Stevens Family Lecture Series

The Extraordinary Stevens Family: Lecture Series

See below for dates and times

In conjunction with the upcoming exhibition, “The Extraordinary Stevens Family, A New Jersey Legacy: 1776 – 1911,” the Museum has invited noted scholars and authors to address various aspects of the Stevens family’s legacy. Admission is $10, $5 for Hoboken Museum members. Bus tours are $25, $20 for Hoboken Museum members.

Most talks take place at the Museum, but some are guided tours with limited capacity — see below for details.

Final Talk of the Series:

Sunday, June 28, 2015 – 4 – 5 pm*
“The Extended Stevens Family Tree”
Samuel P. Reckford, great-, great-, great-grandson of Edwin A. & Martha Bayard Stevens. Location: DeBaun Auditorium on Stevens Campus, 5th & Hudson Streets.

Previous talks and tours:

Sunday, February 15, 2015 – 4pm
“How Should We Remember the Stevens Family?”
Dr. Lee Vinsel, Stevens Institute of Technology

Sunday, March 8, 2015 – 4pm
“Learning from Martha Bayard Stevens: Education All Around Town”
Allen Kratz, Historian and Writer

Sunday, March 15, 2015 – 2pm
Tour of the Stevens Family Collections, Stevens Institute of Technology
Leah Loscutoff, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian (meet at the Samuel C. Williams Library)

Saturday, April 4, 2015 – 2pm*
“Monuments to Hoboken: A Bus Tour of the Architectural Heritage of the Stevens Family”
John Gomez, Author and Historian

Click here to reserve a seat on the April 4 bus tour for $25 ($20 for members)

Sunday, April 12, 2015 – 4pm
Film screening: “Tales from Castle Stevens”
Written and produced by John Dalton, the video is narrated by eminent author and historian Richard Reeves. Both are 1960 graduates of Stevens Institute of Technology.

Sunday, May 17, 2015 – 4pm
“Peter Lee (1804-1902): Born of slave parents, the property of Colonel John Stevens”
Holly Metz, Author

Sunday, June 14, 2014 – 2pm*
“The Stevens Legacy”: A bus tour which includes a visit to the family plot at the Hoboken Cemetery.
Bob Foster, Director, Hoboken Historical Museum

Click here to reserve a seat on the June 14 bus tour for $25 ($20 for members)

* Bus tours meet at the Museum at 2 p.m., space is limited, click the links above or call 201-656-2240 to reserve a seat.