A conversation: Barbara Lamb and Rona Johnston

Join Barbara Lamb, coordinator for the year-long Donald Grant Mitchell Bicentennial Celebration, in conversation with Rona Johnston, president of the board of the New Haven Preservation Trust, as Donald Grant Mitchell’s 201st birthday approaches and his bicentennial year comes to a close. 

Learn more about the past year-long celebration and future plans to memorialize him as they talk about Mitchell’s long life and his numerous contributions to our city. New Haven’s own, a famous bestselling author for whom the Westville Library branch is named, farmer and naturalist, he designed many of New Haven’s beautiful public parks. This Yale grad was a true Renaissance man, scholar and teacher, inveterate cartographer and diplomat, who made his home at a 200-acre farm in Westville in 1855, remaining there until his death in 1906. Don’t miss it!

Free and open to the public. Advance registration is appreciated, but not required.

Check out the website for more information about DGM and the months long celebration: DonaldGrantMitchell.com.

DGM Bicentennial Committee
To date, eight New Haven-based organizations have come together to create this Celebration honoring Donald Grant Mitchell and others may join in. Currently events and activities are being planned by: New Haven Free Public Library, New Haven Preservation Trust, New Haven Museum & Historical Society, Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Westville Village Renaissance Alliance, Friends of Edgewood Park, Friends of East Rock Park, and Broken Umbrella Theatre.

With support from: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and Design Monsters.

Hosted by: New Haven Free Public Library