Marguerite Hicks Maher

Posted by Communications Liaison Ellie Simpson, thanks to Archivist Jon Coss. Marguerite “Maggie” Hicks was born in 1905 in Pelham, the daughter of Esther and Clarence Hicks, who was an executive vice president at the Standard Oil Corporation. He served as an elder at...

The Life and Art of Margaret Brisbine Preble

Posted by Communications Liaison Ellie Simpson, thanks to Archivist Jon Coss. Margaret Mina Brisbine was born in Yankton, South Dakota in 1901, the daughter of dry-goods merchant Hiram Ellsworth Brisbine and Mina Van Tassel Brisbine. She moved with her family to...

Alfred Hammett and the Blizzard of 1888

Posted by Communications Liaison Ellie Simpson, thanks to Archivist Jon Coss. Alfred Lawton Hammett was born about 1850 to Charles and Elizabeth Hammett in Newport, Rhode Island, where his father owned and operated a stationery and book store. He attended the local...

Shake, Rabbis and Roll

Posted by Communications Liaison Ellie Simpson, thanks to Archivist Jon Coss. On February 5, 1994, the Pelham Jewish Center provided food and music for an Inter Faith benefit performance of “Shake, Rabbis and Roll.” It featured singing and playing by Rev. Dave Holden...

Peanuts Cartoon in the Archives

Posted by Communications Liaison Ellie Simpson, thanks to Archivist Jon Coss. The Minutes of the Christian Education Committee include a panel from Peanuts laminated on cardboard. Charles Schulz (who died in February 2000) created the comic strip in 1952. Schulz was...