Volunteers are welcome to help with Spring Cleaning at Opendore. Supplies provided or bring your own for both indoor and outdoor sprucing.

THIS IS THE NEW DATE!

ZOOM Link available by email request at hssmsherwood@gmail.com

Join us for a lecture on Hodinöhsö:ni’ governance and the evolving roles of women through time in this comprehensive lecture program. We will explore the unique principles of consensus-building, matrilineal lineage, and collective decision-making within the Hodinöhsö:ni’ Confederacy, while delving into the pivotal roles of women as custodians of tradition, peacemaking, and community stewardship.

Zoom link available by email request prior to the program: hssmsherwood@gmail.com

 Presenter: Kristin Asche - Onöndowa’ga (Seneca), Wolf Clan

 Kristin Asche was raised in Buffalo, New York, with a family lineage from the Cattaraugus Territory of the Seneca Nation of Indians. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography with a minor in Museum Studies from Rochester Institute of Technology. She is one of the acting historic site assistants of Ganondagan State Historic Site and curatorial assistant of the Seneca Art & Culture Center, where she shares her knowledge of history and culture as a Hodinöhsö:ni’ woman.

This program is funded by a Humanities New York Reading and Discussion Grant.

Volunteers are welcome to help with Spring Cleaning at the Howland Stone Store. Supplies provided or bring your own for both indoor and outdoor sprucing.

Books available by contacting Marilyn Post at madeline4394@gmail.com or 315-478-1800.

April 7, 2024. 

The Divided Ground.  Parts 3 & 4, pp 203 - 407

Why You Can’t… Chapters 17 & 18, pp 259 - 286

Opendore will open at 3pm on the day of the program.

Books available by contacting Marilyn Post at madeline4394@gmail.com or 315-478-1800.

March 10, 2024.  

Alan Taylor, The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution, Parts 1 & 2, pp 3 - 202

Opendore will open at 3pm on the day of the program.

Books available by contacting Marilyn Post at madeline4394@gmail.com or 315-478-1800.

February 18, 2024.

Why You Can’t... Chapters 4-6, pp 57 - 100

Our Beloved Kin Parts 3 & 4, pp 203 - 346

Website: https://ourbelovedkin.com/awikhigan/index

Opendore will open at 3pm on the day of the program.

Books available by contacting Marilyn Post at madeline4394@gmail.com or 315-478-1800.

January 28, 2024.

Susan Sleeper-Smith, et al., Why You Can’t Teach United States History without American

Indians. Chapters 1-3, pp 1 – 56. Read chapters 1-2 online at:

https://flexpub.com/preview/why-you-can-t-teach-united-states-history-without-american-

indians

Lisa Brooks, Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip’s War. Parts 1 & 2, pp 1 - 200

Website: https://ourbelovedkin.com/awikhigan/index

Read chapter 1 online at: www.amazon.com

Opendore will open at 3pm on the day of the program.

A broadside, held at the Library Company of Philadelphia, prompted an exploration into the activism of African American women on behalf of Black soldiers during the Civil War. On December 19, 1864, the ladies of the Sanitary Committee of the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas held a Sanitary Fair at Concert Hall in Philadelphia to raise money for sick and wounded colored soldiers. This presentation explores the process of answering the many questions prompted by the broadside advertising the fair, illuminates the biographies of the participants, provides context for women’s fundraising activism during the Civil War, and argues that the ladies deliberately defied three levels of authority: the Union government, the US Sanitary Commission, and the Philadelphia transportation system, when they sent their donations to Louisa Jacobs, then running the Jacobs School in Alexandria, VA.

Susan Goodier, PhD, is currently a long-term fellow at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston, Massachusetts where she is engaged in researching and writing a biography, entitled, “Dignity in Freedom: The Life and Advocacy of Louisa Matilda Jacobs.”

Susan attended the University at Albany, earning a master’s degree in Gender History, a doctorate in Public Policy History with subfields in International Gender and Culture and Black Women’s Studies, and a Women’s Studies master’s degree focusing on Transnational Women’s History. She was elected as a fellow to the New York Academy of Scholars, and she currently serves as a Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer Series.

The University of Illinois published her first book, No Votes for Women: The New York State Anti-Suffrage Movement, in 2013. Her second book, coauthored with Karen Pastorello, is Women Will Vote: Winning Suffrage in New York State (Cornell University Press, 2017). Women Will Vote won an Award of Excellence from the American Association for State and Local History in 2018. She is also working on a monograph, “Networks of Activism: Black Women in the New York State Suffrage Movement.”

