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Awakening the Past: The East Hampton 350th Anniversary Lecture Series
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1998 Lecture Series
from the 350th Anniversary of the
Town of the East Hampton

Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec


January 1998

THE MATERIAL HISTORY OF THE MONTAUKETT
Gaynell Stone, PhD., Saturday, January 31


WYANDANCH: SACHEM OF THE MONTAUKETTS

John Strong, PhD., Saturday, January 31
February 1998

LEADING THE WAY: POLITICAL FORCE OF THE REVS. JAMES, HUNTTING, BUELL AND BEECHER
Rev. John Ames, Saturday, February 28


March 1998


LION GARDINER: LONG ISLAND'S FOUNDING FATHER
Roger Wunderlich, PhD., Saturday, March 14

PIRATES, WHALES, WRECKS AND SALVAGE
East Hampton's Maritime History
Noel Gish, Friday, March 27

April 1998

EAST HAMPTON VS. NEW YORK: A VERY OLD STORY

Robert Ritchie, PhD., Saturday, April 11

ORIGINS OF GOVERNMENT OF EAST HAMPTON

Landon Wright, PhD., April 11


FROM BARBIZON TO BONAC: EAST HAMPTON AS AN ART COLONY
Helen Harrison, Friday, April 24th

May 1998

EAST HAMPTON & THE CIVIL WAR

Harrison Hunt, Saturday, May 9

"IT WERE AS WELL TO PLEASE THE DEVIL AS ANGER HIM"

Witchcraft in the Founding Days
of East Hampton

Hugh R. King & Loretta Orion, PhD.

Saturday, May 9

EAST HAMPTON: A STRATEGIC OUTPOST OF CONNECTICUT IN THE 1660'S
Christopher Collier, PhD., Saturday, May 30

EAST HAMPTON IN THE 17TH CENTURY

John Murrin, PhD., Saturday, May 30
June 1998

THE AMISTAD
Quentin Snedecor, Saturday, June 20

July 1998

EAST HAMPTON ARCHITECTURE: PLAIN AND FANCY
Paul Goldberger, Saturday, July 5

August 1998

WRITERS OF THE EAST END
Connie Ayers Denne, Sunday, August 23

September 1998

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
(On the East End in 1674)
Donald Shomette, Saturday, September 12

JOHN WINTHROP, JR., OF CONNECTICUT,
THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF
THE EAST END

Richard S. Dunn, PhD., Saturday, September 12

THEODORE ROOSEVELT AT MONTAUK
Jeff Heatley, Friday, September 18

October 1998

GOVERNOR THOMAS DONGAN & HIS CHARTER TO EAST HAMPTON

Peter Christoph, MA, Sunday, October 11

TRADE AND COMMUNITY

East Hampton's Curious Commercial Origin
Timothy Breen, PhD., Sunday, October 11


A TRADITION OF CRAFTSMEN:
The Dominy Craftsman of East Hampton
Dean Failey ,Sunday, October 25

November 1998

ACTUALLY EARNING A LIVING:
The Dominy Craftsman of East Hampton
Charles Hummel, Saturday, November 7

LOCAL HISTORIANS
David Mulford,
Stuart B. Vorpahl, Jr. and
Sherill Foster

Saturday, November 21

THE SCOOT, THE CANNONBALL & THE LIRR
Vincent Seyfried, Sunday, November 29
December 1998

EAST HAMPTON: THE 19TH CENTURY ARTISTS' PARADISE
Katharine T. Cameron, Sunday, December 6
 
 
 
 
 

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