Yarmouth History Center is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 Wellcome Prize for Student Historians. First prize in the paper competition went to Ava Jutras, a junior at Yarmouth High School, for her paper analyzing the life and times of local anti-suffragist Harriet Bird. Leyi Li, a student at North Yarmouth Academy, earned second prize for her paper about the … [Read more...]

Video available now! Historic building consultant Margaret Gaertner joined us on June 15 to discuss resources and strategies for Researching Your Old House. She shared tips about how to delve into the past using deeds, census records, historic maps, and other rich online resources to help you uncover the story of your house.  Margaret Gaertner is a Historic … [Read more...]

Our May lecture is now available on YouTube! On May 18, C. Patrick Burrowes, PhD, presented a talk entitled "John Brown Russwurm (1799-1851): The Maine Roots of a Black Icon." Learn more about Russwurm, a one-time Yarmouth resident with strong connections to the town, and his early life and education along with his work as a newspaper publisher and Agent/Governor of Maryland … [Read more...]

Our April lecture is now available on YouTube! Ron Romano, historic cemetery expert, and B. Craig Stinson, genealogist, presented "The Hill Family Billboard Monument in Yarmouth: New Discoveries" for our April lecture. This pair of speakers delved into the fascinating history and recent restoration of the Hill family monument in Yarmouth’s Baptist Cemetery. Ron Romano’s new … [Read more...]

Historian Bob Greene recently recorded an informative and thought-provoking lecture for the History Center about Maine's Black history, with a particular focus on Yarmouth. His meticulous research in archival materials, like vital records and census lists, led to some surprising findings about race in Maine, which enable Bob to probe and question the extent of Maine's perceived … [Read more...]