CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Sandwich Historical Society Presents:
An Illustrated Lecture, by Gary Samson
When: Saturday, August, 31, 4:30 PM
Where: Doris L. Benz Community Center
Photography Comes of Age: The Wet-Plate Collodion Process
The Presentation:
In conjunction with our current exhibition, "The Photograph and Memory," of historic photographic processes at the Sandwich Historical Society, Gary Samson, Professor Emeritus of Photography, New England College and former Artist Laureate of New Hampshire, will give an illustrated lecture on wet-plate photography and some of its most famous 19th century practitioners including Julia Margaret Cameron, Carleton Watkins, Nadar, and Matthew Brady.
Gary will also have contemporary examples of his wet-plate portrait work as well as the camera equipment he uses for this historic process that was the primary photographic process used world-wide from the early 1850’s through the mid 1880’s for portraiture, landscape, and architectural photography.
Please join us for this presentation with a unique insight to the way photographs were made in the mid-to-late 19th century by a master of its contemporary use!
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Gary Samson, Bio:
A native of New Hampshire, Gary served as the chair of the photography department and taught a wide range of courses at the New Hampshire Institute of Art and Design, New England College for over thirty-five years.
Upon his retirement in 2017, he was appointed Professor Emeritus of Photography, NEC as well as the Artist Laureate of New Hampshire, serving in that position from 2017 to 2020. His fine art photographs have been exhibited across the US, and in Canada and Europe and his work is included in the permanent collections of the Currier Museum of Art, the University of New Hampshire and the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, as well as many private collections.
Cultural photography and documentary filmmaking assignments over the past four decades have taken him to Russia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Peru, Ireland, France, Labrador, Belize, Cape Breton, New Orleans and the Isles of Shoals as well as the White House. During his time as filmmaker at the University of New Hampshire, Gary produced ten films exploring the history and culture of the state of New Hampshire. These documentary films have been aired locally, regionally and nationally on cable broadcasts such as Cinemax, and on commercial and public television stations. His best-known films, A World Within A World: The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company and Milltown, are sensitive portrayals of Manchester's textile mills and the immigrant people who labored in them.
After producing a film on the life of internationally acclaimed portrait photographer Lotte Jacobi, Gary spent six years working with Ms. Jacobi cataloging her archive of 47,000 negatives that were donated to the University of New Hampshire in 1981. Ms. Jacobi’s archive, which is housed at the Dimond Library, UNH, includes portraits of Albert Einstein, Robert Frost, Eleanor Roosevelt, Thomas Mann, J. D. Salinger, Marc Chagall, and Kathe Kollwitz among many notable people of the 20th century.
Gary was the project director for the book and nine regional exhibits: New Hampshire Now: A Photographic Diary of Life in the Granite State that was launched in the fall of 2021. His most recent book with Burt Feintuch, Creole Soul: Zydeco Lives, was published by the University of Mississippi Press in the fall of 2022.
An Illustrated Lecture, by Gary Samson
When: Saturday, August, 31, 4:30 PM
Where: Doris L. Benz Community Center
Photography Comes of Age: The Wet-Plate Collodion Process
The Presentation:
In conjunction with our current exhibition, "The Photograph and Memory," of historic photographic processes at the Sandwich Historical Society, Gary Samson, Professor Emeritus of Photography, New England College and former Artist Laureate of New Hampshire, will give an illustrated lecture on wet-plate photography and some of its most famous 19th century practitioners including Julia Margaret Cameron, Carleton Watkins, Nadar, and Matthew Brady.
Gary will also have contemporary examples of his wet-plate portrait work as well as the camera equipment he uses for this historic process that was the primary photographic process used world-wide from the early 1850’s through the mid 1880’s for portraiture, landscape, and architectural photography.
Please join us for this presentation with a unique insight to the way photographs were made in the mid-to-late 19th century by a master of its contemporary use!
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Gary Samson, Bio:
A native of New Hampshire, Gary served as the chair of the photography department and taught a wide range of courses at the New Hampshire Institute of Art and Design, New England College for over thirty-five years.
Upon his retirement in 2017, he was appointed Professor Emeritus of Photography, NEC as well as the Artist Laureate of New Hampshire, serving in that position from 2017 to 2020. His fine art photographs have been exhibited across the US, and in Canada and Europe and his work is included in the permanent collections of the Currier Museum of Art, the University of New Hampshire and the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, as well as many private collections.
