PAST MASTERS Members' Websites

PAST MASTERS in Early American Domestic Arts

PAST MASTERS Members' Websites

Several members of PAST MASTERS own history-related businesses or do work independent of PAST MASTERS.
These links provide access to their websites.
Links to websites of Friends of PAST MASTERS and contact information for member businesses without websites can be found here.

Heart to Hearth Cookery (Susan McLellan Plaisted)
Hoofprints in Time (Barb Corson)
Deborah Peterson's Pantry (Deb Peterson)
Colonial School Programs (Deb Peterson)
Clarissa Dillon, Ph.D. (Clarissa Dillon)
Liberty Linens (Ruth Konrad)

		Heart to Hearth Cookery (Susan McLellan Plaisted) Hearth cooking history, classes, demonstrations, lectures and slide presentations. Susan is a registered dietitian and consummate researching historian with an impressive collection of period cookbooks. Her ability to put students and public at ease with early American food preparation methods and equipment is only part of the attraction of her classes and demonstrations.

		Hoofprints in Time (Barb Corson) “Hoofprints” is a free-lance interpretation service that explores the many and important roles of domestic animals in history. They take animals and history seriously, and have a good time doing it. Hosted by Barbara Corson, a veterinary pathologist and lifelong amateur historian. She lives on a small farm in York County, Pennsylvania, which she shares with a large variety of friends – mostly, but not all, four legged.

		Deborah Peterson's Pantry (Deb Peterson) Deborah Peterson's Pantry brings information and ordering opportunities for those hard-to-find ingredients for historic cookery. Deb does careful research and obtains not only the best spices and other ingredients, but pays close attention to authentic packaging. Colonial School Programs (Deb Peterson) Bring fresh air into your students' or organization's study of our American colonial history. Deborah Peterson is pleased to offer the benefit of more than 20 years of experience and research into Southeastern Pennsylvania's English colonial domestic history. Using primary sources to document her research, she brings her years of real life experience and intense personal research into your classroom to dispel the popular myths that have become so firmly embedded in our interpretation of American colonial history. Programs are available to private and public schools, organizations, groups, individuals and historic sites in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, though not limited to those areas.

		Clarissa Dillon, Ph.D. (Clarissa Dillon) Clarissa Dillon, Ph.D. promotes the study and understanding of the 18th century domestic sphere in Southeastern Pennsylvania. An historian, professional teacher and researcher, Clarissa brings her unique insights to life in her presentations, and deep research and practical experience into her publications pertaining to cooking, medicine, daily life, economics, culture, morals, gardening and the women of the 18th century.

		Liberty Linens (Ruth Konrad) "The Linen Lady" offers fine fabric and notions for the discriminating sewer through online sales and from her sutlery at living history events. Linens and wools in many colors, weaves and patterns, threads and Ruth's own hand-woven tapes can be used with confidence in recreating 18th century clothing. Swatches are made available at a very affordable price, and shipping costs are minimal.

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