Excerpt: “Following these presentations, several members approached the podium and spoke passionately about the motion before the Society. I was personally very pleased to see so many of our members eloquently advocating for their respective positions, and I was moved by the shared respect for a civil and participatory process.”…
“After years of discussion and evaluation, I am pleased that the Membership of the Danvers Historical Society has come together to do what is best for the Putnam House and for the long-term sustainability of the Society itself,” noted DHS President Thomas M. Page. read the entire Press Release_Membership Votes…
Three new Trustees were voted onto the Board at the Annual Meeting of the Membership, September 27, 2019: Joan Whitlow, Louis George, and Daniel Bennett Three new Trustees 2019
On November 26, 2018, The Danvers Historical Society received a Cummings Employee Directed Grant to ensure funding and programs for people to develop skills and apply them to our organization. Our “Come Grow With Us” program welcomes all abilities and all ages at our historic properties. Dana B. and Michael…
By Ethan Forman, Satff Writer, Salem News Jul 10, 2016 DANVERS — Danvers Historical Society officials and two North Shore lawmakers met with representatives of Secretary of State William Galvin’s office in Boston this week to find a way to save the once squirrel-infested Derby Summer House. The nonprofit is…
By Ethan Forman, Staff Writer, Salem News Aug 23, 2016 DANVERS — The 222-year-old Derby Summer House, damaged by water after squirrels chewed on its timbers last year, will get a new lease on life, thanks to a $50,000 emergency state grant. Secretary of State William Galvin handed over the…
By Ethan Forman, Staff Writer, Salem News Feb 13, 2017 DANVERS — The Historical Society is launching a major fundraising campaign to pay for repairs to the historic Derby Summer House at Glen Magna Farms, as it moves ahead with the nearly $200,000 project.
A family legacy that endures for generations can inspire and inform us in the present, especially when that legacy invites the wider public to enjoy and learn from it. Legacies may involve long-lived industries or political influence. For Ellen Peabody Endicott, born into an affluent Massachusetts family in 1833, her…
I’m starting this delightful journey from the place where I was born: Beverly Hospital, August 5, 1928.
It was the time of the great depression.
A group of us liked to go out to the park behind the high school to smoke during the lunch time. There were some old sheds there and that was where we would go, and the smoke would billow up. We always had to have a lookout, since Connie Dunn (Holten High Principal) would frequently come by and catch us in the act.
My grandfather’s obituary cited him as “local grocer”. He was certainly that but he was so much more. He had a farm, a real working farm and I spent a lot of time there. I have some wonderful memories of it…