Adams Lecture
Named in honor of John Adams, who served as Librarian of the Salem Athenæum from 1994-2005, the annual Adams Lecture is devoted to topics pertaining to American history with a focus on New England.
Hon. Margaret H. Marshall, Chief Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
A Living Constitution, October 24, 2004
David Hackett Fischer
The Leadership of George Washington,
April 11, 2006
Nathaniel Philbrick
Mayflower: A Story of Courage,
Community, and War, April 12, 2007
James R. Gaines
For Liberty and Glory: Washington, Lafayette, and Their Revolutions,
April 15, 2008
Andrew Delbanco
Melville in His Time and Ours,
April 17, 2009
David Armitage
The Age of Revolutions and Constitutions:
The American Revolution in Global Perspective, November 2, 2010
Sherry Turkle
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other,
April 21, 2011
John R. Stilgoe
Just Looking Around: Visual Acuity as
the New Curriculum, April 24, 2012
Maya Jasanoff
America’s Exiles: Loyalists of the
Revolution, April 10, 2013
John Stauffer
The Abolitionist Movement and Its Place
in History, November 7, 2013
Jay Winter
The First World War in Transnational Perspective, November 1, 2014
Gordon S. Wood
Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, November 6, 2017
David Blight
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
November 18, 2019
Upcoming Events
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Oct. 25:
Library Closed
October 25–November 1
Groups will meet as usual. -
Oct. 28:
Writers’ Studio cancelled today.
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Nov. 5:
New Members Night
7:00 p.m. -
Nov. 13:
Kill Talk: On Military Language and Combat Poetry with Dr. Janet McIntosh
7:00 p.m. -
Nov. 15:
Writing Workshop: Pieces of Salem with J.D. Scrimgeour
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. - Nov. 21: