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SUMMARY:Documenting 13\,000+ Years in Sakonnet through Community Engaged Archaeology
DESCRIPTION:Speaker Kevin Smith\, Archaeologist  \nOsprey Heritage Consulting \nWednesday\, January 22\, 2025 \nZoom Talk  \n\nIn 2023\, as part of the Sakonnet History Project\, Kevin Smith partnered with the Little Compton Historical Society to study pre-Colonial stone tools and ceramics in the Society’s collections as well as those found by Little Compton residents over the past 75 years. Nearly thirty people shared what they had found in the Little Compton area in order to gain a better understanding of their collections. In this talk\, Kevin Smith will share what we learned from working with the community and how it helps to illuminate 13\,000+ years of life in the area that is today called Little Compton. \n  \nA museum professional for more than 40 years\, Kevin coordinated research and managed global anthropological and archaeological collections at the Buffalo Museum of Science and at Brown University’s Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology. He curated and co-curated more than 50 exhibitions there; has contributed to exhibition design\, planning\, and content creation at the National Museum of Iceland; and is engaged in interdisciplinary research projects in Canada and across the North Atlantic. He is currently a Research Associate with the Arctic Studies Center at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History and with the State University of New York at Albany’s Department of Anthropology. He teaches part-time at Bridgewater State University and is a co-founder and partner at Osprey Heritage Consultants\, LLC. \n  \nRegister for the Zoom talk at: https://tinyurl.com/13kYears \n 
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/documenting-13000-years-in-little-compton-through-community-engaged-archaeology/
LOCATION:Online Only
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Kristine Gagnon Aguiar":MAILTO:programs@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240417T190000
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SUMMARY:Little Compton\, Connected
DESCRIPTION:Little Compton\, Connected\nA Local Transportation History\nPlans for the 2024 Summer Exhibit\n—\nZoom Talk\nWednesday\, April 17 at 7 PM\n—\nPresented by Steven Lubar\, President\, LCHS Board of Directors\nand Students from Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design\n—\nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUufuirqzguE92E3eZpsp2xbKVDAMHdezG7\n—\nLittle Compton has a surprising transportation history. We have always been more connected to the world than we might think. There are so many stories we might tell. Indigenous transportation routes\, by water and land to points east and north\, set the stage for today’s roads. Farm products and fish went by boat to the plantations of the Caribbean in the 1700s\, and by boat and then carriage and train to cities up and down the east coast in the 1800s and 1900s. Steamboats brought day tourists to Sakonnet Point and goods to Adamsville Landing. The railroad and coach brought summer visitors. Peddlers and wagons traversed the roads\, taking orders and selling groceries and household goods. In the 20th century the automobile opened new markets for farmers and brought new developments and new residents.
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/little-compton-connected/
LOCATION:Online Only
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kristine Gagnon Aguiar":MAILTO:programs@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240227T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240227T210000
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SUMMARY:Lessons from the Wilbor House Trench
DESCRIPTION:Zoom Talk\nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpceyqpz0jGd1Dm-QqqOn7MUpZLLBL1Ih2#/registration\n—\nPresented by\nHolly Herbster\, RPA\, Senior Archaeologist/Principal Investigator for the Public Archaeology Laborateory\nand Marjory O’Toole\, LCHS Executive Director\n—\nIn the spring of 2022 a simple project to install a new communications line led to the recovery of thousands of artifacts once used by the Wilbor Family\, their employees\, and other residents of the Wilbor House.  These objects were recovered by LCHS Staff and Volunteers over the course of many months and have been analyzed by the specialists at the Public Archaeology Lab\, who also excavated a series of test pits in the area to better understand the archaeology of the Wilbor House.  Senior Archaeologist Holly Herbster and LCHS Executive Director Marjory O’Toole will share the most interesting artifacts and their significance during this presentation. \nPre-Registration is required. \n 
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/lessons-from-the-wilbor-house-trench/
LOCATION:Online Only
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240116T190000
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SUMMARY:Little Compton's John Simmons as Researched by Piper Hawes
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Marjory O’Toole\, LCHS Executive Director\n  \nLong one of Little Compton’s favorite sons\, John Simmons led a remarkable life\, from his local farm-boy roots to his business success in Boston\, to his founding and funding of Simmons College.  Piper Hawes\, a long-time LCHS Board Member and Simmons College graduate\, who sadly passed away last fall\, thoroughly researched John Simmons and his Little Compton connections for the Historical Society.  The talk is given in her memory using her original research. \n  \nThis is a free Zoom talk.  Pre-registration is required using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlcumorzooGNx5bc0iOSczGIDfSpKn5AnT#/registration
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/little-comptons-john-simmons-as-researched-by-piper-hawes/
LOCATION:Online Only
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Kristine Gagnon Aguiar":MAILTO:programs@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231025T190000
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SUMMARY:Andrew Rapoza's Sickness & Evil in the New England Colonies\, 1620-1788
