This is a sampling of things I've written or produced over the years.
Or articles or photos in which I appear.
Antarctic
Family & Genealogy
Harvard Travellers Club
Jaffrey
Jaffrey Center Village Improvement Society
Articles by or about me
Letters to the Editor
Cartoons
Christmas Cards
SIAFU
Trips & Travels
Miscellaneous & Other
ANTARCTIC Also see Error & Terror Press. Some duplication.
Historical Timeline of Antarctic Exploration. 1999.An Antarctic Evening. Held to honor The Hon. Alexandra Shackleton…Hosted by Miss Margot Morrell… 1999.
Exploring Leadership: You and Shackleton 2000.
Your Hero, My Hero. The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration 2000.
An Antarctic Dinner Aboard the Discovery in Dundee 2001.
Shackleton(s) in Boston. Prepared for the Journal of the James Caird Society.
Trans-Norway Antarctic Expedition. 2003.
A Nimrod Quiz, October 2009.
Park Theatre appreciation program Monadnock Ledger-Transcript?, 27 January 2011.
Park Theatre presentation Monadnock Ledger-Transcript?, 13 January 2011.Feature on Rob Stephenson Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 18 January 2011.
An Endurance Quiz, October 2014.
Athy Beer mat, for O'Briens.
Review of To the Edges of the Earth... by Edward J. Larson, 2018.
Three Days & Nights in King's Lynn. A presentation made at Athy, October 2022. Text.
A £15,000 Cheque. The Erebus & Terror Press, 2023.
Agnes Recalls. Some Recollections of Growing up in Nashua at 5 Columbia Avenue. Supplemented with other family matters. 2005.
Bio for 50th Dartmouth reunion. No date (2013).
Buxton Family Association Newsletters: 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
750th Meeting. Introduction from the Keepsake. 2003.
A Brief Historical Note on the Harvard Travellers Club. Appears in later Year Books.
The Founding. Centenary Minute No. 1. January 8, 2002.
Club Seal. Centenary Minute No. 2. February 12, 2002.
Venues. Centenary Minute No. 3. May 2003.
Meetings. Centenary Minute No. 4. May 2003.
Food. Centenary Minute No. 5. May 28, 2003.
The Jaffrey Center Occasional Four issues appeared in 1979-80JAFFREY CENTER VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY
Crossword puzzle From the Occasional; appeared in the Monadnock Ledger.Jaffrey Then and Now; Changes in Community Character. By Robert B. Stephenson & Catherine L. Seiberling. 1994
Historic Churches & Meetinghouses of the Monadnock Region. Jaffrey Historic District Commission. 1996.
Willa Cather in Jaffrey. Issued by the Jaffrey Historical Society. Written by Margaret Bean. Studies in Jaffrey History No. 1. Produced by Robert Stephenson. 2005
Luke Howe, M.D.; An Extraordinary Physician in Jaffrey. Issued by the Jaffrey Historical Society. Written by D. Glyn Millard, M.D. Produced by Robert Stephenson. Studies in Jaffrey History No. 2. 2005
Viggo Brandt-Erichsen in Jaffrey. Issued by the Jaffrey Historical Society. Written by Margaret Bean. Produced by Robert Stephenson. Studies in Jaffrey History No. 3. 2006
The Honorable John Conant 1790-1877. Issued by the Jaffrey Historical Society. Written by Clare Forcier Sullivan. Produced by Robert Stephenson. Studies in Jaffrey History No. 4. 2017
A Guide to the Public Cemeteries of Jaffrey 2006.
Guide at the Old Burying Ground Text. 1981-82.
The Baptist Weathervane. Regarding the weathervane now atop the Jaffrey Post Office. 2008
Gold Disapears from Jaffrey Post Office. 2008Monadnock 4. Jaffrey's Fire Museum. Issued by the Jaffrey Historical Society. 2014
Conant Cemetery Walking Tour. Jaffrey Historical Society and the Jaffrey Cemetery Committee. 2016.
Old Burying Ground Walking Tour. Jaffrey Historical Society and the Jaffrey Cemetery Committee. 2017.
