Events Database
This database of events was prepared by Vicki Arceci
| Date of Event | Type of Meeting | Title of Event/Program | Location of Event/Program | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/16/16 | Autumn Outing | Wilton, NH Tour | Wilton Public & Gregg Free Library (WHS); Frye's Measure Mill; Wilton Center | David Potter, President, WHS |
| 08/11/16 | Annual Meeting | Digging Up The Past-The History Under Us | Jaffrey Civic Center | Steve Baldwin, Metal Detecting |
| 06/12/16 | Walking Tour | Conant Cemetery Walking Tour | Conant Cemetery | JHS + Cemetery Committee |
| 04/14/16 | Spring Program | On Clocks | Jaffrey Civic Center | Scott Edwards of Scott's Clocks |
| 02/11/16 | February Potluck Social | JHS Potluck | Jaffrey Civic Center | Quiz Night v. 2 |
| 10/18/15 | Autumn Outing | Francestown, NH Tour | Old Meetinghouse; Town Hall; the Beehive; Fairbank Scales; Thulander Heritage Museum; Pacific Masonic Lodge | Charlie Pyle, President, FHS |
| 08/13/15 | Annual Meeting | The Centenary of the Cournoyer Funeral Home | Jaffrey Civic Center | Mark Cournoyer, President, Cournoyer Funeral Home |
| 04/09/15 | Spring Program | Bean Fiber Glass | Jaffrey Civic Center | Bill Coleman + Joe Manning |
| 02/12/15 | February Potluck Social | JHS Potluck | Jaffrey Civic Center | Quiz Night |
| 10/19/14 | Autumn Outing | Milford, NH Tour | Carey House; walking tour of Milford Oval; New Hampshire Antique Co-op | David Palance, President, MHS |
| 08/14/14 | Annual Meeting | Reflections on Jaffrey Agricultural History | Jaffrey Civic Center | Archie Coll, Jr. |
| 06/12/14 | June Program | New England's Colonial Meetinghouses and Their Impact on American Society | Jaffrey Civic Center | Paul Wainwright, Author |
| 04/10/14 | Spring Program | 12,000 Years Ago in the Granite State | Jaffrey Civic Center | Professor Robert Goodby |
| 02/13/14 | February Potluck Social | JHS Potluck + "Jaffrey Memories" | Jaffrey Civic Center | Dick Boutwell, Charlie Royce, Joe Manning, Sam Hackler, Lorraine Parent, Pauline Ricard, all of Jaffrey |
| 09/29/13 | Autumn Outing | Worcester, Mass. Tour | Higgins Armory Museum | None |
| 08/08/13 | Annual Meeting | History of Belletete's | Jaffrey Civic Center | Belletete Family Members |
| 04/04/13 | Spring Program | Moved and Seconded: Town Meeting in New Hampshire | Jaffrey Civic Center | Rebecca Rule, Author + Storyteller |
| 02/14/13 | February Potluck Social | How and Why the British Discovered North American | Jaffrey Civic Center | Russell Bastedo, Author |
| 09/30/12 | Autumn Outing | Westminster, VT Tour | Westminster Town Hall; Westminster Historic Museum; Main Street lawyer's office; Westminster West Congregational Church | Pat Haas, WHS |
| 08/00/12 | Annual Meeting | DD Bean Match Company | Jaffrey Civic Center | Mark Bean |
| 06/03/12 | Walking Tour | Squantum | Squantum area of Jaffrey | Rob Stephenson |
| 04/12/12 | Spring Program | 24 Years Covering Jaffrey in the Keene Sentinel | Jaffrey Civic Center | Steven Hooper, Keene Sentinel |
| 02/09/12 | February Potluck Social | Teaching in a One-Room Schoolhouse in Rural Vermont | St. Patrick School Cafeteria | Dennis Wright |
| 10/16/11 | Autumn Outing | Henniker, NH Tour | Henniker Academy Building; Research Center and Museum; Town Hall | Ron Taylor of Henniker |
| 08/11/11 | Annual Meeting | New Hampshire's Grange Movement: It's Rise, Triumphs, and Decline | Jaffrey Center Meetinghouse | Steve Taylor, former Commissioner of Agriculture |
| 04/14/11 | Spring Program | The Dublin Art Colony: Formed through Patronage, Friendships, and Family | Jaffrey Civic Center | Paul Tullar, Founder and Past President Friends of the Dublin Art Colony |
| 10/21/10 | Fall Special Event | Baked Beans and Fried Clams: How Food Defines a Region | Jaffrey Library | Edie Clark, author |
