March 1, 2021 – October 8, 2021
Online/ Silver Center for the Arts, Lobby Gallery
Co-curated by MWM Intern, Annalise Fazzina’21, with support from Marcia Schmidt Blaine, Mary Anne Saul, Alice Staples, Louise McCormack, Cynthia Cutting, Rebecca Enman, and in collaboration with PSU Advancement, Alumni Affairs, Lamson Library’s Spinelli Archives, and Silver Center for the Arts.
In celebration of Plymouth State’s 150 year anniversary in 2021, this exhibition will be a three-dimensional timeline running through the Silver Center for the Arts Lobby, telling the history in 150 objects. The exhibition aims to highlight the sense of place at Plymouth State that has always been important for the people who live, work, teach, and learn here. Images, artifacts, and stories gathered from all corners of the past and present PSU community will illustrate how Plymouth State continues to grow and evolve, responding to the needs and circumstances of its campus and community.
This exhibition is part of the larger year-long celebration of Plymouth State’s 150 years.
Exhibition Space
Close Ups
Display Cases
Display Case Close Ups
Read Mary Anne Hyde Saul’s article about her father, President Hyde:
There is so much rich history already available in other Plymouth State online resources!
The Museum of the White Mountains has gratefully included images and text from many of these resources in the physical exhibition. In this online setting, you will be able to peruse many more wonderful images and information!
- Plymouth State Presidents through time
- Plymouth State Traditions
- The history of Plymouth State’s campus buildings
- Want to see your yearbook? You can find PSU yearbooks archived here
- PSU publications like The Conning Tower and Plymouth Magazine have been archived here
- You can browse wonderful Historical PSU photos by theme here
- Since 2011, Plymouth State presidents have been selecting their favorite student artworks from the annual student juried exhibition. Artworks from the collection are rotated to be seen in offices, hallways, and various common areas across campus. See the President’s Collection of student artworks here
- Many students in the early days of Plymouth State, created scrapbooks with notes, photos, and artifacts from their experiences. See an example of an entire 1905 scrapbook, here
- In 2020, Spinelli Archives Director, Alice Staples, began collecting COVID-19 stories and artifacts
Timeline
Thank You!
This exhibition was made possible because of the many generous people who offered their time, research, writing, personal stories, historical objects, and creative ideas. The Museum of the White Mountains staff wish to heartily thank:
Project Advisory group:
Mary Anne Hyde Saul
Marcia Schmidt Blaine
Alice Staples
Louise McCormack
Project Intern:
Annalise Fazzina ’21
Spinelli Archive Artifact Research:
Alissa Helm
Silver Center Staff:
Stuart Crowell
Susanne Hastings
Thank you to the entire PSU Advancement Team for their help in connecting to Alumni, their stories, and wonderful mementoes:
Rodney Eckstrom Brian Gagnon John Scheinman Ann Thurston
Thank you to our lenders
Spinelli Archives and Special Collections
President Donald L. Birx
President Emerita Sara Jayne Steen
Liz Ahl
PSU Alumni Relations
Christian Bisson
Deborah Bordeau ‘82
Joseph Boyer
Richard Campbell ‘60
Peter S. Cofran ’76 ‘88G
John Colburn ‘65
Janet Condon-Krieger ‘77
Mitzi Dearborn
David Delano ‘82
Hannah Dutton ‘17
Hannah Gaudet ‘21
Althea M. Goundrey ’87 ‘96G
A. Patricia Harlow ‘44
Jamie Hannon
Nancy Lewonchuk ‘21
Trish Lindberg
Barbara Lopez-Mayhew
Linda MacDonald ‘13
Gary McCool
Louise McCormack
Mary Ann McGarry
Richard Ober
Plymouth Historical Society
Larry Presby ‘58
Mary Anne and Bert Hyde Saul
Gypsey Teague ‘70
Diane Tiffany ‘76
Ken Williams ’75 ’80 M. Ed.
Roma Wing ‘53
With Assistance and Ideas from
Mark Anderson/ Physical Plant
Angie Riccardi
Kristen Hersom
