The next Antrim Historical Society program is Covered Bridges Near Antrim- Past and Present on Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 3:00 pm at the Antrim Presbyterian Church. Free to everyone!
Our Next Program
Covered Bridges
Near Antrim
Past and Present
Sunday, August 14, 2022
3:00 pm
At the Antrim Presbyterian Church
Kim Varney Chandler, author of the upcoming book, Covered Bridges of New Hampshire, will share historical information on the covered bridges surrounding the Antrim area, past and present on Sunday, August 14 beginning at 3:00 pm at the Antrim Presbyterian Church. In addition to an in-depth history of the County Bridge, Chandler will share information on the lost covered bridges in Hancock, Greenfield, and Bennington. Guests will also learn of the nearby covered bridges in Henniker and Hopkinton. Light refreshments will be served.
Kim Varney Chandler is a researcher, amateur genealogist, photographer, bird watcher, and dog lover. She is a two-time graduate of the University of New Hampshire (‘91, ‘96G) where her love of history began in Professor Charles Clark’s classroom in Horton Hall. She has been researching ever since.
Kim has spent a good amount of time in libraries and historical societies, tracing genealogy, reviewing property deeds, and reading history books. She hasn’t done much with this information except repeatedly share it with unsuspecting friends and family. Until now.
When not immersed in the past, Kim works as a high school counselor and commits an inordinate amount of time to volunteer work for a variety of organizations. She is a life-long resident of New Hampshire except for two stints living south of the Mason-Dixon.
She lives in Hancock with her husband Marshell and Pemi the hiking therapy dog.
Oral History Project
For more than ten years, Society member Lyman Gilmore has been conducting the Antrim
Oral History Project in which he interviews members of the community about growing up
and living in Antrim from the 1920s to the present. The interviews are tape recorded,
transcribed, and published in the Limrik. These oral histories, which provide varied,
unique, and very personal accounts of our town, will be available in written and in some
cases audio form by the Historical Society in the new Tuttle Library. We are working to
preserve the original audio interviews digitally and on CD so that the actual voices of
Antrim people, some of whom have died, can be heard.
Please join us at the Bandstand on Monday, July 4 as the Antrim Historical Society celebrates our independence from that “plundering tyrant” King George III.
8:30 - Coffee, Tea and Baked Goodies
9:00 - Music by Yankee Doodle and the Dandies 9:30 - Raising of the colors, Pledge of Allegiance and Star Spangled Banner by the Troop 2 Boy Scouts
9:40 - Reading of the Declaration of Independence
We hope you and your family will join us by celebrating your freedom at this long-standing Antrim tradition.
Independence Day Festivities
Get Involved
Become a Volunteer
The Antrim Historical Society is a private, tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization. We are not a town agency or financially supported by the town of Antrim or the state of New Hampshire. That's why public support is so crucial! We depend on a dedicated group of volunteers to help us fulfill our mission by performing a variety of tasks and by promoting the AHS in the community.
Would you like to catalog books or objects, research an historical topic, present a program, perform administrative tasks, help keep our collections in order, serve on the Board or help us at special events? There might be a perfect AHS project just for you! In turn, you will have many opportunities to make new friends and help preserve the history of our beloved town.
Please send us an email at ANTRIMHISTORICALSOCIETY@GMAIL.COM if you are interested in volunteering.
About
The citizens of Antrim indicated their interest in forming an Historical Society by a vote at Town Meeting in 1983. By the following year, a group on interested residents incorporated the Antrim Historical Society, a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, whose purpose is to collect, document and preserve all artifacts deemed to be of historical interest to the citizens of Antrim. Throughout the years, the Society has presented programs of historical interest and continues to amass extensive collections relating to Antrim’s past. The collections of the Historical Society are located in the upstairs room of the James A. Tuttle Library. These rooms are accessible to all by means of an elevator.
Donate
The Historical Society’s funding comes from annual dues paid by its members, donations, memorial donations and from the fall Apple Crisp Social. The Antrim Historical Society is an independent, nonprofit organization and is classified as a 501 (c) (3) by the IRS. Donations to the Society are tax-deductible.
As the Board looks forward to the preservation projects mentioned here, an updated Antrim History, and the possibility of acquiring an important historical property in Antrim, we are considering a capital fund drive to make these proposals a reality.
The Antrim Historical Society exists to preserve our history. Much of this history is kept alive through the personal treasures that individuals and families donate to the Society. These might be items you find when cleaning the attic or mementos a loved one has left behind. Donations have included photographs, printed materials, toys, tools, old furniture, artifacts, family and town histories, business information and school documents.
Our Accessions Committee has the final say as to what materials will be accepted. Is this item about Antrim? Do we already have one like it? And most important, is the item identified as to date, ownership and provenance?
Please share your treasures with us and let us preserve them for future generations.
House Project
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, after David Hurlin sold Goodell Company, he felt time hanging heavy on his hands. He decided to start a project of documenting the older houses in Antrim. This involved a great deal of research as he attempted to list houses from their beginning to present, with as many owners down through the years as he could find. He also researched dates and included any old pictures he could find. In 1993, he presented his work to the Historical society and it has been a valuable resource since then for folks looking into the history of their houses.
The Historical Society decided we should add to David’s record, so copies have been made and new notebooks are being put together with house numbers, up to date information and current pictures. The first notebook includes Main Street from Bennington Town Line to Smith and Goodell Roads, Grove Street, Elm Street and Elm Street Extension.
Nina Harding has worked (pretty much by herself) on updating David’s work. She has decided to pass the project on to someone else, and Diane Chauncey has said she would attempt to continue Nina’s thoughtful careful research. Done by one person, the project will be difficult to update – that’s where you come in. Watch for information in the next newsletter on a “new” committee to review the project and plan for its future.