Join us for Episode Nine of our Plymouth 400 CONVERSATIONS series on PACTV (Plymouth Area Community Television)! The program will air on May 27th, June 3rd and June 10th at 7:30PM on Comcast channel 13 and Verizon channel 43 in the towns of Plymouth, Duxbury, Kingston, and Pembroke. After the program airs, you can view the episode here.
Our guest for Episode 9 is Plymouth author and historian James W. Baker.
Jim Baker received a BSc. from Boston University and a MLS from University of Rhode Island. He served as Research Librarian and Director of Research at Plimoth Plantation from 1975 to 2001, and Curator at the Alden House Historic Site in Duxbury, 2002 to 2009. Now retired, he has published Thanksgiving: The Biography of an American Holiday, University of New Hampshire Press, 2009; A Guide to Historic Plymouth, The History Press, 2008, Alden House History: A Work in Progress , Alden Kindred of America, 2006, and edited Robert Cushman’s Cry of a Stone, GSMD, 2016, plus other titles on Plymouth and the Pilgrims. He lives in the fifth-generation family house with his wife Peggy M. Baker, Director Emerita of Pilgrim Hall Museum.
Join us for Episode Nine of our Plymouth 400 CONVERSATIONS series on PACTV (Plymouth Area Community Television)! The program will air on May 27th & June 3rd at 7:30PM on Comcast channel 13 and Verizon channel 43 in the towns of Plymouth, Duxbury, Kingston, and Pembroke. After the program airs, you can view the episode here.
Our guest for Episode 9 is Plymouth author and historian James W. Baker.
Jim Baker received a BSc. from Boston University and a MLS from University of Rhode Island. He served as Research Librarian and Director of Research at Plimoth Plantation from 1975 to 2001, and Curator at the Alden House Historic Site in Duxbury, 2002 to 2009. Now retired, he has published Thanksgiving: The Biography of an American Holiday, University of New Hampshire Press, 2009; A Guide to Historic Plymouth, The History Press, 2008, Alden House History: A Work in Progress , Alden Kindred of America, 2006, and edited Robert Cushman’s Cry of a Stone, GSMD, 2016, plus other titles on Plymouth and the Pilgrims. He lives in the fifth-generation family house with his wife Peggy M. Baker, Director Emerita of Pilgrim Hall Museum.
Join us for Episode Nine of our Plymouth 400 CONVERSATIONS series on PACTV (Plymouth Area Community Television)! The program will air on May 27th & June 3rd at 7:30PM on Comcast channel 13 and Verizon channel 43 in the towns of Plymouth, Duxbury, Kingston, and Pembroke. After the program airs, you can view the episode here.
Our guest for Episode 9 is Plymouth author and historian James W. Baker.
Jim Baker received a BSc. from Boston University and a MLS from University of Rhode Island. He served as Research Librarian and Director of Research at Plimoth Plantation from 1975 to 2001, and Curator at the Alden House Historic Site in Duxbury, 2002 to 2009. Now retired, he has published Thanksgiving: The Biography of an American Holiday, University of New Hampshire Press, 2009; A Guide to Historic Plymouth, The History Press, 2008, Alden House History: A Work in Progress , Alden Kindred of America, 2006, and edited Robert Cushman’s Cry of a Stone, GSMD, 2016, plus other titles on Plymouth and the Pilgrims. He lives in the fifth-generation family house with his wife Peggy M. Baker, Director Emerita of Pilgrim Hall Museum.
THIS EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED. Please check the Pilgrim Hall Museum website for updates.
Noted Plymouth historian James W. Baker presents the ultimate guide to the history and symbolic role of Plymouth Rock in his new publication, Plymouth Rock’s Own Story, published by the Pilgrim Society. Copies available for purchase and signing. Coffee and refreshments served at 9:30AM, lecture begins at 10:00AM. This event is part of the Spring 2020 Lecture Series at Pilgrim Hall Museum, sponsored by Brabo Benefits, with additional support from Powder Horn Press.
