Illustrating My 250th Anniversary Book

I'm working on some illustrations for my 250th anniversary book about Plymouth, NH.  I'm also looking to find the negatives for photos I took when writing the original newspaper columns and magazine articles. 

I've discovered, the more I do it, the more I enjoy sketching for my books.

Editing Commemorative Plymouth, NH Book Material

After printing off a list of the columns I've collected so far for my commemorative book, I began editing.  I'm deciding which ones are repetitious, which should be included and which should be cut or left in their entirety. 

Now I'm trying to fathom an order for them...topical or chronological. 

Do I find photos to include?  I think I still have photos and/or negatives that I took to accompany some of the columns.  Do I make sketches?

What should I use as a cover?

Any suggestions?

250th Anniversary Ideas for Commemorative Book

Some of the columns and articles I'm dug up from my files concerning the history of Plymouth are listed below.  I'm reading through them to determine whether to rewrite or use them as they are.  Probably I'll have to edit many of them, perhaps making them shorter.  As I searched among my writings, I discovered I have even more than I thought about Plymouth's history.

• Writing for this Paper
• Following the Historic Coos Road
• Tradition of Town Meetings
• The Early Roads of Plymouth
• Plymouth's Early Pottery Industry
• Plymouth's Pottery Industry
• The Mayhew Turnpike
• Plymouth's Rich Mill History
• The Rutherford House No More
• Plymouth's Early Institution of Higher Learning
• The Congregational Church Bell
• Bells of Plymouth
• Baseball Lore from D & M (Draper Maynard)
• Old D & M Catalogs
• Col. David Webster of Plymouth
• Tidbits from Stearn's History of Plymouth, NH
• Historical Markers Dot Plymouth Area Landscape
• Plymouth's Old Cemeteries
• The Russell-Colbath House
• Fox Pease Family Has Long Plymouth Heritage
• Capt. Harl Pease, Jr: a Plymouth Hero
• Plymouth's Historic Library
• Young Ladies Library Association
• The Pemi Women's Club
• Christmas in New England
• Christmas at Clarkland
• New Hampshire's "Connectors"
• The Plymouth Court Houses
• Daniel Webster's Plymouth Connection
• 60 Years of Theater History
• Covered Bridges in the Valley
• Pemi-Baker Region Covered Bridges of Yesteryear
• The Historic Whittemore Farm of Plymouth
• History of Your Home
• The State Fair Tradition
• Hawthorne's New Hampshire & Plymouth Connection
• Plymouth Once "Snow Bowl" of New England
• George Clark and the Boy Scout Drinking Fountain

Searching for Articles for my book

I'm going through articles I've written since the late 1970s for local newspapers about the history of our town.  They were very popular in my "Up & Down the Valley" column, so should be of interest, with some editing, for a book commenorating the 250th celebration of Plymouth, NH.

Among these articles/columns I've found:

• History of various houses
• Founding of the town
• Early settlers
• Inns
• Railroads
• Early roads
• Early industries
• Prominent families
• Interesting landmarks

Celebrating Plymouth, NH's 250th Anniversary

Many events and activities are in the planning stages for the 250th Anniversary of Plymouth, NH throughout 2012.  Since I've done a great deal of writing about the town where I live (current activities as a news reporter and historical events as a columnist), I thought, "Why not compile my writings?"

So, I'm planning a compilation of my writings about the history of this area.  These appeared in my Up and Down the Valley column for the Plymouth weekly newspaper and as New Hampshire of Yesteryear for Summer Week/Ski Week.

So.....stay tuned for updates on this book and others!!