This event is free and open to the public. Opendore will open at 1pm before the program for viewing the museum exhibits and gallery.

Robert LoMascolo, proprietor of his own press in Aurora, and Lecturer at Wells College will speak on the history of letterpress printing, it’s relation to the museum’s collection, and its relevance to today. Robert will bring a small vintage printing press for a hands-on demonstration at the end of the talk.

Robert LoMascolo established The Press of Robert LoMascolo while studying Book Arts at Wells College in 2005. After graduating from Wells, Robert went on to complete a Masters Degree in Book Arts at The University of Alabama. After Alabama, Robert decided to return to the Finger Lakes and began collecting and restoring antique printing presses, eventually opening a purpose built antique print shop on Moonshine Road in Aurora. Robert has an international array of clients for his bookbinding, graphic design and printing work. His clients have included The Frick Collection, Princeton University, Suntup Editions and the Bodleian to name a few. Additionally, Robert teaches college level Book Arts courses at Wells College and occasionally offers workshops at his own shop.

Stop in and visit ALL FOUR of the following historical locations, have your passport stamped at each site, and get your name placed in the drawing for a door prize.

Genoa Historical Association and Rural Life Museum at 920 Route 34B, King Ferry

Howland Stone Store Museum & Opendore at 2956 and 2978 Route 34B in Sherwood

Aurora Historical Society and Patrick Tavern at 302 Main Street in the Village of Aurora

Frontenac Historical Society and Museum at 178 Cayuga Street in Union Springs

These four historic locations make a wonderful loop through southern Cayuga County. Start at any location. Bring the family. Docents at each site be there to regale you with tales from their site and to help hop through history!

Before the Civil War, Farmington, New York, rivaled Sherwood as a center of Quaker activism for equal rights. Come and hear the amazing story of how the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse became a national center of movements for equal rights for African Americans, Haudenosaunee people, and women. Join us as we explore the equally amazing story of how local people in the 21st century rescued the 1816 Meetinghouse from demolition. Much like the restoration of Opendore, the restoration of this Meetinghouse brings to life the historic stories it represents, challenging all of us to consider the meaning of equal rights, justice, and respect for each other in our own time. Presented by 1816 Board members Dave Bruinx and Judith Wellman.

This program will be available on Zoom. Email event@howlandstonestoremuseum.org by noon on Sunday for the link.

Seating in the drawing room at Opendore will be first-come, first served. Overflow seating with a simulcast of the program is planned in the upstairs gallery.

Sunday, August 27, 2:00 p.m.

World premiere of TWO videos!

“Picturing Freedom: Photography in the Life of Emily Howland,” featuring an interview with Kim Sajet, discussing the renowned Emily Howland cartes de visite photo album. Kim is director of the National Portrait Gallery.  This video was produced by Peter Carroll who produced two previous videos for the museum. WATCH THE TRAILER!

This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State legislature and administered by Auburn Public Theater.

“Emily Howland: A Documentary”  video from Emily’s induction into the National Women’s Hall of Fame, re-edited and extended, featuring an interview with Marilyn Post.

PLUS

A tour and dedication of the newly restored Springhouse.

This presentation places Emily Howland’s efforts to aid formerly enslaved people into a broader context of American women’s activism in the Civil War era, and particularly the ways women asserted their status and rights as citizens.

Faulkner’s presentation will address women’s activism in the Civil War era, with a particular focus on Emily Howland and Reconstruction efforts to aid formerly enslaved people.

Carol Faulkner is an Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor of History at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

The re-scheduled event:

Thousands of the formerly enslaved fled to Washington, D.C., 1861 - 1865, creating a severe health and relief crisis. Led by Emily Howland, Sherwood sent supplies, clothing, food, teachers, and relief workers. The exhibit tells the story of Sherwood's contribution, with sketches, photos, letters, news articles, and journal entries. 

HSSM Historian Larry Bell will speak about the exhibit at 4:30PM.

Sponsored by Nelson B. Delavan Foundation and the Cayuga County Tourism Board

Please join us at Opendore on Saturday, June 3rd, 2023, as we combine history and creativity

at Opendore and the Howland Stone Store Museum. After touring our museum, Lorrie Butcher, one of our HSSM trustees and part owner of ECLECTIC SELECTIONS, will guide visitors through a creative project, decorating a clay pot using acrylic paints and stencils, bidding winter goodbye and honoring the arrival of spring flowers, plants, warmth and sunshine.

