James Tanzer is originally from the North Shore of Boston, and currently resides in Bath. He serves as the Special Collections & Archives Research Service Librarian at Bowdoin College’s Hawthorn-Longfellow Library. Prior to his current role, he worked in the museum field for almost 30 years, having most recently served as Outreach Coordinator for the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin College. Since 2020, Jamey has been researching free and enslaved Black residents of Topsham and Brunswick in the 18th and early 19th centuries, and is committed to uncovering the stories of these hidden Mainers.
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