Officers:
Linda Kinsella, President
Marie McFarlin, Vice President
Randi Bradbury, Past President
Robert Pedemonti, Treasurer
Diane Hoyt, SecretaryTrustees:
William McLaughlin
Karen Emack-Dolson
Irmy Hermanson
Matthew Rubin
Tedd Levy
Edmund Mosca
Stan Prymas
Arlene Sakatos
Lectures
March 15, 2012. Nicholas F. Bellantoni, Connecticut State Archaeologist, “Connecticut Underground”
May 17, 2012. Walter Woodward, Connecticut State Historian, “Witchcraft in Connecticut”
NEW WINTER HOURS AT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
New winter hours have been announced by the Old Saybrook Historical Society for the Frank Stevenson Archives, 350 Main Street, Old Saybrook. Effective December 1st, the Archives will be open on Thursday from 9:00 – 12:00 and Thursday evening from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. and Friday afternoon, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. It is also open by appointment by calling the Historical Society at 860-395-1635.
Membership in the Old Saybrook Historical Society is open to anyone interested in preserving, protecting, and promoting Old Saybrook History. Some 350 membership represent people of all ages, various interests, and come from Old Saybrook and around the country.The Society is a volunteer organization and welcomes membership and participation in any of its programs or services.
On September 11, 1958 a handful of interested residents formed the first Old Saybrook Historical Society. Their concern that the oldest town on the shoreline had “many valuable records, diaries, letters that had already been lost, scattered, or destroyed and that there should be no further delay in making a start toward collecting and saving what is still available.”
We are a non-profit, all volunteer, tax-exempt organization with over 350 members from across the USA whose mission is to investigate, preserve and maintain collections in archeology, furniture, genealogy, and historic records of the Town of Old Saybrook while encouraging the study and appreciation of this historical heritage -especially by the young people of the area.
The restored General William Hart House (1767), Frank Stevenson Archives, and the historic gardens comprise a one-acre “campus” in the village that is home to the Society.
