November Roundtable Discussion: Creating the Brattleboro Words Trail
Creating the Brattleboro Words Trail Goals and Methodology Learn how you can be part of the broad community effort to unlock the secrets of our storied past with Project Director, Lissa Weinmann Thursday, November 15, 2018 / 6:00 to 7:00 pm Brooks Memorial Library Free and Open to the Public / Refreshments Served
October Roundtable: Historical & Archival Treasures
Historical & Archival Treasures A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ROUNDTABLE SPOTLIGHTS WINDHAM COUNTY’S HISTORICAL AND ARCHIVAL TREASURES FOR ‘NATIONAL ARCHIVES MONTH’ Unique, rare, important and humorous historical treasures and archival collections reside within Windham County’s numerous historical societies, public libraries and museums. The Brattleboro Words Project’s Thursday, October 18, 2018 Roundtable Discussion will gather representatives who work...Continue reading→
Royal Tyler – Roundtable Discussion
Royall Tyler: Author, Wit and Judge, of Early Brattleboro. September 13, 2018 Brooks Memorial LibraryContinue reading→
Kipling: Roundtable Discussion at Scott Farm
NAULAKHA, DUMMERSTON “Rudyard Kipling’s American years were the happiest, most inspired and productive time of his life,” Professor Fish said, before a dispute with his brother-in-law turned ugly. In this period he composed the two Jungle Books (1894, 1895), the first three Just So Stories (1897), and began thinking about his masterpiece Kim (1901). He...Continue reading→
Dennis Waring – Estey Organs’ Impact on American Consumer Culture
Watch Dennis Waring’s full presentation on the impact of Estey Organ Company’s effect on American consumer culture.
Words & Abenaki History: July Roundtable Discussion
Words & Abenaki History A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION Brattleboro Historical SocietyWords Project Roundtable: The Abenaki and Early European Contact This month, Leadership Team members Rich Holschuh (Vermont Commission for Native American Affairs) and Joe Rivers (Brattleboro Historical Society) will give a presentation and lead a discussion exploring indigenous Abenaki sites, experience, and use of their 12,000...Continue reading→
Words Project roundtable looks at impact of Estey Organ Co. on consumer culture
BRATTLEBORO—The Brattleboro Words Project’s next monthly Roundtable Discussion will examine the history of Jacob Estey and how the famous Estey Organ Company helped shape American consumer culture and promote Brattleboro internationally. Dennis Waring, author of Manufacturing the Muse: Estey Organs and Consumer Culture in Victorian America, will lead the discussion. It will be held at...Continue reading→
Estey Organ Roundtable Discussion
The Brattleboro Words Project’s monthly Roundtable Discussion will examine the history of the famous Estey Organ Company and how it helped shape American consumer culture and put Brattleboro on the global map through its innovative advertising and marketing style. Dennis Waring, Author “Manufacturing the Muse: Estey Organs and Consumer Culture in Victorian America” (Wesleyan University...Continue reading→
Brattleboro’s Printing and Publishing Heyday 1900-1970 Exhibit Opens at Brooks Memorial Library Wednesday May 9 at 7pm
Brattleboro’s publishing and printing companies have been recognized internationally for the high quality of their work. In the 1950s and 60s, about 10% of the town’s population was employed in that industry, the highest per capita rate in the nation. A new exhibit illuminates this history; Brattleboro’s Printing and Publishing Heyday-1900-1970 opens on Wednesday, May...Continue reading→
January 24th: The first in our Roundtable Discussion Series: Words and Water Cures
Words is hosting the first monthly roundtable discussion on the greatness in our midst with Reg Martell & Lissa Weinmann lead a presentation and discussion on the popular water cures of the mid- to late-1800s and their connection to our literary history. Writers Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, among others, traveled to Brattleboro’s natural...Continue reading→
Elemental Book Binding
January 31, 7 p.m. Elemental Bookbinding & Survival Book Repair As part of the WORDS project, Marshall Brooks will present ELEMENTAL BOOKBINDING AND SURVIVAL BOOK REPAIR, a talk at the Brooks Memorial Library, Wednesday, January 31 at 7PM. Attendees will leave this illuminating presentation with a comprehensive resource list and a good idea of how...Continue reading→
Hands-On Antique Printing Workshop for Kids
In-Service day fun! On Tuesday, January 23rd, from 10:30 am-noon, the “Peoples, Places and the History of Words in Brattleboro, Vermont” events continue with a hands-on printing workshop designed for children 6 and up, as well as the young at heart 🙂 Master Printer Bill Soucy will lead this fun exploration of the art of...Continue reading→