Join us for a lecture this spring! All programs are free. Please note that the May lecture will be held in North Yarmouth at 6:00pm; all others will take place at the Yarmouth History Center at 7:00pm. The lecture series is generously sponsored by the Leon and Lisa Gorman Fund.
April 24, 7:00, Yarmouth History Center (118 E Elm Street, Yarmouth)
- Speaker: Arthur Anderson, Associate Teaching Professor of Archaeology at University of New England
- Title: From the Precambrian to the Maritime Woodland: Ramah Quartzite in the Yarmouth History Center Collection
- Archaeologist Arthur Anderson will share insights about a fascinating artifact in our collection that was made with prized material from Labrador between 1000 and 2000 years ago.
May 16, 6:00, North Yarmouth Community Center, 120 Memorial Highway, North Yarmouth
- This talk is now available online, thanks to Yarmouth Municipal Television. Watch here!
- Speaker: Thomas Hubka, architectural historian and author of Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England
- Title: Connected Farm Buildings
- Big House, Little House has been in continuous publication for almost 40 years and is a standard for New England architecture history and cultural studies. The book has “the suspense of a detective story and at times the poignance of deeply felt, sympathetic and social history” (Boston Globe). By using local examples of connected farmhouses, Prof. Hubka will illustrate the unique architectural heritage that surrounds us. Professor Hubka is a Professor Emeritus in the Dept. of Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Architecture.
- Offered in collaboration with North Yarmouth Historical Society, Cumberland Historical Society, Skyline Farm, and Pownal Scenic & Historic Society
June 26, 7:00, Yarmouth History Center (118 E Elm Street, Yarmouth)
- This talk is now available online, thanks to Yarmouth Municipal Television. Watch here!
- Speaker: Linda Docherty, Associate Professor of Art History, Emerita, at Bowdoin College
- Title: In Context: Yarmouth History Center’s Portrait of Sarah Chambers (c. 1844)
- Art historian Linda Docherty will contextualize the History Center’s portrait of Sarah Chambers by Maine artist Eliza McLellan Mayall (1822-1849). She will discuss early 19th century American portraiture, women artists, and the role art played New England society.
