Lectures
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All in-person programs will be held at the New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park Street, Concord, unless otherwise noted.
Granite State Stories
Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 7 p.m.
*Location: Conway Historical Society, Old Firehouse, 111 Main Street, Conway
Oh, the stories we could tell! For such a small state, New Hampshire has a remarkable history, full of interesting people, creative inventions, daring adventures, and astounding beauty. In honor of the New Hampshire Historical Society’s 200th anniversary, Society staffers are touring the state and sharing a collection of stories that capture the iconic spirit of New Hampshire, paired with images from the Society’s collections. The stories at this event will include Mount Washington and the artist Benjamin Champney. This program is free and presented through the Humanities to Go program of New Hampshire Humanities.
Lecture: "Welfare Capitalism at the Brown Paper Company," by Olivia Halle
Saturday, October 14, 2023, 2 p.m.
At the turn of the 20th century, the Brown Paper Company of Berlin adopted a strategy of welfare capitalism to provide social services to their employees, which, in effect, encompassed most of the Berlin community. At the time, some companies in the United States were adopting welfare capitalism as a way to forestall both government interference in their businesses and the development of unions. Explore the Brown Paper Company’s efforts in this area and learn how their efforts compared to those of other manufacturing companies in this period. Admission is free for New Hampshire Historical Society members; $7 for nonmembers.
Free Lecture and Book Signing: “Wit and Wisdom: The Forgotten Literary Life of New England Villages,” by Jo Radner
Saturday, October 21, 2023, 2 p.m.
Whatever did New Englanders do on long winter evenings before cable, satellite, and the internet? Throughout the 19th century, our ancestors in tiny villages across Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont created joyful neighborhood events to improve their minds. Men and women held debates and composed and read aloud homegrown, handwritten literary newspapers. Oral historian and professional storyteller Jo Radner shares tales from these sometimes serious, sometimes sentimental, and often very funny "papers," which reveal the hopes, fears, humor, and surprisingly daring behavior of our forebears. Copies of Radner's book will be available for purchase. Admission to this program is free, and no registration is required.
Granite State Stories
Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 6:30 p.m.
*Location: Smyth Public Library, 55 High Street, Candia, NH 03034
Oh, the stories we could tell! For such a small state, New Hampshire has a remarkable history, full of interesting people, creative inventions, daring adventures, and astounding beauty. In honor of the New Hampshire Historical Society’s 200th anniversary, Society staffers are touring the state and sharing a collection of stories that capture the iconic spirit of New Hampshire, paired with images from the Society’s collections. The stories at this event will include the Concord coach and the Society’s two Revolutionary War flags. This program is free and presented through the Humanities to Go program of New Hampshire Humanities.
Collections Highlight Talk: "Live Free Then Die: Death and Mourning in the Granite State," by Jonathan Olly
Saturday, October 28, 2023, 2 p.m.
As exemplified in our state motto, death has helped to shape New Hampshire’s history and culture for centuries. Join the Society's Director of Museum Collections Jonathan Olly to hear some of the stories and see some of the objects that shed light on how Granite Staters have experienced death and mourning from the colonial period into the 20th century. Admission is free for New Hampshire Historical Society members; $7 for nonmembers.
Music: Songs of New Hampshire
Saturday, November 4, 2023, 2 p.m.
Folk musician Tom Curren presents a collection of native-grown New Hampshire songs that spring from our landscapes of farms, seacoast, and forests. These tunes span more than 300 years of cultural expression and seek to remind us of the reasons we believe in this place we've come to call home. In addition to charting a career as a conservationist, farmer, historian, town official, and writer, Curren has been singing and archiving regional folk songs for decades. Admission is free for New Hampshire Historical Society members; $7 for nonmembers.
Granite State Stories
Tuesday, November 28, 6:30 p.m.
*Location: Smyth Public Library, 55 High Street, Candia, NH 03034
Oh, the stories we could tell! For such a small state, New Hampshire has a remarkable history, full of interesting people, creative inventions, daring adventures, and astounding beauty. In honor of the New Hampshire Historical Society’s 200th anniversary, Society staffers are touring the state and sharing a collection of stories that capture the iconic spirit of New Hampshire, paired with images from the Society’s collections. The stories at this event will include Benjamin Champney and Mount Washington. This program is free and presented through the Humanities to Go program of New Hampshire Humanities.
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Zoe Binette
Visitor Services Coordinator
603-228-6688
zbinette@nhhistory.org
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