| 10/03/10 | Autumn Outing | Belchertown, MA Tour | Stone House Museum; Ford Annex | Docents |
| 08/12/10 | Annual Meeting | Written from Home: The View from Mary's Farm | Jaffrey Civic Center | Edie Clark, author |
| 04/15/10 | Spring Program | Firearms Manufacturing in Cheshire County | Jaffrey Civic Center | Alan Rumrill, Director, Historical Society of Cheshire County |
| 02/11/10 | February Potluck Social | Silver Ranch History | Jaffrey Civic Center | Harvey Sawyer |
| 12/10/09 | Christmas Program | Holiday Music | Jaffrey Civic Center | Louise Curran and Bernie Watson |
| 11/12/09 | Fall Special Event | Banjoes, Bones, and Ballads | Cutler Memorial Building | Jeff Warner, Folklorist and Musician |
| 10/04/09 | Autumn Outing | Hillsboro, NH Tour | Hillsborough Center; Church; Grange Hall; Old Schoolhouse | Docents |
| 08/13/09 | Annual Meeting | The Great Sheep Boom and Its Enduring Legacy of the New Hampshire Landscape | Jaffrey Civic Center | Steve Taylor, Farmer and Journalist; Chris + Julie Bartlett, Sheep Farmers |
| 04/23/09 | Spring Program | Some Jaffrey Worthies: Portraits of Those Who Made a Difference | Jaffrey Civic Center | Debbie Stewart, Charles Lyle, Mary Jo Marvin, Jack Belletete |
| 02/19/09 | Winter Program | Some Jaffrey Dairy Farms and Their Milk Bottles | Jaffrey Civic Center | Dick Smith, Electrician, Historian, Author |
| 10/19/08 | Autumn Outing | Washington, NH Tour | Barn and Museum; Meeting House | Historical Society Members |
| 09/11/08 | Fall Special Event | Songs of Old New Hampshire | Cutler Memorial Building | Jeff Warner, Folklorist and Musician |
| 08/12/08 | Annual Meeting | Fashion Through the Years | Jaffrey Civic Center | Powerpoint + Live Models |
| 05/01/08 | Spring Program | The White Mountains Huts: Past and Future | Jaffrey Civic Center | Dr. Allan Koop, Dartmouth College |
| 04/08/08 | Spring Special Event | Jaffrey in the Pre-War Decades | Jaffrey Civic Center | Special Memories Shared by Those Who Remember |
| 02/14/08 | Winter Program | Winters in Jaffrey | Jaffrey Civic Center | Dick Boutwell, Archivist |
| 12/11/07 | Christmas Program | Holiday Music | Jaffrey Civic Center | Louise Curran |
| 10/14/07 | Autumn Outing | Bellows Falls, VT | Train Ride on Green Mountain Flyer from Bellows Falls to Chester, VT; Rockingham Meeting House | BFHS members |
| 08/07/07 | Annual Meeting | Colonial New Hampshire: Why New Hampshire Exists | Jaffrey Civic Center | Jere Denielle, Dartmouth College Professor of History Emeritus |
| 02/14/07 | Winter Program | Families of Jaffrey, A Genealogical Database | Jaffrey Civic Center | Paul St. Pierre, Genealogist |
| 10/15/06 | Autumn Outing | Orange, MA | French-Weymouth House | OHS members |
| 08/08/06 | Annual Meeting | Where the Mountain Stands Alone | Jaffrey Civic Center | John R. Harris, Executive Director Monadnock Institute of Nature, Place and Culture at Franklin Pierce College |
| 05/08/06 | Morning Meeting | Identifying People and Pictures from the 175th Anniversary Parade in 1948 | Jaffrey Civic Center | Jaffrey residents |
| 04/18/06 | Spring Special Event | Jaffrey Historical Society Archive Stroll | Jaffrey Civic Center | JHS members |
| 02/13/06 | Winter Program | Meet Local Authors Dr. Glyn Millard and Margaret Bean | Jaffrey Civic Center | Dr. Millard on his book "Luke Howe MD: An Extraordinary Physician of Jaffrey; Margaret Bean on her book: "Viggo Brandt-Erichsen in Jaffrey" |
| 12/14/05 | Christmas Program | Bluegrass sounds of the season | Jaffrey Civic Center | Rich Hamilton and Bob Dean |
| 10/16/05 | Autumn Outing | Jaffrey Center Tour | Hosts to Ashby + Royalston, MA Historical Societies | JHS members |
| 10/20/05 | Autumn Special Event | A Conversation with John James Audubon: A Living History | Jaffrey Civic Center | Tom Burack, Scholar |
| 08/09/05 | Annual Meeting | New England: Myth or Reality | Jaffrey Civic Center | Edie Clark, Author |
