Cape Elizabeth Historical Preservation Society

Society display case Records Preservation Room Bound volumes of Cape Elizabeth records

Hours

The Cape Elizabeth Historical Preservation Society is staffed on Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. If you are unable to come to the library during these hours, please contact one of our members to schedule an appointment.

"A Culinary History of Cape Elizabeth" is available for sale Thursday mornings at the Historical Society's office in Thomas Memorial Library. The cookbook is also available at the Jordan Farm produce stand.

About CEHPS

The Cape Elizabeth Historical Preservation Society was established in November 1986 by the late Dr. Constance Murray, Ph.D., a local preservationist and retired teacher from the Lexington Public School System (Mass.). Dr. Murray was born and raised in Cape Elizabeth and retained a love for the community and its history even as she moved across the country pursuing her education and teaching career. Returning to Cape Elizabeth following her retirement in the late 1970s, she began to form a local organization composed of concerned citizens dedicated to locating, researching and preserving local items of historic value.

With the help of the town’s Board of Historic Preservation Advisers, the town provided space in the basement of the Thomas Memorial Library to preserve and display old town records, maps, photographs, family collections, and historic letters. Volunteers meet weekly each Thursday morning from 9 a.m. to noon to identify, collect, and preserve items of local historic significance.

The public is welcome to visit to conduct personal research into areas of personal interest. The CEHPS presents monthly programs of historical interest on a wide variety of subjects on the first Monday of the month from November through April each year.

Monthly Programs

All programs begin at 7:00 p.m. the first Monday of the month unless otherwise noted, and are held in the Thomas Memorial Library's Community Room (downstairs beneath the Children's Library) after the library is closed.

Schedule

September 13, 7:00 p.m.

The Forgotten Longfellow featuring author Richard Cohen.

Officers

President: Ellen Van Fleet
Vice President and Program Chair: Jane Downs
Recording Secretary: Lois Morrill
Corresponding Secretary: Jane Backwith
Treasurer: Wayne Brooking

Any Questions?

Ellen Van Fleet
Wayne Brooking
Norm Jordan
Barbara Sanborn

General email address: cehps@thomas.lib.me.us

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