Cultural photography and documentary filmmaking assignments over the past four decades have taken him to Russia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Peru, Ireland, France, Labrador, Belize, Cape Breton, New Orleans and the Isles of Shoals as well as the White House. During his time as filmmaker at the University of New Hampshire, Gary produced ten films exploring the history and culture of the state of New Hampshire. These documentary films have been aired locally, regionally and nationally on cable broadcasts such as Cinemax, and on commercial and public television stations. His best-known films, A World Within A World: The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company and Milltown, are sensitive portrayals of Manchester's textile mills and the immigrant people who labored in them.
After producing a film on the life of internationally acclaimed portrait photographer Lotte Jacobi, Gary spent six years working with Ms. Jacobi cataloging her archive of 47,000 negatives that were donated to the University of New Hampshire in 1981. Ms. Jacobi’s archive, which is housed at the Dimond Library, UNH, includes portraits of Albert Einstein, Robert Frost, Eleanor Roosevelt, Thomas Mann, J. D. Salinger, Marc Chagall, and Kathe Kollwitz among many notable people of the 20th century.
Gary was the project director for the book and nine regional exhibits: New Hampshire Now: A Photographic Diary of Life in the Granite State that was launched in the fall of 2021. His most recent book with Burt Feintuch, Creole Soul: Zydeco Lives, was published by the University of Mississippi Press in the fall of 2022.
Why Old Places Matter
When: Monday, August 12, 5:00 pm
Where: Town Hall Auditorium
Presenter: Tom Mayes
Come meet Preservationist Tom Mayes and hear his talk on "Why Old Places Matter"
Why do old places matter to people? What difference does it make if we save and reuse the old places in our communities? Tom Mayes, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel of the National Trust, explores the many reasons based on his book Why Old Places Matter. From the sense of continuity and memory, to beauty and sacredness, to sustainability and economics, Why Old Places Matter explores the sometimes surprising relationships that people have with the old places of their lives, and makes the case that saving and reusing these places is important for people’s well-being.
Tom Mayes is Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. As Chief Legal Officer, he oversees the National Trust’s legal defense fund, which advocates for the protection of significant places and defends and strengthens historic preservation laws throughout the United States; the historic preservation easements program, which protects over 135 historic places throughout the country; and the full range of corporate law matters for the National Trust, including specialized areas of historic site management and museum law. Tom serves as the National Trust’s representative on the boards of the Montpelier Foundation, Main Street America and the National Trust Community Development Corporation (NTCIC).
Tom has written and spoken widely on preservation law, the underlying purposes of historic preservation, and the future of preservation. For many years, he taught historic preservation law at the University of Maryland. A lifelong preservationist, Tom serves as a member of his local historic preservation commission in Shepherdstown, WV. A recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Rome Prize in Historic Preservation in 2013, Tom is the author of Why Old Places Matter (Rowman and Littlefield, 2018).
Tom received his B.A. with honors in History in 1981 and his J.D. in 1985 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an M.A. in writing from Johns Hopkins University.
Where: Town Hall Auditorium
Presenter: Tom Mayes
Come meet Preservationist Tom Mayes and hear his talk on "Why Old Places Matter"
Why do old places matter to people? What difference does it make if we save and reuse the old places in our communities? Tom Mayes, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel of the National Trust, explores the many reasons based on his book Why Old Places Matter. From the sense of continuity and memory, to beauty and sacredness, to sustainability and economics, Why Old Places Matter explores the sometimes surprising relationships that people have with the old places of their lives, and makes the case that saving and reusing these places is important for people’s well-being.
Tom Mayes is Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. As Chief Legal Officer, he oversees the National Trust’s legal defense fund, which advocates for the protection of significant places and defends and strengthens historic preservation laws throughout the United States; the historic preservation easements program, which protects over 135 historic places throughout the country; and the full range of corporate law matters for the National Trust, including specialized areas of historic site management and museum law. Tom serves as the National Trust’s representative on the boards of the Montpelier Foundation, Main Street America and the National Trust Community Development Corporation (NTCIC).
Tom has written and spoken widely on preservation law, the underlying purposes of historic preservation, and the future of preservation. For many years, he taught historic preservation law at the University of Maryland. A lifelong preservationist, Tom serves as a member of his local historic preservation commission in Shepherdstown, WV. A recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Rome Prize in Historic Preservation in 2013, Tom is the author of Why Old Places Matter (Rowman and Littlefield, 2018).
Tom received his B.A. with honors in History in 1981 and his J.D. in 1985 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an M.A. in writing from Johns Hopkins University.
OLD HOME WEEK
Events (4-11 August)
Sunday, 4 August:
One and Two-Room Schoolhouse Alumni Picnic
Where: Lower Corner Schoolhouse, 22 Schoolhouse Road
When: 11:00 AM - 2:oo PM
A picnic for all who attended schoolhouses in Sandwich. Friend and guests
are warmly welcomed! Bring a lunch and a chair; dessert and beverages
provided.
