Newsletters

Since our 300th anniversary in 2010, the twice-yearly News of the Weeks Brick House & Gardens has expanded to include articles of interest on local history and genealogy as well as organizational news and reports on building preservation and property care. In 2010 the plan was to eventually build an online archive of newsletters as a service to members and researchers of Greenland history and Weeks family history. This page is the realization of that online newsletter archive plan.. 

Note: There is a one-year holdback on posting our newsletters. To always get the latest news … and to read the most recent newsletters, join the Weeks Brick House & Gardens on our Membership Page.

In this issue:

• WBH Annual Meeting Sept. 19
• Greenland’s 300th Celebration
• Garden & Grounds Cleanup Day
• Website Redesign Almost Complete
• Membership/Donation Form 
• Member Proxy Form
• Trail Maintenance Day

News of the WBH&G – Spring/Summer 2020

This issue includes (1)announcement of suspension of the WBH Annual Meeting Weekend, (2) a look ahead to Greenland’s 300th Anniversary in 2021, (3) a report on the socially-distanced garden clean-up day, (4) a report on the delay of Phase II of the window restoration project, (5) an appreciation of the generous bequest of Wallace W. Robinson (1924-2019), and (6) an article on New England’s 18th-century prosperity from the slavery-based economy — and how we can make local history useful in the present. To read this issue, join the Weeks Brick House & Gardens on our Membership Page.

This issue includes (1) the WBH board of directors’ call for funding the window repair and preservation project, (2) From the Editor (“When a flinty self-reliant old Yankee makes a fund-raising plea, the situation must be serious”), (3) a spring clean-up day recap, and (4) a preview of the 2019 Annual Meeting Weekend.

This issue includes (1) a report on spring garden prep and trail work, (2) a preview of the 2018 Annual Meeting weekend, (3) the donation of four 18th-century Weeks family chairs to the collection, and (4) an obituary of Greenland historian and longtime friend of the Weeks Brick House, Paul F. Hughes.

This issue includes (1) a report on the mid-May clean-up day, (2) a preview of the WBH Annual Meeting activities, (3) an article on the Mark Hopkins (1813-1878) estate fiasco that lured some Weeks descendants in the 1920s, (4) an article on planned giving, (5) a thank you to annual and life members, and (6) a photo montage of clean-up day labors.

This issue includes (1) a report on the multi-faceted spring clean-up day for the gardens, grounds, and trails, (2) a preview of the 2016 annual meeting, (3) an analysis of our Facebook page visitor statistics, (4) a thank you to annual and life members, and (5) a profile of Walter Weeks (1706-1774) and family, the second owner/occupants of the Weeks Brick House.

This issue includes (1) a report on getting the property back in shape after the extreme battering of winter 2015, (2) a preview of the annual meeting, (3) an article on forethought in estate planning and charitable giving, and (4) a preview of items available at the annual meeting silent auction.

This issue includes (1) an article on the geographically-scattered board keeping up with a long to-do list, (2) a preview of the 2014 Annual Meeting, (3) an update on our Memorial Brick Walkway program, and (4) reviews of two recently-reprinted books of interest to genealogists with New Hampshire roots, the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire (1928-1939), and Pioneers of Maine & New Hampshire (1908).

This issue includes articles on (1) WBH finances and member attrition, (2) plans for the 2013 Annual Meeting, (3) the centennial of the Migratory Bird Act sponsored by U.S. Rep. John Wingate Weeks in 1913, (4) the continuing Memorial Brick Walkway project at the Weeks Brick House, and (5) the collaboration of the Weeks Brick House with the Sidewalk Farms initiative.

This issue includes a preview of 2012 events, a report on our attendance at the Historic New England Affiliate Forum, and an article on hosting the meeting of the New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association at the Weeks Brick House. Feature articles in this issue include: (1) a plan and call for volunteers for the 2012 campaign against invasive plant species on our conservation land; (2) an article on the donation of two beehives (24,000 bees!) to our gardens by Kagen Weeks; (3) an article by board member Jean Eno on encouraging the bat population on the property by installing a new bat house; (4) a map detailing the 300-plus years of Weeks family homes throughout Greenland, N.H.; and (5) a profile of Capt. Francis Champernowne (1614-1687), the adventurer and early settler of Greenland who is known to have hired family progenitor Leonard Weeks (1633-1707).

In addition to a preview of 2011 events, features in this issue are: (1) an article about the centennial of the “Weeks Act” that paved the way for the National Forest system, legislation credited in part to a congressman from Massachusetts, John Wingate Weeks (1860-1926); (2) an article by Master Gardener Leslie Stevens on the rationale for our WWII-era Victory Garden; (3) an article on the donation to the Weeks Brick House of the death mask of Dr. Cyrus Weeks (1806-1875); and (4) an editorial on the long-term sustainability of the house and farmstead by board member, editor, and museum professional R.W. Bacon.

Generations of history nestled in beautiful Greenland New Hampshire.

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