Dr. Matthew Edney will deliver this presentation virtually, via Zoom. Dr. Edney curated the Osher Map Library’s Maine Bicentennial Exhibition, Mapping Maine: The Land and Its Peoples, 1677-1842. Using digital images of the exhibit and additional items from the OML collection, Dr. Edney will provide an overview of this special installation in this virtual presentation. Digital maps of Scarborough’s marshes – an important part of Scarborough’s early and present history – will also be included. 

Registration is required. Click here to register to receive the Zoom link. If you registered for the in-person event that was scheduled in March 2020, please register again so you will be sure to receive the link. The lecture will be recorded so those who cannot attend virtually can view it at a later time. Please call 883-4723 option 4 or email askSPL [at] scarboroughlibrary.org with questions. To request a link to the recording, please ljnorvell [at] scarboroughlibrary.org (email) Lucy Norvell, Coordinator of Programming and Communications.  

The best-selling author of Dead Wake draws on personal diaries, archival documents and declassified intelligence in a portrait of Winston Churchill that explores his day-to-day experiences during the Blitz and his role in uniting England.

The meeting will be held in the Library's Meeting Room. Please contact Catherine Morrison at cmorrison [at] scarboroughlibrary.org if you would like to be added to the group's email list.