New Ipswich Historical Society

05/14/2026

SAVE THE DATE: With support from the Stearns-Burton Lecture Fund, The New Ipswich Historical Society is hosting “Late in Arriving—How Electricity Changed Rural New Hampshire Life,” a New Hampshire Humanities program that is free and open to the public: Saturday, June 20 at 2:00 p.m. at the New Ipswich Library. Light refreshments will be served. See attached flyer for details.

04/23/2026

SAVE THE DATE: New Ipswich Historical Society is hosting “Robert Frost on The Farm,“ a New Hampshire Humanities program that is free and open to the public: May 9 at 2 p.m. at the New Ipswich Library. Light refreshments will be served. See attached flyer for more details.

02/23/2026

Going to get some snow today

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01/09/2026

SAVE THE DATE: The New Ipswich Historical Society invites the public to its first program of the new year: Ice Harvesting in New England. Date/Time/Location: Saturday, February 28, at 2 p.m. at the New Ipswich Library (6 Main St.). See attached flyer for details and inclement weather date.

08/24/2025

SAVE THE DATE: The New Ipswich Historical Society invites the public to its annual meeting on Sunday, September 14, at 2:00 p.m. at the Barrett House (79 Main Street), featuring Kim Varney Chandler, who will present an overview of New Hampshire’s 60-plus covered bridges along with interesting facts she uncovered while researching her 2022 book, Covered Bridges of New Hampshire. This program, which is generously funded by New Hampshire Humanities, is free and open to the public. For more details, see the attached flyer.

07/09/2025

SAVE THE DATE: To celebrate the town’s 275th Anniversary, the New Ipswich Historical Society is hosting an “old-time NH country dance” called by Dudley Laufman on Friday, August 8, from 7-9 p.m. at the Club at Oak Hill. Free admission (donations accepted) for individuals and families. Light refreshments will be served. See attached flyer for additional details.

11/13/2024

I'll be posting portraits from two albums donated by the Thayer family. These photos were taken in the late 1800s, which makes them older than most of the other ones we have. I have only a few names which I will add but most are unidentified. If you have information, let me know. Since they are in Google Photos, they might get picked up by facial recognition.