"Meet the Souls of Sandwich Past"
Where: Baptist Meetinghouse parking lot, 12 Church Street
When: 4:00 PM
A interactive conversation at the Rural and Old Baptist cemeteries with figures from historical Sandwich. Meet at the parking lot. Program is rain or shine.
One and Two-Room Schoolhouse Alumni Picnic
Where: Lower Corner Schoolhouse, 22 Schoolhouse Road
When: 11:00 AM - 2:oo PM
A picnic for all who attended schoolhouses in Sandwich. Friend and guests
are warmly welcomed! Bring a lunch and a chair; dessert and beverages
provided.
"Meet the Souls of Sandwich Past"
Where: Baptist Meetinghouse parking lot, 12 Church Street
When: 4:00 PM
A interactive conversation at the Rural and Old Baptist cemeteries with figures from historical Sandwich. Meet at the parking lot. Program is rain or shine.
Monday, 5 August:
Special Exhibit Tours ~ The Photograph and Memory
Trustee and co-curator of this year's exhibit, Franz Nicolay, will lead two guided tours through the exhibit on Monday, August 5, at 11:00 am and 1:30 pm of Old Home Week, to give context and background to the exhibition, and answer any questions.
Tuesday, 6 August: "Old Plants for Modern Humans" - A foraging
walk.
Where: Chapman Sanctuary & Visny Woods, 740 Mt. Israel Road
When: 9:00 AM - Noon
Advance registration and fee ($10) required.
UPDATE: registration for the walk has closed. The walk is at full capacity.
Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebN7rkMzHxZURuR9Q5uU65LYEOsXcJwX7-uxGJulQ7-W6u7A/viewform?usp=pp_url
walk.
Where: Chapman Sanctuary & Visny Woods, 740 Mt. Israel Road
When: 9:00 AM - Noon
Advance registration and fee ($10) required.
UPDATE: registration for the walk has closed. The walk is at full capacity.
Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebN7rkMzHxZURuR9Q5uU65LYEOsXcJwX7-uxGJulQ7-W6u7A/viewform?usp=pp_url
Wednesday, 7 August:
Lower Corner Schoolhouse Open House
Where: Lower Corner Schoolhouse, 22 Schoolhouse Road
When: 11:00 AM - 2:oo PM
Step back in time when one and two-room schoolhouses were part of our town's educational framework. Created in 1825 as the John Quincy Adams School, it was later renamed #16, and in 1886, it was known as Lower Corner School.
Elisha Marston House Museum, Barn & Gift Shop
Where: 4 Maple Street
When: 10:00 AM - 4:oo PM
Summer Exhibit: "The Photograph and Memory"
Lower Corner Schoolhouse Open House
Where: Lower Corner Schoolhouse, 22 Schoolhouse Road
When: 11:00 AM - 2:oo PM
Step back in time when one and two-room schoolhouses were part of our town's educational framework. Created in 1825 as the John Quincy Adams School, it was later renamed #16, and in 1886, it was known as Lower Corner School.
Elisha Marston House Museum, Barn & Gift Shop
Where: 4 Maple Street
When: 10:00 AM - 4:oo PM
Summer Exhibit: "The Photograph and Memory"
Thursday, 8 August:
Open House at the Quimby Transportation Museum
Where: 16 Maple Street
When: 10:00 AM - 2:oo PM
Elisha Marston House Museum, Barn & Gift Shop
Where: 4 Maple Street
When: 10:00 AM - 4:oo PM
Summer Exhibit: "The Photograph and Memory"
Open House at the Quimby Transportation Museum
Where: 16 Maple Street
When: 10:00 AM - 2:oo PM
Elisha Marston House Museum, Barn & Gift Shop
Where: 4 Maple Street
When: 10:00 AM - 4:oo PM
Summer Exhibit: "The Photograph and Memory"
Friday, 9 August: 3rd Annual Collectors' Day
Where: Grange Hall
When: 12 - 3:oo PM
Advance registration required. Applications are due no later than Wednesday, 7 August. Reserve your spot today!
Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOHs6x3e7vPxggx0JKCdYPHeq-Ixlo0byuLub1oE7duedY7g/viewform?usp=pp_url
(copy and paste the link into your browser or highlight and right click and select )
Where: Grange Hall
When: 12 - 3:oo PM
Advance registration required. Applications are due no later than Wednesday, 7 August. Reserve your spot today!
Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOHs6x3e7vPxggx0JKCdYPHeq-Ixlo0byuLub1oE7duedY7g/viewform?usp=pp_url
(copy and paste the link into your browser or highlight and right click and select )
Saturday, 10 August:
Open House at the Quimby Transportation Museum
Where: 16 Maple Street
When: 10:00 AM - 2:oo PM
Elisha Marston House Museum, Barn & Gift Shop
Where: 4 Maple Street
When: 10:00 AM - 4:oo PM
Summer Exhibit: "The Photograph and Memory"
Open House at the Quimby Transportation Museum
Where: 16 Maple Street
When: 10:00 AM - 2:oo PM
Elisha Marston House Museum, Barn & Gift Shop
Where: 4 Maple Street
When: 10:00 AM - 4:oo PM
Summer Exhibit: "The Photograph and Memory"
Sunday, 11 August:
Annual Excursion and Picnic
Where: Heard Barn, 4 Skinner Street
When: 12 - 2:oo PM
Program: History of the Heard Barn - Jon Taylor and Howe
Family Stories - John Howe
Bring lunch and a chair; desserts and drinks provided.
Renew your membership (or join!) and pick-up the 105th Annual
Excursion Bulletins!
Annual Excursion and Picnic
Where: Heard Barn, 4 Skinner Street
When: 12 - 2:oo PM
Program: History of the Heard Barn - Jon Taylor and Howe
Family Stories - John Howe
Bring lunch and a chair; desserts and drinks provided.
Renew your membership (or join!) and pick-up the 105th Annual
Excursion Bulletins!
Favorite program returns! "Walk Around the Ring"
Join Sandwich Historical Society Director Jim Mykland on Friday, July 12 at 11:00 am for “A Walk Around the Ring”. This 90-minute walking tour will give an overview of the history and architecture of the Center. Learn about the many buildings in the village that have been moved over the years and how fires have shaped the village landscape and structures.
Meet in the side yard of the Elisha Marston House at 4 Maple Street at 11:00 am. Come dressed for the weather as the walk will go on rain or shine. This free event is sponsored by the Sandwich Historical Society.
Meet in the side yard of the Elisha Marston House at 4 Maple Street at 11:00 am. Come dressed for the weather as the walk will go on rain or shine. This free event is sponsored by the Sandwich Historical Society.
~ OPENING DAY! ~
Saturday, June 29, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The Elisha Marston House, Barn and Gift Shop opens for the summer season on Saturday, June 29, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Our summer exhibit entitled, The Photograph and Memory, celebrates its grand opening as well in the Wentworth Room. This very special exhibit traces the evolution of the development of photography from daguerreotypes through the digital process, using portraits and landscape photographs from our vast collection. We will also have our beautiful Gift Shop open highlighting new and familiar products as well as some wonderful layout changes! More new products arriving in July! Something for everyone – and a great way to support the Society!
The Quimby Barn and Transportation Museum will be open from 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM and some of the trustees will be firing up the grill around noon. We are honored to have John Davidson returning to provide background music.
We have a fantastic line-up of artisans, who will be demonstrating their traditional skills on the lawn area beside the Quimby Barn and Transportation Museum from 12:00 – 3:00 PM. Our artisan line-up:
Ian Raymond, of Sanborton, is a well-known NH photographer with a commercial studio in Laconia. He also is a photography instructor at Plymouth State College and president of the NH Center of Photography. Ian will demonstrate the making of Cyanotypes, a nineteenth century, blue, iron-salt process for making traditional photographs with exposures to the sun.
https://www.raymondphoto.com/
https://www.raymondphoto.com/
Sara Goodman, of Center Harbor, is an internationally known textile artist – a dyer, weaver, spinner, stitcher, surface designer and lover of all things color and cloth! She is a juried artist with the League of NH Craftsmen, and is the lead dye instructor at Sanborn Mills in Loudon, NH. Sara will be demonstrating weaving techniques.
www.saragoodmanfiberstudio.com
[email protected]
www.saragoodmanfiberstudio.com
[email protected]
Alli Plourde, of Durham, NH, is a seasoned potter and figurative sculptor working in clay who currently teaches art at Oyster River H.S., and formerly at Holderness School. She has a BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology, and a Master’s degree from RI School of Design, and is a member of the NH Potters’ Guild. She recently opened a pottery studio, The Wheelhouse in Portsmouth, NH. Alli will be demonstrating wheel-thrown pottery.
Brian Stockman, of Tuftonboro, NH, has dedicated his life to the study and practice of a variety of traditional indigenous and colonial artisan craft media, and large-scale figurative sculpture. Brian will demonstrate the art of scrimshaw carving. His work is in numerous private and public collections.
