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and interested parties from the Association of Historical Societies of New
Hampshire. If you do not wish to receive this,
simply hit Reply and respond, "Please remove." Recipients are
encouraged to participate by posting inquiries and resources.
--Linda
Day, Association of Historical Societies of NH
Up Front
Is there any discussion about programming? The
Association will be distributing copies of the Program Catalogue from the
Humanities Council at the workshop on April 30. The Humanities
Council is probably the primary resource in the State for program ideas--and
funding. Fundraising events comprise another portion of our
programs. Where do your other ideas come from? What portion of
your programming is educational? Does a single person do your
planning or do you have a committee? Is there a pattern to your
programming? Are there any Societies doing research? transcribing
documents? Do you give periodic reports on what you are learning?
The Association's website,
www.historicalsocietiesnh.org, has
a place under the
Forum, for you to give
contact
information for people in your Society who are willing to go to other
Societies to deliver talks. I have seen some good articles in a few
newsletters that imply there are a few of you who know your beans. Why not
circulate?
I notice this listserv/newsletter is being used primarily for
announcements--which is fine. I also hope readers will use it to
participate in discussions and to share ideas--not to mention "lessons."
Contents:
New London opens new website New
Hampton hosts Blaine
Stratham posted on Div/Tourism
Horatio Colony events
Alstead hosts
Rumrill Ossipee
looks to region's future
Hampton
fund-raiser
Sanbornton Historical Documents offers
Association
workshop
web services and workshop
NH Archives workshop
from New
London:
(Ed. note: They get bragging rights--It's a nice site! Hey,
you know what we should do? Let's have a group "vacation" and everyone
"tour" each other's web sites this week. Go to the Association website,
click on Directory, and scroll down to link to all the websites. Then we
can have a discussion about everyone's ideas.)
May 14 Scytheville Tour
Elkins, NH, historical walking tour. Reservations req'd:
763-9782
May 17, 9:30 am Container
Gardening
featuring Laurie Lauridesen. No fee but bring a chair
May 22, 11 am Model A Visit
A Ford model "A" car club drops in for an hour's visit. All
welcome
June 24-26 Art Show & Sale
Our annual fundraiser. Reserve for Friday's Preview or come to open
hours on Sat, Sun.
from
Stratham:
(in response to,
Good news from the Division of Tourism and
Travel. They put out a map and a directory. I noticed few of us are
listed, so I called. Any museum that has regular hours through the
summer--that should include weekends--is eligible to be listed in their
directory! And everyone may be listed on their website! So
head on over to http://www.visitnh.gov>www.visitnh.gov
and get your information listed! Maybe you'll get some
tourists!)
Thanks for the info. I sent our Historical Society's address,
hours, etc., for inclusion on the website. So we'll see what happens
!
(Ed. note:) What was entailed in that? Was it
difficult? Have you had any response--not that tourists are really rolling
in yet--?
from
Alstead:
April 20, Wednesday - 7:00
p.m.
The Alstead Historical Society's Spring Meeting will feature, Alan
Rumrill, Director of the Historical Society of Cheshire County, who will
describe early glass making activities in Cheshire County using
objects from the AHS Museum glass collection to illustrate his talk. Other glass
items from the AHS collection also will be on display during the meeting. The
program will be held in the Shedd-Porter Memorial Library. Refreshments
will be served. For additional information please call Lark Leonard
(835-2573) or David Moody (835-7900).
from
Hampton:
On
April 23 at 6PM, the Hampton Historical Society will
host a
Barn Fundraising Dinner. After the dinner,
John Porter,
barn expert and author, will discuss the history of barn development in NH. For
more info, please visit the calendar of events on our website at:
http://www.hamptonhistoricalsociety.org/calev.htm
from the Association of Historical
Societies of NH:
April 30, 10 - noon Team Up with NH, The
Role of the Historical Society in the Identification of Local Treasures.
Featuring Edna Feighner, Historical Archeologist, and Linda
Wilson, State Historic Preservation Officer, of the NH Division of
Historical Resources. Is the Division "Big Brother" (a la 1984)
or Big Sister? Work hand-in-glove with the State--What? How?
Following the meeting, Horatio Colony House and Wyman Tavern will be open.
Program Catalogues from the Humanities Council will also be available for
distribution.
