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Police Response to First Nation Occupations and Protests: An Ontario Perspective” Dr. Armand La Barge

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Nogojiwanong – Peterborough270 Brock Street, Peterborough, Ontario K9H 2P9Tel: 705-740-2600email: : www.phs-hutchisonhouse.ca Notice of Public LectureNOTE: BACK TO VIRTUAL LECTURES! We will continue with a virtual Zoom format forour March lecture. The speaker schedule remains on the third Tuesday of the month; January,February, March and May at 7:30 p.m. A question and answer period will … Read more

The History of Lacrosse in Peterborough

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Speaker series: Don Barrie. Peterborough has a long and intimate connection with lacrosse. The Daily Examiner gave a history of the origins of lacrosse in a 1892 article, noting the formation of the Montreal la Crosse [sic] Club in 1860 followed shortly after with the National La Crosse Association of Canada. That same year the … Read more

100 Years of Rotary in Peterborough

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Bruce Gravel will share research into the history of the Rotary Service Club in Peterborough as it celebrates its 100th anniversary. An accomplished author with seven books to his credit, Bruce has been a member of Rotary since 2008. An active community leader, Bruce served on the Board of the Peterborough Public Library Foundation and … Read more

100 Years of Tennis History in Peterborough

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Speaker series: Christopher Dummitt Sport attracts great popular interest and is the subject of serious historical investigation. The centenary this year of the Quaker Park Tennis Club is an apt occasion to explore the place of tennis in Peterborough’s past. To mark the occasion Christopher Dummitt will speak on the origins of tennis in Peterborough … Read more

Peterborough Historical Society Annual General Meeting

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In accordance with Provincial authorization, notice is hereby given that the Annual General  Meeting of the Peterborough Historical Society will be held by means of a ZOOM webcast meeting on Tuesday, 19 April, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. for the following purpose:  1. To elect Directors  2. To appoint Auditors for the Corporation and to authorize … Read more

The Lakefield College School Archives: A Powerful History Teaching Tool

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Speaker series: Wendy Darby  Wendy Darby is a teacher and archivist at Lakefield College School. A strong believer in the active use of archival collections, Wendy incorporates archival resources to bring the history curriculum to life. Originating in the early days of Samuel Strickland, Lakefield College has played an important role in the development of … Read more

John A. Macdonald, Elizabeth Hall and Beavermead Farm

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Speaker series: Ken Brown. On 21 December 1860 the prominent Peterborough widow, Elizabeth Hall, wrote to John A. Macdonald beginning, “My loved John,” and closing, “Goodbye my own darling, Love your loving Lizzie.” Historians have long known of this letter, but until now, not much of the backstory. Ken Brown sheds new light on the … Read more

Fighting for Democracy: A Canadian Activist (from Peterborough) in Spain’s Civil War

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Jim Higgins was an English orphan who migrated to Canada for farm work in Saskatchewan in 1928. The Depression of the 1930s triggered his activism in the causes of social equality and democracy. In the polarized climate of the time he joined 1700 other Canadian volunteers to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War. In … Read more

The Archaeology of Nassau Mills: The Abandoned Plaster House in Context

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Speaker Series: Co-directors James Conolly and Kate Dougherty present the result of an excavation and survey project in 2017 and 2018 at the historic Nassau Mills industrial complex, situated on the Trent University campus. As well as a general overview of the project’s findings and the interplay between written documentation and archaeological evidence, they focus … Read more

The Many Working Lives of Robert Romaine

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Speaker Series: by Ken Brown. A recognized specialist in Peterborough business history, Ken Brown will examine the successful career of Robert Romaine.  Truly a businessman of many parts Romaine was a successful manufacturer of bricks, editor and publisher of the Peterborough Review, inventor of innovative farm machinery and, famously, printer of the Romaine Map of … Read more