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All Members' Meetings, pot luck supper, and other programs are open to the public, with no admission charges.  All meetings are held at the Mystic Congregational Church's hall on Broadway Street, Mystic, unless otherwise noted, on the fourth Wednesday of the month, at 7:30 p.m.

For more information, please contact MRHS at info@mystichistory.org or call 860-536-4779 during office hours.
 

2010

Wednesday,
September 22
Arthur Liverant, of Nathan Liverant and Son Antiques in Colchester, will bring his family's collection of "250 Years of Children's Seating" to our meeting and will the history and significance of the various pieces.  This year is the 90th anniversary of Liverant Antiques and Furniture. 

Nathan Liverant and Son has been actively dealing in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century American furniture, paintings, silver, glass and related accessories since 1920.  Liverant and Son specializes in fine examples of Connecticut and New England furniture and decorative arts made prior to 1840.  Acquisitions from their large inventory of quality antiques have made their way into most major museums and private collections across the country.  The owner, Arthur Liverant, is a third generation antiques dealer.  He is the son of Zeke Liverant and grandson of Nathan, who founded the business more than 90 years ago.

Monday, October 4
through
Thursday, October 7
MRHS Fall Foliage Trip to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and Upstate New York

Join the MRHS travelers on a fall foliage trip north of the border!  We will leave Mystic on Monday, October 4, have a delicious lunch and exploring break in Randolph, VT, cross Lake Champlain by ferry from Burlington, and spend our first two nights in Vieux-Montreal, the old town Montreal of quaint buildings, little cafés, and ancient churches.  Tuesday, October 5, we will spent much of the day touring Montreal by motor coach with stops and then by our own feet in the area of our hotel.  You will have time to explore and shop on your own in the afternoon.  Dinner will be near the hotel.  Wednesday, October 6, we head south to Saratoga Springs by way of Fort Ticonderoga and Saratoga.  Our last day, October 7, we will head further south to Catskill to visit Cedar Grove, the house and studio of Thomas Cole, originator of the Hudson River style of painting.  From Catskill we will drive to Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, NY, an outdoor museum where sculptures are carefully sited among the fields a woodlands.  There we will enjoy lunch in the café, a tram ride around the grounds, and a short walking tour.  We will complete the afternoon with a visit to West Point.  There will be a guided tour in our coach with stops at the Cadet Chapel, Trophy Point, and the Plain before making our way back to Mystic.  We expect the leaves to turn earlier in the far north while we will still enjoy the good weather of early October.

Please plan to join us!  The required minimum of travelers has been met, and we will not take more than 32, so please let us know as soon as possible if you wish to save a place.  Remember, you can use either your valid passport or the much less expensive passport card for Canada.

The cost for each person sharing a room is $745, including all transportation, guides, and admissions, all breakfasts, two dinners, at least one lunch, cancellation insurance for health reasons, snacks and drinkables on the bus.  The single room rate if $1045.  A deposit of $300, single or sharing, is due immediately, and is nonrefundable.  The nonrefundable final payment is due September 4.  To save a place or ask a question, please contact Joyce Everett, 860-536-6339, or jeverett38@aol.com.

Wednesday,
October 27
Ashley Halsey will be present for a Book Reception at Mystic Arts Center for her book Colors of Mystic.

Ashley is a full-time book designer and freelance illustrator and designer, spending the bulk of her time in the interior design department at HarperCollins Publishers in New York City.  She doesn't limit herself, however, but keeps her hand in fine art too...Colors of Mystic is one happy result...as she spends much of her free time doing watercolor illustrations and graphic design for various non-profit groups.

Wednesday,
November 24
Matthew Stackpole, Mystic Seaport Museum's ship historian and advancement officer for the Charles W. Morgan, will present the history of the Morgan, the last wooden American whaling ship, a centerpiece of the Seaport and now in drydock for extensive renovations.

 

2011
Wednesday,
January 26
TBD
Wednesday,
February 23
Fritz Hilbert, Chief of the Mystic Fire Department, will follow up on last year's presentation with The Fires of Mystic Part II.
Wednesday,
March 23
Bill Peterson, long-time member of MRHS, and Senior Curator at Mystic Seaport Museum, will discuss Mystic's famed photographer, Everett Scholfield.

In the mid-nineteenth century, Mystic, Connecticut, was at once identical to all the small seafaring communities that stood on the Eastern seaboard and unique in that it turned out a greater tonnage of sturdy ships than any town of its size in America.  The town and its people early drew the attention of the photographer Everett A. Scholf ield, and he spent most of his long life recording them. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1843, Scholfield learned his trade from his father and settled in Mystic in 1865. He worked there until 1894, when he set up a studio in New London, but he lived in the town until his death in 1930.

Wednesday,
April 27
TBD
Wednesday,
May 25

Pot Luck Dinner at 6 p.m.
Meeting begins at 7:30 p.m.

Rick Spencer will present a musical program of Sea Chanteys, following MRHS' Pot Luck Dinner and Annual Meeting.

As a staff musician for 20 years at Mystic Seaport, the Museum of America and the Sea, Rick has worked aboard tall ships from the days of sail and has been an instructor on sailing ships in the US, Canada and Europe.  Rick sings and accompanies himself on a variety of instruments including guitar, banjo, concertina, mandolin, dulcimer, button accordion and others.  He is recognized widely as an authority on the history and presentation of traditional sea music and chanteys.

In concert Rick’s presentations are always interactive and entertaining.  Audience participation is encouraged.  The repertoire includes a good dose of up tempo traditional music, unique arrangements of contemporary songs from a variety of sources, sensitive or amusing original pieces and a surprise or two.

In the "real" world Rick Spencer works as the Executive Director of the Dr. Ashbel Woodward Museum in Franklin, CT.

Attendees should bring a covered dish for the potluck table (entree, salad, dessert, or other) as well as their own tableware (dishes and flatware).  Cold drinks and coffee are provided.

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