Oregon State University historian Ben Mutschler will help us understand how major epidemics, as well as lesser ailments common in early America, impacted everyday life in early New England. Author of Province of Affliction, Dr. Mutschler’s talk is partially inspired by the recent donation of a 1754 document to the Historical Society that lists Sherborn’s diphtheria victims, several of whom are buried at the Old South Burying Ground. Join us in the Library’s Community Room to hear about the tenuousness of life before modern medical science, and see a handful of collection items that hint at how Sherbornites contended with […]

Eric B. Schultz is the author of four books, including King Philip’s War: The History of Legacy of America’s Forgotten Conflict (with Michael Tougias). He is the former Chair of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and the Gettysburg Foundation, and currently serves as a Director of the Old Colony History Museum in Taunton. A native of Dighton, he holds a B.A. in History from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He and his wife, Susan, live in Boxford. Join Mr. Schultz for an engaging talk about King Philip's War. He will detail the history and the lasting legacy […]

Dr. Robert Bellinger is a public historian with a B. A. from Amherst College and a Ph.D. in history from Boston College. As the proprietor of Righting Histories, Dr. Bellinger engages in projects that involve research and interpretation of African American history, local histories, and historic sites. Dr. Bellinger is an Associate Professor Emeritus at Suffolk University, and serves on the boards of multiple history-related institutions. Dr. Bellinger's talk will focus on research he’s recently done on Black Patriots and the Revolution, featuring Lexingtonians, Prince Estabrook and Pompey Blackman, both of who fought in the war.  This program is cosponsored […]