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09/17/2024

Rivers of the Eastern Shore Book Talk

September 17, 2024 2pm - 4pm

Join the Historical Society and ShoreRivers for an immersive journey into the history of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, as we explore how its rivers shape our way of life then, now, and in the future. We invite you to a special book discussion featuring the second edition of The Rivers of the Eastern Shore by Hulbert Footner, with a forward by Tom Horton.

10/06/2024

Baseball on the Eastern Shore: A Lecture by Marty Payne

October 06, 2024 2pm - 4pm

In time to get primed for the 2024 World Series (Go O’s), author Marty Payne will talk about the origins and progression of America’s pastime on the Eastern Shore, a region “acknowledged in the national press as a hotbed of baseball activity,” according to the book’s publisher. Marty Payne is an author, a member of the Society of American Baseball Research who has researched and written extensively about baseball, with a particular focus on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He is a native of St. Michaels and received his Masters Degree from Washington College. Light refreshments will be available. Click here to reserve your seat

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Preserving Pippin: Caring for Paper Artifacts

Lecture and mini-workshop with Archivist Lana Faber

Wondering how to care for boxes of old family papers in your attic or basement? Learn how to humidify and flatten rolled, folded, and crumpled documents, and how Lana used this strategy to prepare materials for the Pippin exhibition currently on view. Includes a hands-on humidification demonstration and a kit with the supplies you need to try it at home.

Includes a hands-on humidification demonstration and a kit with the supplies you need to try it at home.

Space is limited: RSVP required.

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