Please
pre-register with Linda Day,
lindaday@historicalsocietiesnh.org,
or
753-9846. $5/person, or, if 2 or more people come from
the same historical society, $10/society.
from New Hampshire Archives
Group:
5 May,
Thursday, 9:00 - 3:00 “From the Attic to
the Box”
A Workshop on Archival Arrangement and Description -- Annual Meeting
At
the Society for the Preservation of NH Forests; Concord, NH (call for
directions)
James Roth of the Kennedy Library will present
the basics of Arrangement and Description. Topics will include: basics of
processing collections, creating finding aids, processing principles and
creating access. Learn the best practices for processing and learn principles
for handling and describing manuscript materials.
In the
afternoon, discuss your specific issues with archivists from New
Hampshire. Copies of the Bruce Stark Processing
Manual will be available for purchase.
Workshop Registration (includes lunch) - Checks made out to NHAG; $10
for Members, $15 for Non-members. Contact for
registration: Craig F. Evans, NHAG; P.O.
Box 888; Sanbornville, NH
03872-0888
Questions:
Elizabeth Slomba; 603-
862-2956; eslomba@cisunix.unh.edu
from New
Hampton:
Wednesday, June 8, 2005 • 7:00 p.m.
Hill Country Abandonment, 19th Century Sandwich,
NH
featuring Marcia Schmidt Blaine, Ph.D.,
UNH-Plymouth at the Gordon Nash Library (place to be confirmed)
The
population of early nineteenth-century Sandwich was prosperous and growing.
Farmers, the vast majority of the population, produced a
sizeable marketable surplus. However, just before the Civil War, the population
of Sandwich, and much of New England, declined precipitously. By focusing on one
community, we will try to understand what happened to the inhabitants of
Sandwich. Using letters, maps, and other documents, the program will look at
some of the individuals who left and those who stayed to try to understand the
motivations for leaving town.
from the Horatio Colony House
Museum:
199 Main Street , Keene, New Hampshire; (603)
352-0460
All programs are offered free of charge: reservations are advised as
noted
May 1 through July 24 CHILDHOOD TREASURES:
1900 TO 1905
2005 marks the 105 anniversary of Horatio Colony’s birth. The museum
celebrates this anniversary with an exhibit featuring items from the museum’s
collection pertaining to Mr. Colony’s early life from birth to 5 years old.
Items on display include photographs, toys, clothing, furniture and excerpts
from his writings about his childhood in Keene. Open Wednesday through Saturday
- 11:00 to 4:00. Free.
Saturday, May 7 - 12:00 to 3:00 PM QUEST
FEST
A quest is very much like a treasure hunt, with maps, riddles, and pictures
to lead you through special places to hidden treasure boxes. You will be given a
booklet filled with quests that can guide your explorations of Keene’s cultural
and natural history. Some of these quests take place right in downtown Keene,
while others will lead you out into farms and woodlands.
Begin the festival by getting your booklet and refreshments at the Horatio
Colony House Museum. Visit other quest sites throughout the day.
After questing, come back to the museum for snacks and awards at 2:30 PM. Free.
Happy Questing!
Thursday, June 16 - 7:00 PM NEW HAMPSHIRE
WRITERS SERIES: Growing Up in Keene 100 Years Ago
What can we learn about childhood in the beginning of the 21st century by
looking at Horatio Colony's childhood in the beginning of the 20th
century? Was childhood better then or are children much better off today?
What's been lost and what's been found in the last 100 years? Can we
learn something from Horatio Colony's childhood that could help us reclaim some
of the lost elements of childhood in our post-technological age?
The museum will host author David Sobel. Dr. Sobel, author
of Children’s Special Places, Mapmaking with Children,
and Place-Based Education and Questing: A Guide to Creating Community
Treasure Hunts, will describe Horatio Colony’s childhood pastimes in the
early 20th century and relate them to New England childhood today. Free.
Reservations required.
Sunday, June 26 - 4:00 PM WALKING STICK WORKSHOP
& HIKE
View the museum’s walking stick collection, learn how to make a proper
walking stick, then hike the Horatio Colony Nature Preserve. Mark
Nicholson from "Wilderness Creations" of Dublin will lead the workshop &
hike. Reservations required. Free
Thursday, July 14 - 2:00 to 4:00 PM OLD-TIME
CHILDREN’S GAMES IN THE GARDEN
Rolling Hoops, Game of Graces, Jaxs, Marbles; enjoy the merriment of these
old-fashioned games. This is an excellent family program. Free.
