Guest Lecturer: Dr. Rick Schubart

Dr. Rick Schubart, Bates-Russell Distinguished Faculty Professor, Phillips Exeter Academy and scholar of early American and Civil War history will speak on

“Abraham Lincoln in New Hampshire”

His recent essay "The New Hampshire Seacoast and the American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln in Exeter and Fitz John Porter in Portsmouth" in Hero or Coward: The Story of General Fitz John Porter (with Drs. Alexander & Morrison) is available at www.thebluetree.com

Shoe Research, Lynn Museum

http://zephyrs10.blogspot.com/2012/04/shoe-files-mrs-elisebath-johnsons-shoe.html

A Reflection on Louis I. Kahn's Exeter Library at 40

For those of you interested in architecture.

http://zephyrs10.blogspot.com/2012/04/reflection-on-louis-i-kahns-exeter.html

Guest Speakers: Astrida Schaeffer and Sonya Spongberg

This week's speakers will discuss two significant UNH based historic garment projects: Embellishments: Constructing Victorian Detail and the New Hampshire Historic Dress project.

Costume Historian, Astrida Schaeffer a UNH graduate and past assistant director of the UNH Art Gallery, will discuss her field, training, work with historic sites and museums, as well as current exhibition. (Astrida is the Guest Curator of Embellishments which will open September 2012 in the UNH Museum Gallery, with Dale Valena, Curator, at Diamond Library.)

Museum Studies MA Candidate (May 2012), Sonya Spongberg, will discuss her past and current internships, work on the New Hampshire Historic Dress project and her final paper.

Please feel free to bring in one or two garments or examples of textiles for a hands on discussion, time permitting.

For information, see:


http://unh.edu/unhtoday/2012/02/museum-quality-astrida-schaeffer-99g

www.schaefferarts.com