We have two very special presentations on opening day:
* Sandwich Cane Presentation, 12:00 PM, outside the Quimby Barn and Transportation Museum. Let’s have a big crowd gathered to honor the cane’s recipient: Virginia “Ginger” Heard
* Suneta and Sugar Maple Dedications, 1:00 PM, on the Elisha Marston house lawn (Town Hall side). Click on SUNETA to learn more. Our two new Sugar Maples were recently planted in honor of Janet Elizabeth Brown and Bruce and Nancy Montgomery.
Come learn the fascinating story of Suneta and honor the life and contributions of Janet, Bruce and Nancy.
* Sandwich Cane Presentation, 12:00 PM, outside the Quimby Barn and Transportation Museum. Let’s have a big crowd gathered to honor the cane’s recipient: Virginia “Ginger” Heard
* Suneta and Sugar Maple Dedications, 1:00 PM, on the Elisha Marston house lawn (Town Hall side). Click on SUNETA to learn more. Our two new Sugar Maples were recently planted in honor of Janet Elizabeth Brown and Bruce and Nancy Montgomery.
Come learn the fascinating story of Suneta and honor the life and contributions of Janet, Bruce and Nancy.
A New Hampshire Humanities to Go Program
The Society Presents: Stephen Taylor
Poor Houses and Town Farms:
The Hard Row for Paupers
Please join the Sandwich Historical Society on Wednesday, May 22, 7:00 pm at the Doris L. Benz Community Center for a fascinating evening with Steve Taylor, former New Hampshire Commissioner of Agriculture and renowned historian, as he talks about “Poor Farms and Town Farms: The Hard Row for Paupers”.
Sandwich had two Poor Farms during the 18th and 19th century; one on Beede Hill above the present day Transfer Station, and later, one on Wing Road near the Hannah Road intersection. In addition, Town records show individuals were also compensated by the Town for keeping ‘Tramps” and/or indigent residents or families. The last Town Poor Farm closed about 1880 when the State legislated that each county should have a “County Home” for all the county’s indigent residents, and the Carroll County Home was built in Ossipee.
This program is presented in partnership with New Hampshire Humanities as part of the Humanities to Go program. New Hampshire Humanities is celebrating 50 years of ‘Connecting People and Ideas’.
Sandwich had two Poor Farms during the 18th and 19th century; one on Beede Hill above the present day Transfer Station, and later, one on Wing Road near the Hannah Road intersection. In addition, Town records show individuals were also compensated by the Town for keeping ‘Tramps” and/or indigent residents or families. The last Town Poor Farm closed about 1880 when the State legislated that each county should have a “County Home” for all the county’s indigent residents, and the Carroll County Home was built in Ossipee.
This program is presented in partnership with New Hampshire Humanities as part of the Humanities to Go program. New Hampshire Humanities is celebrating 50 years of ‘Connecting People and Ideas’.
SAVE THE DATE
Picture Night
Tuesday, March 19, 7:00 PM
Doris L. Benz Community Center
18 Heard Road
(In-person and Zoom)
Those wishing to participate via Zoom, please email Jennifer, [email protected],
no later than noon on March 18.
Our exhibit this summer will be a selection of some of the many thousands of photographs from the Sandwich Historical Society collection and archives. It promises to be an impressive exhibit, both scholarly and enjoyable.
But for right now, take a winter from those late winter blues and join us for a quick, fun trip through more of our collection. Join us for a look at landscapes, people and buildings now long gone. This is a free program and light refreshments will be served.
Acknowledging and seeing the past helps us to understand the present and to think about the future of our little town. History is not just yesterday; it is also today and gives us insight in to what may be down the road tomorrow.
Help us in our mission to preserve and educate about Sandwich history. We promise, not an academic slog, but a fun evening with your neighbors learning about and seeing Sandwich past.
For those who register to participate via Zoom, the link will be emailed Tuesday morning. Registration closes at noon on Monday, March 18!
But for right now, take a winter from those late winter blues and join us for a quick, fun trip through more of our collection. Join us for a look at landscapes, people and buildings now long gone. This is a free program and light refreshments will be served.
Acknowledging and seeing the past helps us to understand the present and to think about the future of our little town. History is not just yesterday; it is also today and gives us insight in to what may be down the road tomorrow.
Help us in our mission to preserve and educate about Sandwich history. We promise, not an academic slog, but a fun evening with your neighbors learning about and seeing Sandwich past.
For those who register to participate via Zoom, the link will be emailed Tuesday morning. Registration closes at noon on Monday, March 18!
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