{"id":41989,"date":"2023-01-12T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelandmark.com\/?p=41989"},"modified":"2023-01-12T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T11:00:00","slug":"princeton-historical-society-looks-to-add-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/2023\/01\/12\/princeton-historical-society-looks-to-add-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Princeton Historical Society looks to add members"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Danielle Ray <\/b>
\n Landmark Correspondent<\/i><\/div>\n

PRINCETON \u2014 Volunteers are at the heart of what makes both big and small communities tick, and the Princeton Historical Society is looking for individuals to help do just that.<\/p>\n

According to a recent press release, the society is seeking \u201cinquisitive and creative community members to join our active board and one person to become our future curator.\u201d The time commitment can be as little or as much as people are able to do, but the hope is that the new volunteers would be able to attend and participate in its eight monthly Zoom board meetings and work to help \u201censure that our historical treasures are available for (re)discovery by future generation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Town residents Bus Brooks and Rick Bullock co-chair the all-volunteer, nonprofit organization founded in 1937, which receives no funding from the town. According to the release its purpose is to encourage antiquarian research and historical study and its mission is to preserve, promote, and foster an understanding and appreciation for Princeton\u2019s rich heritage \u2014 past, present, and future \u2014 and to be a resource for research and education.<\/p>\n

The release outlined several projects and activities that took place last year including a program titled Princeton as a Resort Town \u2013 1830 to 1930, assisting people with inquiries about the town\u2019s rich history, continuing to digitize the society\u2019s historical collection and entering it into the online database, adding more than 50 new historical donations to its collection, and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe attempt to create and maintain easy-to-use mechanisms and facilities for safe storage of and public access to Princeton town historical records and artifacts, and we work to generate and maintain a high level of interest in Princeton town history,\u201d Brooks said.<\/p>\n

In addition, volunteers expanded the \u2018Can You Find It?\u2019 townwide scavenger hunt to 16 locations, with eight more coming July 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cParticipants follow cryptic clues to discover a historical location, and then by scanning a QR code at that location on their mobile device, they are presented with pictures and the history associated with that spot,\u201d Brooks said of the interactive and educational activity.<\/p>\n

He has served on the Princeton Historical Society for more than 25 years, initially as the webmaster and then as co-chair for the past 10 plus years, following \u201cin the footsteps of many previous chairs, who I have tried to emulate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brooks\u2019 family settled in town in the early 1800s, and Brooks has lived in Princeton for the majority of his life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI initially got involved to discover my family\u2019s history in town and to do family genealogy work,\u201d he said. \u201cMy family dates back to the early 1800s, when Lt. Enoch Brooks moved to Princeton. He was the second son of Samuel Brooks of Concord and realized his older brother was to inherit his father\u2019s property.\u201d<\/p>\n

The historical society board currently consists of eight members, down from 13. They are looking to fill the curator position and bring additional members on board, people \u201cwith an interest and energy to work on projects and programs,\u201d Brooks said.<\/p>\n

Brooks shared that \u201cwith advantages in technology,\u201d the board decided they needed a website, which he created as a means to share the town\u2019s history with residents \u201cand anyone else that might find it interesting.\u201d Eventually, with the help of a student intern, they rebuilt the website (princetonmahistory.org) into its current form, which has \u201cexpanded the tools they have to share and store Princeton\u2019s history electronically for future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the years, we, as a board, have worked to offer a variety of ways to experience, share, and store our town\u2019s history,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He listed off several things the historical society does on a regular basis, including bringing the town\u2019s history to elementary classrooms, monthly \u2018Then & Now\u2019 articles emailed to the membership and interested friends, Zoom programs recorded for future generations to experience, and \u201ccontinuing the traditions and activities of the society leaders before us, and thinking outside the box, to offer a wider range of historical experiences to those who have an interest.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PRINCETON \u2014 Volunteers are at the heart of what makes both big and small communities tick, and the Princeton Historical Society is looking for individuals to help do just that. According to a recent press release, the society is seeking \u201cinquisitive and creative community members to join our active board and one person to become our future curator.\u201d The time commitment can be as little or as much as people are able to do, but the hope is that the new volunteers would be able to attend and participate in its eight monthly Zoom board meetings and work to help \u201censure that our historical treasures are available for (re)discovery by future generation.\u201d Town residents Bus Brooks and Rick Bullock co-chair the all-volunteer, nonprofit organization founded in 1937, which receives no funding from the town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}