| 04/19/05 | Spring Program | Reception to Announce "Willa Cather in Jaffrey" booklet | Jaffrey Civic Center | Margaret Bean, Author |
| 02/22/05 | Winter Program | Dean Murder Mystery Revisited | Jaffrey Civic Center | Bill Driscoll |
| 12/15/04 | Christmas Program | Bluegrass sounds of the season | Jaffrey Civic Center | Rich Hamilton and Bob Dean |
| 10/24/04 | Autumn Outing | Ashby, MA | Self-guided Tour of Town Center | AHS members |
| 08/17/04 | Annual Meeting | An Evening of New Hampshire Humor | Jaffrey Civic Center | Rebecca Rule, Humorsmith |
| 05/10/04 | Spring Special Event | Identifying Jaffrey Homes | Jaffrey Civic Center | Jaffrey residents |
| 04/13/04 | Spring Program | Working with Family Papers: The Granger Papers Project | Jaffrey Civic Center | Vincent Morgan, Adjunct Naturalist w/ New Mexico Museum of Natural History |
| 02/24/04 | Winter Program | Remembering Jaffrey's Weather | Jaffrey Civic Center | Residents + JHS members reminiscing about the role our weather has played in our lives here over the years |
| 10/19/03 | Autumn Outing | Royalston, MA | Tour of Common and Museum | RHS members |
| 08/12/03 | Annual Meeting | An American Nurse at War: The Story of Marion McCune Rice | Jaffrey Civic Center | Steve Hooper, Keene Sentinel photographer and Chrystal Montgomery, portrayal performer |
| 04/08/03 | Spring Program | Sing a Song of Suffering: What They Were Singing on Both Sides of the Atlantic During the Great War | Jaffrey Civic Center | Frank Behrens, Music Historian |
| 10/27/02 | Autumn Outing | Stoddard, NH Tour | Church, Historical Society headquarters, Coldstream House (British Militaria) | SHS members, Meng Chi Tsen, President SHS |
| 10/08/02 | Autumn Special Event | Life Memories of Rachel Revere | Jaffrey Civic Center | Jessa Piaia, Character Actress portraying Mrs. Revere |
| 08/13/02 | Annual Meeting | Lifetime on a Jaffrey Farm: Helen Coll Harvests Her Dreams | Jaffrey Civic Center | Helen Coll, author of "Cultivating Life" |
| 04/09/02 | Spring Program | Remember When It Was Just a Game? | Jaffrey Civic Center | Rob Hannings, baseball memorabilia collector and historian |
| 02/12/02 | Winter Program | A Community Connected: The Development of Aviation in Jaffrey | Great Hall at Silver Ranch | Harvey Sawyer, pilot and airport manager |
| 10/14/01 | Autumn Outing | Dublin, NH | Archives Building; 1841 Schoolhouse Museum | Paul Tullar, President DHS |
| 08/14/01 | Annual Meeting | Before Broadway: What They Were Singing Back Then! | Jaffrey Civic Center | Frank Behrens, Music Historian |
| 04/03/01 | Spring Program | Amos Fortune: The Legacy Continues | Jaffrey Civic Center | Peter Lambert, author |
| 02/20/01 | Annual Meeting | Preserving the Vital Link to the Past: Doing Oral History | Jaffrey Civic Center | Professor Judith Moyer, UNH |
| 10/22/00 | Autumn Outing | Peterborough, NH | PHS; Phoenix Mill; brick schoolhouse; Aquarius Fire Museum | PHS members |
| 04/15/00 | Spring Special Program | Voices From History: Sapphira to Uncle Tom | Jaffrey Meeting House | Betty Jean Steinshower, Chautaugua performer |
| 04/11/00 | Spring Program | Fritz Comes Back to Jaffrey: Reflections and Yarns | Jaffrey Civic Center | Fritz Wetherbee, television performer and reporter |
| 02/08/00 | Winter Program | Dale Russell on Trains | Jaffrey Civic Center | Dale Russell, train hobbyist |
| 12/14/99 | Holiday Program | Celebrating Holidays in New Hampshire in 1796 | Jaffrey Civic Center | George Chapman and Vickie Fisher, historical interpreters and storytellers |
| 10/17/99 | Autumn Outing | Walpole, NH | Academy Building; tour of Main Street | David Howard, Architect |
| 08/10/99 | Annual Meeting | Two Centuries of News in the Monadnock Region | Jaffrey Civic Center | James Rousmaniere, Jr. Editor and President Keene Sentinel |
