Join us at the Southwest Harbor Public Library on Thursday, August 15th at 5:30 for a three-part talk “Edith and Doris: History, Writing, and Photographs” about Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) and Doris Fielding Reid (1895-1973). There will be a slide presentation of Hamilton and Reid by local author/playwright Carolyn Gage, a discussion about Hamilton's writings and cultural significance by professors Judith Peller Hallett and Donald Lateiner, and a slideshow of generations of family photographs taken at their home on Seawall Point by Dorrit Castle, Doris Fielding Reid's great niece. Online viewing is available. Registration recommended.

Hamilton was a celebrated educator —headmistress of the all-female Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore from 1896-1922, and renowned author, best known for her books on ancient Greek and Roman literature and classical mythology. Reid, her life partner, was a pioneering female stockbroker. From 1922 onward, the two women spent their summers at their cottage on Seawall Point in Manset.

For questions or for more information, call the Library at 207-244-7065, visit www.swhplibrary.org, or email programs@swhplibrary.org. 

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