Category: education

• “NH is a strange state” by Adam Whittier (GUEST POST)

  

  Guest artist Adam Whittier (Sunapee) asks some tough questions about his old NH home…

  Marek

  5 November, 2013

  2000-2099, economics, education, food, guest artist, NH culture, NH history, Sunapee, tourism

  Adam Whittier, education, food-temp, parasites, property, sunapee, taxes, tourism

• Regulations (New Hampton Academy)

  

  1835: Larkin Weed’s daily schedule at New Hampton Academy …

  Marek

  1 November, 2013

  1830s, education, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

  Academy, Larkin Weed, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, sandwich

• Thus You See (New Hampton, NH)

  

  1835: Larkin Weed writes home, in part to justify the expense boarding school at New Hampton …

  Marek

  26 October, 2013

  1830s, education, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

  Academy, Larkin Weed, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, sandwich

• “More Than One Million Bricks” (GUEST POST)

  

  Guest artist Bea Reel uses her latest strip to detail the construction of the new high school in 1876…

  Marek

  24 August, 2013

  1870s, 2000-2099, construction, education, guest artist, Keene, NH history, SOURCE=HSCC

  Bea Reel, bricks, development, Dialing EL-2, Keene, school, Scotland

• Larkin’s Classes (New Hampton, NH) (GUEST POST)

  

  1835: Larkin describes his classes and hints at adventures to come …

  Marek

  26 July, 2013

  1830s, education, guest artist, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

  Academy, education, Larkin Weed, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, sandwich

• JUNE 1835: Larkin Weed to Phebe Weed (New Hampton, NH)

  

  1835: Larkin Weed writes home to his sister Phebe at Sandwich, describing his experiences in a single day of classes …

  Marek

  25 July, 2013

  1830s, education, medicine, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

  Academy, Larkin Weed, medicine, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, pudding, sandwich

• Hawks 23: 300 Pupils

  

  1862: Dr. Esther loses her voice teaching 300 freedmen students at a time …

  Marek

  24 April, 2013

  1860s, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, education, Esther Hill Hawks, Freedmen, NH history, Reference Links

  beaufort, civil war, Esther Hill Hawks, south carolina

• Hawks 22: Eager to Go to School

  

  1862: Roman poets among the ruins …

  Marek

  22 April, 2013

  1860s, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, education, Esther Hill Hawks, Freedmen, libraries, NH history

  beaufort, civil war, Esther Hill Hawks, reading

• Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 3)

  

  1861: Parents! Lay not the flattering unction! …

  Marek

  21 February, 2013

  1860s, education, Henniker, SOURCE=HHS, town reports

  education, Henniker, parents, schools, teachers, town report

• Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 2)

  

  1861: In its official report, the Henniker School Committee proceeds to excoriate parents & dispense vocational advice:

  Marek

  18 February, 2013

  1760s, 1860s, colonial, education, Henniker, SOURCE=HHS, town reports

  education, Henniker, parents, schools, teachers, town report

• Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 1)

  

  1861: As the Civil War breaks wide open & Henniker issues its annual Town Report, the School Committee sounds an incendiary call to either FIX the schools, or DO AWAY with them altogether!

  Marek

  15 February, 2013

  1860s, education, Henniker, SOURCE=HHS, town reports

  education, Henniker, schools, town report

• The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby (INTRO)

  

  1861: Background info & links for Freeman’s diary …

  Marek

  11 February, 2013

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, education, Henniker, posters, SOURCE=HHS

  Civil War, Freeman Colby, Henniker, jonas bacon, school

• Hawks 3: Lovejoys Hotel

  

  1862: Dr. Esther makes friends during a short stop in a stinky New York hotel room…

  Marek

  26 January, 2013

  1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, education, Esther Hill Hawks, Manchester

  civil war, Esther Hill Hawks, Lovejoys Hotel, New York

• Hawks 2: Alone in the City

  

  1862: Dr. Hawks makes her way South, towards mission work with the freedmen…

  Marek

  21 January, 2013

  1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, education, Esther Hill Hawks, Manchester, Reference Links

  civil war, Esther Hill Hawks, Lovejoys Hotel, New York

• Hawks INTRO: “I Answered Accordingly”

  

  1862: An unexpected letter at tea time on Saturday evening kicks off the adventure of a lifetime…

  Marek

  14 January, 2013

  1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, education, Esther Hill Hawks, Manchester

  civil war, Esther Hill Hawks, New York

• NH Constitution Article 83 (Part 1): Encouragement of Literature, &c.

  

  Important roles of education, literacy, & the arts in democracy:

  Marek

  19 December, 2012

  1780s, constitution, education, NH State Comicstitution, science, SOURCE=NH.gov

  constitution, law, nh

• Colby 1: When the War Broke Out

  

  1861: Freeman Colby (of Henniker) needs a break from the rigors of teaching… so he enlists to fight in the Civil War!

  Marek

  15 December, 2012

  1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, education, food, Henniker, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, Freeman Colby, Henniker

• Cold Friday (Henniker, 1810)

  

  A severe cold snap means opportunity for this punctual young lady…

  Marek

  6 December, 2012

  1810s, education, Henniker, SOURCE=Cogswell, weather

  Henniker, James Bartlett, Rebecca Ramsdell

• Young Chase at Keene

  

  Tragedies, travels, & teenage failures of one of New Hampshire’s most powerful exports…

  Marek

  28 November, 2012

  1800s, 1810s, 1820s, Connecticut, Cornish, death, education, glass, hiking, judicial branch, Keene, Roxbury, Salmon P. Chase, SOURCE=Griffin, SOURCE=roadside markers, sources, Vermont

  Keene, nh, Salmon P. Chase

• Capt. John W. Gunnison (Goshen)

  

  A roadside marker in Goshen hints at stories & mysteries from the Wild West…

  Marek

  26 November, 2012

  1810s, 1830s, 1850s, death, education, Goshen, graves & memorials, SOURCE=roadside markers

  CO, goshen, Hopkinton, John Gunnison, massacre, St. Louis, UT, West Point

• Dublin Lyceum (1836-1844)

  

  Community education & discourse in Dublin: The adults publish (& perform) their own bi-weekly zine… and the kids put out TWO!

  Marek

  13 November, 2012

  1830s, 1840s, Dublin, education, entertainment, SOURCE=Leonard+Seward

• Moses Trussell (New London)

  

  Wounded at Bunker Hill, and everything after…

  Marek

  10 November, 2012

  1770s, 1840s, education, forestry, graves & memorials, Hopkinton, John Stark, Massachusetts, New London, Plaistow, revolutionary era, SOURCE=roadside markers

• Library Workshop (New London)

  

  When you’re creating artwork, the “rules” are never quite as clear as teachers might like …

  Marek

  10 November, 2012

  2000-2099, education, libraries, New London

• “Happy Child 1986” by Matt Reidsma (Guest Post)

  

  Guest artist Matt Reidsma has granted his kind permission for us to repost this memoir about watching NH teacher Christa McAuliffe leave the Earth in 1986…  

  Marek

  17 October, 2012

  1980s, Christa McAuliffe, education, guest artist, science