Phillips-Heil Cemetery Walking Tour. Jaffrey Historical Society and the Jaffrey Cemetery Committee. 2018.
Village Cemetery Walking Tour. Jaffrey Historical Society and the Jaffrey Cemetery Committee. 2019.
Cutter Cemetery Walking Tour. Jaffrey Historical Society and the Jaffrey Cemetery Committee. 2021.
St. Patrick Cemetery Walking Tour. Jaffrey Historical Society and the Jaffrey Cemetery Committee. 2022.
Old Burying Ground Walking Tour—Veterans edition. Jaffrey Historical Society and the Jaffrey Cemetery Committee. 2023.
250th Anniversary Jaffrey New Hampshire Program. 2023.
George didn't live in Jaffrey. An article by Jane Eklund appearing in the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 4 April 2024.
Garden Gala at the Pokorny's 29 August 1999.Mardi Gras 9 February 2002.
Grecian Odyssey at The Inn 28 March 2004.
Yankee Doodle Dandy Dinner 13 March 2005.
Marshal the Willing Forces; A Centennial History of the Jaffrey Center Village Improvement Society. 2006
VIS 100: Clambake 23 July 2005.
VIS 100: Musicale at the Meetinghouse 13 August 2005.
VIS 100: Sweden at the Shattuck 19 March 2006.
VIS 100: Civic Center reception and Morris Dancing & May-Pole 21 April 2006 & 29 April 2006.
VIS 100: The Grand Centennial Banquet 22 July 2006.
Gallic Gathering at The Inn 25 March 2007.
Soup & Song at the Shattuck 15 March 2008.
Potluck Picnic in the Park 17 August 2008.
A St. Patrick's Day Party at The Inn 15 March 2009.
Potluck Picnic in the Park 23 August 2009.
Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring Farmhouse Dinner 14 March 2010.
Potluck Picnic in the Park 22 August 2010.
Planners Board Buses. Cincinnati Enquirer date unknown.LETTERS TO THE EDITORMy bookshop in the Oribe Barn Monadnock Ledger, April 1981.
My bookshop in the Oribe Barn Monadnock Ledger, 15 April, 1981.
My bookshop in the Oribe Barn Monadnock Ledger, 16 April, 1981.
My bookshop in the Oribe Barn Monadnock Ledger, 1 July, 1981.Walking Tour Monadnock Ledger?, 16 July 1981.
Kayaking on the Contoocook Monadnock Ledger, 7 May 1987.
Kayaking on the Contoocook Monadnock Ledger, 24 June 1987.Street lights at Town Meeting Monadnock Ledger, 17 March 1988.
Street lights at Town Meeting Monadnock Ledger, 18 March 1988.Sewer funding plan vote at Town Meeting Monadnock Ledger?, date unknown.
Jaffrey man coordinating statewide 'town meeting.' Peterborough Transcript, date unknown.
George Jaffrey Located in Missouri (With Lucy). Monadnock Ledger, date unknown.
Location of new court house Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 8 February 1996.
Volunteer of the Year Monadnock Ledger-Transcript?, 29 January 2004.
Volunteer of the Year Transcript, ? January 2004.Preserving the Meetinghouse Keene Sentinel, 20 August 2004.
TEAM Jaffrey grant Monadnock Ledger-Transcript?, 22 December 2005.
NHPA award Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 15 May 2008.
Monadnock at Home presentation Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 20 May 2008.
Garden Club honors Monadnock Ledger-Transcript?, 3 November 2009.
Census form Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 20 April 2010.
Seats of Jaffrey Government An article as submitted to the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript. 2010
Seats of Jaffrey Government Monadnock Ledger-Transcript?, 2 September 2010.Cutter Cemetery As submitted to the Keene Sentinel. 2010
Cutter Cemetery Keene Sentinel, 7 December 2010.Jaffrey Town Office As submitted to the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 27 February 2011.
Jaffrey Town Office Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 1 March 2011.Prescott's Inn As submitted to the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, with supporting material. 2011
Prescott Tavern Monadnock Ledger-Transcript?, 31 March 2011.Citizen of the Year ?.
