The Vineyard Haven Library is pleased to welcome local historian Bow Van Riper on Tuesday, May 27th at 6:00 PM for a presentation on Association Hall and the History of Vineyard Haven. This event will be held at the Katharine Cornell Theatre located at 51 Spring Street in Vineyard Haven (above the Tisbury Town Hall). Free and open to the public. No registration required.
Van Riper’s presentation will focus on the history of Vineyard Haven—from back-of-beyond outpost to gateway to the Island, from schooner port to summer-resort community and center for the arts—through the lens of the many uses to which the 1845 building that houses the Katharine Cornell Theatre has been put.
“Association Hall and the History of Vineyard Haven” is part of a three-part series related to the Katharine Cornell Theatre to be presented by Bow Van Riper in 2025. Future talks include “History on Plaster: The Stan Murphy Murals” and “Katharine Cornell and the Vineyard” (dates to be announced).
A historian for 40 years (so far) A. Bowdoin "Bow" Van Riper received his BA from Brown University and his MA and PhD from the University of Wisconsin—Madison. He taught at the college level for more than 20 years and is the author, editor, or co-editor of 22 books and over 100 articles. He has been Research Librarian at the Martha's Vineyard Museum since 2014.
A third-generation washashore, Bow first came to the Island in 1963, at the age of 3 months, and moved here permanently in December 2011. He lives on the shores of Vineyard Haven Harbor in a 19th century house where, as far as he can tell, nothing of historical significance ever happened.
For more information, please contact the library at (508) 696-4211 or vhpl_programs@clamsnet.org, or consult the library website: https://www.vhlibrary.org.
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