| 06/19/99 | Open House and Dedication | Refurbished Jaffrey Fire Museum | Main Street, Jaffrey Center | Dave Kemp, Fire Museum Archivist |
| 04/13/99 | Spring Program | Sylark: The Life, Lies and Inventions of Harry Atwood | Jaffrey Civic Center | Howard Mansfield, author |
| 12/08/98 | Holiday Program | A Holiday Sampler | Jaffrey Civic Center | Virginia Warfield, reader, and the Lambert Family Singers |
| 10/25/98 | Autumn Outing | Francestown, NH Tour | Headquarters; Museum; walking tour of Main Street; Meetinghouse; stagecoach | FHS member and Meetinghouse Society |
| 08/11/98 | Annual Meeting | Mount Monadnock: The Heart of Jaffrey (video) | Jaffrey Meeting House | Huey Coleman, filmmaker and artist-in-residence |
| 05/19/98 | Spring Program | Weapons Development: A Collector's Overview on Art and History | Jaffrey Civic Center | Richard Wagner, antiques collector and historian |
| 02/24/98 | Winter Program | A Yankee Perspective on Hollywood | Great Hall at Silver Ranch | Lee Sawyer, wagon master |
| 12/09/97 | Holiday Program | Monadnock Flutes and a reading of holiday stories | Jaffrey Civic Center | Flute Choir directed by Denise Nolan; Virginia Warfield |
| 10/12/97 | Autumn Outing | Wyman Tavern Museum | Main Street, Keene, NH | Marie Royce Ruffle, HSCC member |
| 08/12/97 | Annual Meeting | A Joyful Noise: Sounding Brass and Tinkling Cymbal - The 19th Century New England Town Band | Jaffrey Civic Center | David Proper, historian, author, and musician |
| 05/13/97 | Spring Program | The Barns of Jaffrey-An Agricultural Survey | Jaffrey Civic Center | Elizabeth Hengen, Preservation Consultant + Kevin DeGrenier |
| 03/18/97 | Spring Special Program | New England Women in Waiting-Heroics on the Home Frontier | Jaffrey Civic Center | Linda Peavy + Ursula Smith, Vermont Historians |
| 02/11/97 | Annual Meeting | Collectors' Recognition Night | Jaffrey Civic Center | Several artifact donators |
| 12/06/96 | Holiday Program | Cancelled due to snowstorm | ||
| 11/20/96 | Fall Special Event | Gods in Granite-The Landscape of New Hampshire | Jaffrey Civic Center | Robert McGrath, Dartmouth College |
| 10/20/96 | Autumn Outing | Rindge, NH Tour | Rindge Meeting House, Historical Society | Jim Jenkins, RHS President |
| 09/16/96 | Fall Special Event | Press Conference to announce publication of "Prominent Citizen-Prime Suspect" | Jaffrey Civic Center | Georgiana Hodgkins, author and Margaret Bean, editor |
| 08/06/96 | Annual Meeting | Schoolma'am in a One-Room School" | Jaffrey Civic Center | Chrystal Montgomery, performer and storyteller |
| 04/16/96 | Spring Program | The Romance of the Family Farm | Jaffrey Civic Center | Ronald Jager, author |
| 02/13/96 | Winter Program | An Evening with a Damned Old Yankee | Silver Ranch Great Hall | Alfred Sawyer |
| 12/12/95 | Christmas Program | Monadnock Flutes | Jaffrey Civic Center | Denise Nolan, leader |
| 11/07/95 | Fall Special Event | Mill Culture, Art, and Community Values | Jaffrey Civic Center | Patryc Wiggins, Artist-in-Residence JGS |
| 10/15/95 | Autumn Outing | Franklin Pierce Homestead | Hillsborough, NH | Laura and Jayme Simoes |
| 08/15/95 | Annual Meeting | April 19, 1775 | Jaffrey Civic Center | Tim Clark, Managing Editor Yankee Magazine |
| 04/11/95 | Spring Program | Journey into Bird Carvings | Jaffrey Civic Center | Virginia Warfield, bird carver |
| 02/14/95 | Winter Program | Show and Tell | Jaffrey Civic Center | JHS members |
| 12/13/94 | Christmas Program | Holiday Musical Program | Jaffrey Civic Center | Elementary School singers |
| 10/23/94 | Autumn Outing | Jaffrey, NH | Meeting House, Red Schoolhouse, Melville Academy, Old Firehouse, Old Burying Ground | JHS Members |
| 08/16/94 | Annual Meeting | In the Memory House | Jaffrey Civic Center | Howard Mansfield, author |