Citizen of the Year Keene Sentinel, 17 February 2012.
Citizen of the Year Monadnock Ledger-Transcript?, 24 February 2012.
Citizen of the Year Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 21 February 2012.Schoolhouse No. 1 As submitted to the Keene Sentinel. 2012
Schoolhouse No. 1 Keene Sentinel, 21 September 2012.The Sawyers boiling sap Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 27 March 2014.
The Melville (Stone) House As submitted to the Keene Sentinel. 2014.
The Melville (Stone) house Keene Sentinel, 15 July 2014.Monadnock 4 Firehouse Museum Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 28 August 2014.
Fashion Plates Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 9 October 2014.
Emily Preston volunteer of the year Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 24 March 2015.
Restoring Gold Star memorial Monadnock Ledger-Transcript?, 21 April 2016.
Senior housing on St. Pat's lot Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 9 June 2016.
Photograph of Overview Farm Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 14 December 2017.
Mystery Photo Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 21 August 2018.
Gathering was a Ho-Hum Affair Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 15 March 2022.
Resolution for serving on Meetinghouse Committee Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 28 March 2024.
Americans, show Africa that you care! John Robinson piece appearing in the Boston Globe. Date unknown.
Americans, show Africa that you care! My letter in response appearing in the Boston Globe. Date unknown.West Side IRT New York Times. Date unknown (early 1970s).
New Left Target New York Times, 29 March 1970.
Jaywalking in Boston As submitted to the Boston Globe, 9 October 1975.
Jaywalking in Boston As appeared in the Boston Globe, 28 October 1975.Jaywalking Question as appeared to the Boston Globe, 18 August 1975.
Parking To Ted Leach, Monadnock Ledger, 27 July 1982.
Dublin Road changes Peterborough Transcript, 7 December 1982.
National Register To Ted Leach, Monadnock Ledger, 17 January 1983.
Struggling to survive with dignity Peterborough Transcript, 25 April 1985.
Struggling to survive with dignity Peterborough Transcript, 30 April 1985.Regarding proposed nuclear waste storage facility Peterborough Transcript, 17 April 1986.
Deke's Sad End Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, May 1993.
Jaffrey looks toward the past to define the future, 5 April 1998.
Map for bypass hearing Keene Sentinel, 14 April 1998.Regarding Keene Bypass Keene Sentinel, 27 February 2000.
Regarding DOT chief Keniston Keene Sentinel, 28 December 2000.
Regarding Monadnet Keene Sentinel, 28 December 2000. Unclear whether this appeared or not.
Regarding roundabouts Keene Sentinel, 13 June 2001.
Retirement center Keene Sentinel, 31 December 2001.
County jail site selection process Keene Sentinel, 2 April 2003.
Jaffrey and Peterborough questionable decisions Monadnock Ledger, 13 October 2005.
Supporting Clay Hollister's campaign Keene Sentinel, 12 March 2006.
Penguin cartoon The New Yorker, 7 February 2007.
Regarding school deliberative session attendance Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 13 February 2007.
Wishing Brandon Gray good luck Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 17 April 2007.
Rollins Chapel Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, 2008.
Proposed development in Bennington Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, February 2008.
Proposed development in Bennington Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 12 February 2008.Regarding Trader Joes coming to NH Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 3 June 2008.
Aunt Agnes voting for Obama Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 21 October 2008.
Regarding paper delivery after ice storm Keene Sentinel, 3 January 2009.
Three Sawyers boiling sap Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 19 March 2009.
Regarding a school master plan Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 14 July 2009.
Depressing views Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 8 April 2010.
Climate change article Keene Sentinel, 25 July 2010.
Climate change letter Keene Sentinel, 3 August 2010.
Ward response to climate change letter Keene Sentinel, 1 September 2010.Ice storm Keene Sentinel, 2 February 2011.
Another museum with its founders entombed Country Life, 24 April 2011.
Town Office / Community Center A piece for the Monadnock Ledger. 2011.
