On Wednesday, May 10th, the Baxter society will meet at 6:00 pm, in person at the Baxter House Museum, beside the Public Library, 71 South St., in Gorham, to celebrate our 40th anniversary and our namesake, bibliophile James Phinney Baxter, twice mayor of Portland, thirty-year president of the Maine Historical Society, and donor of libraries in Portland, Maine and in his birthplace, Gorham, as well.
The meeting, in person at the library, will include refreshments, a tour of the adjacent Baxter House, the awarding of the Baxter Prizes in Book Arts, and the cutting of the Society’s birthday cake.