Plummer Bible #2 – 2023.01.401 – Appears to be the Bible of David and Alice (Stone) Plummer. It included entries from 1846 to 1931. Surnames include Dyer, Laidlaw, McKeen, Plummer, Roberts, Sinnott, Smith, & Stone.
Rescheduled for April 7, 2024 – 2 to 3 pm – Scarborough Public Library Meeting Room.
Prominent Diseases in Early Scarborough By Stephen Spaulding, MD
We live in an age when much is understood about infectious diseases, and there are effective treatments to many of the diseases. But in the 17 th -19th centuries that was not the case. Epidemics of lethal diseases were feared, “consumption” killed many, and even more common infections could become fatal. This presentation will give an overview of the diseases that our Scarborough predecessors faced, their impact on life in southern Maine, and how our forebears dealt with them.
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Prouts Neck Historical Executive Director Philip von Stade will cover the evolution of Scarborough maps from 1605 to the present, from cartographers like Champlain to Google Earth and Apple. More than just directions from place to place, maps served many purposes. Some were marketing tools. Later they could provide historic perspective. Others were used to delineate needed infrastructure, school and political districts and impacts of climate change. And so often they are works of art, that encourage us to engage with sense of place and time. Local sources like the Osher Map Library will be discussed along with internet resources, and the importance of aerial and satellite views.
December 3, 2023 – By Philip von Stade
The Scarborough Historical Society and Scarborough Public Library are offering a program on Sunday, December 3, beginning at 2:00pm at the Scarborough Public Library.
The Scarborough Historical Society has scheduled a full roster of programs for the coming year. The next program on Sunday, January 7, 2024 will feature Dr. Stephen Spaulding discussing Prominent Diseases in Early Scarborough.
Annie Moses, Edgar Staples, Ed Snow, John O Libby, Louis Peterson, Mabel Leslie, Clara Pillsbury, Grace Cook, Perley Libby, Harry Small, Carrie Libby, Ruth Bartlett, Addie Vaill, & Martha [Hill?].
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Linwood Dyer Genealogy Collection
Linwood Dyer assembled a large collection of Genealogical Materials. Included with the material are many 3-ring binders regarding various family lines. Among them is “Scarborough Families.”
On Sunday, November 5th, at 2:00 p.m., Rodney Laughton will talk about the roadside cabins of Scarborough. Before automobiles provided another travel option, vacationing visitors to Scarborough arrived by train, ships and even horse and carriage, usually staying at accommodations at Prouts Neck or Pine Point. Beginning in the 1920s, with the increasing availability of the automobile, a new type of lodging appeared—the roadside cabin. This program will focus on those businesses that were built in Scarborough. Rodney Laughton, the current president of the Scarborough Historical Society, is a lifelong resident of Scarborough who has been researching and documenting Scarborough history for more than forty years.
SCARBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO RESUME PROGRAMS Early Scarborough Tourism By Linda Snow McLoon
After a long break from offering public programs due to the Covid outbreak, the Scarborough Historical Society will resume presenting programs with speakers at the Scarborough Public Library on Sunday, October 8, beginning at 2:00pm. Speaker Linda Snow McLoon’s program, Early Tourism in Scarborough, will look at the factors that brought visitors to Scarborough in the 19th century, the modes of transportation they used to travel here, and the early summer hotels and cottages in Scarborough that attracted tourists.
The Scarborough Historical Society has scheduled a full roster of programs for the coming year. The next program on November 5will be The Roadside Cabins of Scarborough. Rodney Laughton will tell the story of how a whole new type of lodging popped up – the roadside cabin – after automobiles became available in the 1920s.