Senior College in the Community’s next collaboration with the Auburn Public Library, Legacies from Auburn’s Industrial Past, is set for 2 p.m. Thursday, May 18, in the library’s Androscoggin Room at 49 Spring St.
Lin Wright will explore the industrial legacies through a look at the history of three extant buildings in Auburn: Phoenix Block, Roak Block, and the Barker Mill.
She will discuss Jacob Roak’s role in their establishment, according to a news release from Diane Clay with the Senior College Board.
Wright is a genealogist and historian who enjoys researching people and using their lives to illustrate the larger stories of different times and places. She earned her Master of Arts degree in American and New England studies from University of Southern Maine and a certificate in genealogical research from Boston University.
She teaches classes in genealogy at LA Senior College and serves on the Senior College Board. She is president of the Asbury Grove Historical Society and historian for her church.
For more information, call 207-333-6640.
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