brochure 2015

Speakers
Becky Bates-McArthur is Educator at the
Cohasset Historical Society and Chair of the
Cohasset Historical Commission.
A consortium of regional
historical societies and museums
PRESENTS
Victoria Stevens is the Curator and Educator at
the Hull Lifesaving Museum. She earned her
B.A. in Fine Arts at Harvard University, where
she began museum work at the Fogg Museum of
Art, followed by the Masters in Art History and
Museum Studies Certificate Program at Tufts
University.
THE 2015
South Shore
History Symposium
“LANDMARKS &
LEGENDS:
Stephen O’Neill is the Associate Director and
Curator at Pilgrim Hall Museum and an adjunct
faculty member of the History Department at
Suffolk University. He has a BA in English and
an MA in American Studies from Boston
College.
c/o Plymouth County Convention
& Visitors Bureau
134 Court Street
Plymouth, MA 02360
David P. Corey is Past-President of the Duxbury
Rural and Historical Society. He has a B.A. in
Physics from Amherst College and a PhD in
Neurobiology from Caltech. When not
researching historic South Shore maps, he is
Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical
School.
HISTORIC MAPS OF THE
SOUTH SHORE”
APRIL 11, 2015
10 AM TO 2 PM
THE SPIRE CENTER FOR THE
PERFORMING ARTS
25 Court Street, Plymouth
Registration Form
THE 2015
South Shore History Symposium
$15 per person
“LANDMARKS & LEGENDS:
includes refreshments and
four presentations
HISTORIC MAPS OF THE SOUTH SHORE”
Schedule
Name:
Affiliation:
9:00 AM
Registration opens
9:50 AM
Welcoming Remarks, Jane Davidson, Co-Chair of the Backroads of the South
Shore
Street:
Town:
State:
10:00 AM
“Early Boundary Markers,” Becky Bates-McArthur, Educator, Cohasset Historical
Society and Chair, Cohasset Historical Commission
10:30 AM
“Hyperlinks to History: Maps as Online Learning Tools,” Victoria Stevens, Curator,
Hull Lifesaving Museum
Zip:
Phone:
E-mail:
11:00 AM
“Early Maps in Pilgrim Hall Museum’s Collection,” Stephen O’Neill, Associate
Director and Curator, Pilgrim Hall Museum
11:30- 1:00 PM
Lunch on your own. The Spire Center for the Performing Arts is conveniently
located in downtown Plymouth with numerous eating establishments in easy
walking distance. A list of suggestions will be available.
Please make checks payable to:
Keynote Speaker: “A Map for All Reasons: Purpose, Content, and Production in
Mapmaking,” David P. Corey, Past-President, Duxbury Rural and Historical
Society
Plymouth County Convention & Visitors
Bureau (or PCCVB)
134 Court Street
Plymouth, MA 02360
1:00 PM
Backroads of the South Shore is a collaboration of 17 organizations operating 25
historic sites in ten towns along the South Shore of Massachusetts from Weymouth to
Plymouth. The group is dedicated to celebrating the history and spirit of the region.
For more information, please visit our website at brss.org.
To ensure reservation, please return
this form by
April 6, 2015
For more information about the South Shore
History Symposium, please contact Paula Fisher,
Director of Marketing and Group Services at the
Plymouth County Convention and Visitors
Bureau, at (508) 747-0100 or
[email protected]