Yarmouth History Center is pleased to host NYA senior Nathanel Peretz's final presentation of his independent study on Holocaust education in Maine. The presentation will take place on Thursday, April 14 at 4:00 on Zoom. The talk is free and open to all. Please email Katie Worthing (kworthing@yarmouthmehistory.org) for the Zoom link. In November 2021, Peretz's earlier work on … [Read more...]
Spring 2022 Lecture Series
Join us for a lecture this spring! All lectures are free and open to the public. The lecture series is generously sponsored by the Leon and Lisa Gorman Fund. March 22, 7:00, Zoom Speaker: Anne Gass, author Subject: We Demand: The Suffrage Road Trip Click here for the video! April 21, 7:00, Zoom Speaker: Luke Gates-Milardo, educator … [Read more...]
Lecture: Suffrage Road Trip
This talk is now available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bgGKvSZNFw8 Yarmouth History Center welcomes Maine author Anne B. Gass to the Spring Lecture Series via Zoom at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, March 22. Gass will join us on Zoom to discuss her new book, We Demand: The Suffrage Road Trip, a historical fiction novel that is based on the true story of an epic 1915 road trip for the … [Read more...]
Coming up on Zoom: Favorite Letters
Corresponding with the Past: Favorite Letters from the Archives What makes a handwritten letter so wonderful to read? Is it in the writer’s rich details, humorous observations, or tenderly expressed sentiments? How can letters written 100 or even 200 years ago help us understand their correspondents as well as our own times? Join Yarmouth History Center in … [Read more...]
Fall Lecture Series
Our fall lecture series has wrapped up and, as promised, was full of fascinating history and opportunities to learn. Several of our fall programs are now available online. Please keep reading for details. Fall 2021 talks now on YouTube Tuesday, September 21, 2021: Historian and author Lee Hanchett joined us to share his research into Maine’s network of stagecoaches. … [Read more...]
