Explores the early development of UNH, before it was in Durham and before it was incorporated as a university, through costumes, artifacts, photographs and text. Contains works by 36 of the best-known American artists working between 1940 and 1970, including Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Joan Mitchell, Lee Krasner, Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, Larry Rivers, Franz Kline and Robert Rauschenberg, among others. Features photographs of children working in factories in New England around the turn of the century. Leisurely walk with a naturalist on the Massabesic trails to look for fiddleheads, buds bursting forth and early wildflowers blossoming. Stop in the Nature Center afterwards for a drink and cookies.
Open discussion follows.
Sponsored by the Laconia Human Relations Committee. A New Hampshire Humanities Council Event. Prints, photographs and paintings depict the hotels and activities of guests. Rare documents, including hotel business records, travel accounts and menus help tell the story. Return to Today's News.