Retired Stanford history professor Dr. Estelle Freedman will discuss key aspects of the Sherborn Reformatory, a radical new institution run by women for women in the last quarter of the 19th century. Dr. Freedman is author of several important studies, including her superb books Their Sisters' Keepers, about turn of the 20th century women's prison reform, and Maternal Justice, a biography of Miriam Van Waters, the brilliant and controversial Reformatory superintendent in the 1930s-1950s and buried in our own Pine Hill Cemetery.  Tuesday, March 12th, 7:00-8:30 PM on ZOOM and in the Community Room, Sherborn Library. This program is HYBRID. 

The SHS Annual Meeting and Election of Officers was held Sunday February 11, 2024 at 2:00 pm. At the meeting the following motion was offered and accepted: To change the name from the Sherborn Historical Society to the Sherborn History Center and Museum The meeting was followed by "Antiques, Art & Collectibles in 2024" with Past President, Ken Van Blarcom. Attended by over forty members, the program was enthusiastically received. At SHS annual meeting, 2010 Kenneth W. Van Blarcom of South Natick (formerly of Sherborn), offered fresh insight into the art and antique market today, just where it has been,