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Early Colonial History
- Date: February 16, 2006
- Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
- Location: Beverly Public Library
- Primary resources
- Emerson Baker
- Professor of History
- Salem State College
- Ph.D., College of William and Mary, 1986
www.salemstate.edu/~ebaker - Emerson "Tad" Baker is Professor of History and chair of the History Department at Salem State College. He is the author of numerous works on the history and archaeology early New England He was the managing editor of American Beginnings: Exploration, Culture and Cartography in the Land of Norumbega, a History Book of the Month Club selection. Most recently he is the co-author of the award-winning biography of Sir William Phips, The New England Knight. Baker was a consultant and on-camera expert for the recent PBS-TV series Colonial House and has appeared on other shows for national and local television. A former museum director and past chair of the Maine Humanities Council, Baker has consulted for National Geographic, the National Parks Service, Parks Canada, and other cultural organizations. He also directs the Old Berwick Historical Society's excavations at the Chadbourne Site (1643-1690), which take place every August in South Berwick, Maine.
