THE ANTIQUARTO

A festschrift honoring Jonathan Fairbanks, the famous curator of American decorative arts, who has held positions at Winterthur, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Fuller Craft Museum has been published. I was very honored to be included as an author in it (my essay on the first furniture of the New England Historic Genealogical Society will be treated in a separate post). Entitled "American History, Art, and Culture: Writings in honor of Jonathan Leo Fairbanks," edited

"Pilgrim Roots of the Great Migration," the first international tour in our "Pilgrim Pathways" series of heritage tours occurred last week in Nottinghamshire and environs in the United Kingdom when thirty members of the New England Historic Genealogical Society retraced the steps of the early Separatists. It was a spectacular success. Our tour leader, Robert Charles Anderson, provided a fascinating background to the history of the Separatists and our guest speaker, Sue Allan,