Sand Hill & Old Street Roads Monadnock Ledger-Transcript?, 24 April 2012.
The New Park Theatre Monadnock Ledger-Transcript?, 27 November 2012.
Affect/Effect Keene Sentinel, 28 December 2012.
Duffy Monahon Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 30 January 2013.
Uniforms and Feathers Monadnock Ledger-Transcript?, 14 June 2013.
Roy Burgoyne 2014. Unclear whether this appeared or not.
Utilities and our trees Keene Sentinel, 3 September 2015.
Utilities and our trees Keene Sentinel, 8 September 2015.Keene Historic District Keene Sentinel, 14 August 2016.
Keene Historic District Keene Sentinel, 16 August 2016.A Troy Trust Fund Keene Sentinel, 6 September 2016.
Missing Marzanos Monadnock Ledger-Transcript?, 6 September 2016.
Liberal machine Keene Sentinel, 28 September 2016.
Proper spelling helps in an argument Keene Sentinel, 3 October 2016.Democrat party Keene Sentinel, 2 February 2017.
Jumanji in Jaffrey Keene Sentinel?, 24 December 2017.
Angus for President Keene Sentinel?, 12 December 2018.
Missing Democratic candidates Monadnock Ledger-Transcript?", 12 March 2019.
Meng Chi Tsen Keene Sentinel?, 15 October 2019.
School budget hearing Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 16 January 2020.
Wellness Center Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 24 February 2020.
Mystery Photo Shopper News, 26 April 2020.
Flag etiquette Keene Sentinel, 16 October 20??
Main Street Keene Sentinel, 28 January 2023
Pickles Keene Sentinel, 18 September 2023
Pickles Keene Sentinel, 26 September 2023Why let the state run liquor stores? Keene Sentinel, 29 April 2024
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
SIAFU London to Cape Town and back again. 1972-73.
My journal: 35th Reunion. Gargunnock House, Stirling, Scotland, 7-14 September 2007.
New Zealand & Australia (and round the world). 1965 & 1966. PowerPoint
New Zealand & Australia: Then & Now. 1965 & 1966. PowerPoint
Australian Universities. 1965 & 1966. PowerPoint
Jungle Trekking in Liberia. 1976.
UK. November & December 1988.
UK, Coast-to-coast. October 1995.
The Autumnal Peregrinations of Divers Ladies, to wit Fran Larkin, Betty Bechtel, Nancy Glanville, Nancy Sweetland and Margaret Marting, through Certain Towns, Villages and Rural Settings of New England. 1996.
UK, Cardiff. January & February 1999.
UK, Goddards. May & June 1999.
Irish Jaunt. May 2000.
American Polar Society, Boulder, Colorado. October 2000.
Ohio State University. October 2000.
London. October & November 2000.
Chicago & the Newberry Library. December 2000.
Scotland Gargunnock House. April & May 2001.
London. September & October 2001.
Washington, Phoenix & Las Vegas. November & December 2001.
Bryn Mawr & Annapolis. April 2002.
Wortham Manor Garden Party. September 22, 2002.
UK, Norway. April & May 2003. For photographs and another version of the commentary go to http://www.rs41.org/Trips/norway.htm
Sackville Shout. Issue 2, April 2003.
Iceland and the UK. September 2004. Also Discovery dinner and auction
Italy, Sant' Antonio. November 2004.
New York & New Jersey. February 2005.
Berlin, Danube, Prague. April & May 2005.
Wiltshire, Cloth Fair, Cambridge. November 2005.
Ireland & England. October & November 2006.
Ohio State University. April 2007.
New York City & the Levinson sale. May 2007.
Pennsylvania, DC, Annapolis, Rehoboth. June 2007.
Scotland Gargunnock House (SIAFU reunion). September 2007. For photographs and another version of the commentary go to http://www.rs41.org/Trips/siafuphotos.htm
Scotland Auchinleck House. September 2007. For photographs and another version of the commentary go to http://www.rs41.org/Trips/boswell.
See the Auchinleck Argus
France. September 2007.
