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Winter Respite Lecture Series ~ 16th Season ~ For the past fifteen years, Diana and Bill Adams offered you the Winter Respite Lecture Series in their bookshop. This Year begins a new chapter as the location will now take place in the gallery within Liberty Rock Books, LLC at 678 Main Street in Hobart.
As in the past, each lecture differs in topic and yields insight to diverse worlds as presented by authors, educators, historians and noted personalities among others. The Winter Respite Lecture Series has both enlightened and enlivened the community with its varied talks and presentations. It has evolved into a popular monthly event designed to combat the doldrums of frosty, less inspiring days. All lectures are held on Sundays at 2 pm and are followed by refreshments. There is no charge and all are welcome, although seating may be limited, so please come early. Given weather and illness, please call 607-538-1760 to confirm date and topic. Join us if you can! |
SCHEDULE FOR THE 16th SEASON January 27, 2019 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// T. M. Bradshaw “THE NEWSPAPERMEN: The Mirror, 1851 – 1948” The Mirror started life as the Bloomville Mirror” in 1851 by S. B. Champion and evolved into the “Stamford Mirror” until 1905 when that paper and its competitor, “The Stamford Recorder” were sold to Leo DeSilva, who began a merged publication called “The Mirror-Recorder “ until 1948. Toward the end of DeSilva’s tenure as editor, the New York Press Association named the paper the “second best small town newspaper in the state”. While the paper continued until February 1992 under a succession of several other editors, the story of the Mirror is largely the story of these two politically and temperamentally different men who influenced almost a century of its existence. March 24, 2019 - /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Bianca Tredennick "I Shall Tear Myself to Pieces: Dickens's Reading Tours of the United Kingdom and the United States” Dr. Tredennick is a specialist in nineteenth-century British literature, especially the novel. She will speak on Charles Dickens's tour of the United States between November 1867 and April 1868. During this tour Dickens, traveling from Maine to Washington DC, visited Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester and New York City, March 3, 2019 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Jim Meagley “The History of Sheffield Farms Creamery in Hobart: In Text and Photos." This Lecture will be held at the Hobart Community Center, 80 Cornell Avenue. April 14, 2019 - THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN CANCELLED /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Hunt Slonem “GATEKEEPER: World of Folly" May 5, 2019 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Timothy J. Duerden “LEWIS HINE: Photographer and American Progressive" Local historian and author, Timothy J. Duerden will give a lecture on and sign copies of his latest historical publication "LEWIS HINE: Photographer and American Progressive", Lewis Hine (September 26, 1874 - November 3, 1940) was an American sociologist and photographer. Hine used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing child labor laws in the United States. Drawing on a range of sources, including information from surviving family members, Duerden's book is the first full-length illustrated Hine biography and presents a detailed and personal portrait of the sociologist and photographer whose haunting images of children at work in cotton mills and coal mines sparked the movement to end child labor, culminating with the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The edition includes 62 penetrating photographs. Timothy J. Duerden is the director of the Delaware County Historical Association in Delhi, New York and an adjunct lecturer in history at the State University of New York, Oneonta. He lives in Franklin, New York. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lectures are on Sundays at 2 p.m. at Liberty Rock Books, LLC, located at 678 Main Street, Route 10, Hobart*. Lectures last about an hour and are followed by refreshments. There is no fee but seats are limited so arrive early. *The March 3rd lecture will be held at the Hobart Community Center, 80 Cornell Avenue. Please visit the Adams’ website for up to the minute status reports and details at: www.whabooks.com |
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