In the Matter of Speaking

It’s been a busy month! I was honored and delighted to receive invitations to give two speaking engagements this month, which has kept me busy but also was quite fun to do.

The first event was the talk I mentioned a few weeks ago for the Middlesex Count Historical Society. There’s a recording that’s been made available of that talk; if you’re curious, you can watch it here. The talk is titled, Early Women Artisan Photographers: Middletown and Beyond, and covers early women photographers from Middletown, Middlesex County, and a few other places in Connecticut. Note that the talk begins at 4:43 into the recording. Many thanks to Jesse N., the executive Director at the Middlesex Country Historical Society for making this talk possible; thanks also to all the people around the country who “attended” the talk via Zoom.

The second talk was last week for the History Exchange series at the Brewster, NY Public Library. My talk, Spotlight on Early Woman Artisan Photographers, covered early women photographers who worked in New York state, profiling a selection of photographers who had studios in Putnam County, Dutchess County and New York City. That talk was in person, so there’s no recording. Many thanks to Debbie O., Executive Director of the Southeast Museum in Brewster for inviting me; thanks also to the staff at the Southeast Museum and the staff at the Brewster Public Library for organizing the talk. I also want to give a shout out to Jen C., the Putnam County Historian, for suggesting to Debbie O. that I give a talk. I also want to thank Jen and her staff at the Putnam County History Archives for providing some of the materials I used in the talk. Plus, of course, many thanks to all the folks who showed up for the noontime talk.

Finally, I really appreciated the intriguing questions which led to interesting discussions at both events.

P.S. Here’s is the flyer that was put together for my talk at the History Exchange at the Brewster Public Library:

Many thanks to Kathleen Z., Curator at the Southeast Museum, for doing such a great job on the flyer!