• Date: July 17
• Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Location: Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Andover

• Emerson Baker
• Professor of History
• Salem State College
• Ph.D., College of William and Mary, 1986
• www.salemstate.edu/~ebaker





Emerson "Tad" Baker is Professor of History and chair of the History Department at Salem State College. He is the author of numerous works on the history and archaeology early New England He was the managing editor of American Beginnings: Exploration, Culture and Cartography in the Land of Norumbega, a History Book of the Month Club selection. Most recently he is the co-author of the award-winning biography of Sir William Phips, The New England Knight. Baker was a consultant and on-camera expert for the recent PBS-TV series Colonial House and has appeared on other shows for national and local television. A former museum director and past chair of the Maine Humanities Council, Baker has consulted for National Geographic, the National Parks Service, Parks Canada, and other cultural organizations. He also directs the Old Berwick Historical Society's excavations at the Chadbourne Site (1643-1690), which take place every August in South Berwick, Maine.


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Address and Directions

• From Boston and the South:
  Take Interstate 93 North (going through Boston, or go around Boston on Interstate 95/Route 128 until it joins with Interstate 93 North). Take exit 41 (to Route 125, Andover) Take Route 125 North for about 3 miles. Turn right on Route 28 north, which becomes Main Street in Andover. Follow Main Street for about 3 miles to the Phillips Academy campus. The square Bell Tower on the right, at the corner of Route 28 (Main Street) and Salem Street is a landmark. Pass the Bell Tower, staying to the left, and take the next left turn (about 1 block) onto Phillips Street.

• From North:
  Access Interstate 495 North from Interstate 93 (from New Hampshire) or Interstate 495 South from Interstate 95 (from Maine). Take exit 41A (Andover) and go south on Route 28 (Main Street) through the town of Andover. The Phillips Academy campus is about 3/4 mile south of the town center. Go through the traffic light at Main Street and School Street, and turn right at the next street, which is Phillips Street.