This article concerns the background and controversy surrounding a series of abolition lectures given at the Smithsonian by the Washington Lecture Association (WLA) from December 1861 to April 1862.

Goode, 1897, page 834, gives the date as April 6, which is the date of the Board of Regents meeting at which Secretary Joseph Henry reported the lecture series had been given. Goode, George Brown, ed.

PORTSMOUTH — Strawbery Banke Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate, will host Doretha Williams on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at 5:30 PM in the Lawrence J. Yerdon Visitors Center for a lecture on preserving ...