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AUGUSTA — Patsy Garside Crockett was elected president of the Kennebec Historical Society at the group’s annual meeting, held Sept. 20 at the Maine State Library. Society members reelected Vice President Bruce Kirkham, Secretary Emily Schroeder, Treasurer Ernest Plummer and board of directors members Stefanie Barley, Richard Bridges and Anne Cough.
John Lawrence and outgoing President Kent London were also elected to the board. Crockett, of Augusta, a Kennebec County commissioner and former state representative said she is pleased to join the “family of members” again.
She was the society’s secretary in the early 1990s and an executive committee member from 1996 to 1998. Her late husband, Robert Crockett, was the society’s president from 1995 to 1997, and their granddaughter Sarah Ann Crockett became the society’s youngest life member several years ago when she joined while a sixth-grade student at Maranacook Community School in Readfield.
“The society has made great progress in the years since Bob and I were in a leadership role, and I look forward to working with so many members of our community who are dedicated to the preservation of our many interesting items in the growing archives and display area of our Kennebec Historical Society headquarters on Winthrop Street in Augusta,” Crockett said in a prepared statement. “I hope to spread the word to folks that they are welcome to come to their society and do research about their family, other families who have build our area, look at many old papers and magazines and see the many photographs. This is the Kennebec Historical Society, which means we have items of interest from all parts of Kennebec County. It truly is your historical headquarters.”
The Kennebec Historical Society was founded in 1891 and has about 425 members. Its headquarters, the Henry Weld Fuller Jr. House, at 107 Winthrop St., is open to the public 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and by appointment.
Researchers are encouraged to call 607-622-7718 for information about the society or its archive and library.
