March 1 – 2022 Annual Meeting

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we will once again meet virtually to celebrate our successes of the past year and outline plans for 2022. Tuesday, March 112 Noon ETFree, registration required AGENDA Welcome + Report From The President – Amy Devin, PresidentTreasurer’s Report – Lauren Harder, TreasurerClerk’s Report – Doug Brown, ClerkVote on 2022…

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2021 Annual Meeting

2021 Annual Meeting Graphic

Thank you to all who attended the Annual Meeting on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Notes of the meeting can be found here. Cambridge Historical Society 2021 Annual Meeting AGENDA Welcome + Report From The President — Amy Devin Treasurer’s Report — Lauren Harder Secretary’s Report and Vote on Bylaws Updates and Amendments — Doug Brown…

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President’s Report to the Membership

February 2020 Thanks to everyone who participated in the Opening Conversation and Annual Meeting at the Cambridge Public Library on February 25. Our impressive speaker, YWCA Executive Director Eva Martin-Blythe, in conversation with Diana Lempel, the Society’s Doing History Curator, is a great example of what we do best—engage with our city to explore how…

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Our Year Asking “Who Are Cambridge Women?”

By Marieke Van Damme Read at the Opening Conversation and Annual Meeting on February 25, 2020 Hello everyone and welcome to the Cambridge Historical Society’s annual Opening Conversation. I’m Marieke Van Damme, executive director. Before we begin, I would like to say thank you to our friends at the Cambridge Public Library for hosting us…

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2020 Opening Conversation Recap

On February 25, we hosted our 2020 Opening Conversation: “Who Are Cambridge Women?” at the Cambridge Public Library. Eva Martin-Blythe, Executive Director of the Cambridge YWCA, was joined by the Society’s Doing History Curator, Diana Lempel, for a discussion of the history, mission, and legacy of the YWCA. This event marked the beginning of a…

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Governing Council News: Christina DeYoung Elected President

The Cambridge Historical Society is delighted to announce that Christina DeYoung was elected to serve as President of the Governing Council of the Cambridge Historical Society at the Annual Meeting in February, succeeding Tod Beaty who has stepped down after six years of distinguished leadership. Also elected to the Governing Council in February were Belinda…

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Recap of 2019 Opening Conversation & Annual Meeting

Thank you to everyone who attended the Cambridge Historical Society’s “Opening Conversation” & Annual Meeting! We also want to thank our captivating speakers, Dr. Karilyn Crockett and Diana Lempel. To kick off the year-long series of events, CHS hosted Dr. Crockett and Diana Lempel in exploring the year’s thematic question, “How Does Cambridge Engage?” Dr. Crockett…

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02/06/18: Past — 2018 Opening Conversation & Annual Meeting

Thank you to everyone who attended the Cambridge Historical Society’s “Opening Conversation” & Annual Meeting! We also want to thank the incredible speakers, Alexandra Sedlovskaya and Dr. Kerri Greenidge, and our fantastic moderator, Diana Lempel. The event helped frame this year’s question “Where is Cambridge From?” and was a great start to our year-long program series responding to that question.

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2017 Cambridge Historical Society Annual Meeting

March 25, 2017 by M Holbrow “‘How does it feel to be a member of one of the most revolutionary historical societies in the United States?’ “The tongue-in-cheek question, posed by Executive Director Marieke Van Damme at the Cambridge Historical Society’s annual meeting on March 22, highlights the organization’s long view, extending back to early…

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2017 Annual Meeting

CHS Annual Meeting 2017

Wed, 03/22/2017 – 6:00pm – 8:00pm Cambridge Public Library, Main Library 449 Broadway, Cambridge Light refreshments RSVP to rprevite@historycambridge.org, 617-547-4252 Join us for our annual meeting; and a talk with Shaun Nichols about ‘The Making (and Re-Making) of the Cambridge Economy’ How has global ‘crisis capitalism’ repeatedly impacted local workers, and made and un-made our…

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