Karin Goldstein on top of Burial Hill, on a rainy day, explaining her vision of the archaeology for Plymouth 400th. Standing behind her, from right to left is Lee Hartmann, (Director of Planning and Development for the Town of Plymouth) David Landon (Assistant Director of the Fiske Center for Archaeological Research at UMass Boston) and Richard Pickering (Deputy Director of Plimoth Plantation)
Our good friend and colleague Karin Goldstein passed away on January 28, 2015. She will be sorely missed. There are so many students of Plymouth who owe so much to Karin. She was an amazing resource who knew so much about the town of Plymouth. Luckily for us, she was so generous with her knowledge.
Karin was a historian and curator at Plimoth Plantation. Karin had MA’s from the University of Leicester (1991, Nomenclature of Museum Objects) and UMass Boston (2001, Creation of a New England Gentry: The Winslows of Plymouth Colony). She received her PhD in American studies from Boston University in 2006 (From Pilgrims to Poverty: Biography of an Urban Renewal Neighborhood in Plymouth, Massachusetts). In 2013 she published a History of Jewish Plymouth. We have lost a great scholar.
As 2020 approaches we will try and remember her energy, enthusiasm, and knowledge of the town and the events of the 15th Century.
There is a wonderful interview with Karin in Archaeology from 2006 about Thanksgiving at Plimoth.
A memorial celebration will be held in the Hornblower Visitors Center at the Plimoth Plantation on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at 3 p.m.
See more at:
Karin Goldstein
http://www.cartmellfuneralhome.com/obituary/Karin-J.-Goldstein/Plymouth-MA/1477790
