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New England Weavers' Seminar:  History

NEWS Presidents

1955 – Mae D. Aldritch

1957 – Mae D. Aldritch

1959 – Mae D. Aldritch

1961 – Lillian Hunter

1963 – Lillian Hunter

1965 – Helen Skirm

1967 – Molly Houle

1969 – Mrs. Laurence Davenport

1971 – Mrs. Laurence Davenport 

1973 – Dorothy Burton

1975 – Helen Barrett

1977 – Mary Yusko

1979 – Harriet Mitiguy

1981 – Patricia Lyster

1983 – Norma Smayda

1985 – Mary Ellen Goodband

1987 – Rachael Emmons 

1989 – Nancy Britton

1991 – Betty Atwood

1993 – Martha Pappas

1995 – Win Shaw,

            then Diana Frost

1997 – Susan Rockwell

1999 – Denise Hixon

2001 – Barbara Herbster

2003 – Jayne Flanagan

2005 – Lisa Green and

            Kathleen Grant

2007 – Fran Curran and

            Darcy Topper

2009 – Marjie Thompson

2011 – Kathi Spangler

2013 – Ruth Ward
2015 – Sue Turner
2017 – Mary Roche

2019 – Christine House

2021 -  Liz Zocchi

2023 -  Liz Zocchi

2025 -  Trish Colson

NEWS Locations

1955 – 1989     University of Massachusetts, Amherst

1991 – 1993     Waterville Valley Conference Center, NH

1995                 University of Massachusetts, Amherst

1997 – 1999     Bryant College, Smithfield, RI

2001 – 2005     Merrimack College, North Andover, MA 

2007 – 2019     Smith College, Northampton, MA

2021                  on-line only due to COVID pandemic

2023                  Worcester State University, Worcester, MA

2025                  Westfield State University, Westfield, MA        

In 1995 Diana Frost updated a 1955-1973 history written by Creighton Stanwood. That document is available as a PDF here:

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