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Richard Candee
Richard M. Candee is an American historian, preservationist, and professor emeritus of American and New England Studies at Boston University. He is known for his extensive work in historic preservation, vernacular architecture, and Industrial archaeology, particularly in New England. Education Candee earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania. He also studied vernacular architecture at the University of York, England, and obtained an M.A. from the Cooperstown Graduate Program (SUNY/Oneonta). His undergraduate degree (B.A.) was from Oberlin College. Career From 1969 to 1976, Candee served as an architectural historian at Old Sturbridge Village, where he conducted a regional survey of New England textile mill village buildings. He later became a professor at Boston University, directing the Preservation Studies Program from 1983 to 2004 and co-directing a joint M.A./J.D. program on Preservation and the Law. Candee has served as a Trus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second-oldest continuously operating List of coeducational colleges and universities in the United States, coeducational institute of higher learning in the world. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. In 1835, Oberlin became one of the first colleges in the United States to admit African Americans, and in 1837, the first to admit women (other than Franklin & Marshall College, Franklin College's brief experiment in the 1780s). It has been known since its founding for progressive student activism. The College of Arts & Sciences offers more than 60 majors, minors, and concentrations. Oberlin is a member of the Great Lakes Colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
