ISHRA Program Speakers
Below is a list of past speakers that ISHRA has had the pleasure of hosting. For these meeting minutes and newsletters, please consider joining ISHRA to get access to Member's Corner where these documents are available.
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May 2009
November 11, 2008: Bill Nichols (Botanist / Ecologist NH Government), “The Flora & Natural Communities at the Isles of Shoals” Power Point presentation
May13, 2008: Andrea Melville (Producer) “An Island Kingdom” Shoals history documentary
November 13, 2007: Sarah O’Connor (Vaughn Cottage Curator) “Pollack, Fair Weather & No Quarters to Strangers: The Rise & Fall of Gosport” Power Point presentation
May 8, 2007: Willy Bemis (SML Director) Creek Cottage, Power Point presentation
November 14, 2006: Alexandra de Steiguer (Photographer & Star Island winter caretaker) “Winter Time on Star Island;” Power Point photographs and music
May 9, 2006: Julie Ellis: Cornell Professor; research on the gulls on Appledore Island & their effect on the Shoals
November 15, 2005: Ann Beattie (Historian) “The Isles of Shoals Throughout Time;” image Power Point of the history eras of the Shoals
May 10, 2005: ISHRA Members, “Tribute to Bob Tuttle” Speakers included: Christine Bogdanowicz, Ken Cummisky, Al Hanson, JB Heiser, Peter Lamb, Wendy Lull, Jim Morin, Edith Peirson, Dave MacEachran
November 9, 2004: Bruce Parsons, Slides of photographs from his book on Star Island
May 11, 2004: Rich Langdon, UNH Professor; “The Came to Fish: Now What;” aquaculture & mussel farming
November 11, 2003, Larry Roberston & Chris Kies, UNH Professors; “An Artist’s View of the Murders on Smuttynose;” a documentary of a ballet
May 13, 2003: Dave MacEachran, Photographer; “An Evening on Smuttynose”
November 12, 2002: Paul & Lisa Jennings, Star Island Co-Managers; “The Current State of Star Island and What the Future Holds”
May 14, 2002, Ed Lyman, SML Manager; “The Plight of the Rare Endangered Right Whale”
Lighthouse Kids, Saving the White Island lighthouse
November 13, 2001: Dennis Robinson: Author; “Shoals TV: Isles of Shoals Legends Meet Mass Media“
Sue & Charlie West, “Celebration & Songs”
May 8, 2001: Sharon Stephan, Artist, editor; “One Woman’s Work: The Visual Art of Celia Laighton Thaxter”
November 14, 2000, Stephanie Voss Nugent, Actor; “An Actor’s Approach” to playing Celia Thaxter
May 9, 2000: Lou Sherfese, Lighthouses on the Maine Coast
Connie Small, Author; “The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife” about her time as wife of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse keeper
November 9, 1999: Wendy Lull, Director of the SSC; the Open Ocean Aquaculture Project off the Isles of Shoals“
UNH Marine Docents, Sea Chanty Singers
May 11, 1999: Jim Morin, New Director of the Shoals Marine Lab on Appledore
November 11, 1998: Paul Pellitier, Director of Marine Operations for UNH and Captain of the R/V Gulf Challenger
May 12, 1997: Ginny Chisholm, Gardener; The making and care of Celia’s garden on Appledore
November 11, 1997: Diane DeLuca, NH Audubon; NH Audubon’s tern restoration project on Seavey’s and White Islands
May 13, 1997 Don Stevens, Diving instructor; Arrangement with the state of NH to use White Island for his diving instruction school; slides of underwater marine life
November 12, 1996: Richard Stanley, Historian; Slides of scenes from the Shoals and old Shoals prints from books
May 14, 1996: Peter Randall, Photographer & publisher; Slides of his Shoals photographs: birds, plants, rocks, garden, etc.
November 14, 1995: Dave & Edith Pearson, Star Island winter caretakers
May 9, 1995: Bob Tuttle, Historian; Slides on “The Cairn on Appledore;” research on Dr. Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, well known Boston physician who visited the Shoals, letters from 1858
November 8, 1994: Donna Titus, Artist; Artist-in-Residence for 5 weeks on White Island, August 1994; slides by Ron Titus
May 10, 1994: Roger Larochelle, Archaeologist; “Transits, Trowels and Train Vats: Mapping the Isles of Shoals;” slides of his & Faith Harrington’s archaeological dig on Star (1986), Lunging (1988), Appledore (1989-93), Smuttynose & Malaga
May 11, 1993: David MacEachran, Photographer; Shoals nature photographs with background music
Steve Miller, SSC Aquarist; Background & purpose of the Seacoast Science Center
Gary Samson: Producer; Video of “The Ballad of Louis Wagner” with music by John Perrault“
Faye Labanaris, Quilter; Prize-winning quilt, “A Tribute to Celia Thaxter” with slides
November 3, 1992: Faith Harrington (Archaeologist) Shoals archeological dig on Smuttynose & Malaga, 1991-1992; slides by Charlie West
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