Presenter: Patricia (Kangas) Ktistes
Saturday Sept. 14 at 1:30 PM
New Ipswich Museum of History
72 Academy Road, New Ipswich, NH
Our 30-minute business meeting will be followed by this year’s featured speaker, Patricia Kangas Ktistes, who will describe her experience of interviewing Finnish-Americans in New Ipswich and surrounding communities for the purpose of preserving their stories for future generations. In addition to sharing interesting anecdotes and audio clips that she collected for her Master’s thesis in the 1990s, Patricia will provide participants with her recommendations and useful tips for collecting family histories before elders pass and their knowledge and experiences are lost to time.
About the Presenter
Patricia (Kangas) Ktistes
Patricia Kangas Ktistes was born in New Ipswich in 1952, and attended town schools through ninth grade. In 1967, she moved out of state with her family. In 1987, she earned a B.S. from Colby-Sawyer College and received her MALS degree at Dartmouth College in 1997.
Her master’s thesis is entitled FINNS: An Oral History of Finnish-Americans in
New Hampshire’s Monadnock Region. Patricia has two daughters and five grandchildren; she and her husband John Ktistes reside in Rockport, MA.
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