| 04/12/94 | Spring Program | Jaffrey's Famous Master Craftsmen: Robinson Perkins, clockmaker,and John Smith Dutton, gunsmith | Jaffrey Civic Center | Forrest Ames |
| 02/08/94 | Winter Program | Postponed due to snowstorm | ||
| 12/07/93 | Christmas Program | Winter Customs and Traditions | Silver Ranch Great Hall | Alfred Sawyer |
| 10/17/93 | Autumn Tour | Hancock, NH | Hancock Society home, village, Meeting House, Daloz Mill | HHS members |
| 08/17/93 | Annual Meeting | Craftsmen Courageous, The High Art of the Steeple Jack | Jaffrey Civic Center | Daniel Quinn, Skyline Engineers of Maryland |
| 04/06/93 | Spring Program | A Presentation of Hannah Davis | Jaffrey Civic Center | Hester Ames |
| 02/09/93 | Winter Program | Early Inns and Rooming Houses of Jaffrey | Jaffrey Civic Center | Postcard collection of Dan Johnson |
| 12/08/92 | Christmas Program | A Festival of Light | Jaffrey Civic Center | Lachrimae Singers of FPC |
| 10/18/92 | Autumn Tour | New Ipswich, NH | Barrett House and Historical New Ipswich | Susan Williams, site director |
| 08/18/92 | Annual Meeting | Unveiling of Jaffrey History Mural | Jaffrey Civic Center | Karen Becker, artist |
| 04/07/92 | Spring Program | Impact of the Railroad on the Monadnock Region | Jaffrey Civic Center | Alan Rumrill, Director, Historical Society of Cheshire County |
| 02/04/92 | Winter Program | Postponed due to snowstorm | ||
| 12/10/91 | Christmas Program | An English Renaissance Christmas | Jaffrey Civic Center | Lachrimae Singers of FPC |
| 10/13/91 | Autumn Tour | Harrisville, NH | Historic Mill Village | Chick Colony and Mary Meath, Officers of Historic Harrisville |
| 08/08/91 | Annual Meeting | PRIDE Award | Jaffrey Civic Center | JHS |
| 12/10/90 | Christmas Program | Music and Dance of the Middle Ages and Renaissance | Jaffrey Civic Center | Lachrimae Singers of FPC |
| 04/02/91 | Spring Program | Participatory Work Session: Preparing "Jaffrey Then and Now" exhibit | Jaffrey Civic Center | Members of Historic District Commission |
| 02/05/91 | Winter Program | Winter Carnivals: Memories and Memorabilia | Jaffrey Civic Center | JHS members and Jaffrey citizens |
| 10/14/90 | Autumn Tour | Old Schools of Jaffrey | Sites of first 13 school districts | JHS members |
| 08/28/90 | Annual Meeting | Country Auctions | Jaffrey Civic Center | Andy Elder, auctioneer and appraiswer |
| 04/03/90 | Spring Program | What's It? Who's It? Where's It? | Jaffrey Civic Center | JHS members |
| 02/06/90 | Winter Program | When Johnny Comes Marching Home: Cheshire County in the Civil War | Jaffrey Civic Center | Alan Rumrill, Director, Historical Society of Cheshire County |
| 12/12/89 | Christmas Program | French Christmas caroling, French-Canadian genealogies | Jaffrey Civic Center | Jean Hampsey and Paul St. Pierre |
| 10/15/89 | Autumn Tour | Fall Mystery Tour | Jaffrey Civic Center | JHS members |
| 08/22/89 | Annual Meeting | French-Canadian Genealogies | Jaffrey Civic Center | Paul St. Pierre, Genealogist |
| 12/13/88 | Christmas Program | The Golden Age of Children's Books | Jaffrey Civic Center | Harry Kenney, Homestead Bookshop |
| 10/16/88 | Autumn Tour | Hampshire Country School | Former Cheshire Village and Revolutionary building sites | School authorities |
| 08/23/88 | Annual Meeting | Old Music Boxes | Jaffrey Civic Center | Al Daloz, music box collector |
| 06/07/88 | June Program | One-Room Schoolhouses in Cheshire County | Jaffrey Civic Center | Homer Belletete |
| 04/05/88 | Spring Program | Old Pewter | Jaffrey Civic Center | Dan Walsh, antique dealer and appraiser |
| 02/02/88 | Winter Program | Farm Life in the Good Old Days, Stories and Songs | Jaffrey Civic Center | Noralee Sysyn |
| 12/08/87 | Christmas Program | Antique Christmas Decorations | Jaffrey Civic Center | Jessie Anderson of Candlewick Antiques, Mont Vernon |
| 10/18/87 | Old Roads Tour | Phillips Cemetery, Ames home, Bean property, Village/Baptist Cemetery | JHS Members | |