DESCRIPTION:Sickness & Evil in the New England Colonies\, 1620-1788 \nEvil – the Puritans felt surrounded by it. As they settled in Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies throughout the 17th century\, their faith was constantly tested and their fears often seemed overwhelming – with good reason. They were assaulted by life-threatening challenges: droughts\, snow in the springtime\, crop failures\, sudden death of farm animals\, bread that wouldn’t rise\, butter that wouldn’t thicken\, and family members who fell sick from strange\, unrecognized sickness\, plus much more. They were convinced the Devil was using witches to destroy them. Many Puritans tried to fight the black magic of witchcraft by using their own white magic\, even though their ministers warned they were falling under Satan’s power. But they were desperate.\n\nAndrew Rapoza\, historian and author of Promising Cures\, a four-volume\, three-century history of health in a New England community\, will present the little-known evidence of Puritans using counter-magic to fight witchcraft in the years before\, during\, and after the infamous Salem witch trials of 1692. He will also discuss the ways Little Compton’s Wilbor family protected themselves from evil at the Wilbor House Museum.\n\nThis presentation is sponsored by the Little Compton Historical Society. The Zoom presentation is on 25 October at 7:00 PM; the subject matter and images are appropriate for adults and teenagers\, but not young children.\n\n \nAbout the Speaker \nAndrew V. Rapoza is a magna cum laude graduate of Boston College\, with a Scholar of the College distinction in history. During his management career in purchasing\, contracts\, and technical publications\, he also pursued his passion for collecting and researching health and medical history\, especially as it pertained to Lynn\, Massachusetts\, where he and his wife\, Gail\, first raised their four children. Several of his research papers on Colonial\, Federal\, and Victorian health in New England have been published and he has been a guest speaker on these subjects all over the Northeast\, including at the Strong Museum\, Rochester\, New York\, and at the Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife.\n\nHe has recently published a four-volume book titled PROMISING CURES – the Pursuit of Health in a 19th Century New England Community: Lynn\, Massachusetts. It is available for sale in hardcover and softcover on Amazon.com and for free in digital format on FamilySearch.org.\n\n \nAbout Promising Cures \nThe community of Lynn\, Massachusetts\, was like the rest of New England in the 1800s but populated by individuals with their own unique stories to tell. Its residents were attacked by cholera\, diphtheria\, scarlet fever\, typhoid\, and dysentery; women died in childbirth; babies died before they took their first steps; and adults and children were mangled by factory machinery. Enjoyment of life was precious to each of them\, but often stolen away too soon.\n\nTo fight pain\, sickness\, and death\, they turned to their own creativity\, old family recipes\, a never-ending stream of promising cures\, and emerging science-based medicines. No matter the origin of the remedy\, the only critical ingredient was success.\n\nIt’s far too easy to call the past a time of quacks and gullible bumpkins\, of villains and heroes. The 19th century was instead an era of experimentation and improvement practiced by as wide an assortment of average people\, scoundrels\, and reformers as we have among us today. Promising Cures proves this to be the case.\n\nBe prepared to be transported to a different time and place; walk among your ancestors. See life through their eyes and learn about the courage\, miracles\, and dumb luck that enabled you to be who you are today.\n\nMeticulously researched\, creatively written with dollops of drama\, humor\, and a steady stream of historical accuracy\, and enlivened with fascinating remnants of Lynn’s health history\, Promising Cures will take you somewhere you’ve never been and will never forget – the life you would have lived centuries earlier.\n\n \nPre-register here: Andrew Rapoza Zoom Lecture
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/andrew-rapozas-sickness-evil-in-the-new-england-colonies-1620-1788/
LOCATION:Online Only
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kristine Gagnon Aguiar":MAILTO:programs@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T203000
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CREATED:20230104T201238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230106T201012Z
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SUMMARY:History of the Sakonnet People (Virtual Only)
DESCRIPTION:As we begin two years of research into the history of the Sakonnet people\, what do we know so far? Scholars\, including local historians\, have written about the Sakonnets for generations. New research often builds on their work\, but sometimes challenges it. Join LCHS Executive Director Marjory O’Toole for a presentation on the history of the Sakonnets\, as we know it today\, and an overview of our plans to learn more in the coming years. \nClick here to register for a Zoom link.
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/history-of-the-sakonnet-people-virtual-only/
LOCATION:Online Only
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series,Programs and Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Kristine Gagnon Aguiar":MAILTO:programs@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T180000
DTSTAMP:20260613T090041
CREATED:20230104T194450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230113T185037Z
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SUMMARY:Do You Want to Make a Snowman? – Dry Needle Felting for Beginners (Virtual Class)
DESCRIPTION:Ages 16+\, ages 12-16 if accompanied by an adult also taking the class\nMaximum 15 participants \nLCHS Members: $10 for materials & $5 for shipping\nNon-Members: $20 for instruction and materials & $5 for shipping (Become a Member!) \nJoin Marjory O’Toole to learn the simple\, and very stress relieving\, craft of dry needle felting. If you can stab something\, you can needle felt. You’ll receive a kit with everything to need to tackle your first project. During the two-hour workshop you will transform a fluff of wool fleece into a snowman and then take home your needles to continue the craft in the future. \nTo register\, email programs@littlecompton.org or call 401-635-4035. \nYou must register by February 8 to ensure you have the materials in advance. You may choose mail delivery or pick-up at the Wilbor House when registering.
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/do-you-want-to-make-a-snowman-dry-needle-felting-for-beginners-virtual-class/
LOCATION:Online Only
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Family & Community Programs,Programs and Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Liz Carver":MAILTO:admin@littlecompton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T203000
DTSTAMP:20260613T090041
CREATED:20220603T171113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220603T171855Z
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SUMMARY:The Care and Keeping of Old Homes
DESCRIPTION:Valerie Talmage\, Executive Director of Preserve Rhode Island\nHow do owners plan for the preservation of their historic places? Valerie Talmage from Preserve Rhode Island will share some options for homeowners including preservation easements and a capital-plan approach to prioritizing repairs. \n*This program will only be offered via Zoom. Register to receive a link.*
URL:https://littlecompton.org/event/the-care-and-keeping-of-old-homes/
LOCATION:Online Only
CATEGORIES:Adults' Programs,Lecture Series
ORGANIZER;CN="Kristine Gagnon Aguiar":MAILTO:programs@littlecompton.org
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