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The Pelham Historical Society is Open
when someone is working in the building or by appointment. To make an
appointment, click here. |
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Monday,
July 27, 2009 at 7:00 pm
The Historical Society and Pelham VFW will co-host a presentation by Bill
Leary of East Hempstead.
The presentation will take place in the Historical Society Building. The
building will be open
at 6:00 PM for those who want to look around before the program starts.
Click Here
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The Pelham Historical Society is proud
to present the contents of the
HAYES-GENOTER HISTORY AND GENEALOGY ON-LINE LIBRARY
to the public via the internet.
The Library was Last
Updated:
February 12, 2009
This non profit library contains a great
variety of materials pertaining to
the
history and families of Pelham collected
over a lifetime by Pelham Historian William T. Hayes and reproduced in
digital format and placed on a website designed and created by Karen
Genoter, Director of Computer Services for the Pelham Historical Society.
While this library is in its infancy, it
already contains more than 35,000 pages of material relating to the history
of the Town of Pelham and the State of New Hampshire.
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The Pelham Historical Society has
established the Ruth Sherburne Sturrus Art
Gallery.
Ruth Evelyn Sherburne was born on January 6, 1919 and
shortly thereafter was adopted by Ernest G. Sherburne and Mary (May)
Hillman Sherburne. Several
paintings, by
Mary (May) Hillman Sherburne,
were donated by Ruth Sherburne Sturrus, a generous benefactor of the
Pelham Historical Society. |
First Congregational Church
Dedicated on December 28, 1842
Abbott Bridge |
Map of Pelham, New Hampshire -
drawn by Mary "May" Hillman Sherburne in nineteen hundred - with contemporary names
Mary "May"
Hillman Sherburne, a daughter of Frank Hillman and Alice Greeley Hillman
was born in 1888 and died in 1978 at the age 90. In her
later years she was a noted local artist. Several of her paintings
were displayed at the Art Exhibit held at the Pelham Public Library June
15, 1996. At
age 12, she prepared this map of Pelham, possibly as part of a school project.
This map can be found in the Pelham
250th Anniversary Souvenir/Program Book sold on our
On-Line Bookstore
and in our
Online Library. |
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Much of
the information found in the Historical Town Sites section of this
website was taken from the Reflections, A Pictorial History Of
Pelham, New Hampshire 1746 - 1996, Published by The Pelham
250th Anniversary Committee, copyright 1998 and the Pelham 250th
Anniversary Souvenir/Program Book, Published by The Pelham
250th Anniversary Committee, copyright 1996. There are still
copies of these books available at our
On-Line Bookstore, as well as other historical books and records. |