Sunday, July 24 - 3:00 to 4:00 PM TEDDY
BEAR’S TEA
A special tea party just for Teddy Bears and their young caretakers.
Children are asked to dress up but Teddy Bears may come as they are. The party
will feature a special guest appearance of Horatio Colony’s own Teddy Bear. Tea
and tiny sandwiches will be served. Seating limited to 10 children so
Reservations are required. Free
from
Ossipee:
...I once imagined people in an historical society would be sitting around
discussing historical topics...
We have recently acquired the Carroll County Courthouse in
Ossipee (a spectacular building if you have never been there) which we intend to
use, not only for our own headquarters, but as a center for Carroll
County Historical Research. One of the ideas ... to publish a
Guide to Historical Resources in Carroll County, with pages for
each individual society in the county to describe an historical asset (with
photos, history, directions to the site, hours of operation, etc) which would be
available for all of the county societies to distribute. We are looking at this
also as a way to develop the courthouse, because it is situated in the lower
part of the county) into a center where tourists going into the north
country might stop and get information on historical and archaeological sites
that they might visit in the towns where they are planning to stay.
I am planning a meeting in June to discuss the questions
of regionality (county-wide) as a distinction to local
history. As I know you are aware, local
histories have been written about specific individuals and their
accomplishments, but environment, transportation, population growth and
movement, national economic factors, to name a few, are often not taken into
account. These broad topics would become part of a regional study and might
engender research that would inform local historians to understand that these
topics are just as much a part of local history as regional history.
(For example, aren't you interested in...) the effect of mail catalogues
(such as Montgomery-Ward) in the late 19th-early 20th centuries, (which) had a
tremendous effect on local merchants. Second, ...the effect that itinerant
peddlars had on local commerce during about the same period. There are other
such locally-unexplored historical phenomena...
from Sanbornton Historical
Documents Foundation:
1) Web hosting for Historical Societies
and other Historical OrganizationsThe Sanbornton Historical
Document Foundation is offering web services to New Hampshire Historical
Societies and Organization's with a historical mission. The goal is to enhance
the presence of Historical Societies on the Internet thereby promoting
historical programs and projects to the public.
The web services will be
provided under the domain name
www.histsoc.orgThere are currently two
options for web services:
Basic and
Standard. The
Basic Service provides a template of
one page that contains an image or logo, contact and program information.
It includes an email address that can be forwarded to an officer of the
organization or accessed via an email account or through a private web mail
page. The organization can elect to have an on line membership form as
well. This is a form that can be filled out and sent electronically or printed
and mailed to the organization.
The Societies may choose among several
layouts, color combinations, and graphic placements.
The content
information for the web page is prepared by the organization via a simple
on-line form that has been developed. Once submitted, the information is
placed on the web for review. After careful verification, it is made
public. The content can be updated quarterly by the organization.
The organization defines their name for the website and keywords that will
be incorporated into their page to insure search engines will find the site. An
example for the Franklin NH Historical Society, the url would be
www.histsoc.org/nh/franklin
A keyword on the page would be Franklin NH so someone who types Franklin NH into
google should readily find the Franklin Historical Society page. An
example of the basic page can be viewed at
http://histsoc.sanbornton.org/demo/basic/Sanbornton
Historical Document Foundation services are provided by the Coordinator,
Jennifer Mayo (603
279-5499)and Technical Consultant,
Brandon Sussman. Cost $175 first year, subsequent years
$150
The
Standard Service provides a template of five
pages
: a home page, much like the basic offering, and
separate pages defined by the organization, such as a calendar, historical
projects, and other relevant information. Templates and pricing are being
developed and should be finalized shortly.
2) May 7, 10 am 1 pm Textile
Preservation, Storage & Display
At the Steele Hill Carriage House.
The types of textiles will include garments, needlework, rugs, quilts, linens,
shawls and ties. The information presented will include: What to keep, ideal
storage environments, how to clean, options for displaying. Feel
free to bring an item that you have to receive some guidance.
The presentor is Annette Andreozzi, who specializes in historical
costume, has a background working in Hollywood as a Motion Picture and TV
costumer. She has her own Kimona Collection, is resident of Franklin and
is active in the Franklin Historical Society.
Bring a bag lunch, drinks will be provided. The cost of the workshop is
$15, a special discount is available of $5 for members of Historical
Societies. Registration required by phone
279-5499 or
email
jmayo@sanbornton.org