Thoreau’s ‘Cape Cod’: A Colloquium Led by Helen McNeil-Ashton

Henry David Thoreau Please join us on July 6, 2016 at 7 PM for Thoreau’s ‘Cape Cod’: A Colloquium Led by Helen McNeil-Ashton!

Participants include Robert Robertson, author of Henry Thoreau : an Intellectual Biography (1988); Robert (Bob) Finch, host of A Cape Cod Notebook on WCAI and the author of seven collections of essays, most recently a collection of his radio scripts; Susan Kurtzman, co-curator of “ Forest to Farm: Truro’s Landscape before and after Thoreau; Tricia Ford, with an unpublished Thoreau anecdote; and others.

The Cobb Archive houses maps, charts, books, photographs, family memorabilia, and other historical documents. This 1912 building was designed in the Arts and Craft style and originally served as the town’s first public library. Located in Truro Center, the Cobb Archive is accessible to the public for research.
Open by appointment, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 AM-12 PM
13 Truro Center Road
508-349-0200
To schedule an appointment, send an email to [email protected].

A joint project of the Truro Historical Commission and the Truro Historical Society, this guidebook was created to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower in Cape Cod Bay in 1620 and is an update of the 1984 guide that celebrated the 275th anniversary of the founding of Truro.

Click here to download the guidebook: Historic Truro Tours

This program was supported in part by a grant from the Truro Cultural Council, a local agency that is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. Funding for printing was also provided by the Truro Chamber of Commerce, Truro Part-Time Resident Taxpayers’ Association, and Truro Vineyards of Cape Cod. Chuck Steinman, Editor and Graphic Design, Truro Historical Commission.

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