| 08/18/87 | Annual Meeting | Old Postcards | Jaffrey Civic Center | Dan Johnson, JHS member |
| 04/08/87 | Spring Program | Oriental Rugs | Jaffrey Civic Center | Peter Pap, gallery owner |
| 12/09/86 | Christmas Program | The Friendly Tavern: A History of Public Lodging in Cheshire County | Jaffrey Civic Center | Alan Rumrill, Director, Historical Society of Cheshire County |
| 10/12/86 | Autumn Tour | Inns of Jaffrey | Shattuck Inn and The Ark | JHS Members |
| 08/19/86 | Annual Meeting | New England Glassworks | Jaffrey Civic Center | Dr. James Haddix, Minister Temple Congregatinal Church |
| 07/19/86 | Summer Program | NH Old Graveyard Assoc. Summer Meeting | Old graveyards of Jaffrey | JHS Members |
| 04/08/86 | Spring Program | NH Old Graveyard Assoc. Summer Meeting | Jaffrey Civic Center | Carleton Vance, Corresponding Secretary, NHOGA |
| 02/11/86 | Winter Program | Jaffrey Oral History via tape recordings | Jaffrey Civic Center | Jim Balentine, Molly MacCready, Marjorie Shattuck |
| 12/10/85 | Christmas Program | Christmas Reading and Christmas Caroling | Jaffrey Civic Center | Virginia Warfield |
| 10/13/85 | Old Roads Tour | Cemeteries | Jaffrey Smallpox Cemetery and Sharon Jarmany Hill Cemetery | Homer Belletete |
| 08/20/85 | Annual Meeting | Mt. Lebanon and the Shakers: A History of Their Philosophy, Religion and Home | Jaffrey Civic Center | Steven Ris, Chairman History Dept. at Darrow School, New Lebanon, NY |
| 04/02/85 | Spring Program | The NH Mill as Art | Jaffrey Civic Center | Marian Cannon Schlesinger, painter and photographer |
| 02/05/85 | Winter Program | Peterborough's First Hundred Years and Its Common | Jaffrey Civic Center | Rev. Paul Fohlin, Director, The Common |
| 12/04/84 | Christmas Program | Christmas Reading and Christmas Caroling | Jaffrey Civic Center | Virginia Warfield |
| 10/14/84 | Old Roads Tour | Early Inns and Taverns in Jaffrey | Turnpike Road and early roads in Jaffrey | JHS Members |
| 08/21/84 | Annual Meeting | Old photos of Jaffrey | Jaffrey Civic Center | H. Charles Royce |
| 06/12/84 | Summer Program | Readings from "Letters from the Middle Kingdom" (Chinese Life and Culture) | Jaffrey Civic Center | James Maybury, author and teacher in China |
| 04/03/84 | Spring Program | American Bluebird | Jaffrey Civic Center | Lilian Files, President of No. American Bluebird Society |
| 02/07/84 | Winter Program | Medical Instruments and Practice in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries | Jaffrey Civic Center | Dr. Ralph Cole, Rindge |
| 12/06/83 | Christmas Program | Bellringing History and Playing | Jaffrey Civic Center | Mr. and Mrs. Warren Johnson, Peterborough |
| 10/16/83 | Old Roads Tour | Shaker Colony and Indian Fort | Jaffrey Civic Center | Homer Belletete |
| 08/23/83 | Annual Meeting | Collectibles | Jaffrey Civic Center | Charles Jordan, Editor of "Collectibles Illustrated" |
| 06/21/83 | Summer Program | Visit to Barenholtz Gallery | Bernard Barenholtz Farm, Marlborough | Bernard Barenholtz |
| 12/07/82 | Christmas Program | Caroling and Conant Choir | Jaffrey Civic Center | JHS Members |
| 10/19/82 | Autumn Program | Old Sounds (early history of talking machines) | Jaffrey Civic Center | Gerald Witcop, old phonograph collector |
| 08/24/82 | Annual Meeting | Bicentennial Re-enactment of Battle of Yorktown | Jaffrey Civic Center | Jeremy Sawyer, Hampton |
| 06/26/82 | Summer Program | Visit to Nashua Historical Society | NHS and Spalding House | NHS Members |
| 05/04/82 | Spring Program | Old Clocks | Jaffrey Civic Center | Stephen Sanborn, Hillsborough |
| 02/02/82 | Winter Program | Cobblestone Magazine | Jaffrey Civic Center | Francis Nankin, Editor |
| 12/08/81 | Christmas Program | Caroling and Christmas Traditions from Other Countries | Jaffrey Civic Center | Dick Boutwell and Elizabeth Sawyer |
