Archives: Projects

• The White Mountains

  

  Comics about NH’s White Mountains: Other resources:  The History of the White Mountains (Crawford, 1845)  Historical Relics of the White Mountains (Spaulding, 1855)  Incidents in White Mountain History (Willey, 1858) An account of Thoreau’s 1858 hike up Mt. Washington.  The Great Stone Face & Other Tales of the White Mountains (Hawthorne) White Mountain Art & Artists…

  Marek

  26 August, 2016

  White Mountains

• Charles W. Wilcox Diary & Letters (1862-1865)

  

  Part of the Citizen Archivist Initiative at the Historical Society of Cheshire County (NH).

  Marek

  26 July, 2016

  9th NH, Charles W. Wilcox, Civil War, diary, Keene, letter, Wilcox

• NH State Comicstitution

  

  What happens when we DRAW the founding document of our state government?

  Marek

  29 February, 2016

• Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains (1865)

  

  Deaf & mute Henniker resident William B. Swett leaves home to seek work in NH’s White Mountains during the months after the Civil War.

  Marek

  26 January, 2016

• Hutchinson Family Singers (1840-1860)

  

  Well over a century before the “protest singers” and rock music of the 1960s, one rural New Hampshire family became world-famous for their potent blend of close harmonies, progressive politics, and anti-slavery courage …

  Marek

  3 January, 2016

• Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks (1862)

  

  Dr. Esther Hill Hawks grew tired of running her husband’s pharmacy in Manchester, NH while he volunteered in the Union war effort… So she volunteered too!

  Marek

  1 January, 2015

• Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby (1861-1863)

  

  Freeman Colby enlisted in the MA 39th Volunteers partly out of thirst for adventure, and partly to keep his brother Newton out of trouble…

  Marek

  1 January, 2014

• Journal of Martin Pring (1603)

  

  In the early 1600s, Martin Pring led one of the earliest European trading missions to what would become the NH coast. From New England’s first transatlantic dance party to his fiery departure, Pring found a land full of people, resources, and surprises!

  Marek

  1 January, 2014

• NH Historical Highway Markers

  

  Comics inspired by NH’s historical highway markers: VIEW ALL POSTS >> Resources: Official site: NHDHR’s “NH Historical Highway Markers” page >>  NHDHR’s official map of Historical Highway Markers >> List of markers by town >> List of markers by # >> How to request a new Historical Highway Marker! >> NHPR’s marker-inspired series: “Marking History” >>…

  Marek

  1 January, 2014

  highway, markers, NHDHR, travel