While they last, all materials will be provided and there is no fee.

Isabel Howland would be pleased that a visit to her renovated home not only givesvisitors an appreciation for the historic importance of the Sherwood area, but will also allow an artistic experience as well.

Hours for this event are from 1 PM - 4 PM. We look forward to seeing you!

Howland Stone Store Museum

Notice of 2023 Annual Membership Meeting

Sunday May 21, 2023 ;  7:00 PM Opendore and by virtual conference

All members are invited and encouraged to participate, either in person or virtually

For Zoom connection please email request to event@howlandstonestore.org

Agenda :

• Welcome & Opening Remarks – Guy Garnsey, President

• Roll Call – Larry Bell, Secretary

• Approval of 2022 Annual Meeting minutes (attached)

• Financial – Jackie Dickinson, Treasurer

o Review of 2022 and 2023 year to date

•      Proposed addition to both constitution and by-laws:

o    “Anyone donating a sum equal to or greater than the set amount of yearly dues shall be entitled to membership, regardless of whether the donation was specifically designated as payment of dues.”

o   Note : 2/3 approval required

• Review of 2023 and upcoming activities – Guy Garnsey, President

• Discussion of Hazard Library addition at Opendore - Guy Garnsey

• Election of Trustees 2023

o  Expiring terms  - Larry Bell, Marilyn Post, Susan Weisend

o   Nominations by nominating Committee for three year terms – Andy Simkin

§  Larry Bell

§  Marilyn Post

§  Bill Schmitt

o Nominations from membership at large

o Vote (request for motion to approve all nominations)

• Open discussion by members

• Closing remarks – Guy Garnsey, President

• Adjourn

 Program to follow : Basics of the Erie Canal with Derrick Pratt
Why was the Erie Canal built? How was it built? What happened on it once it was built? Where is it now? All these questions and more will be answered in this crash course on “Clinton’s Ditch” that will also delve into Slocum Howland’s connections to the canal and the Underground Railroad.

 Derrick Pratt is the Director of Education & Public Programming at the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse, NY. A native of Chittenango, NY, Derrick received a B.A in Social Studies Education from SUNY Cortland and a M.A. in Museum Studies from Syracuse University. Prior to his job at the Erie Canal Museum, Derrick served as Director of Programs at Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum for 3 years.

Sponsored by Humanities New York, the Howland Stone Store Museum will facilitate six sessions on the history of the Women’s Suffrage movement in New York and the nation. We will utilize resources provided by Humanities NY and our own archives, interspersing material on Sherwood’s important contributions to the Movement. The group will be facilitated by Linda Post Van Buskirk. HSSM docents and staff are encouraged to attend in preparation for the 2023 season.

The final session will be held at 4:00 pm, Sunday, May 14, at Opendore. Zoom participation will also be offered to those who register in advance. Email event@howlandstonestore.org for the Zoom link. In preparation, participants are asked to read:

Mary Walton, A Woman’s Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot

Chapter 5-6 of Jean H. Baker, Votes for Women: The Struggle for Suffrage Revisited

Reading materials: To receive a copy of reading materials, contact Marilyn Post at madeline4394@gmail.com or 315-478-1800.

This presentation talks about the long-dismissed strength and intelligence of the Seward matriarch, Frances. Throughout her life, Frances fought for the rights of women and abolition from behind her husband’s pen and the walls of her Auburn home.

Kate Grindstaff, the Education and Outreach Coordinator at the Seward House Museum, is passionate about researching diverse historical perspectives and presenting this information to the public through storytelling and exhibition.

This program will be held in the drawing room at Opendore. The doors will open at 3pm for visitors to view exhibits.

The Howland Stone Store Museum and Opendore officially open for visitors on Saturday, April 29th at 1pm. Continuing through October 15th, the museums are open from 1-4pm each Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free.

Sponsored by Humanities New York, the Howland Stone Store Museum will facilitate six sessions on the history of the Women’s Suffrage movement in New York and the nation. We will utilize resources provided by Humanities NY and our own archives, interspersing material on Sherwood’s important contributions to the Movement. The group will be facilitated by Linda Post Van Buskirk. HSSM docents and staff are encouraged to attend in preparation for the 2023 season.

