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Fax: (603) 535-2572
Plymouth State University
MSC 11
17 High Street
Plymouth, NH 03264-1595
Faculty
Marcia Schmidt Blaine, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History
Program Coordinator Heritage Studies
Office phone number: (603) 535-2347
e-mail: mblaine@plymouth.edu
Administrative contact: Kathy Melanson
Administrative contact phone number: (603) 535-2335
Profile
Assistant Professor of History in the Social Science Department, teaching Heritage Studies for the Heritage Studies graduate program.
Degrees and Education
- Ph.D. in History from The University of New Hampshire, 1999
- M.A. in History from the University of New Hampshire, 1982
- B.A. in History from The College of William and Mary, 1977
Research Interests
Dr. Blaine's current research looks at ordinary eighteenth-century northern New England women and their use of personal authority and agency outside the domestic realm as well as their access to government power.
Publications
- “Problems of Professionalization: Dover Physicians, 1760-1845,” Historical New Hampshire (forthcoming, 2006).
- “Entertaining the Government: Female Tavern Keepers and the New Hampshire Provincial Government,” Proceedings of the Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife: Annual Proceedings 2002, 2002, p. 191-201.
- “The Power of Petitions: Women and the New Hampshire Provincial Government, 1700-1770,” International Review of Social History 46, 2001 (Supplement 9), p.57-77.
- New Hampshire Scenery: a Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Artists of New Hampshire Mountain Landscapes, with Catherine H. Campbell. (Canaan, NH: Phoenix Publishing for the New Hampshire Historical Society; 1985).
- Contributor of four encyclopedia entries to the Encyclopedia of North American Colonial Warfare to 1775 with ABC-Clio Publishers. Forthcoming 2007.
Professional Experience
Current Grant Work:
- Humanist for the New Hampshire Historical Society Challenge Grant to create a New Hampshire History Center for New Hampshire students and the general public. (2004-6)
- Humanist for the Warner Historical Documentary Project funded through the New Hampshire Humanities Council (2005).
- Historian for the Warner Primary Document Analysis Workshop mini-grant funded by the New Hampshire Humanities Council (2005).
- Humanist and Professor for the “America: A Story of Beginnings and A Story of Change” grant through the Teaching American History National Endowment for Humanities grants. Duties include the creation of two graduate courses: one on campus and one on-line. Working in partnership with the Southeast Regional Educational Service Center, the New Hampshire Historical Society, the National Park Service, selected museums, and Plymouth State University Graduate Office. (2004-2006).
