Participant Info
- First Name
- Meredith Henne
- Last Name
- Baker
- Country
- United States
- State
- VA Virginia
- meredith.baker@outlook.com
- Affiliation
- Virginia Humanities Fellow, Independent Historian
- Website URL
- www.theaterfirebook.com
- Keywords
- Early 19th century Virginia, 19th and 20th century Christianity and practice, women's history, 20th century garden clubs, women-led conservation and environmentalism
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- other credentials
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
- Recent Publications
The Richmond Theater Fire: Early America’s First Great Disaster (LSU Press, 2012)
“Garden Clubs Plant Seeds of Change,” Library of Virginia Uncommonwealth Blog
“Richmond’s Rib-Rattling Roadways,” Regency Society of Virginia blog
Talks & Media Appearances
“The Richmond Theater Fire,” Banner Lecture, Virginia Museum of History and Culture
“Disaster in the Early Republic,” Virginia Regency Society
The Christmas Fire, “I Have a Story,” CBS 6
“The Full Story: Black Garden Club and Horticultural History,” Hermitage Museum and Garden
- Media Coverage
- https://thefirehouselogbook.captivate.fm/episode/episode-42-the-richmond-theater-fire-of-1811-with-meredith-henne-baker
- Social Media
- @MereHBaker
- Country Focus
- Expertise by Geography
- North America
- Expertise by Chronology
- 19th century, 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- American Founding Era, Environment, Material Culture, Public History, Religion, Women