 The fifth session will be held at 4:00 pm, Sunday, April 23, at Opendore. Zoom participation will also be offered to those who register in advance. Email event@howlandstonestore.org for the Zoom link. In preparation, participants are asked to read:

Marge Piercy, Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York

Chapter 4 of Jean H. Baker, Votes for Women: The Struggle for Suffrage Revisited

Reading materials: To receive a copy of reading materials, contact Marilyn Post at madeline4394@gmail.com or 315-478-1800.

 May 14

Read: Mary Walton, A Woman’s Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot

Read chapters 5 - 6 of Votes for Women

Sponsored by Humanities New York, the Howland Stone Store Museum will facilitate six sessions on the history of the Women’s Suffrage movement in New York and the nation. We will utilize resources provided by Humanities NY and our own archives, interspersing material on Sherwood’s important contributions to the Movement. The group will be facilitated by Linda Post Van Buskirk. HSSM docents and staff are encouraged to attend in preparation for the 2023 season.

 The 4th session will be held at 4:00 pm, Sunday, April 2, at Opendore. Zoom participation will also be offered to those who register in advance. Email event@howlandstonestore.org for the Zoom link. In preparation, participants are asked to read:

Lori D. Ginzberg, Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life

Chapter 3 of Jean H. Baker, Votes for Women: The Struggle for Suffrage Revisited

Reading materials: To receive a copy of reading materials, contact Marilyn Post at madeline4394@gmail.com or 315-478-1800.

April 23

Read: Marge Piercy, Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York

Read chapter 4 of Votes for Women

 May 14

Read: Mary Walton, A Woman’s Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot

Read chapters 5 - 6 of Votes for Women

Even though it is cold and snowy we are looking towards spring and the opening of the Howland Stone Store and Opendore. Volunteer docents are instrumental in helping to share our museum with others.

We will be having a Docent Information Meeting on Thursday, March 30, 9-11 am at Opendore.  We will be discussing procedures for both buildings, safety information, and information about new displays.

This year we will be open from Sat. April 29 - Sun. October 15.

If you are interested in becoming a docent, leave a message for Karen Speck at 315.303.2145.

Excessive consumption of alcohol was a huge problem in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Progressive reformers such as Susan B. Anthony and Emily Howland, in addition to fighting for women’s suffrage, also advocated for temperance, since women were often the victims of alcohol-fueled violence. 

As a result of their efforts, the amendment for prohibition was passed in 1919, one year before women gained the right to vote.

On the occasion of her one hundredth birthday in 1927, Emily Howland said that everything she had fought for had been won. Of course, we now know that prohibition did not solve the problem of alcoholism, just as constitutional amendments did not guarantee persons of color the right to vote.

Join us as we revisit the history of this complex issue with HSSM Historian, Larry Bell.

Opendore will open for visitors at 3pm before the program.

Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 2pm. Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner, historian, author, educator, founder and Director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Center for Social Justice Dialogue will continue the "Celebration of Women's History."  Dr. Wagner has appeared on CNN Special Report: Women Represented & Quest's World of Wonder, and appeared in  and wrote the faculty guide for the Ken Burns' documentary "Not for Ourselves Alone."

At the Frontenac Museum, 178 Cayuga St. in Union Springs - free and open to all ages. 

Refreshments will be served. We look forward to seeing you!

Sponsored by Humanities New York, the Howland Stone Store Museum will facilitate six sessions on the history of the Women’s Suffrage movement in New York and the nation. We will utilize resources provided by Humanities NY and our own archives, interspersing material on Sherwood’s important contributions to the Movement. The group will be facilitated by Linda Post Van Buskirk. HSSM docents and staff are encouraged to attend in preparation for the 2023 season.

 The third session will be held at 4:00 pm, Sunday, March 12, at Opendore. Zoom participation will also be offered to those who register in advance. Email event@howlandstonestore.org for the Zoom link. In preparation, participants are asked to read:

Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850–1920

Chapter 2 of Jean H. Baker, Votes for Women: The Struggle for Suffrage Revisited

Reading materials: To receive a copy of reading materials, contact Marilyn Post at madeline4394@gmail.com or 315-478-1800.

 From then on, we will meet every three weeks at the same time, or at a time mutually agreed upon. Subsequent books will be supplied on loan by Humanities New York. Book selections include history, biography, and fiction and consider African American suffragists and women of varied social standing.

  April 2

Read: Lori D. Ginzberg, Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life

Read chapter 3 of Votes for Women

 April 23

Read: Marge Piercy, Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York

Read chapter 4 of Votes for Women

 May 14

Read: Mary Walton, A Woman’s Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot

Read chapters 5 - 6 of Votes for Women