“I Belong” Talk: Social Geography of Meeting Places

September 23, 2012 • 4pm

Location: Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson St., (201) 656-2240

Historian Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson, PhD, a contributing curator to the current exhibition, “I Belong: A History of Civic and Social Clubs in Hoboken,” visits the Museum to discuss the social geography of meeting places. She will discuss where people meet, including the Odd Fellows Hall, The Columbia Club and Deutscher Club, the Elks Lodge, and more. Dr. Ziegler-McPherson is the author of Immigrants in Hoboken, One-Way Ticket, 1845-1985 (The History Press, 2011) and Americanization in the States: Immigrant Social Welfare Policy, Citizenship, and National Identity in the United States, 1908-1929 (University of Florida Press, 2009).

Free