| 10/25/81 | Old Roads Tour | Mystery Jaffrey Tour | Jaffrey Civic Center | Dan Johnson, JHS member |
| 08/25/81 | Annual Meeting | Currier and Ives Program | Jaffrey Civic Center | James Coleman, Peterborough |
| 06/02/81 | Summer Program | Coliony House Museum | Colony House, Keene | Mrs. George Nichols |
| 04/07/81 | Spring Program | "The Good Old Days: A Visit to Grandma's Kitchen and Grandpa's Tool Shed" | Jaffrey Civic Center | JHS Members |
| 02/03/81 | Winter Program | Treasure Night | Jaffrey Civic Center | JHS Members |
| 12/02/80 | Christmas Program | Old Roads; Caroling and Victorian Christmas Parlor | Jaffrey Civic Center | Coburn Kidd; JHS Members |
| 10/26/80 | Old Roads Tour | Mystery Jaffrey Tour | Jaffrey Civic Center | Hester Ames and Dan Johnson |
| 08/26/80 | Annual Meeting | How Much to Save the Old Man (of the mountain) | Jaffrey Civic Center | Neils Nielsen, State of NH employee, bridge repair |
| 06/03/80 | Summer Program | Visit to Barenholtz Gallery | Bernard Barenholtz Farm, Marlborough | Bernard Barenholtz |
| 05/06/80 | Spring Program | Early Lighting | Jaffrey Civic Center | Lee and Vince Harding, Hancock antique shop owners |
| 03/04/80 | March Program | Show and Tell | Jaffrey Civic Center | JHS Members |
| 02/03/80 | Winter Program | Treasure Night | Jaffrey Civic Center | JHS Members |
| 12/03/79 | Christmas Program | Caroling and Conant High School Madrigal Choir | Jaffrey Civic Center | Dick Boutwell and students |
| 10/14/79 | Old Roads Tour | Mystery Jaffrey Tour | Jaffrey Civic Center | Dan Johnson and Home Belletete, JHS members |
| 08/27/79 | Annual Meeting | Reminiscences of Jaffrey | Jaffrey Civic Center | Edward Danforth, author |
| 06/05/79 | Summer Program | The Game Preserve | The Games Preserver, Peterborough | Bally and Lee Dennis, Peterborough |
| 04/03/79 | Spring Program | Bluegrass Music concert | Jaffrey Civic Center | "No Time Flat" band |
| 02/06/79 | Winter Program | Slide show: Gowns Worn by American First Ladies | Jaffrey Civic Center | JHS members |
| 12/05/78 | Christmas Program | Caroling; The Ainsworth Family (Rev. Laban Ainsworth) | Jaffrey Civic Center | Dick Boutwell; Dr. Walter Greene |
| 10/15/78 | Old Roads Tour | Mystery Jaffrey Tour | Jaffrey Civic Center | George Bradley and Esther Engvall |
| 08/28/78 | Annual Meeting | A History of the Jaffrey Historical Society | Jaffrey Civic Center | Homer Belletete and Jim Balentine |
| 04/23/78 | Spring Program | Smiling Gravestones and Bright Orange Meetinghouses | Jaffrey Civic Center | Peter Benes |
| 10/16/77 | Old Roads Tour | Mystery Jaffrey Tour | Jaffrey Civic Center | Homer Belletete and Dan Johnson |
| 08/22/77 | Annual Meeting | History of the Franco-American Settlement | Jaffrey Civic Center | Robert Perrault, Librarian of Franco-American Society |
| 04/25/77 | Spring Program | Marking Time: Sundials, Sandglasses, and Clocks | Jaffrey Civic Center | David Proper, historian, author, and musician |
| 08/23/76 | Annual Meeting | In the Shadow of Monadnock skits | Jaffrey Civic Center | Marilyn Simons, Jaffrey Librarian |
| 06/26/76 | Summer Program | Tours of Jaffrey sites and exhibit rooms; New England Transportation in the 1800s | Jaffrey Civic Center and Town Sites | JHS Members and Alfred Sawyer |
| 04/20/76 | Spring Program | A Panel on One Room Schooling | Jaffrey Civic Center | Henry Patey, Director of Hampshsire Country School and Dr. Joseph Stewart, Asst. Dean and Director Grad. Studies KSC |
| 02/17/76 | Winter Program | Covered Bridges | Jaffrey Civic Center | Randolph Gregory of Keene |
| 12/02/75 | Christmas Program | FPC Archeology; Look to the Mountain | Jaffrey Civic Center | Dr. Pamela Cressey, Archeology teacher; students from Jaffrey-Rindge Middle School |
| 10/26/75 | Old Roads Tour | Mystery Jaffrey Tour | Jaffrey Civic Center | Homer Belletete and Dan Johnson |
