Episode 86

Plantation Goods: An Interview with Dr Seth Rockman

Dr Seth Rockman

Great coat belonging to Dr William Newton Mercer, 1857-1865, Historic New Orleans Collection — Brooks Brothers coat like those mentioned by Seth when discussing research by Jonathan Michael Square 

Textile sample found in the archive — a sample from the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company, a large textile empire located in Peace Dale, Rhode Island owned and operated by five generations of the Hazard family, Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School, 1845

Textile sample found in the archive — a sample from the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company, a large textile empire located in Peace Dale, Rhode Island owned and operated by five generations of the Hazard family, Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School, 1845

Ashley’s Sack, mid-19th century and 1922, Middleton Place Foundation, now on long-term loan to the National Museum of African American History and Culture 

Hannah Deacon, Westtown globe sampler, 1815-1817, Monmouth County Historical Association 

Kate Sekules, “And Never Done” 

Installation view of “Repair and Design Futures,” exhibition at RISD, 5 October 2018-30 June 2019