Sheryl Faye, actor - extraordinaire will star as Clara Barton who dedicated her life to helping others. She taught children whose parents couldn’t afford to pay for education and she raised funds and food, clothing and medicines during the Civil War. She was very courageous and went to the front line to nurse the wounded […]
Penelope Pelham West lives in Maine. Her exploration into her great grandfather’s life of which London Letters Home is the fruit, began when her cousin shared his cache of Gus Farley’s letters home. Gus Farley spent 4 years in London as an apprentice tea taster, preparing to join his cousin’s firm of Augustine Heard & […]
Ipswich has always been known for its clams. The salt marshes, mud flats and tidal estuaries contribute to its wonderful taste. Stephanie Gaskins, Dow Curator will do a lecture on the summer exhibit about the history of clamming in Ipswich. Free for Members Non-Members: $10
Pege and John Verani have owned and occupied Argilla Farm since 1974. They will share their research and stories about the property. Join them on this fascinating journey and come to share their enthusiasm and belief that when one owns an old house, you are just a caretaker for future generations. Free for Members Non-Members: […]
Managing a modern economy is still full of mysteries. Is the Fed playing a constructive role? Why is it so controversial? Carroll Perry will discuss important questions related to the Fed and to our lives. Carroll taught economics at Philips Andover for the last 12 years of his career. Prior to that he spent 25 […]
Join Scott Jewell, middle school technology engineering teacher, lover of history and board of trustee member who will do an enthusiastic talk and presentation on the role that Ipswich played during the American Revolution. Scott’s love of history will come alive in this lecture.
Speaker: Gordon Harris, Ipswich Town Historian In the commons, the early Massachusetts town adopted English institutions of land management that often predated their own experience in the mother country, reproducing medieval systems whose roots dated back several centuries, but the communal system quickly failed. Disagreements over the division and usage of the common lands resulted […]
Speaker: Tom Blake Blake presents Christopher Young's classic 1937 movie about the misadventures of the eccentric Dr. Wolfgang Schlitz on holiday at Mt. Washington, considered to be the first American […]
Speaker: Joseph Carlin Throughout 2023 Joe Carlin, food historian and nutritionist, walked the beach photographing and documenting observations Townsend made about his beloved Ipswich in his book, "Sand Dunes and […]
Speaker: John Wigglesworth Join John Wigglesworth to hear the story of his recent trip to the North Pole. He joined the team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) on […]
Speaker: David Scudder The American Dream, in the words of historian James Truslow Adams, is a dream "of a better, richer and happier life for all citizens of every rank." […]
Speaker: Jennifer Hamlin Church Church will read excerpts from her new book and discuss the lively research that went into it .The book is a biography of two people who left Queen Victoria's England alone, as teens, 30 years apart, seeking unknown opportunity in America. Subtitled "The Sparkling Life of the Lupine Lady and the […]