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Prevent the Spread: A History of Smallpox Inoculation in Eighteenth-Century Portsmouth (part 1 of 2)

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 24, 2022 | Announcements, Manuscripts

Katy Sternberger, Archivist After more than two years of living with the COVID-19 pandemic, we now have a unique sense of what it was like to witness pandemics past—quarantining, vaccine hesitancy, and reports of case numbers in the news are not novel. We just need to...

Athenaeum Memorial Concert

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 9, 2022 | Announcements, Events

Sunday, June 12, 2022 3 p.m. St. John’s Church, Chapel Street Please join us for the upcoming memorial concert honoring Athenaeum Proprietors who passed in 2021, featuring acclaimed cellist Sebastian Baverstam [pictured above]. The public is invited to attend...

Book Review: Mona Passage by Thomas Bardenwerper

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 2, 2022 | Announcements, Events

Review by Proprietor Ed Caylor A friend recently encouraged me to give Mona Passage a try. I was hesitant because I thought the book might be a CSI tale, or a shoot ‘em up military thriller. Still, based on the encouragement, I sat down to read the book in front of a...

Standing Together: Seacoast LGBTQ+ Social & Support Groups

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 27, 2022 | Announcements, Exhibits

The timing of “Standing Together: Seacoast LGBTQ+ Social and Support Groups” couldn’t be better, according to Tom Kaufhold, who is curating the exhibit opening June 3 in the Portsmouth Athenaeum’s Randall Gallery. “We exist, we have...

Thomas Bardenwerper, Author of “Mona Passage”

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 25, 2022 | Announcements, Events

IN-PERSON EVENT Thomas “Buddy” Bardenwerper Mona Passage Thursday, June 9, 2022 5:30 p.m. Sawtelle Reading Room (first floor of 1805 Building) On a moonless night, two vessels converge in the Mona Passage, a stretch of ocean separating Hispaniola...

Portsmouth Athenaeum’s 2022 Lecture Series

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 6, 2022 | Announcements, Events

Portsmouth Athenaeum 2022 Lecture Series Portsmouth, NH: Evolution 1623-2023 The territory of coastal New Hampshire, first inhabited by the Abenaki and other Algonquian languages-speaking nations, was first explored and written about by Martin Pring in 1603....