February 04, 2010

 

Welcome to the Middletown Historical Society's website. In an effort to offer those interested in Middletown a place to delve into the past and present and support the Society and it's efforts, the Society would like to invite you to explore it's website.

The Middletown Historical Society in conjunction with the Middletown Public Library is pleased to announce the lineup for our 2010 Winter Speaker Series.

All presentations are open to the public and are held in the Community Room of the Middletown Public Library from 2:00 until 4:00pm

Sunday, January 10: Mr. Keith W. Stokes, Executive Director, Newport County Chamber of Commerce; “American Irony: Freedom and Slavery in New England”  See PHOTOS from his talk.
Sunday, February 7: Mr. Jack Doll, retired archivist for St. George’s School; “The History of Saint George’s School and Saint George’s Chapel”
Saturday, February 27: Meet The Author a Series at the Middletown Public library features Maryalice Huggins. Details here.
Sunday, March 14: Mr. John Kennedy, Director of Public Outreach, U.S. Naval War College Museum; Topic TBD
Sunday April 11: Ms. Kathy Abbass, Director of the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP); “The RIMAP Revolutionary War Trail Program”

NOTICES

The Middletown Historical Society would like to thank Matt Wainwright, Middletown Director of Information Technology for his gracious assistance in installing internet service in Paradise School.


Meetings of the Board of Directors will take place on the first Saturday of the month at 9:30am at Paradise School until further notice.



Volunteers needed to help the Society computerize its archives.
Please contact archive@middletownhistory.org
 

 


 

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