Our Beginning
New Ipswich Historical Society
March 19, 1913
New Ipswich Historical Society. The New Ipswich Historical society, organized on March 19, will hold its first business meeting at the public library, on Saturday of this week, at 3 p. m. The officers elected at the meeting on Wednesday are as follows: President, H. W. Lewis; vice presidents, Miss C. F. Barr and Mrs. Hattie P. McKown; secretary, Mrs. Abbie Phelps; treasurer, Miss Katherine Preston. Miss Sarah F. Lee, Miss Katherine Preston and Anna A. Goldsmith were chosen a committee to draft the constitution and bylaws and met for that purpose on Friday morning at the residence of Miss Lee. James Roger made a brief and interesting address and as temporary secretary gave a fine report of the meeting. Nearly all of those present gave their names for membership. The object of the society will be to discover secure and preserve whatever may relate to the natural, civil, literary and ecclesiastical history of the town.
New Ipswich Historical Society
Decorated for the bicentennial
James Roger diary entry
September 9th 1908 (Wednesday)
Fair and sunny. David & Henry 2 hours in Cemetery and then cutting Hungarian grass in Jim Davis field, also getting horses feet put right in afternoon, then raked hay together. I called on Miss Lee in afternoon. Pulled up some old pea stakes in garden and fed some tomatoes to hens and chickens.
September 14, 2024 - 13:30
New Ipswich Historical Society cordially invites the public to its Annual Meeting and Program.
FINNS: An Oral History of Finnish-Americans
in New Hampshire’s Monadnock Region
Presented by Patricia Kangas Ktistes
New Ipswich Museum of History (72 Academy Road) - formerly Appleton Academy
Our 30-minute business meeting will be followed by this year’s featured speaker, Patricia Kangas Ktistes, who will describe her experience of interviewing Finnish-Americans in New Ipswich and surrounding communities for the purpose of preserving their stories for future generations.
In addition to sharing interesting anecdotes and audio clips that she collected for her Master’s thesis in the 1990s, Patricia will provide participants with her recommendations and useful tips for collecting family histories before elders pass and their knowledge and experiences are lost to time.
Patricia Kangas Ktistes was born in New Ipswich in 1952, and attended town schools through ninth grade. In 1967, she moved out of state with her family. In 1987, she earned a B.S. from Colby-Sawyer College and received her MALS degree at Dartmouth College in 1997. Her master’s thesis is entitled FINNS: An Oral History of Finnish-Americans in New Hampshire's Monadnock Region. Patricia has two daughters and five grandchildren; she and her husband John Ktistes reside in Rockport, MA
Hungarian grass important for haymaking?