Athy, UK. October & November 2007. For photographs and another version of the commentary go to http://www.rs41.org/Trips/athy2.htm
London, Cambridge, Plymouth, Cardiff. June 2008. For photographs and another version of the commentary go to http://www.rs41.org/Trips/plymouth.htm
Athy. October & November 2008. For photographs and another version of the commentary go to http://www.rs41.org/Trips/athy3.htm
Ireland & England. Obriss Farm, Princelet Street. October & November 2009.
California, New Zealand, Australia. April-June 2010. Incomplete. For photographs and another version of the commentary go to http://www.rs41.org/Trips/nzaus.htm
Syracuse, New York City. October 2010.
London, Plymouth, Cardiff, Field House. November & May & June 2011.
The West including SIAFU Calgary reunion. July 2012.
Athy, UK. October & November 2012. For photographs and another version of the commentary go to http://www.rs41.org/Trips/athy8a.htm
Athy, UK, Spain. October & November 2013. For photographs and another version of the commentary go to http://www.rs41.org/Trips/ariz2014a.htm
Arizona & Nevada. March 2014. For photographs and another version of the commentary go to http://www.rs41.org/Trips/ariz2014a.htm
Dublin, Plymouth. August 2014. For photographs and another version of the commentary go to http://www.rs41.org/Trips/plymouth2014a.htm
Athy, UK. October & November 2014. For photographs and another version of the commentary go to http://www.rs41.org/Trips/athy9a.htm
Scotland, SouthPole-sium, UK, Spain. April & May 2015. For photographs and another version of the commentary go to http://www.rs41.org/Trips/ScotlandSpain2015a.htm
Athy, UK. October & November 2015. For photographs and another version of the commentary go to http://www.rs41.org/Trips/athy10a.htm and http://www.rs41.org/Trips/uk12a.htm
Oslo. December 2015. For photographs and another version of the commentary go to http://www.rs41.org/Trips/osloa.htm
Thanksgiving, Syracuse. November & December 2015.
UK, New Inn. May 2016. For photographs and another version of the commentary go to http://www.rs41.org/Trips/UK%20May16a.htm
Maine & New Brunswick. November & July 2016.
Athy, UK. October & November 2016.
Oslo. November & December 2016.
Jaffrey to Florida and return. March & April 2018.
How I Carve a Headstone. Frankie Bunyard describes how she carves a headstone. This appeared in the Newsletter of the Association of Gravestone Studies. Vol 6, No 1, Winter 1981-82. I designed the text.
An Extraordinary Elixir. A paper presented to The Speckled Band of Boston. 1984.
Connecticut River brochure. Connecticut River Heritage Trail. 1999. 24pp.
Signs of the Times. Catalog of an Exhibit at the Historical Society of Cheshire County, 2023-24.
Some Meetinghouses and Historic Churches of New England. An Exhibit at RiverMead, Peterborough, NH, March 12-April 18, 2024.
Karen Ayers obituary Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 16 April 2024.
9. SIAFU Powerpoint show of trip. http://home.comcast.net/~rs41/SIAFUFromPPTFromKey. html.
10. HTC yearbook intro
14. YPO booklet
17. Town meeting postcards
18. Towns of the Monadnock Region
21. PowerPoint show: Antarctic collecting.
http://www.antarctic-circle.org/collecting.html
22. PowerPoint show: First Landings. http://www.antarctic-circle.org/firstlandings.html
23. Low-Latitude Antarctic Gazetteer. http://www.antarctic-circle.org/llagNEW.htm
24. Antarctic book reviews. http://www.antarctic-circle.org/book.htm
TRIPS & TRAVELS
First notice.
Gargunnock Gnews. Second edition.
Gargunnock Gnews. Final issue, July 2001.
The Wortham Word. Premiere issue, July 2001.
Newsletter.
Obriss Farm Garden Party invitation.
Field House Garden Party. June 11, 2011.
MISCELLANEOUS & OTHER
Campus Planning in Australia. A paper resulting from my Fulbright year in Australia. August 1966.
NOT UP YET. STILL WORKING ON THESE
7. Cohen Archives.