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April 13, 2019November 24, 2022 Jamie Eves

Please Don’t Forget Me

Please Don't Forget Me Jamie Eves, Windham Town Historian, 13 April 2019 People often ask me why the Mill Museum does what it does, and the people who work here do what we do. Like school teachers, museum professionals work long hours for little pay. (And our volunteers don't get paid at all!) So, a … Continue reading Please Don’t Forget Me

March 20, 2019November 24, 2022 Jamie Eves

Mill Museum Blog

Blog posts by Jamie H. Eves, of Windham, CT's two Town Historians. A native of Maine, Eves moved to Connecticut with his wife and son in 1988 to complete a Ph.D. in History at the University of Connecticut. He began volunteering at the Mill Museum in 2005. He became the Museum's Executive Director in 2011. … Continue reading Mill Museum Blog

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