[MassHistPres] Vernacular Architecture Forum/New England Chapter: Annual Meeting on Saturday, 2 April 2011

[Shantia Anderheggen]

Agenda and Registration Form Attached!

VAF-New England Annual Meeting
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA

8:30	REGISTRATION & COFFEE

9:00	WELCOME: Betsy Cromley, VAF-NE President

9:10	Architectural Remains of the 1607-1608 Popham Colony on the Kennebec River in Maine, Jeffrey Brain, Peabody Essex Museum

9:50	Out of the Attic: Inventing Antiques in Twentieth-Century New England, Briann Greenfield, Central Connecticut State University

10:40	A Study of 18th-19th century Powder Houses and Their Construction on the North Shore, William Finch, Independent Consultant

11:20	2010-2011 Field Trips Report; 2010 VAF National Meeting Report; 2011 VAF Meeting (Jamaica) Announcement

11:45	ANNUAL MEETING

12:00	LUNCH

1:30	Within the Means of All: American Consumer Culture and the Rise of the Residential Funeral Home, 1915 - 1965, Dean Lampros, Boston University

2:05	The Food Axis, Betsy Cromley, Northeastern University
 
2:45	Understanding Massachusetts House Types, Claire Dempsey, Boston University

REGISTRATION

(1)	Please register in advance!  NOTE: Lunch orders must be received by Friday, March 25, 2011.
(2)	Make your check payable to VAF-NE. 
(3) 	Registration forms should be mailed to: 

VAF-New England 
c/o Shantia Anderheggen
390 Biscuit City Road
Kingston, RI 02881-1617

Name: 																								

Address: 												

Phone:

E-mail:
**Please note that after June 2011, all VAF-NE mailings will be via E-MAIL only.

Affiliation (if any):

Type of Registration and Lunch (please circle both):

VAF member $10
Non-member $18
Student $8 (Please enclose photocopy of your ID)

Lunch $14

Add'l Contribution** $		 

TOTAL ENCLOSED $

**VAF-New England operates primarily through donated funds and services.  Your additional contribution will help us to continue our program of field trips and annual meetings!

News of VAF-NE:

VAF-New England presented two field trips during the 2010-2011 season.  A tour of the Harvard Shaker Village (Harvard, MA) was led by Robert Adam and included numerous different building types including dwellings, the meetinghouse and an herb drying building.  Rick Greenwood and Gretchen Schuler led tours of the Angell Houses and Smith-Appleby House in Smithfield, RI.  The 31th VAF national meeting is upcoming in Falmouth, Jamaica (May 31-June 5, 2011).

Board of Directors:

Elizabeth Cromley, President; Pieter Roos, Vice-President; Edward Hood, Treasurer; Shantia Anderheggen, Secretary; Directors: Robert Adam, Dayl Cohen, Claire Dempsey, Kate Matison,  Brian Powell and Rita Walsh. 

Directions to Old Sturbridge Village:

Old Sturbridge Village is located in the town of Sturbridge, MA, near the intersection of Route 90 (the Massachusetts Turnpike) and Route 84.  Make your way to Route 90/Mass Pike and take Sturbridge exit 9, which will be marked for Old Sturbridge Village with the brown signs used to indicate historic sites and parks.  After paying your toll, take the first right onto Route 20 west and follow the signs.  You will need to take the jug-handle on the right to make the left turn into the Village.  Ample parking is available in the Village lot.  From the parking lot, follow the path past the Tavern and Bookstore (on the left) and the Visitors Center (on the right) to the Fuller Conference Center (just past the Visitors Center, on the right).

Lunch:

VAF-NE offers an informal lunch of sandwiches, drinks, etc, at the Conference Center, available for $14/person.  Other options are also available at the Bullard Tavern in the historic area of the Village.

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