael Ann Williams, Barbara Franco et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1989

    “Folk Roots, New Roots: Folklore in American Life.” Museum of Our National Heritage, 33 Marrett Rd., Lexington, MA 02173 Get access Michael Ann Williams Michael Ann Williams Western Kentucky University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 3, December 1989, Pages 861–867, https://doi.org/10.2307/2936428 Published: 01 December 1989