| 09/30/75 | Autumn Program | Quilting and Patchwork | Jaffrey Civic Center | Helen Johnson, Antrim and Florence Newsomb. |
| 08/26/75 | Annual Meeting | Bringing Amos Fortune Up to Date | Jaffrey Civic Center | Elizabeth Yates McGreal, author |
| 06/17/75 | Summer Program | Meetinghouse Bicentennial | Jaffrey Meeting House | Elizabeth Torrey, Henry Gallup, Rev. Alden Mosshammer, Helen Krause |
| 05/07/75 | Spring Program | Portsmouth: American Mosaic; Some Historical Excursions to Beckon You | Jaffrey Civic Center | Film shown; Dan and Jackie Johnson |
| 03/31/75 | Winter Program | The Hunters, or the Sufferings of Hugh and Francis in the Wilderness | Jaffrey Civic Center | Robert McCready, reader |
| 12/13/74 | Christmas Program | A Brief History of Railroading in the Monadnock Region; caroling | Jaffrey Civic Center | Robert Valentine, railroad hobbyist |
| 10/09/74 | Fall Special Event | Tea celebrating furnishings bequeathed to JHS | Jaffrey Civic Center | Given by Doran sisters of Jaffrey and Crabtrees of Peterborough |
| 08/26/74 | Annual Meeting | Discussion: Application of JHS for Inclusion in National Registry | Jaffrey Civic Center | Anne Wardwell, Consultant in Preservation and Historical Research |
| 01/22/74 | Winter Program | Country Fun | Jaffrey Civic Center | Howard Chase, piano tuner and author |
| 08/13+14/73 | Special Program | Jaffrey Bicentennial: A Fashion Show of Yester-Year | Jaffrey Meeting House | JHS members and Jaffrey citizens |
| 11/14/72 | Autumn Program | Slide show: Scenes of Jaffrey | Jaffrey Civic Center | Homer Belletete |
| 08/28/72 | Annual Meeting | Early American Portraiture | Jaffrey Meeting House | Russell Smith, retired Art Diector of Boston Museum of Fine Arts |
| 04/25/72 | Spring Program | The Art of Preparing Meals Over a Fire on the Open Hearth | Jaffrey Civic Center | Mrs. Samuel Lessey, Hancock |
| 01/25/72 | Winter Program | Review of Volume III of Jaffrey Town History | Jaffrey Civic Center | Alice Lehtinen, Georgia Eaves, John Poole |
| 10/24/71 | Old Roads Tour | Mystery Jaffrey Tour | Jaffrey Civic Center | Homer Belletete and Daniel Shattuck |
| 10/12/71 | Autumn Program | Past and Present Organs of Jaffrey | Boutwell home in Richmond, NH | Richard Boutwell |
| 08/23/71 | Annual Meeting | Artistry of American Indians | Meeting House | Charles (Bud) Thomson of Canterbury |
| 10/19/69 | Old Roads Tour | Mystery Jaffrey Tour | Jaffrey Civic Center | JHS Members |
| 08/25/69 | Annual Meeting | Homage to New England | Jaffrey Civic Center | Prof. David McCord |
| 02/24/69 | Winter Program | A Busman's Holiday | Jaffrey Civic Center | Charlotte and Clarence Derby, Peterborough |
| 11/27/68 | Autumn Program | Old Glass Bottles | Jaffrey Civic Center | George Chamberlain, Jaffrey |
| 08/00/68 | Annual Meeting | Fashion Show of Yesteryear | Jaffrey Civic Center | JHS Members |
| 03/25/68 | Spring Program | Old Time Songs | Jaffrey Civic Center | JHS Members |
| 02/26/68 | Winter Program | Old Valentines; modern Valentines display | Jaffrey Civic Center | Dr. Glyn Millard; 6th graders from Jaffrey Grade School |
| 01/29/68 | Winter Program | Remembering New Hampshire | Jaffrey Civic Center | JHS Members |
| 11/00/67 | Autumn Program | Old Glass Bottles | Jaffrey Civic Center | George Chamberlain, Jaffrey |
| 10/23/67 | Autumn Program | Weathervanes | Jaffrey Civic Center | Mrs. Howard Reaveley, Hancock |
| 10/01/67 | Old Roads Tour | Old Shaker Colony, Old Farmer Place, Farmer Trail, Marlborough Old Burying Grounds | Jaffrey Civic Center | |
| 09/25/67 | Autumn Program | Panel discussion: Old Roads | Jaffrey Civic Center | Daniel Johnson, Daniel Shattuck, Alice Lehtinen, Frederick Smith, Jason Sawyer, all of Jaffrey |
| 08/28/67 | Annual Meeting | Life on a New Hampshire Farm | Jaffrey Civic Center | Robert George |