INTELLECTUAL BAGGAGE is the catalogue of an imaginary exhibition of more than 50 books the Pilgrims owned and read. These books reveal to us the ideas that influenced the Pilgrims' understanding of their lives and their surroundings. Essays by Jeremy Bangs, Frank Bremer, David Furlow, David Lupher, and Sarah Moine illuminate the history of the Pilgrims, their religion, their culture, and their lives with books. Catalogue entries by Jeremy Bangs, Donna Curtin, Connor Gaudet, and Sarah Moine examine particular books owned and read by William Brewster, William Bradford, Myles Standish, and other Pilgrims.