Brown Bag Lunch “Remembering Kitty Crockett Robertson” Susie Glessner and Chris Crockett will share favorite stories about their aunt, Kitty Crockett Robertson, newspaper and radio reporter. Kitty won several New England Press Association awards for her writing and her columns.
Brown Bag Lunch “League of Women Voters: Their Role in the Community” Come hear this round-table discussion led by Barbara Ostberg, Ruth Edmunds, Terri Stephens, and Marilyn Seidler as they share local league accomplishments, and join in the conversation.
Brown Bag Lunch “Dorothy Monnelly, Her Life and Career” Dorothy is considered the Ansel Adams of the Northeast. She will share stories of her interest in the environment, photography and teaching.
Brown Bag Lunch “Ipswich and the Underground Railroad” Gordon Harris, town historian, will share his research on this legend. The names of the Underground Railroad agents in Ipswich are not known, but there are stories to be told.
Brown Bag Lunch “Tracing King George V: The Evolution of a Commemorative Cloth in British West Africa” Join Erin Rice, our educator, as she discusses part of her dissertation research on textiles.
Archives is a place people go to gather facts, data, evidence, letters, photographs and other primary sources. They are important in understanding history. Speaker: Maxwell Close, archivist, will explore and offer advice both to the amateur and serious academic. He will talk about understanding historical content, oral history, and preservation services. Come to ask questions […]
This vessel possess national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. For 39 years it guided transoceanic shipping to and from the east coast ports, through some of the most treacherous shipping lanes in the world. Many famous vessels like the Queen Mary, Normandie and naval cargo vessels depended on her […]