Erie Yesterday’s speakers bureau is an informal roster of individuals willing to present local history topics for groups, clubs, organizations and businesses. The roster features academics, amateur historians and local history enthusiasts – it features people who are committed to sharing historically accurate information in a compelling and engaging manner.
If you are interested in hosting a speaker listed on this roster, please contact the speaker directly. Fees and technology requirements vary from speaker to speaker.
The speakers bureau is ever-growing. To add a speaker to the roster, please complete the Speakers Bureau Submission Form.
Roster of Speakers
Domowicz, Geoffrey
Presentation Title: PA Contribution to the American Civil War
Description: Overview of PA and NW PA contributions to the American Civil War through first hand accounts. (Appropriate for adult and child audiences.)
Contact: GDomow1962@aol.com
Domowicz, Geoffrey
Presentation Title: Victorian Mourning and Funeral Practices
Description: Discover the origins of the funeral industry in the Victorian Era, symbolism and customs for many of our modern practices are revealed in this lecture. (Appropriate for adult and child audiences.)
Contact: GDomow1962@aol.com
Domowicz, Geoffrey
Presentation Title: Toys and Games of Yesterday
Description: This ”hands-on” program explores toys and games of years gone by and how many have evolved. (Appropriate for adult and child audiences.)
Contact: GDomow1962@aol.com
Domowicz, Geoffrey
Presentation Title: Foodways and Medicine
Description: Learn about various food and medicines of the early colonization of America to modern times. (Appropriate for adult and child audiences.)
Contact: GDomow1962@aol.com
Freeman, Sabina
Presentation Title: Cloud Busters
Description: The story of aviation in the Erie area between two World Wars. (Appropriate for adult and child audiences.)
Contact: sabinasfreeman@hotmail.com
Hansen, Tom
Presentation Title: Colonel Strong Vincent
Description: About one of Erie County’s most well-known Civil War heroes. (Appropriate for adult audiences.)
Contact: tommyreb@gmail.com
Hansen, Ashley
Presentation Title: Victorian Ladies
Description: A presentation about women’s fashion. (Appropriate for adult audiences.)
Contact: tommyreb@gmail.com
Hornby School Museum
Presentation Title: One Room Schoolhouses
Description: The history of one room schoolhouses told through the story of Hornby School. (Appropriate for adult and child audiences.)
Contact: 814.323.4404
Woods, Janet
Presentation Title: The Season of Mud and Snow*
Description: Discusses the maple sugaring seasons (in PA), between winter and spring, requirement of the fluctuation of freezing and thawing. This season is accompanied by snow, rain, freezing weather and above freezing days with some sunlight. Old timer’s once joked that Edinboro had two seasons: Mud and Snow–hence the presentation’s name. (Appropriate for adult and child audiences.)
Contact: 814.572.1358 or hurryhillfarm@verizon.net
Woods, Janet
Presentation Title: Interpreting and Preserving Pure Maple Syrup Historically*
Description: How the preservation of pure maple syrup has changed over time, historically. (Appropriate for adult audiences.)
Contact: 814.572.1358 or hurryhillfarm@verizon.net
Woods, Janet
Presentation Title: Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen*
Description: A presentation about the 1957 Newbery Award winning book that written here in Edinboro, PA about making maple syrup. (Appropriate for adult and child audiences.)
Contact: 814.572.1358 or hurryhillfarm@verizon.net
Woods, Janet
Presentation Title: Maple Sugaring in Northwestern Pennsylvania*
Description: Past and current processes and trends of maple sugaring in NW Pennsylvania. (Appropriate for adult and child audiences.)
Contact: 814.572.1358 or hurryhillfarm@verizon.net
*These presentations can be combined and tailored to suit the needs of the requesting group and their time constraints.