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SUMMARY:Ernest Harold Baynes: New Hampshire’s Own Doctor Dolittle
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DESCRIPTION:Mary Kronenwetter tells the story of wildlife conservationi
 st Ernest Harold Baynes\, fondly remembered in New Hampshire as our own Do
 ctor Dolittle. .\nhttps://peterboroughtownlibrary.libnet.info/event/144460
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>To the rest of the nation\, he is known as
  an important early 20th century wildlife conservationist. A self-taught n
 aturalist\, Baynes wrote and lectured extensively on animal behavior\, bir
 d and bison restoration\, the role of animals in WWI\, and vivisection. Ba
 ynes shared his New Hampshire home with tame bear\, fox\, boar\, bison\, a
 nd wolf. He fought to end the trade in bird feathers for fashion and estab
 lished one of the first bird sanctuaries in America. While serving as cons
 ervator to the Corbin Park bison herd\, he convinced President Theodore Ro
 osevelt to support the preserving of the American bison from extinction th
 rough the founding of the American Bison Society.</p>\n<p>Baynes&rsquo\; w
 ork inspires us to consider how we intervene to help wildlife recover from
  the harms inflicted on them by humans. This illustrated lecture includes 
 archival Baynes photographs from the Plainfield Historical Society collect
 ion.</p>\n<p><strong>About Mary&nbsp\;Kronenwetter</strong></p>\n<p>Mary&n
 bsp\;Kronenwetter holds a doctorate in educational research\, policy\, and
  administration and has held academic administration and teaching position
 s at colleges in the United States\, China\, and Japan. Upon returning to 
 New England\, she has worked at historical sites including Historic Deerfi
 eld\, Enfield Shaker Museum\, and The John Hay Estate at The Fells.&nbsp\;
 Mary&nbsp\;currently teaches for OSHER at Dartmouth and Adventures in Lear
 ning at Colby-Sawyer and has recently published the New Hampshire-based hi
 storical fiction\, Pauper Auction.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>This program is sponsor
 ed by the Friends of the Peterborough Library who host a monthly lecture.<
 /p>\n<p>Find out more about the Friends here: <a href="https://peterboroug
 htownlibrary.org/friends">https://peterboroughtownlibrary.org/friends</a><
 /p>\n<p>This month's event is made possible by a generous grant from the N
 H Humanities. Learn more at <a href="http://www.nhhumanities.org">www.nhhu
 manities.org</a>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/front
 end-images/editor/peterboroughtownlibrary/New_Hampshire_Humanities_Logo_in
 _Color_for_Web.jpg" width="661" height="216" /></p>\n<hr />\n<p>Please not
 e that library parking is not guaranteed. Patrons who are able are encoura
 ged to take advantage of Peterborough&rsquo\;s walkable downtown by parkin
 g in the Depot Square or Riverwalk lots.&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://peterborought
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